When you think of Reiki, what comes to mind? And when you sit quietly, doing your daily self-Reiki practice, do you have specific hopes and ideas about what might come from that? Do you ever feel frustrated because Reiki doesn’t “work” as you believed it “should”?
It’s easy to fall into thinking of Reiki as a cure or a treatment for physical ailments. Additionally, it’s common to think of Reiki as a way to make wishes for changes in our lives and make them come true. But Reiki is so much more than that! In truth, we are so much more than simply physical beings living in a physical realm!
The word Reiki means Divine Life Force Energy or Universal Life Force Energy. Therefore, Reiki is the energy of all the Universe, of all that is seen and unseen. It is the energy of all of time and space and all that is beyond time and space. Reiki is the energy of all that we can understand and of a great deal that is impossible for us to understand.
Keeping this in mind, we know that our Reiki practice works with far more than our simple human bodies. It works with that which exists long after our bodies are gone – our soul, our consciousness.
Energy never dies. It only changes form. This fact is a scientific principle and has been honored in many religious and spiritual practices. And, even after we die on this Earth, our soul or consciousness will continue to exist as energy.
When Reiki, Divine Life Force Energy, works with us, it knows all that we need beyond all that we can understand, beyond all of time and space. Even beyond this physical life on Earth. Therefore, we have to realize that situations may not always look the way we expect or even how we want them to, especially.
For example, maybe our soul needs our physical bodies to experience a severe or chronic illness so that it can have the unique perspective of life that only that experience can give. In this case, physical healing would not be for the person’s highest good.
Of course, a person with a long-term illness can still get a lot from a routine Reiki practice, as I can personally confirm. A regular daily self-Reiki practice, including meditation on the Reiki precepts, helps me cope and keeps me centered while living with chronic illness.
Having this practice eases pain and calms my mind. It soothes my spirit and reminds me that I am more than the pain, more than this body. It reminds me that Reiki is working with me on a far deeper level than just my body, which brings me deep peace.
Sometimes a person or animal will receive Reiki and then pass from their physical body. That doesn’t mean Reiki didn’t “work.” On the contrary, Reiki gave their soul precisely what it needed and prepared their body and mind to pass more peacefully. Sharing Reiki with someone nearing the end of their life in the physical body is a precious gift.
I readily admit that it has taken me a long time to get here. When I first began my Reiki journey, I…
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