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Recieved: 2001/05/15 21:54
Subject: Re: [K-list] initiations, reiki and vipassana
From: Mystress Angelique Serpent
On 2001/05/15 21:54, Mystress Angelique Serpent posted thus to the K-list:
At 01:45 PM 5/15/01, Laura wrote:
>I tried to find out why this would be the case, besides understanding the
>distinction between sitting with what is and channeling energy...like could
>there be a disharmony between reiki and vipassana, some good reason why
>reiki would thwart one's path of equanimity?
Hmm.. yeah, I can see where he is coming from, but his attitude
contradicts his intentions. Strictly speaking, any action to "heal", comes
from a judgment of Free Will, and that is not the same as surrendering to
seeing perfection in what Is.. ~but neither is he seeing perfection in what
Is, in the happenstance of some of his students being into Reiki. His
effort to control is not in alignment.
Karma is "every action an equal and opposite reaction", and Reiki is
deliberate action.. which is not the same as the smooth flow of vipassana
inaction.. but his action to limit, and demand vows of his students is
Karma too.
If you want to be picky, vipasanna is action of deliberate mediation,
which is not the same as surrendering to the flow of life, "chop wood,
carry water".. to see the Buddha nature in daily life and not separate from
any "spiritual" activity.
That kind of purity usually takes some time.. When you get right down
to it, the pursuit of enlightenment itself can be considered a form of
action. Wanting creates experiences of wanting.. but wanting is natural,
unavoidable till you get to a place of being free from desire.. and even
then, the body makes demands for food and sleep.
To err, is human, it is how we learn. Thus, errors contain their own
perfection and purpose. Trying to avoid human nature altogether can be a
form of resistance that is more in conflict with Dharma than surrendering
to impulses.
Personally, I have had the Reiki symbols removed from my chakras.. They
are tainted by human "good intentions" and have some very human limiting
beliefs coded into them that work fine in the lower chakra universes, but
show up as fear and lack of faith, in the higher chakras. Most "good
intentions" are like that. Road to Hell, when you look into their duality
to find where the fear is hidden. Simply vowing not to use Reiki anymore,
would not clear the implants that come of initiation.
I trust Goddess designed my energy body to work perfectly without any
need for human designed implants of any sort. I prefer to leave my energy
as free flowing and unstructured as possible, so it can be whatever Goddess
Wills, in the moment.
I'm not extreme about it, on the physical level I do have contact
lenses and fillings in my teeth. Moderation in all things.
The 1st degree Reiki symbols showed up in shower tantra meditation one
day as black marks on my chakras and my first impulse was to clear them,
before I even recognised what they were. They would not clear, so after
contemplating why for a while, I was guided to reconnect with the woman who
initiated me 2nd degree.
She had offered to do so, for free because she was interested in how my
energy flowed... why my Shakti is so powerful. I could see no harm in it,
so I accepted on the condition that when she initiated me, she followed the
guidance of my Higher Self. As a result she received a gift from my Higher
Self, of an entirely new system of "Reiki", that she called "Inner Sun"
because it works with the Tummo fire.
Who initiated who? I felt no difference from the initiation.
She went on to initiate someone who had been one of my students, who
basically stole the system and republished the manuals in a foreign
language, without giving her any credit. He renamed the system, tinkered
with it a bit, adding his own "Good intentions." He promotes it vigorously,
claiming it came from a wandering Tibetan monk. He does not know it
originally came from me, and I have not yet decided whether to tell him so.
He is also giving out a lot of misinformation about K. to sell the
system, and his own karma will smack him upside the head, eventually. She
realized that she had expressed a wish to the cosmos for the system to
become more widespread, and he is doing that, even if in a disrespectful
manner. So.. for now, we leave it as is.
She had offered to initiate me into Mastery as well, at the time but I
had declined as I felt no need for it. Since I had initiated her, I was
obviously already a Master, and I don't use Reiki anyhow. For myself, I
have little interest in the system, but I was happy to give her something
of use.
I reconnected with her, asking her how to clear the 1st degree symbols,
and because I felt that the benefit in her initiating me into Mastery would
be to give her the next level of the new system. The result: she got a ton
of new insights into the system she had gotten from my higher self the
first time, so much that she is completely rewriting all of her manuals,
and does not even call the system Reiki anymore. It is not Reiki. It uses
no symbols at all.. She repaid me by clearing the ugly black 1st degree
symbols from my chakras, melting them with the Tummo fire. Clear light and
Kundalini heat.
The disrespectful student has shot himself in the foot, as he is
promoting an incomplete system and neither of us will take him to the next
level unless he cleans up his act and shows proper respect.
I really did not notice any difference in my energy from any of the
Reiki or Inner Sun initiations. They were all quite un-necessary for me,
except in how they served others. The first degree I had accepted in barter
from an Usui Reiki Master who could not afford my professional services. I
think he got the better part of the deal but no worries.
I did get intense results from my initiations as a Pagan high
Priestess. Once a Witch, always a Witch. My spirit already carried the
imprint from past lives, but I did not know how much my body needed the
ritual to feel complete in this life, till it was occurring. I finally felt
like I belonged on this planet! For a year afterwards, I was guided by a
spirit circle of Witches, and although I have surrendered it, some of the
effects still hold, and I am fine with that. My Shamanic initiation too,
was intense. I feel these initiations did not implant stuff, so much as
unfold potential that was already there... as Shaktipat does.
On a general sense, despite what the common "New Age" intentions call
for, channelling energy to another person is always a form of action that
can be seen as a lack of faith on a higher chakra level. That does not mean
it is wrong, but how it will feed back to you depends on where you are at,
and whether the gift is consensual.
Whenever you channel energy to another person, you are taking a chance
of getting involved in a subtle conflict of free will. For example, if we
asked for a definition of "love" on this list, we would probably come up
with a hundred definitions, so even sending love can end up in a projection
of paradigms, a subtle argument of energy between the sender and recipient
about what love is.. especially if the channelling is not consensual.
Action/ reaction.
Best to avoid projecting energy altogether, unless the energy being
channelled is the "clear light" of Shakti which is Divine will/Dharma.
Shakti cannot really be controlled by human intentions. Even so, blasting
someone with unconditional love or Shakti can really rock their world, as
some members with intense spontaneous awakenings can attest.
Like the Chinese curse, "May you clear all your karma by next week and
become enlightened".. too much karma coming up too fast can be a nightmare.
Thus, in granting Shakti, such as on the Grounding age, the intention
is, "To each according to their need and ability to receive, but not more
than they can handle.." and even that is surrendered so Goddess can adapt
it to the individual, as She sees fit. No ego involvement, no free will..
the result is Dharma.
I have not heard of anyone getting a negative result from it, although
it does not always work as they expect. Goddess is wiser than their
expectations. The site itself connects to me on a higher level, and is not
affected by my day to day energy levels or emotional state, nor am I aware
of the visitors experience, unless they tell me... and then I get to share
in it. The connection is between Goddess and themselves, I am simply the
vessel who facilitates with no personal involvement, at all beyond
channeling the words and charging the page. There is no non consensual
projection, it is more like a fountain where any who thirst, can come and
drink their fill. No karmic feedback.. but some nice bonus points for the
compassionate work.
It is best to focus on loving Goddess/Buddha nature within yourself,
and let others be themselves. This will cause you to emit a radiance of
Grace which handles all events without effort. "Touch the hem of the
Master's robe, be cured of cancer" kind of stuff. I don't do that
perfectly, I am a provocative sort who tends to meddle when asked to
help... but from a detached state.
For example, tonight my druid asked me to clear the energy of an
engineering project he has been working on at work, a circuit board for an
alarm system that has been encountering all manner of odd and illogical
problems and giving him stress all week. Like me, he is used to moving in a
state of Grace where things flow with effortless ease. When they are so
obviously not flowing he recognises it as a signal to look at what needs to
be released. Easier for me to do it because it is my talent, and I am not
attached to the outcome.
I looked in on it, cleared the board.. druid felt stuff clear from his
head at the same time. Looked at the board again, it still was not totally
clear, so I traced the problem to an individual with hurt feelings over
some division of labor.. and got his higher self to sort it out with
druid's higher self and my angels till I saw them shaking hands and
smiling. Went back to the board, it was not still clear so I traced the
shadow on it it to 5 more individuals whom druid said were another branch
of the engineering department who were also having issues with his
department about territory and division of labor.. an ongoing dispute with
too much shit under the bridge which has been ongoing for more than 20
years. At that point druid started to make some noises about how fixing
that situation would be long hard work.. I got him to surrender that
limiting belief, and continued.
Put everyone involved in both departments together at the higher self
negotiation table with my angels till they were shaking hands and doing
group hug stuff. Finally there were only 2 people left who could not come
to agreement. I mentioned this to druid and he told me about someone in
his department with mental problems who was always fussing. So I asked the
angels to help him, and they cleared about 80% of that stuff out of him
till he was looking shiny and brighter. Smiling and happy.
Then this individual seemed to be attached to me out of gratitude.
Seeing Goddess in me. That was no good so I called up this guy's own Divine
Beloved and diverted his attention to Her.. he fell in love immediately and
they went happily off together.. very sweet!
So.. Karma, Dharma? There comes a point in clarity where the whole idea
becomes moot. There is nothing that happens that is not Divine Will, Free
will is Goddess Law, She gave it to us and we follow Divine will whether we
know it or not.
We are better off to give it back, but.. every rule has it's exception.
Change is the only constant.
I went through a period where whenever I said to myself, "It will be as
Goddess Wills", my heart voice responded "Thou art Goddess." I was
practicing surrender, and Goddess was handing choice back to me. It was
very disconcerting as I'd forgotten how to think for myself and didn't care
for the idea of trying to relearn.
I finally figgered out it meant it was time for me to surrender the
separation of thinking of myself as "slave to Goddess." That idea had
served its purpose, in clearing my Karma and only the concept of separation
itself, was left to be surrendered. Zen Master acts in perfection from a
silent mind that does not think. Go figger.. We are Divine.
Where do our ideas come from? Some are baggage of limiting beliefs and
re-actions from the past, others are Divine Inspiration. druid is Goddess
too, and he asked me to intervene, so I did.
.
Working with people on a higher self level via angels is respectful of
free will, the higher selves and the angels will not act in any way that
does not serve the highest good of the individuals they are attached to,
but the Higher selves of people are easier to work with than the individual
egos. I am not exerting my will, I am simply bringing people to a
negotiation table where they can work out their differences for themselves,
with Angels as mediators. I am detached from the result, I just trust in
the natural drive of Spirit, for peace, love and harmony.. how that filters
down into the physical, is not up to me. I simply request the Angels handle
stuff and observe from a distance while they sort it out. If they need my
consent for something, then they ask me. Angels cannot act without
permission, but they are wiser than we and require little in the way of
direction or supervision, once requested to assist.
Ripples...The engineering Dept at BC Hydro got a scrub of many years
worth of old conflicts which will probably lead to a better working
environment for druid and everyone else involved, they will leave work each
day and go home to their families in a better state of mind which will
affect the well being of future generations. Having the hydroelectric
engineering department working more harmoniously in turn serves the
province and the natural resources of the province.. which sells energy to
California.. and so in turn serves the planet as a whole. Not bad for 10
minutes visualization and intuition.
Some would say it is meddling, but I don't see harm in it. Aside from
agreeing to be the vessel of the exchange, which required no decision at
all, I was mostly an observer.
If I really wanted to meddle, I guess I'd be doing the same with the
mid east crisis, or anything else on the news.. but I generally don't get
involved unless requested to, directly. Actually, now that I think about
it, someone did ask me to assist with events in Israel, a few weeks ago but
at the time, it did not seem like my place to get involved. Thinking on it,
it seems to have come up several times, since, so I guess I'll tune into
the situation when I go to bed and see if there is anything wanted of me.
Sometimes once you get started with something like that, it can turn
into a tangled web, because everything is connected to everything
else...better just to love yourself and let Goddess handle world affairs.
Trust the ripples of Grace to sort things out, if sorting is needed.
Everything is unfolding as it should.
While doing this work I got a glimpse of a lot of other conflicts and
dis-ease in the company druid works for, but it seemed like my work was
done where I left it, with sorting out the connections to druid's circuit
board. If Goddess wants me to do more, She will let me know.
Well, what an essay.. hope someone finds something useful in it.
Blessings..
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