It's the Little Things

   I'll never forget waking up in October of 1984 to hear that the U.S. had invaded Grenada.  My first thought was "Where in the heck is Grenada?"  but the second was a renewal of my desire to join the Navy.  I wanted to make the world safe for democracy and  President Reagan was paving the way.
   As that day faded into obscurity, becoming a footnote of Reagan's presidency, periodically I wondered if it had been a good idea.  There were 34 people killed and 175 people wounded.  As a mom, it just seems wrong.
      Then I saw something wonderful in the Olympics coverage.  There was a "get to know" piece on Kirani James, who went on to win gold in the 400m.  Did you know, in Grenada, they celebrate the invasion as Thanksgiving Day. As I watched the piece I couldn't stop crying. Are those deaths justified, I don't know.  Are they honored, absolutely.  I had no idea there was any inner conflict, but there you are.
     It is one of the seldom mentioned side effects of taking an energy healing class like I described yesterday. Not only do you learn to heal others, you are healed yourself.  In the midst, I'm still trying to finish all the case studies. My husband calls it drinking through a fire hose.
    So back to this invasion, how is it a little thing?  Well, in the big sweep of history, it is.  Neither of my teenage sons (one in college and one a senior in high school) had even heard of it.  The big sweep of history is like the whirlwind of work and learning I created by taking this class.
     This picture is one more of those little things.  It is my one of my favorites from our Chicago trip.  We were in Millennium Park.  Home of many beautiful public spaces.  This weed, randomly planted by the wind, was the best part of the park to me.  The effervescent, explosive shape and way that it caught the light was visible from the other side of the park even though it was only 7 inches tall.  Is the midst of life's swirl, it is important to notice the beautiful little things.
     Today one of my sons and I were taking a long walk, each of us needing to clear our heads from our studies, and we found a new path in the woods!  Okay, new to us.  But we have lived here for 18 years and the path is within 100 yards of our house.  We had both walked by it many times over the years.  When the woods wrapped around us we slowed down and stopped talking.  We were just present to the moment, living in now.  Now felt pretty good. Today truly became our Thanksgiving Day.
   

Free Energy Work!

        My Dear Friends (and hopefully many new friends),  I am taking a very unique energy healing class and I need case studies.  The class only requires 10, but I would like more. This healing is by distance, so if you live in Germany, Russia or China, I would love to have you as a case study.
       If you would like a little free healing, I need your place and date of birth.  Also several things that you would like to work on.  I'll let you know what are a few recommendations for some homework.  Please email me at peacefulspirit2@gmail.com.
    This is not to diagnose or treat, it adds energy to the body.  The body heals itself.  What a glorious  thing!

Play to Your Strengths

      One of the things I like the best about the Olympics is the opportunity to meet a large group of people who do something very well.  If you listen to or read their stories, most have tried a variety of sports before settling on the sport they went to the Olympics for.

“If you play to your strengths, you'll turn in a superior performance. Just be yourself.” 
― Yuki Kure, La Corda d'Oro, Volume 9

    This quote is from an anime adaptation of a role-playing game.  I couldn't believe I found a quote for this feeling I woke up with.  When you are looking for your strengths, where do you lose time?  What makes you so happy, or satisfied you didn't even know time was passing, or what was going on around you.  What a great way to focus my week.  Hope you enjoy it as well.

Never, Never, Never Give Up

     Today Oscar Pistorious did it!  Talk about believing in yourself.  Here is a young man who had both legs amputated before he turned one.  Now competing in the Olympics.

this image is from ESPN

       And I think I have it tough some times.  Pistorius has a very large tatoo on his left shoulder of 1 Corinthians 9:26-27. Here it is from the New International Version (NIV)

Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.  No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

   I just love it. The idea of purpose and discipline.  That no action of his own will disqualify.  He didn't quit when he was not allowed to compete in the Beijing Olympics.  Instead, he gave up his motorcycle and everything else that could injure him, and got down to training. Here is is quote from the Message translation.  It is a little gentler, but still good advice for us.

I don't know about you, but I'm running hard for the finish line. I'm giving it everything I've got. No sloppy living for me! I'm staying alert and in top condition. I'm not going to get caught napping, telling everyone else all about it and then missing out myself.

Laughter in the Dark

     We energy healers take ourselves way too seriously.  In our quest to be accepted by everybody (and some days, any body), it is easy to lose sight of the lighter side of life.  In our quest to keep healing and improving, we can look way too deeply into the dark and dissatisfying and forget that is balanced by the light.  Don't get me wrong, there are many lessons in the dark side, but there is loads of fun and fulfillment in the light.
     I first was attracted to my husband by his sense of humor. Witty, indulgent and sometimes abrasive, he is my perfect match (too sweet makes my teeth hurt).  He and our teenage sons keep life lively. This week has been a whirlwind both good and bad, so this morning I went looking for a little energy healing humor.  It is pretty thin on the ground.  In the first row of images was a picture of George Carlin (who knew he was an energy healer?)  This was also in the first row.

Many thanks to Alice Langholt from http://reikiawakening.blogspot.com

     In case you are looking at this on a small screen, the white box is a pill that says placebo.  The whole thing just made me laugh.  Also on the page were many cat pictures.  I successfully resisted, but some were pretty good.  If you'd like to see them, go to the image search on google and type in funny reiki.  We'll get back to the serious side later, enjoy your weekend.

When Life is a Pain in the Neck

    All this work on changing beliefs can really be a pain in the neck.  If you fee that way as well, here is a great energetic release for neck and shoulders.  Unfortunately, I have not been able to figure out how to get the image onto blogger, but if you click here, it will take you to Google Docs.
     My husband and I had a head on collision with a bus in 1989.  He had a 40% compression fracture of  the lowest vertebra in the neck, C7.  Needless to say, I have had a lot of practice working on his neck.  Each time I find something new, he is willing to try it out.  This one from Capacitar International works!
     In yesterday's yoga class, we all lined up and did this release to one another.  It was great to make a community doing energy work on one another.  Take it for a spin yourself.

A Step in the Right Direction

  (A few weeks ago, I decided I was going to learn to love Facebook and other social media.  Though I have had lots of help from friends and family,  I just can't seem to make it work for me or my business.  I needed to dig a little deeper to find the cause of my dis- ease. I began the process of changing a belief.  The work sheet is here.)

    Starting Small, step 3, defines where to work and the small steps to take. When I look over the Day 1 list, I see the word afraid four times in only 7 sentences.    This needs to be the first place to work.  Darn it! Learning something physical is always so much easier...  Maybe I'll approach me like a client who I am working with.  What would I recommend for someone else to begin with?

     My first thought is always reiki.  It's so easy, always at hand, and feels good while you do it.  So my list begins with- Send reiki to the relationship between myself and strangers.  I love sending reiki to relationships because then I don't have do define any further.  If I send it to my marriage, my husband and I communicate better.  What more could a girl ask for?
     Then I move on to the Nu|vision program.  Using name and date and place of birth, it creates an energetic hologram.  This is then run against over 30,000 conditions, causes and remedies.  The affirmations suggested are "The more I love, the more that love is returned to me." and "I know that the world is prosperous.  I notice prosperity all around me."  Interesting, not only did it catch my fear of people judging or being mean, the second affirmation deals with all of the negative information people put online.

      My third stop is Help One Another: An Anthology of the Teachings and Remedies of Hanna Kroeger.  The remedy I checked for is calendula tea, prescribed to treat ulcers and prevent muscle spasms, among other conditions.  This one is interesting.  I didn't even know I was afraid until I looked a few days ago, now all of these physical results.  It is a very clear example of our feelings creating physical symptoms.  I have had tight muscles and an uneasy stomach for years.

This photo is from Spiral Way Jin Shin Jyutsu, with gratitude.

     My final recommendation to help with fear is Jin Shin Jyutsu.  Part of the practice of Jin Shin Jyutsu is finger holds.  Each finger has a channel of energy that is related to a series of emotions.  Holding onto the finger restores the energetic pathway and begins to heal the emotions.  I first learned about the finger holds while teaching my oldest son to drive.  Since I have no depth perception, it was very hard to trust that he was not going to bang into "that pole right there!"  I asked my reiki master for help and this was her recommendation.  The index finger is related to fear and panic, that sounds just up my alley right now.
     Rather than do it all, step 3 is start small. I'll start with the reiki and finger hold.  These I can do at any time.   So I resolve to give 10 minutes of reiki a day to my relationship with strangers and do the index finger hold 3 times per day.  Tomorrow it is on to Step 4: Describe.

Step 1 Beginner's Mind
Step 2 Focus


(An interesting dowsing side note:  When I was dowsing Help One Another, the Hanna Kroeger compendium, and asked the three initial questions, I got some funny answers that may shed a bit of light on the troubles of learning to ask a question.
        The three questions I always begin with- May I? Can I? Should I?  When I asked May I?  The answer was a clear yes.  Can I? was a no.  My first thought was, what do you mean no.  Then I asked "Is the answer in this book?" the answer was no.  When I asked "Will it be beneficial for the post?" the answer was yes.   So I knew before I began that the remedies in Hanna's book were not my first step for the solution to this problem.)