Your Thoughts and Reiki…

Stop a moment; take a breath, what is your thought at this moment? Does that thought affect you? At what level does that thought affect you? Do you carry it through your day?

Here is a little summary of my recent sharing in Illinois with a wonderful group of women.

Thank you Deborah for being such a great Host!

Reiki Heals at many levels, so let’s talk about how you can start your journey to healing with your every thought…. Let’s call ‘thought-energy’ the root of dis-comfort, dis-order, dis-ease.  Now let’s simplify this, ‘your thoughts create an action and movement of energy within your life-force…. ‘Positive or negative thoughts’ they all have some form of affect, positive thoughts allow flow and promotes healing and negative thoughts create static or blockage in your natural flow of energy manifesting physical ailments.  See my recent articles ‘Energy Vibrations’ and ‘How does this Reiki work?’.

Each day you have thousands of thoughts which rush through your mind. You pay very little attention to what you are thinking most of the time. You may simply allow the random thoughts to have a life of their own, running here and there with no control.  When you get into a group full of chaos or gossip, where do your thoughts go?  Do you chime in with the mind chatter allowing the thoughts of others to take over? Stop and realize all that chatter comes from a place of Fear.

It can be very beneficial to spend time paying attention to the thoughts that your mind creates. How many times have you had thoughts of “I can’t …”, “Its hard.”, “I’m tired.”, “I can’t stand him …”, or “she’s stupid …” and other such thoughts?
Each time you allow one of these thoughts to move through your head, it is creating negative energy. Once you allow a negative thought to have control, it creates another negative thought and another until your thoughts are filled with negative energy penetrating your energy body, (life-force).

Your thoughts create your reality, including the thoughts that have become habit ‘you don’t even realize you are having’.

Let’s look at an example. Annie has been out of work for a while. She is on unemployment that won’t last much longer, and she can’t find a job. Holidays are just around the corner, and Annie has no money to provide presents for her kids.  Annie wakes up in the morning and thinks, “I really don’t want to get up.” That thought sends out negative energy into her day and attracts or leads to another negative thought. “I don’t know why I am even bothering, no one is hiring. It is just a waste of my time to have to get dressed for no reason.” Then she thinks “I just don’t know what I am going to do about presents this year, I just don’t have any money to buy them.” Do you feel how heavy the energy in those statements feels?

Each negative thought that Annie has will lead to another negative thought, then another, then another. The negative, low vibrational energy of these thoughts will go out into the Universe, attracting energy of the same vibration. With thoughts such as this, Annie will have a very depressing day. (Depressing negative thoughts into her energy body creating static in the natural flow of energy)

Stop for a moment and pay attention to what you are thinking right now. You may be thinking “This is stupid.”, “This makes no sense to Me.”, “I wonder why I don’t have enough money.” Any number of thoughts could be running through your mind.

If you find that you are having a negative thought, it is important that you delete and change it immediately before it has the opportunity to create more negative energy; creating or manifesting blockage in your energy body, dis-comfort, dis-order or dis-ease on a physical level.  I personally “delete” negative thoughts just as soon as I catch them….. Just as thou I am deleting a word off an article I am writing in the computer!  You can treat it like a little game, just become aware of what it is you are telling your energy/life-force… after all, it is your personal computer!  Okay, now smile and take another breathe…

Let’s return to Annie. She wakes up and thinks, “I really don’t want to get up.” She immediately catches the negative thought and thinks “Delete that negative thought, I am going to get dressed and have a wonderful day.” Notice how the energy changes with that statement. She may follow that with the thought “I will find the perfect job.” Notice the difference in the vibration of these thoughts. Annie can create a completely different reality by paying attention to her thoughts and keeping them positive. She is calling in the healing to her life situations and not creating a problem to her life situations.

Take time throughout your day to pay attention to what you are thinking, saying and how you are responding to your life situations. Do your thoughts include the words “can’t, won’t, hard, difficult, mess, bills, pain, etc.”? If so, change them immediately to a positive thought. Even changing the thought to “I am in the process of creating my dreams.” will change the energy you are sending out and create the reality you desire.

Now here is a little exercise; Top Ten Things to Say to Yourself

Often the things you say to yourself you wouldn’t even think of saying to another person. Do you blame, shame, call names of the meanest sort, nag, belittle and bully yourself through self-talk?

What if, instead, you were gentler with yourself, asked yourself questions and listened to the responses. What if you treated yourself as you treat a best friend,
someone you love dearly? Here’s a Top Ten list of loving things to say to your-self.

1. What do you feel? Asking yourself what you feel can help put names to, and identify emotions. Listening for the response and being honest with yourself is like taking your emotional temperature.
2. What do you need? A need is different from a want. A want states a desire, while a need is usually a statement about nurturing. Pay attention to your needs, they’re about caring for yourself.
3. Good job. Congratulate yourself on a job well done whether it’s mowing the lawn, writing a poem or cleaning the bathroom. Acknowledge yourself to a job well done!
4. I apologize. Saying “I’m sorry” for all the wrongs we have done to ourselves can be the first step in healing.
5. Let’s play. Lighten up and be playful. Listen to what comes up when you suggest play, something fun or silly. “Smile”
6. Breathe. Reminding yourself to breathe- it helps relieve tension, gives you that moment you sometimes need to center and ground yourself.
7. I forgive you. Sometimes it’s easier to forgive others than to forgive yourself. Yet, to have closure and move on often means you have to forgive yourself and just realize the lesson at hand.
8. Let go. Releasing worries, resentments, anger and fears loosens the grip of resistance and makes room for growth. Here again, the lesson at hand is behind you now.
9. Be present. Staying present, being aware of the physical, acknowledging the moment, this is when we are truly alive.
10. I love you. We say it to others; why not say it to you. Say it again. Now Smile!

Shifting and changing your thoughts will change your life; incorporate Reiki at any level you are comfortable with, Learn and practice Reiki on yourself and others; as a Practitioner, Reiki Master or Reiki Teacher…. At any level of Reiki you will experience a spiritual journey to self realization. Namaste’

Sharing with Love n Lite,
Kimberlee Cusumano
Reiki Master Teacher,
Intuitive Communications
Author of The Secret Of Reiki Home Study Package