The Spiritual Principles of Reiki – Reduce Stress Naturally

The Spiritual Principles of Reiki

These Principles are applicable today even though they were written by Dr Mikao Usui in the 19th century.

As an experienced Reiki Master Jacky shows you how to reduce stress naturally and transform your life with Reiki.

Letting Go

This phrase forms an important part in the principles of REIKI. It encourages us not to be influenced by ego, desires and past experiences, but to trust in the flow and the process of life and to accept each event in our life as a new experience, without fear, but with confidence and enthusiasm, as you become more and more confident in our abilities.

Just for Today

Each of the five principles starts with the phrase “Just for today”. It allows us to live in the present moment. Yesterday is in the past and the past has gone, we cannot change it. Tomorrow is in the future where we can never really be sure of what is going to happen. But, at this moment, there has always only been NOW. Your power is in the action and the decisions that you are making in the present moment.

It is in this present moment that we can look inwards for guidance and take responsibility for all conditions of our lives.  If we can do this then we can truly value and appreciate life to it’s fullest.

Worry

Worry is born out of fear.  It results from illogical and irrational patterns of thought. To worry is to forget that there is a divine purpose in everything.

To worry about the past is absolutely useless. We have to remember that each person does the best he can in each of life’s situations, in accordance with the knowledge or wisdom he possesses at that moment. We are all products of our own conditioning and tend to react accordingly. If you regret a past action of yours then realise that you only reacted according to your resources. Be thankful for the lesson and move on.

Any injustice done to us by others in the past were also done as a result of their conditioning. You can only wish them well and hope that they too have learned their lessons from their actions. Worrying about the future is also futile. We have approximately 90,000 thoughts per day, 80,000 of them are negative and about us.  At least 80% of what we worry about will never happen.  10% is what we cannot change anyway and the other 10% we can probably do something about. So, stop wasting time worrying about it and take action. Worry never fixes or results in anything, it is stressful and stress is the leading cause of disease.  By worrying too much about something we may attract the very thing we were worried about. When we come to love, we exist in the present moment where worry cannot exist.  We worry about what we did in the past and what will happen in the future.  If we live ‘Just for Today’ worry does not exist.

There is nothing to worry about ever.

Either you take control or you don’t.

If you do, then take control.

If you don’t, then dismiss it.

Don’t waste your energy on worry!!

Dr Mikao Usui

Anger

Anger is a reaction.  We become angry when someone does not live up to our needs, desires or expectations. We lose control, our ego is bruised and we react. If we really want to, then we can learn in time to control our emotions, so that when someone pushes our buttons, stimulates our weak points and spurs us into anger we become more consciously aware of our reactions and can master our emotions and transmute anger into love. But while attempting to reprogram our old anger tapes we must allow ourselves to release our emotions, let go of the anger and not hold on. We must feel our emotions fully.

It is important to know and to accept angry feelings without harsh judgements and then to have the ability to express the anger. If we do not accept anger and express it, we cannot express other emotions, especially love.

An expression of anger to a person really demonstrates caring enough to tell. This means that one cares enough to want to see remedial action take place so that a relationship can continue and grow.

An expression of anger also demonstrates respect for the individual in question. This is so because in expressing anger one is investing emotion – showing how one feels and saying in effect “ I respect you enough to want to share this part of myself with you ”. This kind of expression also shows considerable confidence in the strength of the relationship.

It is important to not make decisions when angry. Calm down and let the anger settle first. There are many good ways of doing this. Deep breathing and meditation is the best way to sit safely with anger. When breathing deeply breathe in love and the positive energy of the Universe and exhale the anger and negativity, or go to the bedroom, scream into a pillow or throw a punch at it, do some exercise, do some gardening or do some happy work. Go for a walk in a nice landscape or barefoot on the beach. Go to a movie or have a special treat, it all depends on the circumstances. Then when the initial reaction of anger has toned down we can respond by expressing in a calm way that someone’s statement, action or behaviour brought up feelings of anger. It is important to really clear the air; otherwise, real peace can never exist.