vijaybali wrote:
Since Usui experienced that he was the Universe and the Universe was him
But I feel it is very important can colin explain on this how universe in us ( what is logic behind this)
we can only speculate and imagine about what Usui Sensei actually did experience it is very difficult for somebody who had experiences like Usui, to relay it to others in the manner in which actually such experiences came... semantics, lack of appropriate terms, difficulty of putting thought to words, etc.....
so what Colin said about Usui experiencing universe in him, may not be taken as per plain language... these words indeed have lots of depths, but as well, these words carry tendencies to be put to multiple connotations and interpretations... some maybe entirely inconsistent with the actual experince of Usui...
we, as ordinary humans, are often realm-bounded... we think in our present realms, talking within the mental boundaries that are dicated by our physical presence, physical senses, knowldge brought by such senses, and so on.....
if i were to say 'universe is in me', i might actually be saying that i feel i m finding 'feeling' of entire universe in me... like i m familiar with the entire universe... but this, of course, will be 'within' my knowledge and awareness that is mostly founded on knowlege brought about by physical senses, and intuition following such knowledge...
but if a person like Usui Sensei, or for that matter, any person of such high spiriutal caliber, says that 'universe is in me' it might mean that he is not only 'familiar' with what universe contains, but his familarity is of such a high extent, that he can actually 'manipulate' the things within universe... (in muslim mysticism, such ability of 'manipulating' things is called "tasarruff")
and how such 'extensive familarity' is achieved that may enable somebody to start doing active things within universe ? it needs opening up of our latent senses, our latenet channels of information... some would say that we are gifted with around 70 senses in addition to the normal 5+1 senses we generally talk about...
does this mention of 70 senses is a fantasy tale ?? no it is not... even animals contain certain senses which dont... but we do actually, since such senses are included in the list of these 70 senses...
examples :
......dogs can see spirits easily, but we can't
......birds can forsee coming of storms and winds, but we need instruments for that
......ants can forsee coming of flood, but we cannot
......camels of a certain species can find where the water is under the sands within a desert, but we need instruments
so such senses are within humans too, but are grossly latent, and hidden...
me saying "universe in me" would be quite different on awareness level from one saying the same words who has come to know some of these 70 senses...
so, your question is indeed a very difficult to answer precisely!
on others then surely by working on others we are also working on ourselves?
what i feel within reiki, is that when we treat others we request our divine to create a response in the other person (either with or without interacting with divine within that buddy, i m not sure)...
the ability given by symbols give me a protocol to access my divine in such direct way... i dont know precisely, if that protocol is sufficient enough to interact the divinity within the other buddy ?
so when i treat others, the process is starting within me first of all, so by all means, i m 'working' on myself too...
something off-topic but i dare ask from seniors here.. Takata Sensei says that when we absent heal we dont get the benefits like we heal people in-person... (words are mine)... if i m not misconceive if that is what she said, then what is the logic behind.... saying this, means that the mechanism involved in in-person treatments and absent healing, is different.. but is that actually different ?
please share what you feel...
take care
salman