Spiritual Peacemaker

Harnessing the Energy

We all have the ability to connect to and harness the energy that surrounds us. Energy is everywhere - it is EVERYTHING. You cannot destroy energy; but you can change its shape and redirect it.

I was introduced to Reiki (Rey-kee) about ten years ago. I attended a group session to receive my first attunement. One of the first things we did was place our hands together, fingertips touching and hands cupped. We focused on feeling the pulse in our palms and then slowly began to separate our hands. You might want to try this now.

Allow yourself to disconnect from the keyboard for a minute. Close your eyes and breathe deeply through your nose, hold for the count of 3 and then slowly exhale through your mouth. Do this 3 times.

Next, place your fingertips together and cup your hands. Allow yourself time to connect to the energy that is pulsating through your fingers and palms. Now, slowly begin to separate your fingertips, keeping your palms cupped and feel the ball of energy expand. Is that cool or what?

Reiki is the act of laying hands on the human or animal body to comfort and relieve pain. We all possess this natural instinct. Think about it. What's the first thing you do when you smash your finger in a drawer or bang your knee on your desk? Was your answer, "I put my hand on it"? Now, some of you might stick your finger in your mouth, but isn't this the same effect? We're instinctively providing comfort to our pain through the use of energy.

When experiencing pain, the first thing most people do is to put their hands on it. Human touch conveys warmth, serenity and healing. Our bodies radiate warmth and energy. This energy is our life force.

Everyone has the ability to be a reiki healer. When I chose to become attuned to Reiki, I really didn't know why I wanted to do it; I just knew I did. As ideas are presented to you at Spiritual Peacemaker, you'll know which ones resonate with you. My goal is to help you reconnect with your intuition and to introduce philosophies and healing modalities that can provide you with inner peace and faith. Faith in your Higher Power, faith in yourself. Because in reality, you are your Higher Power. Reiki helps you connect with that aspect of yourself.

The person who is attuned to Reiki has their body's energy channels opened and cleared of obstructions. We carry alot of baggage around inside of us. Some of this is emotional, some spiritual and some physical. For instance, if you've had surgery, chances are the flow of energy in that area has been somewhat restricted. If you've suffered emotional turmoil, you may be carrying around feelings of inadequecy or guilt. Reiki can help open these channels and allow healing to begin.

Reiki attunements allow the individual to become a channel for the universal healing energy. From the time of the attunement, all the individual needs to do to connect with the healing energy is to place her hands upon herself or someone else and it will flow through her automatically.

This energy first heals the recipient and then also heals others without depleting the healer. The receiver of Reiki energy is given a gift that forever changes his/her life in every positive way.

Attunements are given one-on-one. The process of attunement is what sets Reiki apart from other forms of laying on of hands or touch healing. The attunement is not a healing session, it creates the healer. The attunements may be given in a beautiful ritual or done quickly and without any ceremony. They may be done in a group of other individuals, or can be provided distantly. Receiving an attunement is a magical experience and a life-long gift.

The Reiki Master begins by standing behind the receiver and draws the Reiki symbols. Each receiver will have their own unique experience. Some perceive colors, others see pictures, some are filled with light or a feeling of total peace. The sensations are as varied as the individuals. Soon after the attunement, the receiver is asked to place her hands on someone else and the new Reiki healer may experience for the first time the Reiki characteristic of heat radiating through her hands.

The person who has received the attunement is now a Reiki practitioner, with abilities s/he did not know were there. The attunement has not given the receiver anything new; it opens up and aligns what was already there.

Reiki is divided into three degrees. In Reiki I, the attunement heals physical dis-eases in the person who receives it. At this point, I must state that I am NOT making any medical claims or saying that someone can be healed through Reiki. That is up to the individual who receives reiki. They, and only they, can decide if they want to receive the healing energy reiki can provide.

It generally takes three to four weeks to adjust to the Reiki I attunement. Individuals have reported feeling spacey or tingly. Some experience intense dreams. Otheres experience detoxification symptoms including diarrhea, runny nose, slight aches and pains. This is simply a cleansing process and should not cause any alarm. What is happening is that the energy is adjusting and increasing the new healer's ability to channel it. If the process becomes uncomfortable, it is recommended to do a self-healing to rebalance the energy and decrease the sensations.

Reiki II adds considerably more power to healing sessions. It also provides the methods and tools for doing distant healings.

Reiki III is the Master/Teacher's degree. A Master is simply a teacher - one who has mastered the discipline. This degree is only recommended for the serious healer, and for those who wish to make Reiki a regular part of their lives.

Reiki energy heals on all of the body's levels - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. Reiki energy heals the whole person.

Some of my favorite Reiki books include:

Essential Reiki by Diane Stein
Reiki - The Healing Touch by William Lee Rand
The Original Reiki Handbook of Dr. Mikao Usui by Dr. Mikao Usui

Reiki has brought a great deal of clarity, peace and compassion into my life and I would be honored to help you on your spiritual journey. Please feel free to post your comments or ask questions and I will personally respond to all inquiries.

In Love and Light,
The Spiritual Peacemaker

I'm a 9, What Are You?

Sometimes, when you least expect it, you get hit by the proverbial "Mack truck". You see, for the past six weeks, I've been on a cleansing program to flush the toxins from my body. Years ago, I did one of those radical cleanses; where I fasted for 3 days and eliminated all my fav foods & beverages for 30 days. It was tough, but I felt fantastic once I eliminated all the junk and had no desire to go back to my old eating habits.

Little by little, I've returned to some of my old ways and I was feeling the effects - brain fog, chronic fatigue, bloated, and basically just feeling crappy all over (no pun intended).

I recently joined Young Living and had purchased one of their products for my daughter. She has problems with proper digestion and I wanted to see if this would help and it did; when she took it.

I got tired of hearing myself nag at her and decided to try it myself. Then I added the second product, which cleanses the liver. That's when things really broke lose.

You see, the liver is our body's filtration system. Everything that enters our body, gets filtered through the liver and that includes emotions.

In addition to the physical cleanse, I've been doing alot of work on balancing my chakras. Chakras are centers of energy, located on the midline of the body. There are seven of them, and they govern our psychological properties. The chakras located on the lower part of our body are our instinctual side, the highest ones our mental side.

While working with the chakras, I've been using a variety of therapeutic essential oils, which are much different than the typical aromatherapy oils. Therapeutic oils work on a cellular level and enter your bloodstream, so they can re-wire things that are out of whack.

Yesterday, all those emotions and elimination of toxins, took a toll on me. I woke up feeling very depressed and no matter how hard I tried, it was consuming me. I had no desire to do anything but forced myself to do something, even if it was wrong. I found myself tearing up over everything. I cried at least half of the day.

Around 6:00 pm, all hell broke loose and I felt like I was crawling out of my skin. I was crying, I was mad, I was physically ill and I wanted to escape from life. (I'm not talking about suicide here, but a trip to a deserted island would have been nice). At one point, I was beginning to think I might actually be having a heart attack. That was a little scary, as just when I thought things were under control, my heart would begin racing and I was having serious chest pains and difficulty breathing. My husband and daughter were doing everything they could to convince me to go to the hospital, but I had a sense of knowing that all would be fine. It wasn't an act of defiance or being stubborn, I just knew.

My years of working with energy and knowing that I had been cleansing and balancing, allowed me to understand that I was experiencing a healing. It wasn't what I would call fun, but it did provide me with a great deal of insight.

When I awoke this morning, I felt like I had been hit by the Mack truck. I was so tired and emotionally drained. Yet, there was a calm that hadn't existed yesterday. That led me to further research the effects of chakra balancing and through the infinite wisdom of the universe, I arrived at Eclectic Energies. What an incredible resource this is!

They offer a free test called the Enneagram, which I took. Come to find out, my personality type is a 9 - The Peacemaker. It was interesting to discover that Nines tend not to give themselves enough credit in general, and their self-effacing attitude often seems to invite others to take them for granted or to overlook their often significant contributions.

And that, is exactly how I have been feeling - overlooked. I give a great deal to others - it's just who I am. I have been pouring a great deal of time and energy into a very special project, "Sarah's Gift" since October '03. It's been an emotional roller coaster and I've been frustrated because I haven't been able to bring it to fruition. I've been feeling like my family expects me to keep on top of all the chores and provide them with their every need, without so much as a "Thank You". I've been feeling like people only come to me when they need advice, but don't have time for me when I just need to vent. I got caught up in the drama of my life. And in doing so, I was led to the root of the problem and now possess the tools to create the change I need.

If you are feeling overlooked, overwhelmed and unappreciated; if you are caught up in the drama of your life, I encourage you to hop over to Eclectic Energies and take the test.

Here's another great resource on Enneagram's

free enneagram test

In Light and Love,
The Spiritual Peacemaker

P.S. If you experience chest pains and shortness of breath, I recommend you contact your healthcare practitioner, or make a trip to the hospital.

Prosperity Journal - Four Months Later

Thursday - October 28th: So many things have happened since I began my Prosperity Lessons with Marilyn Jenett, that I have neglected my blog because I just didn't have enough time. My life exploded!

I'm creating a new business with a partner who is a marketing genius! We've connected with Dr. Charles Gant and are incorporating his neuro-nutrient protocol with our consulting services to create the most incredible addiction recovery program ever. Dr. Gant has worked with thousands of individuals to help them overcome addiction to cigarettes, alcohol, prescription and "street" drugs, through the use of nutritional supplements. He has spent years documenting his research and achieves an 80% recovery rate.

I've spent the past few months researching everything under the sun about addiction and the brain. It's a fascinating subject and I invite you to stop by www.AddictionNutrition.com and take a look at what we're doing. Maybe you know someone we can help?

For those of you who have been following our mortgage fiasco, we have finally reached an agreement and have our house on the market. The crazy thing is, they agreed with what we ask for back in April.They've not received one dime from us in 6 months. They paid for an appraisor to inspect the property and they hired a collection agency to attempt to scare us into paying up. If they had just played fair in the beginning, they would have ended up with alot more money in their pocket. Makes no sense to me, but I am glad I stood my ground when I KNEW I was right.

Prosperity has become our way of life. It truly is amazing how many doors open up when you change your thoughts & focus your energy precisely on the things you want to manifest.

My daughter was nominated to serve as a U.S. Student Ambassador through the People to People program. She announced that she wanted to raise the funds by herself and asked me to help her create a blog. So, we did just that and you can check it out at www.SendMeToOz.com.

It's been great fun brainstorming with my kid and seeing just how creative she is. And the most awesome part is, she has absolutely no doubt that this will work. She is 110% in the prosperity mind-set and she totally expects to manifest the money she needs to go on this trip. Imagine being 15 years old and having the confidence to KNOW you do anything you want if you set you mind to it. Could a mother be more proud???