posted April 29, 2002 09:41 AM         

He was drivin' home one evening
In his beat up Pontiac
When an old lady flagged him down
Her Mercedes had a flat
He could see that she was frightened
Standing out there in the snow
Till he said I'm here to help you ma'am
By the way, my name's Joe

She said I'm from St. Louis
And I'm only passing through
I must've seen a hundred cars go by
This is awful nice of you

And when he changed her tire
And closed her trunk
And was about to drive away
She said how much do I owe you

Here's what he had to say:

You dont owe me a thing
I've been there, too
Someone once helped me out
Just the way I'm helpin' you
If you really wanna pay me back
Here's what you do:
Don't let the chain of love
End with you

Well a few miles down the road
The lady saw a small cafe'
She went in to grab a bite to eat
And then be on her way

But she couldn't help but notice
How the waitress smiled so sweet
And how she must've been 8 months along
And dead on her feet

No, she didnt know her story
And she probably never will
When the waitress went to get her change
From a hundred dollar bill

The lady slipped right out the door
And on a napkin left a note
There were tears in the waitress' eyes
When she read what she wrote

You don't owe me a thing
I've been there, too
Someone once helped me out
Just the way I'm helping you
If you really wanna pay me back
Here's what you do:

Dont let the chain of love
End with you

That night when she got home from work
The waitress climbed into bed
She was thinkin' about the money
And what the lady's note had said

As her husband lay there sleepin'
She whispered soft and low
Everything's gonna be all right
I love you...Joe

posted April 29, 2002 11:37 AM         

A few days back, as you can see on the first page of this thread, it was Auriel & Randall v/s The Reiki Channels, on the topic of whether or not Reiki should be given away for free.

The Reiki community strongly believes Reiki should be paid for. There are two reasons ~ first, to cover the overhead expenses of the Reiki practtioner, and secondly, to complete the "Energy Exchange".

On the subject of 'covering expenses', I feel the Reiki practitioner can let it go. We now k-NOW that what we give out comes back to us. So, if I freely give of my energies, I will be taken care of by the Uni-verse, some way or the other.

But what about Energy Exchange? We k-NOW it is a must because the recepient will not be able to receive the Reiki energies unless they give away some of theirs own. That was, what I believe, the reason for the Energy Exchange ~ to make the recepient give away something, in order to create space for the new. In other words, the cicuit of energy needed to be completed, for the healee to be able to receive Reiki.

Auriel told me something which made a lot of sense to me ~ she said that in the Aquarian age, we are trying to establish a new, humanitarian paradigm. It is based on Unconditional Love.

Inwardly, I resonated with her thoughts. I knew that in the face of the coming Golden Age, I felt it was very "restricted" of me to give away healing energies only in limited quantities, and with conditions. It felt unneccessarily stingy.

Luckily, I had a wonderful new thought over the weekend. It occured to me that if my only reason for insisting on a payment was to "complete the cicuit" of energy flow, I need not insist that the healee pay *me*. I can just tell them that they needed to create space by giving away something to someone. They can do some work for someone, or give away a 'thing', or money to someone, and the recepeint need not be me. It can be a charity too. *If* they want, the healee can give something to me, but I will not hint towards that. If I am meant to receive something, let the Uni-verse hint to the healee!

I feel wondeful since I realized this. I feel reconciled to my inner urges, i.e., more natural.

How about you? What do you feel? Do you resonate with this ideaL? Dip inside the yOu of yOu, and let me, and the rest of the k-NOW-flakes, k-NOW!

posted April 29, 2002 12:25 PM         

It could be the Reiki healer themsElves that are *repaying* the healee for energy they've already exchanged *elsewhere* ...

posted April 29, 2002 12:25 PM         

It could be the Reiki healers themsElves that are *exchanging* energy for energy the healee has exchanged *elsewhere* already...

posted April 29, 2002 06:49 PM         

If we want something new in our Lives, we should create a vacuum (through giving).

posted May 04, 2002 09:34 PM         

I also started taking the Feldenkreis Method class. It is an 8 week session. The next morning I tried some excercises and could do them farther than the night before

posted May 06, 2002 05:45 AM         

How did you like the Reiki treatment? I swear by it!

My wrist is doing much better! Thanks to all the people sending white lite and long-distance healing! The problem is my keyboard. My daughter spilled orange juice on my good split keyboard, so I started using a regular one that has no wrist support. It SUX! My wrist wasn't bothering me after I had the surgery until I started using this keyboard(except for the time I strained it lifting Kassiana and had to have it recasted)! I've been looking for a split one to buy, but haven't found one I like. I'm going to take it easy and continue my time off until I find one and I feel my wrist is in good enough shape to pound the keys again. I'll pop in and say hi, but don't expect a lot of posts! I've actually had my limit for the day. Take care! I miss everyone!

posted May 06, 2002 09:36 PM         

"A Faithful Heart Makes Wishes Come True" ~ from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

"If you Build it, They will come" ~ that baseball movie

Well I think it was the Overall Massage that did it for me. I'm going again next Saturday a.m. Today I was exhausted again. Uhm........I think she did Reiki just at the very beginning.

Oh! You can buy a wrist support at any computer/office store. Even local drugstores have them. I have a long one that is the same length as the keyboard, and one for the mouse.

posted May 07, 2002 01:46 AM         

I need a split key (ergonomic) keyboard. It's much more comfortable and has the wrist support built right in. I'm in no hurry to find one. I still need some healing time, and am keeping my posts minimal. I have an ergonomic mouse that doesn't move and it has a roller ball. It's cool because you can put any feature you want on the buttons and since I use copy and paste a lot, I added it as a feature to my mouse. It makes things much easier and faster. It's for right-handed people, but that's okay. It's actually working better this way since I can't use my left one. I haven't been able to find an ergonomic mouse for left-handed users, but would like to one day.

posted May 09, 2002 01:22 PM         

PS Dear all, I have found these pages inspirational...Elohim thank you for your wonderful thought...

posted May 12, 2002 06:23 AM         

a fellow Earthling, who's lost his way for awhile
you always smile, then hand him five or ten -- or twenty
even when you're broke yourself
and it's your last five or ten -- or twenty

and when the Taker looks shocked, as they often do
you call back to him, over your shoulder ..

"listen, if you need any more
just give half of that away
don't save it for a rainy day
rain rhymes with pain -- Give rhymes with Live !"

and when he answers ..
"right on, man ! I dig, I dig !"

we smile at each other, then squeeze hands tightly
because we're spreading the Jerusalem magic
of the small boy's loaves -- bread cast in Life's river
to one new convert
and maybe turned him into an apostle .. a Giver

you always say ..

"the planet is so over-populated
with Takers ... and so empty of Givers
but just wait until all those people
we've touched with Oober Galaxy love
discover the rocket-socket Truth
that they will get more -- they really will !

much more, almost immediately
if they give half of what they have away
and get in tune
with the harmony of the Universe !"

sometimes, we bump into them again, on a sunny day
and they remember -- then they tell us about the miracles they found
by letting go, and spreading whatever they have around
how they discovered the spiritual gold
of seeing what they gave returned -- sometimes three or four-fold
because we are our brother's keepers
and our sister's too
each of us a channel for Love to flow through
Gooberz Pages 587-588

posted May 12, 2002 07:41 PM         

I want to jump in here, because finding this thread just now was the result of amazing synchronicity! I have been searching around on the net, looking for information about Reiki, but not finding much, really. Then I came here, and pulled up the active topics, and thanks to Eloim , this was at the top. I then found several links (thanks to all!) about Reiki, and now my search is complete!

Namaste,
Infinity

posted May 17, 2002 03:44 PM         

*fingers crossed*

hope you feel better soon . . .

must be a rough day for you, but it's friday . . . and the weekend is nearly here.

cheers,

posted May 18, 2002 08:27 AM         

Just saw your message - will send you healing though I hope you don't need it anymore. How is your wrist doing by the way? I feel like it's a lot better because it doesn't tingle so much anymore. I've slacked off, actually, for about the last 4 days - holidaying in S'pore! Was promptly taught my lesson though - caught the flu on my way back
Anyway, hope you feel better soon.