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Anyone go thru anything during their 21 day cleanse? The next morning after my attunement, I had a bloody nose. And for the past few days I've had a slight sore throat and overall feel a bit tired.
I'm going to do the cleansing bath that my teacher suggested. I have alot of CRAP in my life. Mostly just emotional stuff that I've held onto forever. So, I'm sure I have alot that needs to be dropped.

Hi dolphin,

Welcome to Reiki and the Reiki cafe :)

Some people seem to go through a big cleanse and some don't seem to go through one at all. Drink plenty of water and self treat daily :)

Gentle Blessings
Helen

Otoharo!

The 21 day cleanse is an add on by someone. It is not a part of the original reiki given to Usui. Many people go through years of cleanseing. The body cleanses as it does not by any outside person's notions.

finality

dolphin,

/*\ Namaste :-}}

- 21 days is an arbitrary number that supposedly reflects the putative 21 days Usui Sensei spent in the mountains meditating and fasting (I have no idea who began the 21-day cleanse notion and I do not feel it is a particularly useful chain to ask students to hang around their necks)

>:-}}

- some people cleanse more than others; some take longer than others, afterall

-so, I encourage you not to put all your expectational eggs in a 21-day basket (since it seems obvious you already have any number of them)

>:-}}

Reiki All Around,

All Blessings,

Firekeeper

All those good points been said and noted; I say go for it if you think it is important. A 21-day cleanse is good with or without Reiki.

The term "cleanse" is misleading in a way. If done in a respectful (to your body) way it will be cleansing and purging and in the end, healing.

But keep in mind it can be quite challenging on two fronts. During this one is releasing both toxins and negative thought forms/patterns locked within. That can make for a ruff ride; moreso psychologically. Emotional / interpersonal 'crap' is likely to get stirred up from within to some degree affecting mood and demeanor.

But if you keep aware of that potential dynamic...well knowledge is power as they say.

Namaste,

Michael

Otoharo!

I began reiki in 93, and I've been cleansing ever since then. There was a time when my body threw off toxins onto the skin in the form of itchy welts. I am still scratching the first ones and all the ones added since the. If I happen to get too warm, I have to take off all the cloths and hold a small wet towel over my back to stop the itching. No one here seems to be talking about this form of cleansing. I and there is much more going on.

Who knows when this ends? Does it ever?

finality

finality,

/*\ Namaste :-}}

- worsening or chronic conditions do not necessarily = cleansing

- also, have you done a systematic assessment of environmental factors? Have you consulted a dermatologist??

- yours sounds as if an allergy might be a candidate

- some sort of stress or auto-immune issue might also be considered

Reiki All Around,

All Blessings,

Firekeeper

Otoharo!

Frekeeper, this condition of the itches are a phase of cleasning when my body chose to rid itslef of toxins. It is related only to that. I shared the beginning of it on this board. It is not an illness of any sort. It is cleansing.

finality

finality,

/*\ Namaste :-}}

- as a Teacher once observed: when we dismiss all ideas but our own, the potential for doing nought but chasing our own tails rapidly approaches 100%

>:-}}

Reiki All Around,

All Blessings,

Firekeeper

Dear Finality,

I think alot of people experience that to varying degrees and chalk it up to having bad skin. I can get the part about having skin irritation from exuding toxins via the skin for sure.

As far intentionally cleansing one might expect a bit of that. But it should taper off though. I question another causal factor or reason other than the cleansing if it seems to keep going on. That would indicate to me that one is not just perhaps dumping residual stuff but actively producing a fair load of it. Or it could simply be a huge residual toxic off-loading. Or some mix of the two + an allergic/environmental factor.

Anecdotally, I have found that an Epsom salts bath is wonderfully effective at drawing this very crap out of the skin, whatever the cause. You can actually feel it in spots; it's tickley.

A great compliment to that would be a lite fresh Aloe Vera application. Straight from the plant. Aloe Vera is very healing and repairative to the skin. And it has Mother Earth goodness that you can feel right away. No matter what the skin ailment might be.

Years ago I got Infantigo on my face from a ridiculously tiny spittle of deep fryer oil that hit my face weeks earlier. A tiny little abrasion of the very tiniest top dermis layer slowly and then quickly grew into a red and raw patch on my face. It looked like a circle of road rash with the scab gone. All the cremes and pills from the doctors it seemed to scoff at. Or make me sick or both. These vain efforts went on for weeks.

It was getting depressing. It was the size of a drink coaster now and was spawning a smaller, quarter sized one. I was at a friends house one nite towards the end of this. After some late nite conversation, Bridget sent me home with a fresh Aloe branch and simple instructions.

At home in the mirror I liberally applied the fresh Aloe. The succulent limbs of the plant make a perfect application tube; like toothpaste. Anyhoo, I put on as much as gravity and viscosity would bear. It stung bit for a moment but not too much. I went to bed Mindful to sleep on my back so as not to wipe the gel on my pillow. The stings were slight and felt focused like acupuncture on my face.

The next morning I went straight to the bathroom mirror. To my dismay the big ugly infected patches were raised a bit higher and Vermillion-purple as opposed to the lower case Angry red i was used to....Great!?!

I hopped into the the shower and rinsed off and was amazed. The V-purple washed off to reveal the infection spots to be visibly healed 20% at least. Withing 10 days of use the Infantigo scourge was gone. With no scaring or evidence at all.

Anyhoo, that's my Aloe Vera story.

Namaste,
Michael

Otoharo!

I enoyed your story. I have used aloe vera also, but i am out of it now.

I can add a bit about thiws itching stuff. there was a time when I had feelback from the reiki practitioner that I could experience the elimination of toxins. At first it seemed to be only in the innermost layer of skin. That is when it itches like crazy. Then as it moves to the outer layers of skin it still may itch but not as insistantly. There have been new bumps each year. It moves now onto the arms and legs. At the same time, I am in perfect health at 83. My recent emergncy room treatment showed that. they used a cat scan. the doctor was greatly impressed at the level of my health. She did not remark about the bumps.

I wonder why no one else seems to talk about this phenominum. I am sure other bodies cleanse in this way. Perhaps no one has connected it to reiki result.

finality

Speaking of cleansing, I've had these resurgance of acne type spots on my back and chest since puberty, rarely since do I get them on my face, sometimes on my neck, but that could be due to a bad razor(lol)
Anyhoo, I'll try the aloe, and at the moment I'm cutting down on all choclatey stuff and eating more fruit Etc., (lent) I've noticed an improvement in my energy, since when the alarm goes I get up more or less straight away, rather than hit the snooze repeatedly.
funnily enough, I was reading through a reiki type book and tried a cleansing bath described in the book. So it I was a bit taken aback when o.p. described doing the same. seems like concidence? But its all good.

Also, for the last few days, my palms and inner wrists, and inbetween the digits of both my hands were real itchy.

Must be going through some detox.

Holy Moly, but I loved your sharing, Michael! Whoosh!
I recall a friend that was burned badly when the furnance in someone else's home blew up under them.....she applied vitamin E to her wounds & burns....and didn't have a scar. Thank you for your story. So helpful. Plus, I love Aloe Vera...just haven't tried it directly from the plant.

A note about Aloe: They have stuff in the bottle that may seem to have the consistency of fresh aloe but I would not bother with it, It usually has dyes and alcohol. Plus the healing goodness is almost gone from it. Fresh from the plant is the only way to go.

Namaste,
michael

jaguar said on

>Speaking of cleansing,..... I've noticed an improvement in my energy, since when the alarm goes I get up more or less straight away, rather than hit the snooze repeatedly.......

Dear jaguar,

I could not agree more.....the most simple gauge of ambient internal energy level for me is most telling by looking at the user data from the snooze button.

Namaste,
Michael

Hi dolphin01, sounds like you are having a rough time, but rest assured it will be worth it! Your willingness to 'let go' of all the 'crap' you have been holding onto is a big step forward and cleansing in itself, (by the way I agree with firestarter the word cleansing doesn't really do it for me either) I would suggest the self healing - I am assuming that is how you are 'cleansing'? - you are doing should become part and parcel of your daily routine, I have found it very beneficial, good luck and if you are willing will send you healing and/or include you in reiki crystl grid, let me know
love & light kayt