mammabear said on
>Very responsible of you to accept the journey yourself. An excellent point for all of us to remember.
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>I smiled at the testimonial of the benefits that this cafe has had for you. I hope Mike & Firekeeper read that. :-)
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>I'm not sure how I feel about your comment that Reiki finds the individual as if it's on it's own personal mission. My practical brain would view it more like Reiki is drawn to a person who is willing and ready to use it consciously or not. But of course questions like these have no easy answers, so we'll just each do our best to wrap our brains around it.
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>The "mojo movements" that I was taught have special intentions behind them, all dealing with the energy and the student.
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>I correlate the "ritual" in my own mind with a tea ceremony. Every movement is deliberate and has meaning.
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>But to the average "Joe", it may appear rather odd to observe or experience.
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>I'm carefully thinking about the importance of the ritual vs. a more gentle and kinder approach if someone has fears or concerns and how I want to deal with them.
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>There has to be a way to help those who are "on the fence" about reiki because of attunement.
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>I just don't want to jeopardize losing any important lesson by being so frank and open.
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>Am I being overly conscientious?
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>LOL
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>Probably! I'm a Virgo afterall.
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>LOL
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>Thanks again for sharing.
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>Abundant blessings,
>Mammabear
>(I/)<
Otoharo!
I would like to add this much. We were asked to close our eyes while the attunement process occured. I was asked to do that years later when taking Reiki III and auditing classes of many others. during the attunement process I was asked to close my eyes. So it was not until the last sessions of my Reiki III classes that I got to see it all. None of this bothered me in the least. I will continue this practice if I should again practice.
Rather than reiki being the one that finds us, I think it is our own selves that seeks reiki and gets us connected. The part of ourseves that we do not know right now but trust never-the-less.
finality
