Sometimes, when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.

pfffffffft.

Sometimes, we should just be damn proud for ourselves that we SURVIVED.

People really struggle to define Reiki.

One thing is that, frustratingly, the more important journey is toward a better question, not a better answer.

In Buddhist training a lot of time is spent clarifying the “view”. Where the “view” is the way things are. Monks will spend 20 years debating and studying the “view”. With the purpose of changing their questions. Changing the way they think about reality.

This is really opposite to the way we normally approach things. Normally, at least in my house, we come at things from the answer side. We argue that the answer is not adequate. Rather than that the question is faulty.

Personally, I do not think it matters what is Reiki. Just that it is, and that it works. (But, I still love to ponder it!)

For what it is worth, especially for the people just starting out on their Reiki journey, I will offer up my back of the weeties packet definition of Reiki.

Reiki is.

Ha! Just kidding.

My best one sentence definition of Reiki is to say it is a force of reality. That flows from a spiritual origin and is accessible by empowerment. Or long term training in compassionate kindness (I guarantee you Mother Teresa would have given Reiki just as well and just as pure as William Rand). And, is a lot like unconditional love.

Is anyone interested in being involved in a distant healing circle? I have been accepting requests for distant healing for a little while now, and I find it really positive to be able to send Reiki to distant friends, that I have not met yet in this life. It gives me a sense of connection. And, it is just cool having a reason to pick up the distant healing box and send reiki.

If you are interested in joining the circle, please just drop me and Donyo an email, and I will add your name.

I think the easiest way would be to make it an email list, and just shoot out an email whenever a new request comes through. And, then also, if anyone in the group has a request themselves (for a client perhaps, or family or whatever..) then they could just use the request page aswell.

We know there is a great deal of research under way by many Reiki people around the globe. Research into the history and origins of Reiki, but especially lots of rigorous academic research into the effects of Reiki on various health conditions.

If any of you have seen anything you like, or think is credible, or better yet, are conducting research projects yourself and would like some exposure, please drop Donyo or me an email.

We would really like to have a corner of Reiki Blogger dedicated to resources for anyone looking to find out more about Reiki. And it would be great to have some links to the findings people have published.