Dr Usui, founder Reiki, offered us some principles to assist
living a happy, healthy life. I find
them especially useful at Christmas!
Just for today do not worry There can be lots of worries at Christmas: who
to spend the Christmas holiday with, what presents to buy, what food to eat, if
the weather will be OK for travelling.
All this at a time of year when what I feel most like doing is
hibernating! So how do I not
worry about all these things? I have
found the solution is in my Reiki practice.
Treating myself or receiving treatment reduces the stressful feelings
and in a more relaxed state of mind I am able to find creative solutions to the
apparent problems more easily. With a
calm mind I can think of the perfect gift for my loved ones. Self-treatment also helps me to tune into the
needs of my body, helping to make food decisions.
Just for today do not anger – While it is often
lovely to spend time with people at Christmas it can also be frustrating and irritating.
It can also be a time when we confront
our history. Each family has its own
culture, with unspoken assumptions and rituals.
These Christmas rituals can be comforting but they can also be difficult
when they do not fit with the person I have become. My Reiki practice has helped me to become
more conscious and aware of my responses and rather than behave according to unconscious
programming I have a choice about how I respond. So
when someone makes a comment that angers me, I take a deep breath, give myself Reiki
and look for the underlying causes of my pain.
More peaceful relationships are often the result!
Honour your parents, teachers and elders Putting the
needs of others first to show respect to elders is imbued in Japanese culture. Takata saw that this was not a cultural
understanding when she started teaching Westerners, so added this
principle. As I come together with older
people in my family this principle reminds me to show them respect – and also to
be deserving of the respect of those who are younger by respecting them too!
Earn your living honestly has been useful around the question
of money. Buying Christmas gifts, I have
often gone into of debt because I wanted to buy more than my financial
situation could really support. I have
realised that this was a kind of dishonesty – pretending to myself that I had more
income than I had because I didn’t want to look bad in front of others. However, some of the most appreciated gifts I
have given were not the most expensive, but the ones that were the result of
recognising the need of another and finding something that would address that.
Show gratitude to every living thing is a particularly
relevant principle at a time of growing consciousness about the effect we are
having on our planet. I spend a moment
before eating the Christmas feast being grateful for the living things that provided
the meal. I am also grateful for the living things that
surround me: the people who are important in my life.
Thank you for being connected with me through Reiki. I wish you a happy, healthy and peaceful time
at Christmas and for the year to come.
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