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Website Address: http://www.reiki.org/. May
2004
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Recovering
from Aids This is an excerpt from an article in the spring issue of the Reiki News Magazine. Finding out I had AIDS in January of 1998 was devastating, especially as I was in the hospital extremely ill with Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP, a bacterial parasite type pneumonia) and could hardly breathe. During this time, a dear friend of mine called on a Reiki practitioner he knew and asked her to visit me in the hospital. I did not understand why this lady I didn't even know would want to sit with me several days a week for an hour at a time, especially when I could hardly even speak most of the time. I remember this stranger asking me if I would allow her to visit and send me energy for healing. While not fully understanding what she meant, I nodded yes-I was willing to try just about anything. After three weeks in the hospital, I finally recovered enough to go home, but I wasn't prepared to handle what was to happen during the next four months-four months that changed my life in the worst way for the better. Over the next four months, I literally had to be carried into the hospital emergency room to be diagnosed with something different each month, and each month I would be in the hospital for a minimum of two to three weeks. In January and March I suffered from pneumonia (PCP), and in February I had a severe paralyzing reaction to my AIDS medications. But perhaps the most devastating time was in April, the week of my birthday, when I contracted an opportunistic intestinal parasite and Cytomegalovirus (CMV retinitus), a rare eye virus that usually causes one to go blind-even if the four-hour, daily IV treatment works. Several of the doctors who were treating me said that I should get my affairs in order because they had not seen anyone go through what my body was experiencing with AIDS-related diseases and survive very long. Yet, every month the doctors were amazed that I recuperated. I now attribute much of my recovery to the Reiki and prayers that I was receiving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .One thing I find particularly amazing is that not until I decided to practice Reiki did I notice major consistent improvement in my health. It was after I became attuned to Reiki I & II and began practicing on other people with AIDS that I noticed my T-Cells finally going up consistently and the HIV virus in my body becoming undetectable with each set of labs that came back. . . . . . . More on this subject: Reiki
and Nutrition This is an excerpt from an article in the spring issue of the Reiki News Magazine. Whether cooking is your thing or not, you have some type of relationship with food-we all do. We've all heard "you are what you eat," and a basic philosophy I learned from macrobiotics is that "food is spirit." It is obvious that there is a link between the quality of food we choose and its effects on our bodies, minds, and spirits. Growing food, preparing food, and eating food can all be spiritual practices. Eating healthy food will also have a positive effect on the quality of Reiki energy you are able to channel. Healthy food keeps your body free of toxins and raises your vibration, thus providing a more open and harmonious channel for Reiki energy to flow through. In addition, the healthier you are, the less the Reiki energy will try to work on you as it flows through you, and so more will end up coming out your hands and going into the client. Being free of toxins allows you to be more sensitive to subtle energy and to be better able to "read" a client and know where to place your hands. You will also be more open to spiritual guidance in other areas of your life as well. Obviously, the purpose of being a Reiki practitioner is to improve your health along with helping others do the same, so focusing on a healthy diet for yourself is a natural part of developing your Reiki lifestyle. Before I became a mother, I was an art student with a great interest in eating healthfully. After my daughter was born, creating meals with whole foods became my art and eventually my livelihood. I consider that path opening up to me to have been more than a blessing. . . . . . . . . Reiki can be used to raise the vibration of your food, whether you are able to buy organic or must eat conventionally grown food. The following techniques are especially important to use with conventionally grown food. Whether vegetable, fruit, grain, or animal, each food type has its own angel. Using the distance symbol, we can connect with the angels or devas of our food and ask their assistance in returning the foods to the quality and purity intended by nature. (Reiki One practitioners can do this with their intention or through their higher selves.) When unpacking groceries, we can simply take a few minutes to use Reiki to clear them and ask that the nutrition that Mother Earth and the Divine intended be restored and any toxins be cleared. You'll be surprised how the energy clears and becomes harmonized, just as if you were working on a client. I also like to use the distant symbol to send Reiki to the soil the plants were grown in and to the farms and people who helped produce them. Blessing our meals and the people who prepared them with Reiki is also very beneficial. Gratitude is a great healer. . . . Recipes Cover wakame with water and soak until softened. Bring the 5 cups of water to a boil. Add bonita flakes, let simmer briefly, and then strain out all flakes; this will impart a smoky rich flavor. Slice wakame into small pieces, add to water, and simmer 5-10 minutes. Add tofu cubes. Dilute miso with a little of the soup water, add to the soup, and simmer 3 minutes longer. Add scallions and serve. Barley Salad Rinse
barley and add to 4 cups of boiling water with a pinch of sea salt. Bring back
to a boil, then turn down to low and simmer one hour. When finished, transfer
to a large bowl or pan and fluff with a fork to maintain individual grains. Blanch
the next four ingredients briefly in boiling water. More
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Explaining Reiki to Christians Have you ever had difficulty explaining Reiki to Christians? Have Christians ever said negative things to you about Reiki? Have you ever had potential students or clients back away from Reiki because they are Christians and you found it difficult to answer their questions? Are you a Christian who would like to practice Reiki, but are concerned about it going against your beliefs? Are you a Christian who practices Reiki and finds it difficult explaining what you do to your Christian friends? While Reiki is not religious and it is practiced by people of all religious persuasions as well as those with no religious convictions, the issue of how Christians view Reiki is one that most Reiki practitioners have had to deal with from time to time. If you want to explain Reiki to Christians, it's important to know the biblical verses that validate it and also why the negative things some Christians say about Reiki are not true and are not biblical. There is a new web site dedicated to explaining Reiki to Christians. It has been created by Christians who practice Reiki and it clearly explains in a positive and factual way why it is appropriate for Christians to practice Reiki - if they feel guided to do so. It contains article by nuns, priests and ministers who practice Reiki and there is also a Frequently Asked Questions section that addresses most of the issues Christians have with Reiki. I encourage you to review this website and also refer anyone you think could make use of the valuable information it provides. To view the website please go to: www.christianreiki.org Sincerely, Reiki Training in Old Jerusalem Karuna Reiki®
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Stories This is an exciting and valuable issue that will supply you with entertainment as well as quality information and instruction. If you have any suggestions on how the magazine could be improved, I'd be very happy to hear them. The world is a wonderful place, filled with continual changes
which bring with them a never ending supply of opportunities. May you grow in
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and Meningitis I spoke to my son, a friend of the girl's father, yesterday and was astonished to hear she was not on the life-support machine and back home. She could walk and talk and was last seen singing and dancing! She is being monitored to see
how she gets on at school now and is still having some physiotherapy on one leg,
but what a result! Thank you to all who sent her healing and WELL DONE! What a
team! God Bless, In Love and Peace, Beatrice xx I was diagnosed in August 2002, with cardiomyopathy or chronic congestive heart failure. At the time of the diagnosis I became severely out of breath walking across my living room. I was started on medication by my cardiologist and I believed my heart could heal. I began my Reiki training in January 2004, and since then have reduced my medication by two-thirds and am enjoying high and low impact aerobics classes 3-4 times weekly. Simply amazing healing! I have had success in Reiki treatments with migraine headaches and sciatica. My training is in occupational therapy and I am a practicing aromatherapist. Marilyn Harber A Boy's
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