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Last Updated: March 23, 2015
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page is one of a series where I give my ideas on aspects of
Reiki.
They are intended to give some "food for thought" and are only my
viewpoint.
You will decide for yourself how much (if any) of the content feels
right
to you. Many Reiki
Masters
consider the practice of Reiki to be a form of Conscious Channeling,
and
I agree with this, in part. But to begin such a topic it might
help
to define what I consider Conscious Channeling to be.
In the
1980's Sanaya
Roman and Duane Packer created a highly successful program called
"Opening
to Channel". At their
web pages they describe in detail the concept of channeling
and
conscious channeling.
I have found that Conscious Channeling has really helped me in my Reiki practice, not to mention elsewhere in my daily life. It's helped me to be more in tune with students and clients, to get information or answers to questions, to set better energy spaces, to draw through me new and enhancing energies.
First Impressions Originally I thought channeling involved allowing a higher spirit guide to connect with you and then take over your body to a certain degree. Then the guide would begin to speak through you and give very useful information, some of which may not have been known to many. In the past, many famous channels like Jane Roberts (Seth), Jach Pursell (Lazaris), etc. would channel this way. The channeler might have had an idea of what was being said but they usually had to read the transcripts after, explaining that they seemed to leave their body (in astral form) and experience some spiritual growth in a different realm while the guide was channeling through their body. Some channels would produce automatic writing, allowing their Guide to come in and then take over their handwriting or even their typing on the computer. While the more famous channels always seemed to work with beings of Love and Light, most beginners still were concerned with connecting with beings that were not so evolved. The current
methods
of teaching channeling (such as that by Roman and Packer) involve
techniques
where with the energetic support of the teachers (and their guides) you
only reach the high beings of Love and Light. Also you are no
longer
unaware of your channeling as you remain conscious of what is being
said
- hence you are a conscious channeler. This means that you do not
leave your body when the Guide comes in but you remain conscious and
aware
of everything that is occurring and being said. You simply
develop
a trust with the Being and allow it to speak or write through
you.
I found conscious channeling to be something like eavesdropping on a
conversation.
I may or may not be paying complete attention to the information I am
channeling. t
Channeling
can also
take other forms such as in your art, music, inspiration, daily
guidance
and much more. While usually the Spirit that is channeled is
thought
of having a personality to it's consciousness, the personality can
sometimes
be very silent - almost dormant, as if existing in the background. It is this type of channeling that I feel the Reiki energy can be thought of as. I originally found that the Reiki energy would flow into and through me, simply through the act of my allowing it to do so. However, I did not detect a forward or up-front personality, a being that will interact with my thoughts. But it does seem to have a consciousness that allows it to follow my own intention of flow, and once it integrates with the target, it seems to know where best to concentrate. Thus the Reiki "spirit" or source seemed to interact directly with my own higher consciousness (Higher Self) and that of the person I share it with, knowing how and where it is best suited for the best results in the moment. This may
not be the way Reiki was originally experienced in Usui Sensei's day,
but
it seems a good analogy for today. I feel that as the new Reiki
practitioner
integrates Reiki more and more, eventually she or he becomes or takes
on
this vibration. as if adding to one's music libary. Thus it is
simply an add-on to their own energy
field. This is how the URR
Gakkai
predict an experienced practitioner would experience the energy - they would become the Reiki energy. So too, when working with your higher guides continually over time, one can take on some of the abilities they initially take care of for you. Channeling Other Healing EnergiesWhen I first
began to channel I was
immediately
intrigued with the class exercises where we would ask our guides to
bring
in new or different energies for things like changing the energy in a
room
(adding calm, alertness, coolness or warmth, etc.), or assisting a
partner
with a specific healing energy. After class I wondered if I
could reach out and channel energies of certain types of healing
systems
for which I could not afford to take the classes. I was surprised at
how
clear these energies came in, and as with energies like Reiki, I found
the more I worked with them, the stronger they would get. I would
then test them out on Reiki Masters who were sensitive to energy and
found
that they would get similar results as the originator of the energies
had
predicted.
In one set of
experiences with
one of my
energy clairvoyant students, I inadvertently got authentication by the
founder of energies I had transferred known as Tera-Mai Seichem.
The founder tried to test out my student's version of this energy in
front
of an entire shamanic workshop she was about to take part in. My
student,
when
asked to compare energies, said that the energy from me was the same as
what the
founder had just given her. However, in cases like this, if I
have
not taken the actual training of a system, I do not advertise openly my
energies as being certified in that system.
Sometimes people would write me about energies they had received or were working with. I found that with the help of my higher guides I could quickly pull these in and sample them. Over time I came to understand that I no longer had to take a class just to acquire a new energy I had heard about. I realised that if I still had the urge to take the class, it was because I most likely needed to meet someone there, or I was going to eventually teach that style of energy work. I suppose it
was due to my
curiosity about
these other energies that finally led my higher guides to automatically
connect me to these vibrations, as soon as they detected a curiosity in
me. I might be simply reading about the energy or watching
someone
display it, my curiosity activated, and suddenly I would feel the
energy
coming into me. Over time I found I could do this on my own - but
perhaps
this is just my guides working in the background with me.
Taking Channeling Into My Healing WorkHere are some
examples of how my
higher guides
began to work with me in my teaching and healing work.
Originally when
I gave a Reiki
session
I would ask my guides and those of the recipient to help me be aware of
the areas of need in the person's body. Eventually I found that
my
hands were being guided to certain locations and were even moving in
ways
I had not thought of. It was as though the guides were simply
taking
over the process, with my permission, and penetrating the complete aura
of the person as I worked.
Not long after this, my guides suggested I channel through them (using them as sort of gate keepers) the everyday guides of the healing recipient. The gatekeeper concept simply ensures that no lower non-harmonious being or energies can pass through to me. My guides indicated that inviting them in would allow the recipient's guides to be more aware at the physical level the challenges existing within the person's body - something that apparently is not so evident from a guide's higher point of existence. Having done
this, I was asked to
invite
the person's guides to flow, through my higher guide, any additional
healing
energies that they felt might be useful. This is always quite
interesting
to me as the new energies they flow have a different feel to them than
what I am used to.
The combination of these methods has resulted in healing sessions that typically last between 10 and 15 minutes. However, since I have promised the healing recipient at least a full hour's work, I usually then proceed to work around the body using more standard hand positions. I find this may help the subconscious of the person to recognise that I have indeed attended to a certain area, and there is the possibility that it will then release further any blocks related to that part of the body or aura. All in all, it makes for very satisfying sessions.
Another way the
higher guides
assist is
to share information with me about the healing recipient. For
example,
I was taking part in a Reiki information booth at a local wellness
show.
We had 2 tables for people to receive sample Reiki sessions and a
couple
of chairs for friends to sit and wait. Often we might offer a
short
session to the person in the chair. I noticed a teenage girl
waiting
for her mother so I asked her if she would like to receive the same
energies
her mother was getting. She said yes so I simply rested my hands
on her shoulders and let Reiki flow from there.
Within a couple
minutes I was
getting some
information from my guides about her so I shared this and said to her
"You
see things that others do not see." She looked up at me,
surprised
and said "Not things. People." So I told her that the first thing
I had to share was that what she was seeing was real. She looked
at me with great relief and gratitude and said "Thank you!" I
then
explained to her how most people can see spirit when they are very
young,
but over time they allow the ability to slip away, usually due to the
fact
there is no ongoing support for them to retain this. This seemed
to really help her understand her abilities.
Taking Channeling Into My Teaching Me teaching a channeling class in Osaka, Japan (Nov. 2000) An example of my higher guides assisting in other work is during my Reiki or channeling classes. Sometimes there is a discussion or questions on a certain topic. In the middle of explaining something I may find I am suddenly giving information that is completely new to me. When I finish talking I find I am actually saying out loud something like "Wow, I never thought of that before!" The information feels completely new and yet it seems to explain perfectly what we were discussing. Again, I feel this comes from having given my guides permission so many times to share information with me or through me.
I also find
that in my smaller
classes
I am sharing information that is more in tune with what the student
actually
needs to hear or is interested in. In 2003 at a Reiki lecture
given
by Wanja Twan, I learned that Takata-sensei would often do something
like
this as well. Some of her Reiki historical ideas were actually
just
the result of her tuning into her students and recognizing a need for
am
anecdote to get a point across. But then she would always bring the
students
back to the moment by demonstrating the next hand position and saying
"Now
pay attention!"
Throughout the
class my guides
are welcome
to assist me, so they will show up during the meditations and the
attunements
and provide a calmer and more protective space. Since I also
offer
to the student access to their Highest
Ki, my guides and theirs will assist with connecting to the
individual
higher energies of each student.
As the class proceeds I may ask for certain energies to fill the room depending on the moods or needs of the students. For example, in a master class, sometimes after lunch the students may feel a bit slow due to all the energy of the day, and of course the lunch-time meal. So I may channel in energy to make people feel more alert and active. This helps to get through the afternoon and to pay attention. And as you are aware, the temperature can seem to change in the room as you work with Reiki, so at times I may channel in cooling energies, especially when there is a lot of attunement practice.
The Rest of My DayAs Reiki is
what I do
to support my family, I find that I spend a lot of my day running the
energy
along with other energy systems I work with. Working with my
guides
by way of channeling adds to this process and often I simply invite my
guides to be with me. I also use the guides to build areas of
higher
Light vibration. I may fill a space in advance where I am going
to
spend some time in, or if I am standing in a slow line in a
store.
My guides help to assist people into a higher moment in time and things
seem to progress more smoothly or quickly.
There are many other ways that can be used, and sometimes it is just nice to be aware that you are not alone, that a very good friend or two is with you. In Japanese life, the concept of everyone having kami or spirit with a person each day, is a normal part of life. Thus Usui Sensei knew he was far from being alone as he meditated on Kuramayama, and as he taught and went about his daily work. Conscious Channeling may be one way for you to accelerate your own inner work and assist hose with whom you interact with on a daily basis.
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