I was somewhat confused with Melody's difference between the BASE CHAKRA and the ROOT CHAKRA. On the physical body there are 7 Chakras - Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat, Forehead and Crown. At one point Melody stressed that we were not working with the Root Chakra as it goes down from between the legs, but we were working with the BASE CHAKRA. I have always viewed the BASE CHAKRA as the same as the ROOT CHAKRA. If these are two separate Chakras then the body has 8 Chakras, which I have never heard of before.
I did not bother to have her explain this at the time, as we where in the middle of an exercise and time was becoming a issue. I have interpret it as the two are the same Chakra, just that we want the Root Chakra to open in the front of the body and not down towards the earth.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Melody workshop #4
October 27, day two of Melody's Crystal workshop level 2
The last day of level 2. Doing both levels over 5 days was really great, the 1 day off between the 2 levels was needed. These types of workshops I often find to be overwhelming in either the ENERGY or with INFORMATION or both. The day off between the 2 levels allowed me to process some of Level 1 before starting Level 2, it helped.
As much as I learned from Melody and her expert presentation, I also learned from my fellow students. My fellow workshop participants were extremely supportive of each other and participated cooperatively very effectively.
Melody's persistence in having us attuning to each other with each exercise and having each other opening each other's chakra with each exercise, I think went along way to having everyone working together so well. It would be difficult not to be so cooperative with each other, with all the attunement we have had with each other.
I also greatly admired Melody's insistence that we always paired off with strangers that we did not know or had worked with before. This built the cohesiveness of the GROUP of us.
The Elixirs;
I am not sure how long the elixirs are going to take. At first glance it may take awhile as the procedure works with the lunar cycle and it may take a month or TWO to complete. I am doing the Apatite Elixir.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Melody Workshop #3
October 26, day one of Melody's Crystal workshop level 2
The energy exchange was truly awesome, today. I often find the energy in such a classroom as being overwhelming in many ways. The many individuals crystals alone made for a very powerful environment, plus the individuals themselves added to the power. I found it somewhat difficult to evaluate the different layouts and the practices we had, due to this overly energized environment.
The Tibetan Pulsing Chakra Array with 6 practitioners working on 1 client was extreme. Plus attuning to each other 7 times was really making a strong attunement to each other. This really brought to mind Reiki Shares that I have done, it is powerful. I feel it needs to be done carefully with concern for sensitive individuals, some may find the energy too much. I now limit the number of Reiki practitioners to 3 to 1 client, because some find the energy too much.
Doing the Consciousness Desire Array with a partner was a great exercise. However, I found myself stepping over my client, which I would never do under normal circumstances. The space was too tight.
As I am writing this blog I do not have my notes with me so I am not sure of the spelling on the exercise with the fingers. I really enjoyed this exercise as I found it to be simple and powerful. I do enjoy the SIMPLE practices.
The individuals I also find to be very easy to work with and extremely encouraging and supportive. This is very important when working in such powerful environments. I feel strongly connected to all of them.
As I was walking to the seabus after the day was over, I felt extremely energized. My AURA felt fully charged and difficult to keep close to me. Normally I like my AURA to be no more than about 3 feet around me, but it felt more like 5 feet around me. It felt really positive and people around me responded by not being as close. It was a little odd, on the seabus it was crowded but no one took a seat next to me on either side. It was not that I did not want anyone to sit next to me, it was full. A few looked at the seats next to me and then moved on. Everyone one else was stuffed beside each other, I was the only one with an empty seat on both sides. It was strange but not in a bad way, just odd.
Monday, October 25, 2010
The Energetic Body
Our Energetic Body is much like our Physical Body - organs-chakras; circulation-meridians, skin and muscles-aura. I think most will be surprised that I include our MUSCLES being connected with our AURA. In most teachings we equate our skin to our aura but our muscles are not.
The AURA is much more than just a energy radiating out from our chakras and meridians. Our Aura is how we interact with our environment. We connect with everything around us through our AURA. When we are in a crowded mall we are exchanging energy with everyone around us through our AURAS.
With a WEAK AURA we become more sensitive to everything around us. This also leads to reduced energy levels because our weaken AURA is draining energy from our CHAKRAS.
My first Shaman teacher taught me about the AURA's importance and there is an example of a WEAK AURA that I want to share here.
In the class there was 5 students and we stayed with our teacher for about 2 - 3 years. I was the only male in the class. There was this one woman that was extremely sensitive to everything. She was so sensitive that she was barely able to operate in society.
The teacher worked with this woman for 2 years in strengthening her AURA. There was many different exercises that the woman practiced in order to strengthen her AURA. Each year the woman became stronger and stronger. Today she is still a very sensitive person and is an extremely good psychic. However, she is now a lot more able to function in society and she does not loose her energy as easily.
I also have an example of a very STRONG AURA. The same teacher as I mentioned in the above example was having a discussion with a person at the center. The person was very skeptical about shamanism and the issue of spiritual energy. With permission of the person the teacher decided to give her a demonstration.
The teacher told the person that she could force the person to leave the center with her ENERGY, without any physical action, against the person's will. The person kind of laughed and agreed on the bet.
It was not long before the person was standing on the street outside the center. The person's skepticism was reduced but not completely, so the teacher forced her to cross the street from the center, still not convinced she was forced down the street.
When the person returned to the center there was no skepticism left and she fully believed in the ENERGY and shamanism.
The point of these two examples is to demonstrate what I mean by our MUSCLES. With our AURA properly set and strengthened we set our BOUNDARIES when we are interacting with our environment. With our AURA unset and weakened we are unable to set our BOUNDARIES and we are unsure of how to react to our environment.
The CORDS that we send out to others and the ones we receive from others originate first within our AURA. It is our AURA that quickly reacts to our INTENTIONS. There are exercises one can do that visually demonstrates how our AURA responds to our INTENTIONS.
When I am driving and I get upset at another driver that cuts me off, I will give the driver a dirty-look and this will send out a thread of negative energy that will connect with the driver. This thread of energy is coming from my AURA, it is the AURA that responds that quickly to my INTENTION. If I quickly release my temporary anger, this thread will dissolve over time. If I hold onto the anger and continue to curse him the thread will become a string, that will grow to a rope and to a CORD. If I continue to send the negative energy the thread not only grows but also works its way through the person's AURA and will attach to a CHAKRA.
Our Chakras are normally closed for the specific reason so that they are not affected by our environment. The Chakras are energy centers and they are to keep our Meridians energized and our AURA energized. The Meridians job is to circulate the energy to the different organs and parts of our physical body. The AURA is to respond to our environment. The Chakras are to keep the energy flowing and balanced.
This is the basic understanding I have of the Energetic Body. There is much more that will be explained when I post about the Energetic Realm of Reality. The issue of how we are energetically connected to everything and how TIME is not how we understand TIME in the Energetic Realm.
AURA:
The AURA is much more than just a energy radiating out from our chakras and meridians. Our Aura is how we interact with our environment. We connect with everything around us through our AURA. When we are in a crowded mall we are exchanging energy with everyone around us through our AURAS.
Weak Aura:
With a WEAK AURA we become more sensitive to everything around us. This also leads to reduced energy levels because our weaken AURA is draining energy from our CHAKRAS.
My first Shaman teacher taught me about the AURA's importance and there is an example of a WEAK AURA that I want to share here.
In the class there was 5 students and we stayed with our teacher for about 2 - 3 years. I was the only male in the class. There was this one woman that was extremely sensitive to everything. She was so sensitive that she was barely able to operate in society.
The teacher worked with this woman for 2 years in strengthening her AURA. There was many different exercises that the woman practiced in order to strengthen her AURA. Each year the woman became stronger and stronger. Today she is still a very sensitive person and is an extremely good psychic. However, she is now a lot more able to function in society and she does not loose her energy as easily.
Strong Aura;
I also have an example of a very STRONG AURA. The same teacher as I mentioned in the above example was having a discussion with a person at the center. The person was very skeptical about shamanism and the issue of spiritual energy. With permission of the person the teacher decided to give her a demonstration.
The teacher told the person that she could force the person to leave the center with her ENERGY, without any physical action, against the person's will. The person kind of laughed and agreed on the bet.
It was not long before the person was standing on the street outside the center. The person's skepticism was reduced but not completely, so the teacher forced her to cross the street from the center, still not convinced she was forced down the street.
When the person returned to the center there was no skepticism left and she fully believed in the ENERGY and shamanism.
The point of these two examples is to demonstrate what I mean by our MUSCLES. With our AURA properly set and strengthened we set our BOUNDARIES when we are interacting with our environment. With our AURA unset and weakened we are unable to set our BOUNDARIES and we are unsure of how to react to our environment.
Cords;
The CORDS that we send out to others and the ones we receive from others originate first within our AURA. It is our AURA that quickly reacts to our INTENTIONS. There are exercises one can do that visually demonstrates how our AURA responds to our INTENTIONS.
When I am driving and I get upset at another driver that cuts me off, I will give the driver a dirty-look and this will send out a thread of negative energy that will connect with the driver. This thread of energy is coming from my AURA, it is the AURA that responds that quickly to my INTENTION. If I quickly release my temporary anger, this thread will dissolve over time. If I hold onto the anger and continue to curse him the thread will become a string, that will grow to a rope and to a CORD. If I continue to send the negative energy the thread not only grows but also works its way through the person's AURA and will attach to a CHAKRA.
Chakras;
Our Chakras are normally closed for the specific reason so that they are not affected by our environment. The Chakras are energy centers and they are to keep our Meridians energized and our AURA energized. The Meridians job is to circulate the energy to the different organs and parts of our physical body. The AURA is to respond to our environment. The Chakras are to keep the energy flowing and balanced.
This is the basic understanding I have of the Energetic Body. There is much more that will be explained when I post about the Energetic Realm of Reality. The issue of how we are energetically connected to everything and how TIME is not how we understand TIME in the Energetic Realm.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Melody's Workshop #2
October 24, day two of Melody's Crystal workshop level 1.
Day Two was great.
First of all I was a half hour early (not being late is always a good start).
It was also good having my Mineral Medicine Bag with me, even though I didn't really need them.
The visiuilation of the clothsline and finding our 'Mass Consciousness Belief' and removing it, brought the feeling of the Spirit Realm to me. In the Shaman tradition the Spirit Realm consists of - Lower World, Middle World and Upper World. The Upper World one climbs stairs, escalator or elevator up into the clouds. The Upper World is where our Higher Self resides, Saints, Angles and other higher energy spirits. It was very much like being on a Spirit Journey.
The recovering of one of our CORDS I am not clear as to why? I am not clear on how our Chakras can send out these cords when the Chakra is closed. I can understand sending out cords when our Chakras are open, but I thought they are closed to protect them from cords.
This is the reason why I think more work needs to be done on the AURA and the importance of the AURA. Melody commented on day one about how her hand touching the table and she lifts her hand off the table their are strands of energy connecting her hand to the table. These strands retract into the AURA of the hand, because our intention is not focused on the table. As I understand it, it is the AURA that sends out the cords. The cord can become connected to our Chakra, however, this usually takes some time for the cord to work its way to the Chakra.
I need to do more work on the Energy Realm.
The Chakra array was very much like a Reiki session. I really enjoy it. I was somewhat uncomfortable having to place the hands on the private parts and I do not see the actual need.
Level 2 is going to be great.
Day Two was great.
First of all I was a half hour early (not being late is always a good start).
It was also good having my Mineral Medicine Bag with me, even though I didn't really need them.
The visiuilation of the clothsline and finding our 'Mass Consciousness Belief' and removing it, brought the feeling of the Spirit Realm to me. In the Shaman tradition the Spirit Realm consists of - Lower World, Middle World and Upper World. The Upper World one climbs stairs, escalator or elevator up into the clouds. The Upper World is where our Higher Self resides, Saints, Angles and other higher energy spirits. It was very much like being on a Spirit Journey.
The recovering of one of our CORDS I am not clear as to why? I am not clear on how our Chakras can send out these cords when the Chakra is closed. I can understand sending out cords when our Chakras are open, but I thought they are closed to protect them from cords.
This is the reason why I think more work needs to be done on the AURA and the importance of the AURA. Melody commented on day one about how her hand touching the table and she lifts her hand off the table their are strands of energy connecting her hand to the table. These strands retract into the AURA of the hand, because our intention is not focused on the table. As I understand it, it is the AURA that sends out the cords. The cord can become connected to our Chakra, however, this usually takes some time for the cord to work its way to the Chakra.
I need to do more work on the Energy Realm.
The Chakra array was very much like a Reiki session. I really enjoy it. I was somewhat uncomfortable having to place the hands on the private parts and I do not see the actual need.
Level 2 is going to be great.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Melody's Workshop #1
October 23, day one of the 1st level of Melody's Crystal Workshop.
It started out with me being LATE, I hate being LATE. It is what I get for catching the Seabus and using transit, I missed my seabus and had to wait 30 minutes for the next one. I should have known better!
The workshop was full, with lots of interest. Melody stressed that as practitioners we are facilitators, not counsellors. I understand what she is saying, but I do not know if I FULLY agree. There are times in normal HUMAN RELATIONS that we all support each other in ways that could be defined as counselling each other. I do understand in a PROFESSIONAL manner we are NOT COUNSELLORS, which I think is what Melody is referring to.
The morning I found myself wondering if this workshop was what I was wanting or needing. I have this aversion to science mixing with spirituality. I SEE IT as an attempt to justify or legitimize the SPIRIT. The other focus was on the Chakras, with little attention on the AURA. This is common in most spiritual practices, I just wish there was more focus on the AURA. At the lunch break I had decided to stay for the 2 days of Level one, but not sure of returning for Level two.
I did find Melody's words on Elixirs as beneficial and wise.
During Lunch;
I talked to Melody for a short time and mentioned the issue of the Mineral's SPIRIT, and if she had worked with the spirits. She replied that she had worked with a couple of the mineral's spirit but not much. After I told her of my experiences she suggested that I should write a book about the Mineral Spirits as it is needed. I enjoyed the few words with Melody, but she was busy and I did not want to take any more of her time.
I met a few other participants and had some good discussions.
After Lunch;
After lunch Melody broke us up into pairs and she had us paired with strangers, as she pointed out that we will not know our CLIENTS and as such we need to experience working with strangers. I think this is also why Melody emphasises being facilitators and not counsellors. This was good, plus myself not knowing anyone present it was no real problem.
We did an array that works on eliminating LIMITING BELIEFS from our deeper self. Without my crystals I felt a little short on being able to do the array. CRYSTALWORKS helped by having some small crystals that we could us. It was a great experience and Melody explained that when we are short on the number of Crystals that the array needs to be just as big as in the book. One can have less Crystals in the array, but not to shrink the actual array size.
HOMEWORK;
I have to sleep tonight with a Faben Crystal tapped to my spine. This should be interesting, thank goodness I have a small and flat Faben Crystal to us.
CONCLUSION;
At the end of the day I was feeling much better about the workshop and I will be attending both Levels.
I find that the workshop is mostly on the different arrays that are in her book "Laying-on-of-Stones" and I am really looking forward to working with these different arrays.
PS:
There was also considerable discussion on negative energy and changing the negativity. I need to state my BELIEF that ENERGY IS JUST ENERGY WITHOUT ANY NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE CHARGE TO IT. When we use ENERGY it is our INTENTION that charges the ENERGY with a NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE CHARGE. When we remove the INTENTION attached to the ENERGY we remove the charge and the ENERGY returns to CLEAN ENERGY.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
What is a Shaman?
A Shaman is someone that works in ALL 3 REALMS OF REALITY.
What we consider to be REALITY is often limited to this Physical Realm. The Physical Realm only consists of one-third of our REALITY. REALITY consists of 3 REALMS - Physical Realm (Physical Body), Energy Realm (Energy Body) and the Spirit Realm (Our Spirit).
When we limit our self to this Physical Realm we are too busy in just surviving, we have no opportunity to CREATE.
[A Fabric of Energy is too uniformly woven, too neat and tidy. A Web of Energy is much more random in its spinning of the Energy and much more realistic.]
The other fact that Physics tells us is that Energy never dies or never ceases to be Energy. Energy can only transform from one form of Energy to another form of Energy, BUT IT IS ALWAYS ENERGY. This FACT is our first sign of our TRUE IMMORTALITY.
The other important point to know about the Energy Realm is that TIME does not exist here as we know TIME. What we define as PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE are all present in the Energy Realm.
The Energy Realm is the most foreign to us and is difficult for us to comprehend (the issue of TIME and the web that connects us to everything is difficult to intellectualize). The Shaman leans how to work with this Realm and how to utilize the ENERGY.
[NOTE: I will do a separate post on this Realm of Energy]
Our INSPIRATION, PASSIONS, CREATIVITY AND INTUITION are all connections that come from our SPIRIT.
Our SOUL connects with our Spirit each and every night, when we DREAM. Our SOUL returns to our Body every morning when we awake. Shamans return to their Spirit in a consciously aware state when they do 'Spirit Journeys' often referred to as 'Dreamtime'.
In the Spirit Realm our Spirit is a part of the ONENESS and is connected to EVERYTHING. Our Spirit has NO NEEDS as it has EVERYTHING. Our SOUL has a difficult time COMPREHENDING this ONENESS, so for us to UNDERSTAND and to work with the ONENESS we individualize the components of the ONENESS. This process of individualizing the ONENESS gives us our SPIRIT TOTEMS, SPIRIT HELPERS, SPIRIT GUIDES AND SPIRIT PROTECTORS.
It is the Spirit Realm that actually SPINS THE WEB OF LIFE and CREATES this Physical Realm.
[NOTE: I will do a separate post on this Realm of Spirit]
When one is CONSCIOUSLY AWARE and working with ALL 3 Realms of Reality one no longer finds the need to struggle with LIFE. One finds a natural FLOW in their Life and the challenges are not as dramatic or traumatic. One finds that LIFE actually supports them and is not as dangerous as previously thought.
The Shaman works in all 3 Realms in a CONSCIOUSLY AWARE STATE. The non-shaman person also works in all 3 Realms but they are not CONSCIOUSLY AWARE of these 3 Realms.
What we consider to be REALITY is often limited to this Physical Realm. The Physical Realm only consists of one-third of our REALITY. REALITY consists of 3 REALMS - Physical Realm (Physical Body), Energy Realm (Energy Body) and the Spirit Realm (Our Spirit).
Physical Realm:
When we limit our self to the Physical Realm we are limiting our self to this MORTAL Realm. With just our Physical Body and our Physical Environment we are vulnerable to our environment. We are constantly struggling with our environment just to survive. We are faced with DOUBT, FEAR AND DISBELIEF.When we limit our self to this Physical Realm we are too busy in just surviving, we have no opportunity to CREATE.
Energy Realm:
The Energy Realm is what CREATES the Physical Realm. Quantum Physics describes this Realm as "The Fabric of LIFE", I prefer the term "Web of LIFE". Quantum Physics tells us that everything in the Physical Universe is composed from this Fabric of Energy and everything is connected to everything through this Fabric.[A Fabric of Energy is too uniformly woven, too neat and tidy. A Web of Energy is much more random in its spinning of the Energy and much more realistic.]
The other fact that Physics tells us is that Energy never dies or never ceases to be Energy. Energy can only transform from one form of Energy to another form of Energy, BUT IT IS ALWAYS ENERGY. This FACT is our first sign of our TRUE IMMORTALITY.
The other important point to know about the Energy Realm is that TIME does not exist here as we know TIME. What we define as PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE are all present in the Energy Realm.
The Energy Realm is the most foreign to us and is difficult for us to comprehend (the issue of TIME and the web that connects us to everything is difficult to intellectualize). The Shaman leans how to work with this Realm and how to utilize the ENERGY.
[NOTE: I will do a separate post on this Realm of Energy]
Spirit Realm:
The Spirit Realm is where we are from. Our Spirit resides here in the Spirit Realm, much like our Physical Body resides in the Physical Realm. We are connected between the two with our SOUL(Consciousness).Our INSPIRATION, PASSIONS, CREATIVITY AND INTUITION are all connections that come from our SPIRIT.
Our SOUL connects with our Spirit each and every night, when we DREAM. Our SOUL returns to our Body every morning when we awake. Shamans return to their Spirit in a consciously aware state when they do 'Spirit Journeys' often referred to as 'Dreamtime'.
In the Spirit Realm our Spirit is a part of the ONENESS and is connected to EVERYTHING. Our Spirit has NO NEEDS as it has EVERYTHING. Our SOUL has a difficult time COMPREHENDING this ONENESS, so for us to UNDERSTAND and to work with the ONENESS we individualize the components of the ONENESS. This process of individualizing the ONENESS gives us our SPIRIT TOTEMS, SPIRIT HELPERS, SPIRIT GUIDES AND SPIRIT PROTECTORS.
It is the Spirit Realm that actually SPINS THE WEB OF LIFE and CREATES this Physical Realm.
[NOTE: I will do a separate post on this Realm of Spirit]
When one is CONSCIOUSLY AWARE and working with ALL 3 Realms of Reality one no longer finds the need to struggle with LIFE. One finds a natural FLOW in their Life and the challenges are not as dramatic or traumatic. One finds that LIFE actually supports them and is not as dangerous as previously thought.
The Shaman works in all 3 Realms in a CONSCIOUSLY AWARE STATE. The non-shaman person also works in all 3 Realms but they are not CONSCIOUSLY AWARE of these 3 Realms.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Healing Process
What is the HEALING PROCESS?
The HEALING PROCESS is different for each INDIVIDUAL. This process is whatever the INDIVIDUAL needs to experience in order to realize their wholeness as a SPIRITUAL BEING HAVING A PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE. This realization awakens our CREATIVITY, and our ability to CREATE the Physical Life we have come here to CREATE.When we have realized our TRUE wholeness we lose our - Doubt, Fear and Disbelief.
Healing with Reiki follows the HEALING PROCESS!
When we are looking for HEALING, we often want someone else to heal us. The issue is the need to HEAL our self. In order to HEAL our self we often need the assistance of others.
Part of this HEALING PROCESS is realizing our own INDIVIDUAL roll in our HEALING. The Reiki practitioner can channel the Reiki energy to the client, but what the client does with the Reiki energy is up to the client. The client's Body will use the Reiki energy with a level of INSTINCT and this will help in the client's HEALING.
When the client has a CONSCIOUS INTENTION of specifically using the Reiki energy will greatly increase their HEALING. This is greatly increased with the CONSCIOUS INTENTION of the practitioner, and the two focus their INTENTION.
My Reiki Practice
This use of one's INTENTION is not always easy to incorporate. It can be a challenge to know where to focus one's INTENTION. This often developes over the 12 sessions. The 12 sessions can start by just allowing the Body's INSTINCT to utilize the Reiki and as one becomes more comfortable with the energy one can start to focus one's INTENTION.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Laying-on-of-Stones
The Laying-on-of-Stones is a powerful way of experiencing the Mineral Kingdom.
The number of Crystals is often 30 or more and the space around the individual needs to be enough to incorporate the pattern. Melody's book "Laying-on-of-Stones" is full of different patterns to use. Each pattern will have different characteristics and one picks a pattern depending on what they wish to experience. One will use their INTUITION when picking what Crystal to place where.
There was only 4 students and it took us about 5 hours to do one layout for each student to experience.
The pattern I picked out of the book had to do with 'the Belief of the Oneness' and helps to establish the Belief and to reduce the DOUBT.
It wasn't long into experiencing my pattern when I started to feel my body melting into the floor I was laying on. It was a unique sensation, (I was use to moving my CONSCIOUSNESS in Spirit Journeys from this Physical Realm to the Spirit Realm, and to move my CONSCIOUSNESS from my Body to inside a Crystal) of having my Body and my Consciousness joining the floor was strange. It felt like my Body was elongating and becoming the floor beneath me. This started to be a little scary as I started to become a part of the building and not just the floor, it was a little scary as I felt I may loose myself. It was at this point that everything suddenly changed. It was with a sudden jolt that I was now flying over English Bay!
The suddenness of this change almost brought me out of the experience and I almost got up out of the layout. However, flying over English Bay was awesome and I stayed with the sensation. I was flying as an Eagle and flying beside my Totem. I felt my strong wings and the air rushing through them and the feeling of soaring high over the Bay. I could see the crowd on the beach extremely clear and sharp even at a long distance. It was my first experience of flying with my Totem.
When the session ended and I got up from the floor I noticed a large poster of an Eagle resting above my head. It wasn't there originally. I asked the teacher when and why she had placed the poster there? She replied that it was about half-way through the session that she got a strong urge to place the poster there. It explained the sudden jolt from being a part of the building to flying with my Totem.
What really surprised me about the experience was that no one knew that the Eagle was my Totem. I had just met my Totem for the first time a week ago and no one present knew about it. Plus the fact that the poster was nowhere around before we had started the whole Laying-on-of-Stones session, the teacher must have dug it up from somewhere else in her place. The poster was not a part of the Laying-on-of-Stones process and she had not done anything similar with the others, why me?
Laying-on-of-Stones is a powerful experience. As any experience words and even pictures are not the same as the actual experience. It needs to be experienced to fully appreciate the power.
What is Laying-on-of-Stones?
The Laying-on-of-Stones is where a pattern of Crystals & Stones are placed on and around the individual. The Individual is laying on the floor or ground and the Crystals & Stones are place over you and around you. It is the combination of the pattern and the Stones used that has an affect on the individual.The number of Crystals is often 30 or more and the space around the individual needs to be enough to incorporate the pattern. Melody's book "Laying-on-of-Stones" is full of different patterns to use. Each pattern will have different characteristics and one picks a pattern depending on what they wish to experience. One will use their INTUITION when picking what Crystal to place where.
My 1st Experience:
My 1st experience with Laying-on-of-Stones was with my 1st Crystal teacher and our last class together. She took the class back to her place in order to do the layouts. She had enough Crystals at home in order to do the layouts.There was only 4 students and it took us about 5 hours to do one layout for each student to experience.
The pattern I picked out of the book had to do with 'the Belief of the Oneness' and helps to establish the Belief and to reduce the DOUBT.
It wasn't long into experiencing my pattern when I started to feel my body melting into the floor I was laying on. It was a unique sensation, (I was use to moving my CONSCIOUSNESS in Spirit Journeys from this Physical Realm to the Spirit Realm, and to move my CONSCIOUSNESS from my Body to inside a Crystal) of having my Body and my Consciousness joining the floor was strange. It felt like my Body was elongating and becoming the floor beneath me. This started to be a little scary as I started to become a part of the building and not just the floor, it was a little scary as I felt I may loose myself. It was at this point that everything suddenly changed. It was with a sudden jolt that I was now flying over English Bay!
The suddenness of this change almost brought me out of the experience and I almost got up out of the layout. However, flying over English Bay was awesome and I stayed with the sensation. I was flying as an Eagle and flying beside my Totem. I felt my strong wings and the air rushing through them and the feeling of soaring high over the Bay. I could see the crowd on the beach extremely clear and sharp even at a long distance. It was my first experience of flying with my Totem.
When the session ended and I got up from the floor I noticed a large poster of an Eagle resting above my head. It wasn't there originally. I asked the teacher when and why she had placed the poster there? She replied that it was about half-way through the session that she got a strong urge to place the poster there. It explained the sudden jolt from being a part of the building to flying with my Totem.
What really surprised me about the experience was that no one knew that the Eagle was my Totem. I had just met my Totem for the first time a week ago and no one present knew about it. Plus the fact that the poster was nowhere around before we had started the whole Laying-on-of-Stones session, the teacher must have dug it up from somewhere else in her place. The poster was not a part of the Laying-on-of-Stones process and she had not done anything similar with the others, why me?
Laying-on-of-Stones is a powerful experience. As any experience words and even pictures are not the same as the actual experience. It needs to be experienced to fully appreciate the power.
Friday, October 15, 2010
12-30 minute sessions/no more than 2 days between sessions
Why I require this commitment from my clients:
30 Minute sessions:
I do not believe there is any more benefit to the client with a Reiki session that is longer than 30 minutes.
When I first explored Reiki I did a test on both Reiki and Kirlian photography. I had my aura and chakras photographed with a Kirlian camera, then had a 20 minute Reiki session, then returned to have my photo taken again.
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| Chakras before Reiki |
The above graph shows the energy level of my 7 Chakras before I had the 20 minute Reiki session. The Chakras go from Left to Right, with the Base chakra on the far Left and the Crown chakra on the far Right.
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| Chakra after Reiki |
The above graph shows the energy level of my 7 Chakras after a 20 minute Reiki session, and 24 hours later. The 20 minute Reiki session not only fully energized all 7 Chakras, but they stayed charged for over 24 hours.
The GREEN BAR on the graph represents the area that most individuals that work with their CHAKRAS try to keep their energy at. The solid line through the GREEN BAR represents the FILL line and when the Chakra's energy is above this line the Chakra is overflowing into our environment.
Reiki & Kirlian photos
The above link will take you to my facebook site where there is more Kirlian photos that graphs my AURA before and after the Reiki session, as well as the Chakra graph.
The additional point is that when I returned to the Kirlian booth after the Reiki session the booth was closed for the night. I had to return the next day for the 2nd Kirlian photo. I was concerned that I would have to repeat the whole process.
The camera operator was shocked at the difference in my Chakras, he had never seen such a drastic change in one's Chakra levels in such a short time. He commented that it would normally take weeks or even months of working with one's Chakras to get them to the level of the 2nd photo. I too was surprised that they had stayed so high for 24 hours. It was good enough for me and I did not repeat the test.
The point being - if a 20 minute session can fully charge one's Chakras, then another 10 minutes will suffice for a full treatment. The extra 10 minutes represents 50% more Reiki treatment.
NOTE: The actual session will be closer to an hour (45 minutes or so). The 30 minutes is of Reiki itself, I work with crystals and the client meditates for 5 - 10 minutes alone with the crystals before the Reiki starts. There is also some time before the session starts to brief each other and then some time to debrief about the session.
2 days between sessions:
In the test above the 2nd photo was taken 24 hours after the 20 minute Reiki session. It seems logical to believe that in that 24 hours the energy levels of my Chakras had declined some. In another 24 hours the energy levels would have reduced more.
As Reiki's healing ability is based on its accumulative nature one does not want to wait until the Chakras energy is reduced to its original levels. It would defeat the whole purpose of having multiple sessions if each session is starting from the beginning.
Ms Takata had a Reiki session each and every day for over a month when she was receiving her Reiki healing. I think a maximum of 2 days is a reasonable compromise.
12 Sessions:
12 sessions spread over about 5 weeks is a reasonable amount of time in order to assess the affect the Reiki may be having. The 12 sessions may or may not be enough to heal the issue, but I do think it is enough time to assess the benefit Reiki is having.
Shorter amount of session I do not believe would be enough to adequately assess the affect of Reiki. I would not be surprised if the last 6 sessions may have the most noticed affect on the client.
Cost:
The cost of $150 for the 12 sessions works out to $25 per hour for the Reiki. I know it is common to pay $60 per hour, but I would rather have my client commit to the time of having 12 sessions over a month or so. The cost at $60 per hour would make the 12 session over $300 which is too expensive for most.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Melody's Workshop
I am very excited about this coming Workshop. For those who may not know Melody, she is THE master of the metaphysical properties of the Crystals and Stones. Melody's book "Love is in the Earth" was the bible in this field for decades and still is. Her book "Laying-on-of-Stones" is one of my favourite books that I use often, it is full of different layout patterns with the Crystals and Stones.
Melody seldom does these workshops herself any more, as she teaches others to do them. Having her here in Vancouver giving both Level 1 and Level 2 is a once in a lifetime event.
I have been working with the Crystals and Stones for over 10 years and I have had some training and experiences from other teachers in the metaphysical properties of the Crystals. However, my working with the grandmothers is different than most in this field. I am looking forward to learning from Melody and to add her teachings to my system of working with the grandmothers.
Level 1 Workshop is Oct. 23 and 24.
Level 2 Workshop is Oct. 26 and 27
Melody seldom does these workshops herself any more, as she teaches others to do them. Having her here in Vancouver giving both Level 1 and Level 2 is a once in a lifetime event.
I have been working with the Crystals and Stones for over 10 years and I have had some training and experiences from other teachers in the metaphysical properties of the Crystals. However, my working with the grandmothers is different than most in this field. I am looking forward to learning from Melody and to add her teachings to my system of working with the grandmothers.
Level 1 Workshop is Oct. 23 and 24.
Level 2 Workshop is Oct. 26 and 27
WHY we do what we do:
What are our Intentions?
On the surface our Intentions are - why we do what we do. We act according to our Values (Oct. 12 post) / Belief systems (Sept. 8 post) and we set our INTENTIONS accordingly. We are often unaware of our Intentions, this is especially true when we act out of habit. Other times we act out of expectations and we are unaware of our Intentions.
Our Intentions are not as easily defined as one may believe. Mother Teresa knew this when she said "She would never attend a Anti-War rally, but she would attend a Peace rally". She understood that in a "Anti-War" rally our INTENTION is still focused on WAR. The issue of being "Pro" or "Anti" are judgment calls, the focus of both is still on WAR. However, in a PEACE rally the focus is on PEACE and not WAR, our INTENTION is now focused on PEACE.
We need to have CLEAR AND FOCUSED Intention. In the Anti-War example the Intention is focused on what WE DO NOT WANT (WAR). In the Peace rally the Intention is focused on what WE WANT (PEACE). We need to be clear in what - WE WANT, and to stay away from what - WE DO NOT WANT. When we are focused on WHAT WE DO NOT WANT, we often get what WE DO NOT WANT. Another example of this is the Anti-Poverty groups with their INTENTION on POVERTY, would do better if they changed their INTENTION from POVERTY to ABUNDANCE.
This issue of what - WE WANT verses WE DO NOT WANT - complicates using our Intentions to our potential. We are a society that is very judgmental and we are usually very CLEAR in what WE DO NOT WANT, but not so clear in what WE WANT. I know for myself that I know exactly what I DO NOT WANT, but find myself much more unfocused on EXACTLY what I WANT.
A great example of the proper alignment of Belief with Intention and the practice of Patience & Persistence:
A California medical doctor broke his lower back in an accident and was paralyzed from the waist down. The prognoses was that he would be in a wheelchair for the rest of his Life.
To make a long story short, the doctor was walking again after 2 years of being in a wheelchair. When asked to explain his MIRACULOUS healing. The doctor commented "He knew that LIFE can always overcome difficult situations, and if he continued to send the message from his brain to his legs to move, that LIFE would find a way to connect the message to his legs." It took the doctor 2 years of sending the message from his brain to his legs before he saw any sign of the message getting through.
The doctor's Belief in LIFE and his Intention to walk again is admirable, however, his show of Patience & Persistence was truly AWESOME in this modern time of INSTANT GRATIFICATION. To continue to send the message from his brain to his legs for 2 years before he saw any sign of the message getting through is unusual. This is especially true considering his medical training told him that it was IMPOSSIBLE to heal the spine.
On the surface our Intentions are - why we do what we do. We act according to our Values (Oct. 12 post) / Belief systems (Sept. 8 post) and we set our INTENTIONS accordingly. We are often unaware of our Intentions, this is especially true when we act out of habit. Other times we act out of expectations and we are unaware of our Intentions.
Our Intentions are not as easily defined as one may believe. Mother Teresa knew this when she said "She would never attend a Anti-War rally, but she would attend a Peace rally". She understood that in a "Anti-War" rally our INTENTION is still focused on WAR. The issue of being "Pro" or "Anti" are judgment calls, the focus of both is still on WAR. However, in a PEACE rally the focus is on PEACE and not WAR, our INTENTION is now focused on PEACE.
We need to have CLEAR AND FOCUSED Intention. In the Anti-War example the Intention is focused on what WE DO NOT WANT (WAR). In the Peace rally the Intention is focused on what WE WANT (PEACE). We need to be clear in what - WE WANT, and to stay away from what - WE DO NOT WANT. When we are focused on WHAT WE DO NOT WANT, we often get what WE DO NOT WANT. Another example of this is the Anti-Poverty groups with their INTENTION on POVERTY, would do better if they changed their INTENTION from POVERTY to ABUNDANCE.
This issue of what - WE WANT verses WE DO NOT WANT - complicates using our Intentions to our potential. We are a society that is very judgmental and we are usually very CLEAR in what WE DO NOT WANT, but not so clear in what WE WANT. I know for myself that I know exactly what I DO NOT WANT, but find myself much more unfocused on EXACTLY what I WANT.
WE NEED TO HAVE CLEAR AND PRECISE INTENTIONS!
Another challenge we have with our Intentions is how they align with our Beliefs. If our Intentions conflict with what we believe we have the energy working against each other.
An example of this type of conflict was in the movie "What the Bleep do we know?" and they were talking about how our body's cells respond to our Beliefs. They stated that if we believe our self to be "Fat" that there is some evidence that our cells will prioritize the storage of calories. That if there is a choice of burning the calories or storing the calories the cells will store the calories. If this is true and we go on a diet to reduce our weight and our intention is to reduce weight, but our cells are still storing the calories (because we believe we are fat), we are defeating our own intention. This conflict between believing our self to be fat, and our intention to reduce our weight can create considerable frustration.
In healing our self, this conflict between Belief and Intention is also evident. If our Intention is to heal our body, then we need to believe in our body to heal itself. Doctors and Healers can assist the person in their healing, but it is the body itself that needs to heal.
As an example of the body healing itself; With my clients I often use the example of having a broken bone, the doctor sets the bone and immobilizes the bone so the body can heal the broken bone. It is the body that is the true healer, and we need to believe in our body in order to heal. It is our INTENTION that directs the body to heal itself.
Doctors, medicines and Healers have a limited part to play in the healing process. We can have partial success with our intention to heal when our BELIEF is with the Doctors, Medicines and Healers - The Placebo Effect. We have much better healing results when we have the proper respect for the Doctors and Healers and the BELIEF in our own body to heal.
However if our Belief is in our body being a victim of the dangers of LIFE, then our INTENTION to heal is going to be a long and suffering process.
We need to be AWARE of both our Beliefs and our Intentions and to keep these two in alignment with each other, and to have clear and concise INTENTIONS of what we WANT.
Patience & Persistence:
In our INSTANT society we have lost our PATIENCE. When we do not see instant results, we lose our focus and try something else. We are quick to judge something as not working and to change our focus to something else. LIFE does not work in this instantaneous process.
An example of this type of conflict was in the movie "What the Bleep do we know?" and they were talking about how our body's cells respond to our Beliefs. They stated that if we believe our self to be "Fat" that there is some evidence that our cells will prioritize the storage of calories. That if there is a choice of burning the calories or storing the calories the cells will store the calories. If this is true and we go on a diet to reduce our weight and our intention is to reduce weight, but our cells are still storing the calories (because we believe we are fat), we are defeating our own intention. This conflict between believing our self to be fat, and our intention to reduce our weight can create considerable frustration.
In healing our self, this conflict between Belief and Intention is also evident. If our Intention is to heal our body, then we need to believe in our body to heal itself. Doctors and Healers can assist the person in their healing, but it is the body itself that needs to heal.
As an example of the body healing itself; With my clients I often use the example of having a broken bone, the doctor sets the bone and immobilizes the bone so the body can heal the broken bone. It is the body that is the true healer, and we need to believe in our body in order to heal. It is our INTENTION that directs the body to heal itself.
Doctors, medicines and Healers have a limited part to play in the healing process. We can have partial success with our intention to heal when our BELIEF is with the Doctors, Medicines and Healers - The Placebo Effect. We have much better healing results when we have the proper respect for the Doctors and Healers and the BELIEF in our own body to heal.
However if our Belief is in our body being a victim of the dangers of LIFE, then our INTENTION to heal is going to be a long and suffering process.
We need to be AWARE of both our Beliefs and our Intentions and to keep these two in alignment with each other, and to have clear and concise INTENTIONS of what we WANT.
Patience & Persistence:
In our INSTANT society we have lost our PATIENCE. When we do not see instant results, we lose our focus and try something else. We are quick to judge something as not working and to change our focus to something else. LIFE does not work in this instantaneous process.
A great example of the proper alignment of Belief with Intention and the practice of Patience & Persistence:
A California medical doctor broke his lower back in an accident and was paralyzed from the waist down. The prognoses was that he would be in a wheelchair for the rest of his Life.
To make a long story short, the doctor was walking again after 2 years of being in a wheelchair. When asked to explain his MIRACULOUS healing. The doctor commented "He knew that LIFE can always overcome difficult situations, and if he continued to send the message from his brain to his legs to move, that LIFE would find a way to connect the message to his legs." It took the doctor 2 years of sending the message from his brain to his legs before he saw any sign of the message getting through.
The doctor's Belief in LIFE and his Intention to walk again is admirable, however, his show of Patience & Persistence was truly AWESOME in this modern time of INSTANT GRATIFICATION. To continue to send the message from his brain to his legs for 2 years before he saw any sign of the message getting through is unusual. This is especially true considering his medical training told him that it was IMPOSSIBLE to heal the spine.
HIS BELIEF TOOK HIM BEYOND HIS KNOWLEDGE.
Our INTENTIONS are the movers of the Universal Life-Force Energy (Chi) that creates the WEB OF OUR Life. Like our Feelings working with our Thoughts, our Intentions work with our Beliefs. Intentions & Beliefs work closely together and they are both powerful Chi movers and shapers! If we have limiting Beliefs then our Intentions will be similarly limited. If our Beliefs are empowering then our Intentions will be limitless.
Our Intentions are a powerful tool in shaping our lives. When we have clear Intentions we can move mountains.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Core Values
Individuals act and behave according to their VALUES. These values are personal and individualistic and are neither good or bad, they are simply values. These values are judged to be good or bad based on some form of morality.
Our society, culture and family will often impose values onto the individual and these are seen as what we are expected to value or what we should value. What we are expected or should value is what I call our adopted values. Adopted values are not good enough to guide our actions, they often create conflicts between what is expected of us and what we truly value.
We often see this CONFLICT with young teenagers going through what is often described as the "rebellious" years. They are looking to discover their OWN VALUES and are confronted with what is expected of them. We need to own our values, it is not good enough to act on what is expected. These 'rebellious' years are individuals finding their OWN values.
When we judge values as being good or bad, we are judging the values based on a sense of MORALITY. Morality is itself a set of values that is often forced on the individual. Morals only have worth when the individual can truly OWN the set of values that compose the morals. Morals are worthless when they are forced onto the individual.
CONFLICT - SHOULD VALUE VS TRUE VALUE
It is when we see the hypocritical actions from adults and authority figures that individuals searching for VALUES become lost. Look at all the ABUSE from individuals that are in a position of authority - priests, doctors, teachers, judges, police, parents and every other sector of society. This doesn't include the adults that say one thing and does another.
When you are a young person looking for your own values and you observe how everyone says they value one thing, but acts in another way, what kind of conclusion can one draw?
The conclusion that is often reached is that VALUES ARE WORTHLESS! Without our own values we have no way of steering our Life. We only value what is immediately good to the self. We often turn to drugs, alcohol, sex and other immediate satisfaction to our self or at the least acceptance from others in our immediate group. WE BECOME LOST!
FINDING OUR TRUE VALUES
I believe that at our Soul/Spirit level we all have a set of Values that we support and want to live by. Finding these TRUE values takes some work of 'Soul Searching'. To find these values we need to put aside what is expected or what we should value. In order to find this we need to ask - WHAT DO I VALUE? This means we need to put to work our EGO, in a productive manner.
I know that some will disagree with the use of EGO and the centering of the self but it is a necessary and productive step. Without establishing what "I" value nothing else really matters. It is only when we have established what I value that we can properly incorporate our 'Social values', 'Cultural values' and even 'Family values'. Without the I value these other values have no worth.
When we have established our I values and incorporate the other values we can start to set our Life on the course we want our Life to take (our Life Path).
Our society, culture and family will often impose values onto the individual and these are seen as what we are expected to value or what we should value. What we are expected or should value is what I call our adopted values. Adopted values are not good enough to guide our actions, they often create conflicts between what is expected of us and what we truly value.
We often see this CONFLICT with young teenagers going through what is often described as the "rebellious" years. They are looking to discover their OWN VALUES and are confronted with what is expected of them. We need to own our values, it is not good enough to act on what is expected. These 'rebellious' years are individuals finding their OWN values.
When we judge values as being good or bad, we are judging the values based on a sense of MORALITY. Morality is itself a set of values that is often forced on the individual. Morals only have worth when the individual can truly OWN the set of values that compose the morals. Morals are worthless when they are forced onto the individual.
CONFLICT - SHOULD VALUE VS TRUE VALUE
It is when we see the hypocritical actions from adults and authority figures that individuals searching for VALUES become lost. Look at all the ABUSE from individuals that are in a position of authority - priests, doctors, teachers, judges, police, parents and every other sector of society. This doesn't include the adults that say one thing and does another.
When you are a young person looking for your own values and you observe how everyone says they value one thing, but acts in another way, what kind of conclusion can one draw?
The conclusion that is often reached is that VALUES ARE WORTHLESS! Without our own values we have no way of steering our Life. We only value what is immediately good to the self. We often turn to drugs, alcohol, sex and other immediate satisfaction to our self or at the least acceptance from others in our immediate group. WE BECOME LOST!
FINDING OUR TRUE VALUES
I believe that at our Soul/Spirit level we all have a set of Values that we support and want to live by. Finding these TRUE values takes some work of 'Soul Searching'. To find these values we need to put aside what is expected or what we should value. In order to find this we need to ask - WHAT DO I VALUE? This means we need to put to work our EGO, in a productive manner.
I know that some will disagree with the use of EGO and the centering of the self but it is a necessary and productive step. Without establishing what "I" value nothing else really matters. It is only when we have established what I value that we can properly incorporate our 'Social values', 'Cultural values' and even 'Family values'. Without the I value these other values have no worth.
When we have established our I values and incorporate the other values we can start to set our Life on the course we want our Life to take (our Life Path).
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