How should we live our lives to be living the 'reiki way'?

What do you think of the 5 principles of reiki?

There are many versions but all have the same meaning, and far too often perhaps they get forgotten or ignored.

Just for today, Do not anger
Just for today, Do not worry
Honour your Parents, Teachers and Elders
Earn your, Living Honestly
Show gratitude, To every living thing

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Just for today, I release all worry.

Just for today, I release all anger.

Just for today, I shall earn my living with integrity.

Just for today, I will be kind to every living thing.

Just for today, I will give thanks for all my many blessings.



Dr. Mikao Usui

What do you understand them to mean? How do you say them or use them?

Do you meditate every day? Do you pray? Do you self-heal and use reiki?


Pretty soon 'today' is everyday and life improves for everyone?

Taking one small step at a time, one day at a time.

For many, discovering reiki is life changing. For others it not so much changes their life but becomes their life.

Going from a 'normal' life of work and family and home, to the realisation that there is more to the world is a huge step. It can be helped by taking quiet time alone to meditate, to sit quietly, to think and to perhaps visualise a quiet peaceful place that we feel safe in, somewhere that our thoughts can start to make sense of the special gifts of knowledge that we have gained. Somewhere that we can let our minds work through the information and start to use it without embarrassment or doubt or worry. Slowly in small steps things start to become clear and we can understand more easily.

There are no magic cures, no fast-track to enlightenment. All things take time and should not be rushed but enjoyed and savoured and allowed to grow in their own time.  There is no reason to run before you can walk or things won't have a solid foundation, they will be out of balance and will then topple over and fall.

Many people might only want to learn about reiki and they will stay at level one and be quite happy. Others might want more and will progress to level 2 and a few of those might actually feel the need to go on and take their master or teacher level. It is something that is up to the individual. Something that sadly all too often is also limited by cost and time and availability.

Sooo...

Just for Today, Don't get angry if things don't work out how you want.

Just for Today, Don't worry about things you have no control over.

Just for Today, Be polite to everyone you meet.

Just for Today, Don't cheat, be fair and honest.

Just for Today, Be kind to everyone and every creature you see.



How about it? Worth a try?

Gem,

You have managed to put into easily understood language that which is so often one of the hardest things to explain.  I agree totally with what you have put in this posting and I know that being introduced to Reiki has certainly helped me beyond all imagining.  As I have stated previously, I am a lot calmer and more balanced and now find it much easier to take the few minutes each day to sit in a quiet contemplative state, which I then follow by self-treatment.

It is very difficult to put words to what has happened but I can easily tell if I have missed a session or rushed it in any way - this is proving to be a good source of self discipline for me also.

Reiki truly has made a profound difference to my life - more than any other practice that I have tried in the past.  For this I am sincerely grateful to MB and BF for making this opportunity available and accessible.  I am looking forward to sharing the experience with as many people as I can in the future, in the hope that they too can share my experience.

Blessings

Sarah

Yes Yes Gem....it seems I try to live by the Reiki terms....and that is what have helped me from an Negative attitude towards a more positive and richer life

And Rhuto ..you said you knew nothing about reiki.... seems you were wrong

Lunarcraft, thank-you for sharing your experience of learning reiki, would be lovely if more did too