Greetings, Jazz!
Apologies for the delayed answer – I was away from home for a few days and then too tired to write back.
Jazz wrote:I have some questions
1. Would protection against outside influences mean positive energies can't get through ?
2. Would protection against outside influences mean negative energies remain trapped and can't dissipate outside the aura / area ?
Although, traditionally, a banishing ritual is supposed to banish all the ‘evil’ or ‘inappropriate’ spirits/influences, my personal understanding is somewhat different.
In my opinion, there is no real ‘evil’; all that we call ‘evil’ on the face of earth are merely our own (personal or collective) thought-forms, that keep coming back to us, until we realize that they are our own creations and decide to cleanse them.
On the cosmic level, on the other hand, I think ‘Evil’ is actually the energy of resistance, which is an act of immense importance that facilitates the whole manifestation.
For instance, if we had water spilled everywhere it would never produce any kind of work. It has to be channeled via a pipeline to the mill in order to turn the wheel. But, for the water itself, the pipeline is, if fact, a form of restriction.
Then, when we wish to use the energy of electricity, we need to use certain cables in order to create circuits. But there is no cable without an inherent resistance; as a matter of fact, it is the resistance that allows us to moderate the current.
Another example (true although a bit funny) is to be found in our own hands. We, humans, wouldn't be able to develop a civilization if our thumbs wouldn't oppose the other four fingers, thus helping us to catch and handle everything!!
So, in my opinion, the whole think of the cosmic evil is rather a technicality.
Furthermore, I believe that a banishing ritual, depending on the system of correspondences we use, actually clears our inner space from unwanted thoughts/thought-forms, in order to enable us to focus on our current working – just like cleaning and tiding our desk helps us to concentrate better on our study.
So, when we use a banishing ritual we keep in mind that, what we actually do, is cleaning our mind from unwanted though-forms, and our astral from unwanted emotion-forms.
And since energy follows thought, we can handle the flowing energies in any way we like.
Jazz wrote: 3.Does it matter that the symbol has to be drawn perfectly or is it more on the intent ? I mean symbols are hard to draw on paper sometimes let alone in the air.
Well, drawing a kanji symbol is like writing a word. I’d say that good spelling helps us to use the full energy of the ‘letters’ that form a word, but I wouldn’t suggest that we should focus too much on the spelling. In my opinion, what is really important is our intention, our trust in the Spirit and the purity of our heart. One needs to find the Golden Mean, I think.
Yes, this is the classic RCR, indeed.
The RCR of Reiki was given through channeling, during a 3rd Degree initiation. I guess the difference is that, the classic RCR invokes the Christ energy (therefore our own Christ Consciousness) and uses certain Egyptian correspondences, while the RCR of Reiki invokes the DKM energy.
Now, in the system of correspondences of Kabbalah which is called the “Tree of Life”, the Christ energy is to be found in the Sephira of Tiphareth/Sun, in the middle of the Tree of Life, balancing all the other Sephiroth.
Although one could say that DKM corresponds to the Sun, since the Sun is the source of light, I believe that DKM actually corresponds to Kether, which is the Divine Light, the light beyond any restriction and form. So, it seems that the RCR of Reiki, actually invokes the energy of DKM, which is the energy of the Divine Light of our Divine Self.
In effect, the RCR of Reiki aligns us with our Divine Self very efficiently, and fills our surrounding space with the Divine Light of DKM. Since it is a ritual, and therefore it involves a coordinated action all our energy bodies, I feel that it helps us to ‘personalize the infinite’ and ground the Divine Light in our reality.
Jazz wrote:5. Would it be best to combine this with a banishing before ?
It depends on the current condition of one’s mind. If you feel that you need to clear your mental and astral body first, just do it. It doesn’t seem to be necessary, though.
Best wishes
A.A.
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