I just had an amazing experience with self reiki and thought I'd share:
The last week or so, I've had lots of overwhelming emotions, mostly sad, helpless, angry, depressed. The catalyst for stirring it up was probably an herbal formula my acupuncturist had me take--it was supposed to help clear stagnation in the liver, which, in my case, was probably stagnated emotions.
The awfulness lasted days after I stopped taking the tincture, though. Last night, at the height of feeling horribly depressed, I began to do self reiki--and immediately felt incredible compassion flowing into me. I wasn't feeling compassion for myself, I was receiving compassion. First strong evidence I've ever seen that what comes through me giving reiki does not actually come from me.
And with all that compassion, the depression eased, too. Amazing.
The last week or so, I've had lots of overwhelming emotions, mostly sad, helpless, angry, depressed. The catalyst for stirring it up was probably an herbal formula my acupuncturist had me take--it was supposed to help clear stagnation in the liver, which, in my case, was probably stagnated emotions.
The awfulness lasted days after I stopped taking the tincture, though. Last night, at the height of feeling horribly depressed, I began to do self reiki--and immediately felt incredible compassion flowing into me. I wasn't feeling compassion for myself, I was receiving compassion. First strong evidence I've ever seen that what comes through me giving reiki does not actually come from me.
And with all that compassion, the depression eased, too. Amazing.