1997/05/18 16:46
kundalini-l-d Digest V97 #238
kundalini-l-d Digest Volume 97 : Issue 238
Today's Topics:
[Fwd: Re: Reiki Master Symbols]
fibromyalgia
Sophia - any info ?
Re: Death of Ego
Emotional wisdom
Sophia
Matt - anything going on?
new sources
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 20:24:53 -0500
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I received this note in email, please let me know what you think..
and forward it to any other Reiki Masters or Reiki Practioners that you
know.. Someone indicated that this lady can then demand $10,000 for the
Reiki Master Teacher classes/initiation/attunement. I don't know if that
is a true statement..
love,
flute
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Hi Carolyn, there was a letter sent out by Phyllis Furumoto. I'll paste it
into this message for your information.
(I got your fax and sent the symbols out to you today.) There are some
funny characters in it because it was scanned with a scanner and OCR
(Optical Character Recognition) was run on it.
Erik
**************************
Phyllis Furumoto
P.O. Box 220
Cataldo,Idaho 83810 USA
7 March 1997
To the worldwide community of Reiki Masters:
This is a letter to give you an overview of my process and my thoughts
regarding the last fifteen years in the practice of Usui Shiki Ryoho.
Additionally I want to share the strategy I am implementing in response to
my own calling as the lineage bearer of this system.
You are able to influence this next step for the Usui System or Usui Shiki
Ryoho. I am open for your communication. When you first read this letter,
you will have reactions, automatic body and heart feelings. Please share
your reactions. After a period of time, you will have thoughts, concerns,
insights, and suggestions, that come from within. I would appreciate
knowing these as well.
You may have questions for clarification. I cannot anticipate the
information you will need or may wish to confirm before this letter makes
sense. To receive an answer to these questions quickly, the best ~vay is
through the e mail. This is informal and quick. If you do not have an
answer within three days, it means that I am not able to get to a telephone
hookup for compuserve. I urill reply as soon as I can. My e mail number is
105236,3700ATnospamcompuserve. [105236.3700ATnospamcompuserve.com]
The next best way is to write. Letters will be read. I will try to drop you
a note in answer as soon as possible. Please include in the body of the
letter your full name, address, and phone number. I ma' call you instead of
writing.
I prefer that you not send faxes.
For the next years, we have the possibility to work together in fine tuning
this plan that will strengthen this system. I have the w illingness to do
this. We will need discipline, the willingness to give the system
appropriate honor and attention, and constant focus. I need for you to
communicate with me with honesty, with the willingness to share your
vulnerability, and the wisdom of your mastery .
The Process
The practice given to us as students during our first degree class began a
healing journey
that has touched evey fiber of our being. This practice has become a
precious gift, a
golden key to unlock the love in our human body, and an entrance into the
mysterious
realm of the soul. When stories or experiences are recounted to us that
seem to threaten
this precious gift, defenses arise and we want to blame someone.
Action feels necessay . The pain of a gift that has been disgraced often
comes out as anger. Following the anger is grief. As masters we feel this
most deeply. As masters we want an answer, a relief from the pain and
discomfort of mistrust. The task is to hold
true to our own precious experiences while living in an atmosphere of
unresolved emotion and feelings. Some of the pain will remain. We can use
the pain to notice that our system is in need of attention.
This is the process I have observed for the last five years. During this
time I have gone through this myself, along with an examination of guilt.
Could I have done something? Is it possible to take action without the
motivation of defense? If so, how? I have been studying the possibilities
of action while becoming aware of the parts of myself that have kept me
from speaking clearly.
During the last two years, I have been using confidentiality agreements
with masters to keep the spread of second hand information to a minimum. I
understand that many of you have felt left out and disregarded. I was not
ready to discuss my research and process publicly. I used smaller groups of
masters to give me feedback, energetically and verbally, in order to take
the next steps for myself. I am now ready to share this with you.
Though I encourage you to share this letter with other masters, I would ask
that you have discretion in the way you may share this information or your
reactions with your students. I would prefer that questions, feelings, and
concerns be shared with me first. If you need conversation about the
content of this letter then I would like for you to choose a group of
masters rather than a group of students. The issues raised are issues of
masters.
The Practice
The Usui System of Natural (or Reiki) Healing was brought to us through
Hawayo Takata. Her teachings came through her words and through her way of
being. She was not a saintly personality. Part of the challenge was to
notice what was personality and what was her embodiment of the practice she
camed. As her grandchild, this was a different process for me than for her
other students. I saw her first as a grandmother and then, years later, as
my master. There are principles that I learned from her both as a
grandchild and as a master. One of them was "Do without questioning." This
did not mean I did not have questions or did not rebel. I did. And I always
returned or was drawn back into the pattern she wanted me to follow,
whether this was the way in which I cut vegetables or swept the floor or
did a treatment. From this principle, with some seventeen. years of
practice, I have offered the form of the Usui System with Mitchell in the
Master Intensives. The forms and principles that have guided us as Takata's
students for the years of our practice are contained in these Intensives.
During the Intensives, many of her teachings have become clear. What I mean
by "clear" is, they have come into my conscious mind so that I can speak
them out. This clarity accompanies the groping part of me that is the
lineage bearer.
Grand Master or lineage bearer? In my memory Takata did not refer to
herself as the Grand Master. She was the successor. She referred to Hayashi
and Usui as Grand Masters in a certain contexts. The use of titles is too
often misinterpreted as a way of grabbing power. So the subtle and
honorable way to address oneself ``as in an oblique style. The push from
others to claim the position of successor to Takata by using this title,
the part of myself that liked
the attention but did not want the responsibility, and my insecure
personality combined to create a struggle that took years to resolve. I
became "healed enough" through this practice to begin accepting the
obvious. This journey of being the successor to Takata with little
noticeable training was my calling. Once I understood this, I looked back
on my life and realized I had been in training for many years without being
conscious of it.
Both of these descriptors, Grand Master and lineage bearer, can carry the
same quality, the energetic embodiment of the essential spirit of any
discipline. In my life the embodiment is the spirit of Usui Shiki Ryoho, a
specific method of healing passed down through a specific lineage of
masters. The authority I hold comes from the "authorship" of each of the
masters of the lineage, residing now in myself.
My task is to hold a way open for any student uTho wishes to have access to
this system. The task is to keep the system strong and clear while
accessing the deepest wisdom of the practice. The student must understand
that faithfulness to the practice is an essential part of the value. The
practice must also be well defined so the student can feel the boundaries
and honor them.
'1n this present situation, what do I feel called to do?'' After several
years of research, hearing the questions of the community, and responding
to the urge of the system itself, I feel the next step is to establish Usui
Shiki Ryoho (Usui System of Natural Healing) as a complete and independent
healing art, not an addendum or simply a technique.
In the early days of Takata's teaching, this system was a folk art shared
carefully from person to person. During the 1970's the Neu Age movement,
the people seeking spiritual practice, and the demand for "alternative
medicines" discovered Reiki. Thus Reiki or Usui Shiki Ryoho was suddenly
thrust into the public eye apparently fulfilling many of these
possibilities. An explosive stage of development. The carefulness of the
folk art was threatened by the needs of the society for fast answers.
Though the internal strength of the system remains intact, investing
attention and energy into the core practice of this system will result in a
clear definition or outline of the system for the purpose of identification.
The strategy:
There urill be two non profit corporations; one for masters and one for
public and
student education. These corporations will be supported energetically and
financially by
a third corporation that holds the trademarks of Usui Shiki Ryoho in trust
for students of
the system. The licensing structure is inclusive with possibilities for
associations and
centers to be licensed as well as masters. These associations, centers, and
individuals
u ould be identifiable to the public by means of a logo.
Energetically, trademarks provide a clear definition of the system,
recognize the lineage bearer as the person who holds the practice for
students, offer a way for masters to contribute to the system, and
communicate the boundary of the community to others. The money generated by
this corporation from licensing fees would provide trademark protection for
the licensees, provide legal and business services, establish a masters'
educational program, and give financial backing for the two non profit
corporations.
An example: Many masters have dreamed of Reiki Centers and many students
have dreamed of clinics. Individuals who have begun these endeavors have
struggled and often not been financially successful. It has occurred to me
that an individual cannot hold the energy for these centers. Supported
energetically by the system itself, these individuals have a greater
opportunity for success in running a center or clinic or program. Imagine
individual centers which meet the criteria for licensing under Usui Shiki
Ryoho gathered under a listing of "Centers for the practice of Usui Shiki
Ryoho." The public and masters alike could be sure of the focus of the
practice in these centers.
Where are we now? The Reiki Alliance, an established non profit
corporation, is going through a revisioning of its relationship with Usui
Shiki Ryoho. The basic premise of being a master community who practices
this system has not changed, but the expression of this commitment seems to
be shifting.
The Reiki Foundation is being formed. Funds have been donated by a group of
masters to initiate the process of establishing a non profit tax exempt
corporation in the United States. When the paper work is complete, the
office will open. Some suggested long term goals of this Foundation are:
· to create a physical of fice of the Usui Shiki Ryoho for the
international community.
· to establish, organize, and promote educational programs for students of
all levels including a public practitioner program, a program for master
candidates, and first and second degree meetings.
· to promote and co ordinate public appearances by Paul and Phyllis, either
separately or together.
· to promote student and master gatherings held in individual countries
throughout the world.
· to organize regional and global gatherings for students of all levels.
· to provide educational material for the public.
· to publish a magazine for students of the Usui System.
· to establish and maintain confidential network mailing lists.
· to support the emergence of a global student organization.
·to provide a forum for networking and community communication
ie. telephone, fax, and email question/answer lines
· to organize service projects within the community and for the public.
· to serve the Office of the Grand Master and the functioning body of
leadership within the worldwide Reiki Community.
Usui Trademark Corporation has been formed. This corporation is exclusively
held by the lineage bearer of Usui Shiki Ryoho (at the present, Phyllis Lei
Furumoto) and will be excluded from the personal estate of the lineage
bearer by legal documentation. Succession of the lineage bearer will be
clearly addressed in the corporate structure.
The trademarks held by this corporation will be acquired by accepting the
registrations from a group of masters within a country. These masters will
file and register the following terms for the corporation. This corporation
will hold them as a service for the world wide community. Trademark
registrations from several countries have been
s
accepted. There are trademark registrations in several other countries
pending. The protocol for registration and maintenance of the trademarks is
available from my office should you wish to do this in your country. Please
write to the address above.
What is being trademarked? The word "Reiki" is not able to be trademarked
in some countries and is in others. As the holder of the trademarks, I
assume that the word Reiki when used to describe a system of healing is
referring to Usui Shiki Ryoho whether the word Reiki can be trademarked or
not.
The phrase "Usui Shiki Ryoho" designates this system and this lineage. The
details of the practice of Usui Shiki Ryoho will be published in book form.
Translation of the phrase "Usui Shiki Ryoho" is able to be trademarked in
some countries. This decision usually is made with the advise of a
trademark lawyer. In some countries this transrated phrase is not
necessary; in others, the phrase is not able to be trademarked.
A newly designed logo to identify those who practice Usui Shiki Ryoho will
be trademarked by the trademark corporation world wide. Those masters,
centers, and programs who reflect the teachings and practice of the system
faithfully can be licensed and given the right to display this logo
indicating affiliation with this lineage.
The licensing plan
The license for masters will be offered in three categories. These
categories or circles consider the following factors: (I ) where the master
is in the process of alignment, (2) how much the master `` ishes k
participate in the community, (3) maturity of mastery, and (4) the calling
of the master ~ healing process. This licensing plan demonstrates my
intention that all masters who intend to practice Usui Shiki Ryoho will
have the possibility of being licensed, of being recognized, and the
opportunity to move toward alignment in his/ her own timing.
The bamboo circle: This circle indicates a master who has the intention to
practice Usui Shiki Ryoho, is in the beginning process of alignment, and
meets the minimum requirements concerning the form of teaching.
Additionally, there will be recommendations and reguirements to sustain
this license in proportion to the level of participation in the practice of
mastery or alignment. The purpose of the requirements will be to increase
the level of alignment and further the education of the master in Usui
Shiki Ryoho.
The orchid circle: This circle indicates masters who are deeply in the
process of alignment and are willing to assume a corresponding higher level
of responsibility. These would include masters who have attended the Usui I
Intensives, who have a working knowledge of the practice through personal
contact with Paul Mitchell or myself, and are teaching actively . There
will be requirements to sustain this license.
The chrysanthemum circle: This circle indicates masters who are practicing
in alignment with the system Thc~e masters have been active within the
community for a
number of years, have an interactive relationship with the lineage bearer,
and have made the full commitment to this practice. These masters will be
expected to offer their services as mentors, facilitators, or supporters
for others in the system. These services may be reimbursed as well as
voluntary. These masters will be recognized as trainers and initiators of
other masters and will assume the corresponding higher level of
responsibility to the community as well as the system itself.
Notes of explanation regarding the licensing circles:
· Alignment: The quality of alignment has to do with being in constant
thoughtful relationship with the form of the practice. The ever present
question is: " Is this action in accordance with the principles and form of
the system?" The decision is yours to make as a master. This process does
not expect perfection or the development of experts. This process develops
the quality of a faithful student and the first step to being a faithful
student is to know the practice.
· The circles are not static. Masters may change their license commitment
to reflect their own process. For example, a master w ho has been licensed
in the chrysanthemum circle might feel called to retreat into a quieter
lifestyle for a time. This master could choose to go into one of the other
circles for this time.
· These circles are not to be translated into levels of mastery. Put the
idea that there are good masters and bad masters to rest. All of us are
masters doing the work of healing ourselves. This will provide a way for
each master to move through phases of healing without needing to give up
the practice or separate from the community.
· The requirements, recommendations, and context of the circles will be
responsive to the changes in our commuity over time. Once the majority of
the community and the public are acquainted with the definition of the
system, the differences between the circles may change. However, there will
always be people who come to this system from other practices. It will be
the challenge of this community to make a path for these students.
In conclusion This practice calls out in each of us the discipline to be a
faithful student of the system; the courage to take on appropriate levels
of responsibility in the journey; patience for our inadequacies; and the
foresight to consider the generations ahead. The value of this teaching is
more than the everyday miracles of healing a broken arm or relieving the
side effects of chemotherapy . This practice heals us enough to keep on the
path of our journey. Crafted by our own hands we create a uniquely
expressed life that is the calling from within. Suffering is a given
Suffering without love, without compassion, without comfort is inhuman. The
practice gives us the opportunity to be held in our human form with love,
with compassion, with comfort. This has been the gift of my path with Usui
Shiki Ryoho.
This practice has a history; it has predictability; it has substance. My
call is to act in order to sustain this practice, to give the foundation
needed for this time and this moment of history, to do my calling.
It is my privilege and m! desire to, share this with you.
[Signed] Phyllis Lei Furumoto
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 21:53:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: susan carlson <carlsonsATnospamrocketmail.com>
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: fibromyalgia
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hello,
i am new to the list but not new to kundalini. I was bit by
the serpent
ore than six years ago. its been great. all i want for
myself is more
cstasy and bone deep joy that i receive from the
shakti.
i have a query for the list. has anyone heard anything about
fibromyalgia as a symptom of kundalini rising? i have heard a couple
of references to it. my mother has had fibromyalgia for almost ten
years and nothing seem to work, whether traditional or nontraditional
methods. she gets some relief with xanax.
i certainly would
appreciate any info.
blessings,
susan
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Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 15:42:30 +0100
From: Tom Aston <yogi.tomATnospamtantrictom.demon.co.uk>
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: Sophia - any info ?
Message-ID: <UlRQTAAWVxfzEw8oATnospamtantrictom.demon.co.uk>
I came across Sophia yesterday
does anyone know anything at all about her ?
she's not mentioned in any books i have.
regards
Yogi Tom
--
Tom Aston
Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 13:22:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: FK3000ATnospamaol.com
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: Re: Death of Ego
Message-ID: <970518132256_710057086ATnospamemout07.mail.aol.com>
In a message dated 97-05-18 00:06:45 EDT, you write:
<< << Yep that it in a nut shell. It isn't until you have mastered the art
of
creation that you are ready to give it up and connect back up to the
eternal movement of spirit and remember what it is that you are, where
you came from, and your ultimate purpose. There can be no real awareness
of self until you consciously work to become free which means to break
away from the illusion and let go. Meditate on this one, it will give
you great blessings. Gloria
>>
I agree 1000% with you!!!!
Fanny
Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 16:45:30 -0700
From: E Jason <vv60ATnospamdial.pipex.com>
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
CC: jan.watsonATnospamsympatico.ca
Subject: Emotional wisdom
Message-ID: <337F949A.1B5ATnospamdial.pipex.com>
WISDOM OF COMPASSION
The integration of the intuitive and logical sides of the brain, the so
called left/right brain parts allows a holistic thinking that has more
inclusive and natural qualities. The higher emotional aspects of an
individual are more to do with feelings, sensation and direct
apprehension. The emotions are in tune with body awareness. Part of
their re-processing occurs in direct relation to physical existence.
Training is in part to do with an understanding of the lower "animal"
nature of this emotional body and how to refine it from its attachments
and inappropriate functioning. Denial or excess are both equally
unbalanced.
Much mental conditioning is fed from experience and thought processing
back into the body, creating physical anomalies that can manifest as
disease. Similarly people born without legs or losing them may overcome
the natural tendency to overlay this with emotional and mental
processing that may be more crippling then the original disability. The
wise may even use such a situation as a rich source of contemplation and
ultimately it may be the cause of the persons integration.
As the emotional body becomes clearer, just as with the mental clearing
the body and mind becomes healthier and more attuned to their true
capacity. Much training is therefore the removing of overlays that
interfere with the correct functioning of a normative individual.
Dry intellectual reasoning is as incomplete as emotional devotion. What
has to occur is a merging of mind and emotional body. When this occurs
we see a natural expression of the innate wisdom of physical existence,
seeking ease of expression for both oneself and for others. This is why
the enlightened are compassionate. They have integrated their minds and
their bodies into a greater whole. It is not a question of exhalting,
denying or stimulating the body but of recognising its place in our
consciousness. People talk about spiritual development and the
spiritually developed say become a complete human being first.
Most Kind Regards
Ed Jason (an incomplete sermonising Lobster)
Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 11:46:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: dorATnospamhlc.com
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: Sophia
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Tom,
Sophia, I think was first memtioned in the Gnostic religion. Below is a
quote from the nature and history of Gnosticism. Sophia is also mentioned in
H.P. Blavatsky in 'The Secret Doctrine' The synthesis of science, religion
and philosophy. In a chapter 'The Gnostic Idea', she refers the revelations
of Marcus and the early Kabalists, going into detail of the formation and
creation of mankind, and the birthing of such.
The Origin of Chaos "But when the nature (physis)of the immortals has been
competed out of the boundless one, there flowed a likeness of Pistis (i.e.
faith) which was called Sophia (Wisdom). It willed and became a work which
is like the light which first existed. And immediately its will became
manifest: a heavenly image of inconceivable greatness which is now between
the immortals and those who came into being after them according to the
fashion of the things above: it is a curtain which separates men and the
heavenly things. But the region (aeon) of truth has no shawdow and
therefore, in its inward part, for the immeasurable light fills it entirely.
But its outward part of is shadow and therefore it was called darkness. A
power (dynamis) appeared over the darkness. The powers which came into being
thereafter however called the shadow "the boundless chaos". From it sprouted
the race of the Gods..., so that a race of dung appeared after the first
work. The abyss (thus) originated from the Pistis".
Pistis (Sophia) through her work, a curtain was the originator of chaos,
which again is only the shadow of the curtain. The development takes place
outside the nature of the immortals, that is, the beings of light, in the
"aeon of truth", but was set in motion by the self-willed act of one of the
beings of light.
In the Hypostasis of the Archons, the description is shorter but the
tendency is even more strongly emphasised: "Sophia (Wisdom) which is called
"Pistis" wished to create a work alone without her consort. And her work
became an image of heaven, so that a curtain exists between the heavenly and
the lower regions (aeons). And a shadow came into being beneath the curtain,
and that shadow became matter".
Sophia and "Faith" (Pistis)-the first evidently with an eye on the figure of
"Wisdom" known from the Jewish wisdom literature, who functions as the
assistant of God in creation.
Hope this is what you are looking for. It is the only Sophia memtioned in
any form of religious works. I know later on, the Coptics, etc memtioned
Sophia as well. dor
Date: Sun, 18 May 97 15:34:47 EDT
From: chelseaATnospamsuperaje.com (Dominic & Maureen Marando)
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: Matt - anything going on?
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Matt wrote:
>By the way I am new to this mail list and was suprised that all the mail I
>have got'n so far is about
>panic attack.
>Is any thing else going on?
>>> Dear Matt...welcome! Tons and tons of stuff goes on...it's just that
panic is one of the topics these last couple of days. Topics change always
and range from the sublime to the weird, to the humorous to the
insightful....to the "what the hell is that person trying to say?"
You will agree with some, disagree with some, laugh at some, get angry with
some, gain some insight and give some insight.
Nice to have you aboard!
Cheers!
Mo :-)
Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 15:49:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: susan carlson <carlsonsATnospamrocketmail.com>
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com
Subject: new sources
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hello all,
i am always looking for people who know of more ways to use their
kundalini for self awareness, their own transformation and their own
healing.
what types of meditations did you use? tell me more!
i am a former registered nurse who worked in critical care for years.
i am fascinated with self healing especially with such ecstatic energy
as kundalini. anything you can pass along as techniques or newer
literature rather than the ancient and esoteric would be greatly
appreciated.
blessings,
susan
p.s. compact, concise, and to the point is greatly appreciated. i am
very results oriented. thanx.
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