REIKI SHARE

There was the threat of snow this evening so I was close to NOT going to Reiki Share. I have not been for several months and I said that I would be there. But there was the threat of snow. It is a thirty five minute dirive -- IF traffic is moving along smoothly at rush hour. And we are talking I95 here. AND there was the threat of snow. AND I really felt like staying home.

But, I went. Took the chance that the snow wouldn't come. Braved the rush hour traffic on I95. Put to the back and behind me the fact that I hadn't even practiced Reiki for some months. No snow. No traffic. And the Reiki was tingling in my palms -- just thinking about it.

There is something very special about the gathering of a group of women for Reiki Share. We come humbly and vulnerable. We come open and accepting. We do not have expectations nor do we make apologies. We are who we are and we come together in love and trust. We offer the issues of our current situations and we listen to one another -- in love and trust.

We pray together -- we offer prayers for those that we know are in need of help and prayer, we offer "distant" Reiki for those individuals whose concerns are close to us. We remind ourselves of our place in the world by reciting the Reiki Principles: Just for today, I will not worry; just for today, I will not be angry; just for today I will be grateful; just for today I will honour every living thing. We are a Christian Reiki group so our principles are based on the teachings of Christ. I like to think that the first commandment is here, and as Jesus taught us, the second -- to love one another as Christ loves us.

And after our sharing and prayer we practice Reiki. I am not going into all of that right now but basically it is healing energy flowing from God, thorugh the practitioner, to the receiver. We take turns being the practitioners and the receivers. We give Reiki and we receive Reiki. This goes on for an hour or so as we each take our turns. It is a time that we are connected with God. We pray, we touch, we give, we receive. It is a Holy time when the Holy Spirit is with us in the form of Reiki energy, which we receive from God.

Thanks Be To God!