Keeping a Balance

Abiding Reiki Newsletter for Octobber

As Energy workers we all are working daily not just in the realm of the seen, but the unseen. Because we have a foot in both worlds we have to avoid the pitfalls that come with that and remain grounded. For example recently there was a healing circle that I attend. One of the people there were prone to seizures, and had been on medication for grand mal epilepsy. The man got on the massage table and a few practitioners began to work on him. In the middle of the work he began seizing. Having some presence of mind I stepped in to make sure he did not fall off the table and that he was safe until the seizure passed. I could hear the other Practitioners talking among themselves. They were either pointing fingers at each other wondering who had sent the "negative energy", or blaming the man himself insisting that he must not have really wanted healing. In truth no one was responsible for the man's seizures. This had been a lifelong issue, and he happened to have a seizure. It was not due to anyone's negative energy, wrong mental state, or negative faith. I call this response the hyper faith response. This response is based in fear and misunderstanding and it reflects a lack of balance that needs to be addressed. It is not based in reality, and certainly not based on fact. In fact I would call this harmful faith because in this belief system the person who does not receive healing is often shamed blamed, then ostracized for their lack of healing. Sometimes the Practitioners involved are also blamed. I've heard other Practitioners try to use pop or Freudian psychology to try to lend credence to their stand. For example, such and such Practitioner must have a lot of underlying rage, therefore she/he then channeled that rage instead of healing. The hypothesis goes on to say that such and such a Practitioner obviously is not safe and had they looked inward perhaps they would have seen the "negativity" within and this wouldn't have happened.
This is erroneous on many levels. Reiki is one of the most noninvasive modalities one can facilitate. It is for the highest good of every client. Rather than create a problem Reiki will shut itself off. It’s first motive on this planet is first to do no harm. If a Practitioner tries to channel anything other than light and love, the Reiki simply ceases to function.

Many Reiki people also are aware of the “healing crisis” that can sometimes occur when a client is worked on. However I have also noted that sometimes creating such a crisis seems to almost be an issue of pride. We have to remember that just because we can doesn’t mean we should. It would be similar to a brain surgeon deciding to go around opening up people’s heads simply because they have the skill to do so. If we are careful and cautious there should never be a healing crisis to contend with. Again as Reiki shuts itself off and is for the highest good of every client. We must be aware of how we use energy then and make sure our energy is always Reiki and not invasive energy that can cause issues.

Blaming oneself or the client is emotionally and spiritually damaging. We have to get ego out of the way and not allow pride to insist we have failed in some way. We must not blame ourselves or others for what appears to be a lack of healing in that moment. It is easy to point fingers when things do not go well, but as energy workers we are ambassadors for our craft. If we do not seek to channel love, compassion, integrity, and healing mentally, spiritually and emotionally who will? As a Reiki or any other energy practitioner, it’s also important to remember that we are not allowed to diagnose people. In fact a statement that involve any sort of psychological diagnosis, physical diagnosis, etc, is practicing medicine without a license and could lead to serious legal troubles. Secondly unless we have psychiatric degrees, making any sort of diagnosis about a person's emotional health could have dangerous repercussions.
It is easy to see "entities" around every corner and even easier to get into pseudo psychology based on "spiritual" knowledge. The problem is our knowledge is at best faulty. Lives hang in the balance, and it is important that we do not go stepping outside our boundaries. We must maintain a balance. We cannot just run around doing invasive or even harmful things with energy just because we "can". We must be sober, vigilant, and understand that we are not to play with forces we don't fully understand. We must leave the diagnosing to the professionals, and leave fear and pseudo psychology, or pseudo spirituality out of the equation.