PonderEthereal

crossposted to Trusera.

I am a Usui Reiki Master Teacher and the originator of Blue Fire Reiki. I’ve been teaching Reiki for 2 years. When I teach, I avoid the metaphysical Frou-frou and try to explain things in a really realistic way so that people REALLY understand (and believe) what I’m talking about. So… I’ll talk about reiki.. but bear with me through the ‘grass roots’ explanations. :)

Reiki is a complimentary alternative healing modality in which energy is channeled through the client to cause healing. When we talk about energy, what we are really talking about is the common ‘fabric’ upon which everything else in the known universe rests. The stuff that isn’t yet measurable by physical means (I have faith in science though - it catches up with metaphysics every now and then!). Different types of energy fall into different places along the spectrum of ‘universal energy’.

Energy is less dense…

One of my teachers was in town this week and I got to spend a ton of time with him and, among other things, he told me about the Santeria priests of a particular Orisha (Oshun, maybe?) who are often tasked with healing others via sex and when the healing has occurred, the healed usually go on their way. So being a priest of this deity is kind of a double edged sword. In order to offer healing, the priest has to get close to whoever they are healing and almost inevitably, that person goes away.

Sometimes there are people who are pulled into my life for a reason and I’m so sure of it that I can almost taste it. There is something they need from me. And sometimes it takes lots of time for that reason to really show up and I puzzle over it for a long…

I think that if Catholic priests spent more time learning to work with spirits and less time trying to make god do it for them, exorcisms wouldn’t be so long and arduous as a rule. I was talking to Hil yesterday and we were talking about the cross and really there is no power in the cross other than what’s behind it. The actual symbol of the cross doesn’t mean anything and neither does all the praying and cavorting. It’s what’s behind it. It gives the priest patience, clarity and confidence of Will.

Obviously, the way Hollywood portrays posession and exorcism is a little sensational but there is truth to it. The truth lies in the fact that unwilling posession does happen, albeit rarely and that it can be nasty.

For a long time, I wondered what exactly my first guide and I had accomplished together and why he is so inactive…

It was the end of the night and it was time for me to go home. That was when Brian called. Panicked. “Something or someone is tossing me around the apartment and I can’t make it stop. I need you. ” I got quick directions, gave a rushed goodbye to my friend who was checking out at the counter and drove over.

I was nervous on my way there. It had been a long time since I’d done an exorcism. I called Ryan on the way and gave him the address where I was going… just in case. It was just that odd of a call.

When I got there, he walked out to the wet street to usher me back to his apartment - in his socks. His breath smelled of wine. I hugged him and tried to make eye contact but his eyes were wild and frenzied. I followed…

Sometimes now, I experience something and I recognize part way through that although I’m living it and I’m immersed in it and I’m feeling it … that I’m writing lyrics for someone else to sing. That sure, I’m going through it but I am me and this is just a situation I’m trying on so that later I can empathize with someone else and help them heal.

It’s reassuring on one hand. It puts a positive spin on it. I’m never immersed for too long any more. But fuck… can’t I just be miserable with no hope in sight just like everybody else? :)

I’ve talked with others before who have gotten to their absolute darkest and haven’t actually ever been able to convince themselves to commit suicide. It’s like you walk right up to the edge and all of the ingredients are there but no cigar. I’m one of…

I am a metaphysical practitioner. I am a sensitive who is adept in tarot and mediumship. I am a spiritual counselor. I am a life path healer.

None of these things are ‘typical’ careers or job roles. Therefore, although typical colleges do offer necessary studies like math, language etc and offer interesting, enriching education towards degrees, they don’t offer much toward learning my particular crafts.

In deciding to do these things professionally, the urge for credentials arose. Useful credentials would tell a prospective client what type of education I have.

Well.. so all of that happened a week or so ago.. about the Chakra healing thing. So I picked up one of my books and started reading again.

It’s a book about spiritual healing and medical intuition. She states that health is directly dependent upon personal power.. what *I* call ‘life energy’. Its the stuff that GIVES you energy… or the ability to have energy. I take for granted that eveone has multiple energy bodies. So everyone’s physical health depends upon their personal power to a large degree. Lots of personal power doesnt necessarily mean good health.. there could be other factors in bad health.. but lack of personal power almost certainly means bad health.

Well.. she goes on to explain that there are ‘faulty’ sources of personal power…. Security is power. Some people get power from being in a ’safe’ position.. either in a safe job or relationship.. it…

Last night was an interesting mixture of life and death for me.

We went to help a friend move some stuff. She’s in a bad place right now and needs to get alot of stuff moved out of her current home. I’ve never seen someone literally fall apart but she has done just that. She is watching her life in helpless exhaustion. it’s so easy to become overwhelmed when you are smack in the middle of something like that.

We took a trip out to the new building of the local Pagan church. Its in the ghetto. I do mean ghetto. I mean boarded up windows overgrown ghetto. First of all, let me say it is the perfect place for the church. The neighborhood needs this and the land is happy to have them. The building and the property will do well with the renovation attempt and the church will…