PATHWAY TO JOY AND HEALING

I have been volunteering at a local hospital providing Reiki treatments to patients.  I recently had a misunderstandings involving my volunteer supervisor.  He does not communicate well with his own staff or other hospital staff which resulted in a hospital staff complaining about his lack of communication to his supervisor.  Furthermore, it seems that when…

The holidays is a tough time for many, including me.  Many unresolved issues arise within me.  There are issues of shame, guilt, and self blame that still exist within my emotional landscape.  They manifest in my everyday life through my interactions with others.  During the holidays, these negative emotions become more heightened.  I know that…

This morning, I contemplated about karma,specifically taking on other’s karma.  How does this happen?  Well, we take on other’s karma through the concept of attachment.  When we help others through attachment, we will take on the karma of others.  Let me explain. For example, if your child has been punished at school for a wrongdoing,…

I have been a Reiki practitioner on and off for about seven years, and was certified as a Reiki Master in 2016.  However, it is only recently that I feel confident and strong enough to treat others professionally.  During this return to Reiki practice, I have found an acceleration of my own healing.  I am…

I have been contemplating the concept of “What we resist, persists” introduced first by Carl Jung, the renowned psychotherapist.  I find this concept to be perplexing, however, it is true.  Energetically, when we resist something, we put forth that energy which attracts more of what we resist.  Therefore, what we resist continues to persist.  This…

Living through the Higher Self is still somewhat new to me.  I have been ruled by my ego for so long that I was lost to my higher self.  New revelations have come to me as a Reiki practitioner.  I recently began volunteering at the local hospital’s cancer center, and working in private practice.  I…

Many in the spiritual community will tell you, healing occurs in many emotional layers much like peeling an onion.  The spiritual journey is a spiral going around and around, and many times returning to the same issues, but we are now able to see it from another perspective.  This is what I have discovered. As…

During this phase of my spiritual journey, I have been constantly confronted with discord with those with whom I interact.  When I interact with them, I feel their negative feelings, lack of self worth, fears, anger, etc.  Most of the time, I do not react emotionally and understand that it is within them, and I…

I have been suffering with negative thoughts and physical ailments from my past, and have fallen back to old patterns of behaviors.  This has come as a surprise to me as I wasn’t aware if I don’t practice mindfulness or being present regularly, that I will fall back to old patterns of thinking and behaving.…