Advantage of Multiple Attunements by
Light
Published in the April 2000 issue of "The Messenger"
As if it
weren't apparent by our articles, we love Reiki! We talk about it to
whomever we are with, at meals, in grocery stores, and on the
internet. We want everyone to experience the relaxation and other
benefits derived from treatments. And we want to share Reiju - the
empowerment that Usui used on his students - with everyone who wishes
to experience it. We also offer to do re-empowerments on practitioners
so they can recall the first time they received the attunement to
Reiki by their teacher. We just love sharing Reiki with everyone. But
we began to receive rebuttals to our offers of re-empowerments from
some practitioners and we were very surprised by the reasons
expressed. The most-repeated reason was that one of F.E.A.R. (false
evidence appearing real) that an attunement by another master might
negate the teaching master's attunement. We then began to realize that
this instruction came from the attuning master and the student was
just repeating it. We also were told that only one attunement was
necessary, and that additional ones would do nothing. And the third
most-often repeated reason for not receiving additional attunements is
that attunements might somehow weaken a student's connection to the
Reiki energy stream.
In Japan, students and teachers get together
once a month to practice Reiki techniques, to share experiences of
doing self-treatments and giving treatments to others, to ask
questions, and to receive additional empowerments. Empowerments, also
called attunements, connect one to the high vibrational frequency of
Reiki, and simultaneously open a student's energy channels to this
flow of energy. But because most humans are not consciously aware of
subtle energy flow, and not working on themselves to cleanse and keep
open their meridians and nadis (channels), the amount of energy
flowing might be quite small. Energy meridians are not dissimilar to a
clogged water pipe. If hard water constantly flows through a pipe,
there will be a build up of chemicals adhering to the inside of the
pipe, slowing down the amount of flow, and eventually cutting it off
altogether. Think of Reiki as a 'roto-rooter'; it cuts through some of
hardened chemicals creating a small flow of life-force energy, and
with the continued use of Reiki through self-treatments, we begin to
experience more presence (Spirit consciousness) within our body. We do
experience more sensation and emotion, as lifetimes of sludge
(negative memories) are chipped away, brought to the surface and
eliminated. Eventually, the energy channels are completely cleaned and
free-flowing; how long that will take is determined by how much "
excessive baggage" we have been dragging with us from one lifetime to
another.
Returning to the pipe symbolism, one dose of 'drain cleaner'
is not going to eliminate all of the chemical build-up, but repeated
treatments will finally ensure full water pressure and flow. The same
goes for our own body energy channels; one treatment by Reiki will not
eliminate all of our issues/patterns/traumas and emotional reactions
to them as they come to the surface of our conscious awareness. This
process is on-going, continuous. A little at a time, so we are not
overwhelmed energetically. The interesting thing about Reiki, is that
after receiving one attunement, the purification process is started,
and with daily self-treatment, we can eventually be clear and
fully-opened channels for this energy. But to help speed up this same
process, we can opt to receive additional re-attunements, and the
purification process is intensified and quickened. This means that
more 'stuff' will come up, sometimes several issues at one time, but
the process is shorter than without the Reiki, and buffered by the
on-going self-treatments. Our Spirit (driver of our body vehicles)
will never dish out more than we can safely handle.
There is no
danger that an attunement can ever be reversed, taken back or negated
in any way by someone else. The attunement/empowerment is a technique
that has us recall/remember the sensations of subtle fields of
vibrations that our sensory organs could not otherwise register in our
brain. And once remembered, we can frequently recall the sensations
and strengthen the experiences with each additional attunement we
receive. And our energy channels will be cleared, opened and expanded
more widely to receive increasing amounts of energy. As we bring in
more energy, we stretch our channels even wider in preparation for
greater times of need. Eventually we integrate the Reiki into the many
layers/fields that make up our total being - energetic and physical.
And when that happens, we become 'Reiki' and everything that our
expanded energy field touches will vibrate more quickly, seeking
balance and equilibrium. When everything and everyone is vibrating to
its/their maximum potential, then life will cease to be a struggle,
and we will experience the fullness of Who We Truly Are, Spirit having
a physical experience.
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