RE: To Me, By Me, Through Me, As Me: A Path Out of Victimhood
This is such a deep and yet empowering post, @solarsupermama. This is my time coming across metaphysics so I actually know nothing and am trying to digest your post.
This is the beginning of finding peace and equanimity. Here we start to see that we don’t have to work so hard. We can allow God to move through us to accomplish all we need and want. This is where we begin to feel the gift of allowing.
Okay, my church and I do believe in spiritual healing too. Is that what Reiki is? I know positive thinking and faith/trust would definitely aid in the process of healing. The victimized mentality is one no-no for me too, because it can paralyze me, I know it very well. I have seen friends who live in it, and it is very difficult to pull or even encourage them to come out, it's almost like an addiction or a pit they are in.
Your post is very interesting and I would love to find out more :)
Reiki is very similar to spiritual healing. Essentially the healing energy is all around, and when I put my hands on someone, I simply allow the energy to flow through me and out of my hands. It is well known that Jesus taught his disciples to heal, and though modern Reiki originated in Japan, I have often thought that the teaching simply survived in the east whereas it probably wouldn't have survived in the west where people are more suspicious and unwilling to believe things they can't see.
Victim mentality is addictive. People get terribly addicted to the chemicals released when they feel sorry for themselves and others feel sorry for them. It is truly addictive.
Not sure what your particular religious beliefs are or how strict they are, but that might help me direct you to more reading that would be in alignment with you.
Wow thanks for such an informative reply, @solarsupermama. I'm very appreciative of this. I'm a Christian too, believing in spirituality and am open to reading. So, I guess there isn't really strictness.
So that's Reiki. I did search online a bit after I read your post to just gauge what it is. So, it's this cool about feeling the energy flowing out. That's really like what Jesus felt. Whatever He did, so can we do, greater than that, we can do too. That's my basic belief :)
Yeah truly agree again with the addiction cycle of self pity you commented. It totally put a lid on us to realise the potential of strength and ability within.
Reiki is really powerful. It's an incredible feeling to have it flow through. I also believe strongly in the this and greater you shall also do. I think it was one of his more important messages. You might enjoy reading Charles Fillmore. He was a Christian with metaphysical leanings. Really good stuff.
It's really hard to move out of the victim stage, and most people don't even know they're there, but it's definitely a worthwhile journey, and in the end people would relish deeply in that strength and ability you talk about.