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I have reiki 2, but at the moment it seems I need some help getting out of my 'what's the use anyway' frame of mind. The trigger is our financial situation that is..well..up shit creek. I usually manage to smile when I see it take that direction, but not today. Other than doing distance reiki on 'our finances', and hands on reiki on our wallets, what can I do? (in the way of reiki).
Thanks to all you nice people.

Lokatt.

Lokatt,

/*\ Namaste. :-}}

There are some who claim not to have any problems mixing the fiscal and the spiritual. In the case of Teaching or doing Reiki practices for $$$ I would say OK.

However, I am not in the school that uses Reiki to try and influence $$$-matters.

I do feel that sometimes $$$-problems can relate to emotional or spiritual problems - but the "cure" must first be with the emotions or the spirit.

:-}}

Just a few thoughts on the matter.

Reiki all around,

All Blessings,

Firekeeper

Lokatt,

I have found that when my back is to the wall, financially, & I get uptight about it, it only makes matters worse. In fact, it has gotten worse( kind of like...well, its not THAT bad, Ill show you BAD!!!)
What works for me,is to place the issue in God's hands, to just give it up. Of course, its not easy to get to that point, since Im always trying to figure a way out. For me, giving up control brings the solution.....I have been an unemployed self supporting person with a mortgage, so I feel your distress. When it became more than I could bear & I had given it up, relief came. It wasnt necessarily what I WANTED, but obviously, what I needed.
Eventually, I came to realize that if I lost everything, that I would just start over again & it would be alright. The point was that I DIDNT WANT to start over again, so I tried to think (or fight) my way out of the situation. This has happenned to many others & they have survived. Once we give power to the fear of losing the roof over our head, our possessions, etc...well, they possess US. Living in a culture that respects wealth, it is very hard to disentangle ourselves from the notion that we are what we possess...even when we think we are disentangled, we may not be. When children are involved, it is much harder to bear. We want to give them the best. We forget that the most marvelous people have come from backgrounds of poverty.
Fear of poverty can cripple us...but a life lived in poverty with love & forgiveness is not as hard on our souls as a life lived without love & forgiveness. Financial matters sometimes shake us up to what matters most.
Dont know if this helps or not. Forgive me for rambling. Let me also add that my issues with this lesson are not over (unfortunately)...so, Im empathetic. Obviously, I have not learned MY lesson well enough....BAGL.....so, who am i to advise anyone else? Just another passer by on your journey who wants to say, I understand,,,but there is a blessing in there, somewhere, if we are open to receiving it...
Namaste,
holobon