thehungrycaterpillar wrote: A Reiki attunemnt is a spiritual empowerment in a special way,
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It is!
Adults can appreciate it and understand the label and the 'job description' better, but for Kids the concept has to be way simple!
I would call it 'getting to feel the god inside us' or 'feeling compassion' or as a wonderful tool to help us 'feel better'!
Yes, good ideas. I do the same with my kids speaking about what may occur after death. I explain things about their 'thinking part' of themselves. I.E. theri consciousness. As they can relate to their thinking part as something within them, but unseen, they begin to get an idea from early on in childhood about things not physically seen. Later, i'll go into more detail about the human spirit.
thehungrycaterpillar wrote:
More than these, they do not need any other 'rules' and 'responsibilities' or any other confusion.
It brings up an interesting point. At what age should a child be initiated into Reiki. Certain protocols should be adhered to within Reiki, imo, this is easy for adults to do. If children are unable to grasp the validity or importance of protocals, should this have a bearing on whether a child should be initiated into something spiritual. Not saying this in association with your decision, it's just generally came up in my mind again.
thehungrycaterpillar wrote:
I am only thinking of a Reiki 1 attunement to keep her 'safe', to make sure she is indeed using the Reiki energy and not her own. She does not need symbols to give Reiki to herself, her hamster or her friends, or parents or grandparents!
Yeah i understand your motivation,
. BTW, did you check out in the QT manual about what i said regarding accessing ULE, and the techniques that need to be done in order for the practitioner not to fall ill? It's toward the start, centering around 'resonance & entrainment'. Qigong is similar. Just because we access ULE in those disciplines, does not mean we don't have to follow certain parameters. This is where Reiki differs, as in technique. Question is, why? hehe.
Reason why i picked up on the not using symbols thing you said, is cause it's widespread that Reiki folks at level 1 don't use symbols, or need them. Thing is, they
do use symbols, and they
do need them (they just don't need to know anything bout them). The symbols are active, in use, everytime you experience Reiki, or set it in motion for another. Why would we even initiate in level with them if they didn't? Some are also active, in use, at other times, aside from formal treatments/spiritual practices. The symbols are the reason
why we can access our divinity.
Else, why would an exceptionally learned, spiritual man like Usui sensei not simply teach breathing techniques to access ULE? The breath has long been the primary vehicle to access ULE, and the most easiest. However, Usui sensei, in his wisdom, picked 4 symbols, for specific reasons. Through his spiritual experience on Kurama Yama, he has indirectly empowered us all to access the purest, most excellant aspect of
ourselves.
Our divinity. And this is because of the symbols, snd what they do.
Let's say i wasn't initated into anything Reiki like. Let's say i had just done a QT workshop. Now, i can access ULE no probs, cause of the QT training. How does it automatically follow, that i can do some hand movements, pick some interested shapes & phrases, and empower others to do expereince what i can, but without using the breath, simply by placing hands instead? It doesn't follow,
.
My point being, having the ability to access ULE, which is relatively easy to access, is not the same as accessing our divinity and expereincing Reiki.
different training, different processes, and the consensus is different expereinces. Reiki usually being labelled much more spiritual, than say QT, or Qigong. I know it differs from my pranayama also.
. This is because of the symbols. And their spirituality. So, the symbols are
vital to level 1, unless one wants to go up a mountian for 21 days, hehe.
Take care
Wayne
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