Natural body qi in healing

I read somewhere that the natural energy vibrations from our body contribute to our overall well being. It goes to say that any healing process is better if we do not allow our clothes to constrict us. That goes for tight elastic and synthetic clothing. The writer called it 'wei qi'.

I feel there is some truth to this. In the process of Reiki and hands on healing, the flow seems better when the hands are near the skin. For Reiki workers, I think if you try to lay your hands over or around a belt buckle or wallet, you will feel some blockage in your efforts.

Ever wondered why hospital attire are loose and of cotton? It is due to convenience of course but that is welcomed as it likely to be a contributor to better healing.

I hear too that yogis develop better meditation inversely corresponding to the volume of clothing they have on.

The natural remedy of flower bathing for a multitude of bodily and mental problems too require loose cotton clothes or better still none at all. Perhaps it has a connection?

Do not anger

Once upon a time I attended a seminar. It was a course in motivation and self empowerment. One of the lessons learnt then was to use anger as a motivation tool. It was the belief that there is no motivation stronger than that provided by anger. Reflecting back on all that and with sincerity would now say to all that that is not the way to work. Getting things done and achieving the material status in life through the use of anger to motivate oneself is NOT the way. Period.

If it is about motivation, then there are definitely many more better and effective methods. As human beings we have our ups and our downs. Who does not get annoyed once in a while anyway?

The difference is in the approach we can take. The Reiki principles say do not anger. However may we add a little more to that? Perhaps it may be better to know the anger that is coming around and be mindful not to let it get control of us. Taking a few deep breaths is a time proven method. Once the anger is seen as such our minds clear and the cause of that anger can be worked on and presto! We have the problem fixed.

Anger by itself is like a fire that takes us as the fuel. Once this is recognized it becomes powerless. In the application of Usui Sensei’s approach it is quite simply this :- an exercise in mindfulness and control.

There are many people who do meditation that brings about calmness of the mind. That on its own is fine as things can be seen more clearly that way. However it is also important that it can be used as a tool to work with anger. By this would mean that once we note anger arising, we can use our meditative mind to look at it. This becomes then a method of mixing our meditation practice with our daily lives. Meditation is one huge subject on its own but at this point it is good to say that deep calm meditation is of limited use if we are not able to employ it to cultivate ourselves.

Reiki and Self-Healing

Ever so often, we forget that Reiki is also a self-healing therapy. The basic medicine is the perfection of self. To achieve perfection of self is a life time journey and goal in itself. It is true to say that no matter how much we devote to attaining this perfection, it may still remain a distant goal. However, like it is said, when the going gets tough, the tough gets going.

This healing of self applies to all practitioners, irrespective of whether we are Reiki I, II, III or no Reiki 0. If we care to ask ourself what really ails us, it is not surprising that we single out our work, our lifestyle or our attitude as the main culprits. When we begin to dissect these causes, we find that underlying our problems are many emotional conflicts that we have difficulty resolving.

Looking a little further in, we may just find the reason why we are feeling the way we do. Slowly we can understand why we react the way we do in our interactions in daily life. Maybe then, during moments like these, we can apply the principles and watch our emotions fade.

The theory of wholistic healing says that our physical ailments are manifest from our emotional persona. Given this as correct, then the principles become good medicine.

This basic self healing is not just about the healing of our physical pains but also our emotional and mental ones as well. Ultimately, we evolve into healing ourselves spiritually.