Wandering on the Reiki path, a Master's musings..

I became a traditional Usui Reiki Master in 1997, after several years apprenticeship and a $10,000  tuition paid in full.  Back then, it was a sacred calling which demanded dedication, sacrifice and service. In the past decades there have been many new systems taught by Reiki master/teachers, some are versions of Reiki, and others are not. I have worked with, and experienced many of these. I have also been attuned as "Master" in some of these systems for as little an hour's worth of dedication and a payment of $39.95. I even got a manual and the certificate to prove it should I want to hang it on my wall and make a living as a healer.... yikes!  Although the heart of Reiki is easy to understand, and it can be acquired using very simple methods, I'm not sure that you can actually master it or anything else in life in an hour, but I thought I'd experiment...

And so for many years I worked with and attuned students to the Traditional Usui Method, in the traditional manner of apprenticeship.

Over the years, I also have had dozens of clients ask me to evaluate their naturally called-on energy for which they prayed or spontaneously attuned to in a healing session, during their yoga practice, in meditation and through "dreaming" – all equally traditional methods!

I have found that usually these grace gifted-energies lack a grounding component and the healer needs to learn to incorporate 3-D practices to sustain the initial impulse which is spiritual. After a course of study in nutrition, exercise, self-love and gratitude,  I find these are very powerful gifts indeed. Sometimes the energy feels like Reiki,  but often it is a higher frequency. And its getting higher and higher!

These energies have always been around in small doses, usually without a name and usually employed only by those with a very high spiritual calling, the ancient shaman, the high priestess, or the reclusive poet in the garden surrounded by birds and butterflies, the chosen child mute and blind.

Which brings me to the reason for this blog post:

Each week I receive requests to attune online clients to Reiki. And although there are many Reiki Master teachers offering this service, I have chosen not to go this route. The reason is very simple. I would rather that my students/clients become their own Masters. Over time.  Of their own abilities. With spiritual practice and dedication to the path.

I am happy to offer services and products to help facilitate your practice, I am happy to teach metaphysics and consult, but I am no longer interested in being anyone's Master but my own.

Mikao Usui called in  "Reiki" energy after many years of spiritual training, while he was in the process of a 3 week spiritual fast on a well known mountain power spot.  During the years I ran a Holistic Youth Center I worked with young students (Indigo and Crystal children, many diagnosed with ADD/ADHD, Aspergers and mild Autism) who were able to duplicate the Reiki frequency once they experienced it (it's like people who can repeat music after hearing it once).  And in each case, these students have found their ability to do energy healing on themselves and others substantially increased after leaving behind the study of symbols and hand positions and dedicating themselves to the task of "climbing up to their own unique mountain power spot", that path that can only be discovered through dedication, sacrifice and service... and that in most cases that climb relieved the symptoms of their diagnoses. But that's another blog post all together (or is it?)!

Hmmmm...

I think in closing, it's enough to say that there are powerful healing and enlightening energies available now that can be acquired and accessed by you, just like Mikao Usui and others have accessed Reiki energy, and their unique personal gifts.  If you want them, you can have them.  Those very healing energies you need... they are available to you. And, if you want to Master them, you can do that too. And you won't even have to pay $39.95! You won't have a manual, but that's a good thing. Because everybody's instructions are different. Everybody's path is unique.

And you only get the directions one way: by listening for Spirit's whispers. It's time to get that straight.

I invite you to open yourself to access these higher forms of energy by inviting in your Higher Self, your Spirit Guides, or Angels and asking them bring in the energy that is right for you today, at your current level of understanding and evolution, for your dis-ease, for your well-being.  As these beings are pure love and light, they will act as gatekeepers for you, ensuring that only beneficial energy comes to you. Learn to work with this energy, play with it, create with it: cook, garden, paint, weave, touch! Grow, become, manifest something with it.

Then ask again. And again. Do it again, and again.
No, I won't be offering Reiki attunements online anytime soon.
Only love and support...
as you become your own Master.

May you be blessed!

NEW PROGRAM! Holistic Prayer Group: Healing the Mind, Body, & Spirit through Prayer, Meditation, and Sacred Art

You are invited to join with like-minded, loving hearts around the globe each month by enrolling in Holistic Prayer: Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit through Prayer, Meditation and Sacred Art.

Prayer, your communication or connection with the Divine, in its simplest form may be an intention and in its more soulful form, a meditative state of being versus a state of doing. Depending on your beliefs, prayer may be accomplished with words, art, actions, or in silence. This new group program seeks to guide and support inward journeys leading to inner peace and healing using interfaith prayers, poetry, inspiring quotes, and channeled art.

Channeled Sacred Art is an ancient holistic and multi-faith blessing. It opens the heart, mind and spirit to beauty and wisdom by providing contemplative experiences of encoded images, frequencies, and sacred geometry. As a visionary artist, I am able to channel sacred, healing art in the form of full spectrum mandalas, geometric grids, fractals, and color frequency transmissions. My work is used by practitioners around the globe.

Channeled Spirit Art is a pure transmission of the universal language of light. Free of the cultural and personal filters of human language, Spirit Art provides a medium through which Ascended Masters, Angels, and Spirit Guides are able to communicate directly with your Soul. Additionally, the organic and geometric form structures and color frequencies channeled through the drawing stimulate the human energy system and resonate much like a crystal, providing the same kind of vibrational healing. The divine, healing energy inherent of channeled art allows you to continue to expand and focus your conscious awareness, explore Spirit messages and your insights more deeply, and enjoy the blessings of spiritual growth.

We know that a peaceful world evolves through peaceful hearts. You will find inspirational messages and prayers for inner peace and the healing of the self imbedded into the art (and printed to read). You will also find prayers for the healing of the planet. By embracing prayers of different religious and spiritual traditions, times, and cultures, we will help to dissolve the barriers separating us and replace separateness with unity. Depending on your beliefs, you may refer to Source as God, Goddess, Spirit, Higher Power, the Divine, the Universe... and this progam seeks to honor people of different faiths and on different spiritual paths. We will gather together as human beings celebrating the divine within ourselves and one another as we explore spirituality from the ancient mysteries to the ascension process. Combining all spiritual paths, we will celebrate our similarities and our differences, honoring the perfection of God/Goddess in all of us.

You will be well served by this program if you are seeking support for your personal healing journey – be that physical, emotional and/or spiritual. If you are feeling sad, depressed, and/or disconnected on some level by the state of our families, communities, world, or planet and if you seek to connect with others for some greater purpose, like world peace or the healing the planet, this will be a great opportunity to participate in the evolution of the collective consciousness of humanity. If you are grieving the loss of someone or something and seek to connect with the Divine on a deeper level for understanding and acceptance that loving and supportive consciousness will help you to heal.

As a participant in the program, you are invited to blog about your experiences by commenting on the program modules here, at Oshun Spirit Living Light. By sharing our spiritual journeys, we support, embrace and inspire each other. We'll heal, we'll grow. We'll laugh, we'll cry. We'll cultivate magic, harmony and bliss while anchoring the Light, we'll raise our voices and our spirits to the higher realms and anchor Heaven on Earth.

Each lesson module of this course will be delivered to your email inbox in time for our group prayer and healing each month on the new moon at 9 pm USA Eastern Time. Like the Infinite Goddess and Lightworker Group programs, you may choose to schedule a private healing with me around the program content at a reduced rate. Information about private healings will be included in each module as each offering will be unique.

You may purchase the March 2009 Holistic Prayer Program Module at the Bonanzle storefront or on our website, Oshun Spirit Earth Friendly Goods. Please email me at suberry@myfairpoint.net if you have any questions or would like to purchase the 12 month program ( $300 thru February 2010) which includes a complimentary Dolphin Healing Group Session from the Andros Leylines next February.

I hope that you will join me in anchoring oneness consciousness and the creation of Harmony, Justice, and Peace on Earth. With love and gratitude, we will send out these joyful vibrations to the beloved Earth Mother and all our brothers and sisters of service, in the Oneness of Awakening.


Namaste, Susan