Some people come for a reiki session with me, or are interested in learning reiki, because they have always felt there was "something" more than the physical, even if they are not sure exactly what!
They are sure that energy exists and they may say something vague but aligned with how they feel: "I believe in energy".
They are curious about connecting with energy in a more tangible way. The energy of reiki (REI-KI, Universal Life Force) is everywhere, and available to us all. Reiki is one way to harness or connect with this universal healing energy.
Some ("lucky") people have already been connecting consciously with energy since they were very young and it has always been a part of who they are.
From birth, they may have had spiritual experiences. For example, visitations from loved ones. Perhaps seeing auras around people. Perhaps seeing colored lights or orbs. Or knowing when a house has "ghosts". Perhaps even being fully physically clairvoyant from birth. Although this is rare, some people have had the gift of seeing the world of energy from a very early age!
Reiki healing can be very attractive to people who are already conscious of energy. Reiki sessions can amplify their experiences. Allow them to re-balance when they feel their crown and upper chakras are too open. Or learning reiki can help them to use energy, as well as their unique energetic abilities, to help others.
Other people became aware of energy around them through a seemingly one-off intense experience. Or a series of experiences often over a fairly short space of time.
This is often called an "Awakening" experience, or experiences.
Awakening!
As the name suggests, there is a sense of being fully Awake, perhaps for the first time. Being able to see a different aspect of life. An aspect that seems never ending in potential & possibility.
Awakening can happen at any age. It can happen "out of the blue", seemingly by chance. Or after a very specific life event. Or even after a long drawn out period of confusion.
For example, an Awakening experience can be the result of a Near Death Experience (NDE). Leaving the body and seeing the body lying below. The realization sets in: I have a soul, I am more than my body. After the challenges of the physical body and its limitations, there is the realization that there is a spiritual journey alongside that which is experienced physically.
An awakening may also happen after a series of set backs, difficult life challenges, or mental struggles such as anxiety and depression.
An awakening experience may follow what is commonly called The Dark Night Of The Soul.
Awakening often happens after an existential crisis that may be happening over a long period time, possible stemming all the way back into childhood, as far back as a person may remember.
Confusions may arise relating to the following questions.
What is this all about? There must be something more? What is the purpose of life? I wish I believe in God but...
Or a crisis that has come on more suddenly, perhaps after a significant life stage, a particular birthday. Where these questions are also asked.
From desire to answer questions about existence, awakening experiences can emerge with great force.
A wake up call!
An invitation to experience the world of energy in a sudden way, to help a person "come back to themselves".
A person may find themselves suddenly clairvoyant. They may have a visitation from an angel. Or from a loved one. The purpose is to realign the person to a different, positive path.
People often come for a reiki session Dublin with me when they have experienced, or are experiencing awakening experiences.
They may be looking for validation of what they are feeling or a way to understand more fully what they have experienced.
As well as opening a person's chakras, and harmonizing energy in the body, a reiki session can help a person ground & stabilize through the lower chakras, most notably the root chakra.
After intense spiritual experiences which leave chakras such as the crown & third-eye very open and receptive, reiki can help to feel more balanced. In previous posts I have explained that as well as connecting "up" through the crown, a person needs to have healthy roots to feel safe & trusting and stable.
Sometimes an Awakening may be so intense, it may resemble a psychosis. Reiki is not a substitute for seeking medical help & attention, however, healing and holistic therapies,such as reiki can help a person re-balance from intense awakening experiences by settling energy through the root chakra.
Reiki can conversely help make a person more receptive to awakening experiences by energizing the crown & third-eye. if the upper chakras have been a bit shut off for years, it can be an incredible experience to have them open more!
A core principal of Usui reiki is that reiki will never give more or less than what a person needs in a reiki session. Therefore, if grounding is needed above all else, this will be dominant in a reiki treatment.
The aim of reiki is to always, always, to bring balance
I hope in my next post to elaborate on specific awakening symptoms. For now, this serves as an introduction to awakening and how it can come suddenly or over time.
I have been a Dublin reiki master teacher since 2018, and before that I have been giving reiki sessions and classes in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
For reiki sessions Dublin, or to learn all stages of Usui reiki, please contact me. Usui reiki master teacher based in Blackrock, Dublin
Have a lovely week, Caroline x
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