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  1. I want to talk about my experience with Heartfulness. Now, I'm not talking about the form from Mindfulness in the book "Cultivating Heartfulness" that I've seen spoken about around Daobums, but something different that has completely changed the way I cultivate. 

     

    Most of us are practitioners or at least know of the refining processes of cultivating and internal alchemy. We all know it to be an excruciatingly long and arduous process to refine our internal energies in order to produce measurable results.

     

    I have always been drawn to daoist practices from a young age and would meditate without even really knowing what it was, it just felt nice. But i didn't start officially Cultivating until just after college but i was underwhelmed by how little return you get for so much effort. I had processed far enough to have formed my Dantian and refined my senses enough to be able to detect spiritual energies and their movement.

     

    However, then i encountered a practice called Heartfulness that utilizes Yogic Transmission and this put my cultivation into hyperdrive! It would normally take me about two weeks to take in qi, extract the impurities, refine it into a higher form, and condense it into a pearl to draw up into the second dantian. 

     

    But with Heartfulness, i was able to complete that entire process in One Day while i was At Work! I don't sit behind a desk, i work at UPS. I'm constantly moving and i was able to refine a pearl almost Passively while i was constantly busy. It felt like as long as i was doing Heartfulness, the energy would move Intelligently on its own to complete work within me, automatically.

     

    After a week of this, my body became stronger. I was able to walk around in 40 degree weather in shorts and a teashirt without getting cold and things that would normally hurt or bruise me would hardly hurt at all.

     

    I wanted to share this with my brothers here on Daobums so that you all could give it a try and share your results here! It's completely free, all the teachers are volunteers.

     

    https://heartfulness.org/us/masterclass/- This is the three-part video series that introduces the practice and helps you experience the transmission. 

     

    https://heartfulness.org/us/experience-heartfulness/- You can follow this link and scroll down to “Try Heartfulness with Assistance” for a more personal experience with a real person rather than a video series, though I do recommend the video series first.

     


  2. 4 hours ago, Fa Xin said:

    I looked at the site but didn’t get much specifics. It says you dive deep into your heart and experience peace. Sweet! 

     

    Is there visualization? Any more info you can share ?

     

    Watch the three videos, it'll explain everything.

     

    The magic sauce of this system isn't any special technique of any kind and at face value, the techniques of heartfulness are actually shockingly simple. But rather, the special Something is the receiving of something called Yogic Transmission. It's not something you Do or Visualize, but Receive. 

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  3. I want to talk about my experience with Heartfulness. Now, I'm not talking about the form from Mindfulness in the book "Cultivating Heartfulness" that I've seen spoken about around Daubums, but something different that has completely changed the way I cultivate. 

     

    Most of us are practitioners or at least know of the refining processes of cultivating and internal alchemy. We all know it to be an excruciatingly long and arduous process to refine our internal energies in order to produce measurable results.

     

    I have always been drawn to daoist practices from a young age and would meditate without even really knowing what it was, it just felt nice. But i didn't start officially Cultivating until just after college but i was underwhelmed by how little return you get for so much effort. I had processed far enough to have formed my Dantian and refined my senses enough to be able to detect spiritual energies and their movement.

     

    However, then i encountered a practice called Heartfulness that utilizes Yogic Transmission and this put my cultivation into hyperdrive! It would normally take me about two weeks to take in qi, extract the impurities, refine it into a higher form, and condense it into a pearl to draw up into the second dantian. 

     

    But with Heartfulness, i was able to complete that entire process in One Day while i was At Work! I don't sit behind a desk, i work at UPS. I'm constantly moving and i was able to refine a pearl almost Passively while i was constantly busy. It felt like as long as i was doing Heartfulness, the energy would move Intelligently on its own to complete work within me, automatically.

     

    After a week of this, my body became stronger. I was able to walk around in 40 degree weather in shorts and a teashirt without getting cold and things that would normally hurt or bruise me would hardly hurt at all.

     

    I wanted to share this with my brothers here on Daobums so that you all could give it a try and share your results here! It's completely free, all the teachers are volunteers.

     

    https://heartfulness.org/us/masterclass/- This is the three-part video series that introduces the practice and helps you experience the transmission. 

     

    https://heartfulness.org/us/experience-heartfulness/- You can follow this link and scroll down to “Try Heartfulness with Assistance” for a more personal experience with a real person rather than a video series, though I do recommend the video series first.

     


  4. 2 hours ago, OldSaint said:

    I'd also say that practicing Karezza with your wife as cultivation practice would probably be the healthiest thing possible for your marriage and family. 

     

    I honestly thought it was a type of Qigong or something but when I looked it up, I laughed out loud because this is a practice that I already employ and have used for several years and didn't know that it was a thing with a name all its own. I actually enjoy it more without the whole dramatic conclusion getting in the way. Plus, I get to show my wife love and passion without needing to take a break from cultivating and draining my jing.

     

    9 hours ago, OldSaint said:

    Drop the intellect, you can practice this an hour everyday and start growing spiritually. 

     

    23 hours ago, steve said:

    If you are very cerebral, consider starting with taijiquan (and check your intellect at the door!).

     

    Sorry for any confusion but I realize now that Cerebral implies analytical and emotionless and that is actually very Not like me. I'm highly inquisitive out of a great love for life. I've managed to keep my child-like wonder intact somehow. I very much love deep, emotional, and impassioned musings of universal intricacies and spiritual truths alike. The only problem i have with my cerebral nature is that sometimes I turn to seeking knowledge rather than seeking internal treasures but I have gotten this under control recently. ^_^

     

    23 hours ago, steve said:

     

    My recommendation would be to focus more on quality of local instruction and authenticity than specific method unless there is one that clearly clicks. If you are as much a purist and passionate as I am, there is almost nothing that is as exciting and rewarding as the human connection to a lineage through an accomplished and enthusiastic teacher. The only thing more powerful is the direct experience of the fruition of practice.

     

    As much as I would love this, my problem is that I live in a deadzone for cultivation. There isn't a community of cultivators down here. The biggest thing down here spiritually is Reiki and other energetic therapies but I realized cultivation is the missing ingredient to true healing.

     

    23 hours ago, steve said:

    As far as what to practice, I study taijiquan, qigong, and neigong. They naturally support and enhance one another - they are a bit like nesting dolls with neigong in the center and taiji on the outside. Taijiquan is the most physically demanding (although martial qigong can be demanding). I use qigong mostly for healing qualities. Not sure where you like to classify zhan zhuang but standing is a practice worth considering as well, in and of itself (you'll get it in Chen taiji). Also, read a little about yi quan 意拳. I've had a taste and it is amazing. It is based on the principles of xingyiquan and taijiquan which help cultivate awesome strength, and integrates a much more spontaneous and un-fabricated practice experience.

     

    I will definitely keep these in mind! Thank you. Right now I am working on Flying Phoenix Qigong and Qibody Cultivation. I'll start branching out from there when I stop needing instructional videos to practice.


  5. 1 hour ago, X2471990 said:

    As far a fixing it I believe you will need to cultivate more Qi so you can have more of a driving force in the other world.

     

    Be careful what your dialing into with these energy systems you don't want to leave your body and have something come back with you. 

     

    I kinda figured that might be the case. Thank you for helping to affirm that thought.

     

    I thank you for your well wishes. I'm fairly confident in my ability to establish a sacred space and protective fields so I'm not worried about taking things back. xD


  6. On Monday, June 19, 2017 at 6:09 PM, Nungali said:

    Seriously, I am confused about this . But maybe you have 'your own definition'  of what 'astral projection'  means?

     

    "My Own Definition" is a definition that is held by most people. Astral Projection is an Out-Of-Body-Experience that you can start and end at will, fully control, and get verified from other people on whether what you are experiencing is real or just your imagination. So in reference to the comment of how I know my Wife isn't lying is because I've independently verified the legitimacy of her abilities and watched them grow not knowing how to learning complete control.

     

    As to what I mean by how I know I astral travel even though I can't see anything which seems like the only way to verify if you are... I astral projected to where my Wife had astral projected and she said that my astral body arrived and was really happy that I did it, but I could see, I didn't realized I astral traveled because I was still in my body consciously. Until she decided to mess with me and Reiki my arm astrally and I felt it and where she was channeling without being able to see. She wouldn't have been able to if I wasn't there where she was astrally because she wasn't doing it to my actual arm.

    On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 8:50 AM, Rakiel said:

    perhaps it depends on the type of astral experience? were these OOBE's imitated from a fully conscious waking state? I only ask because I've had various types of experiences like this, and some where I felt caught in an "in-between" kind of state with limited faculties. And experiences initiated via a fully conscious exit I had all faculties available to me

     

    Exactly, in the astral body, the senses are actually separate bodies and need to be unified and expanded in order to do properly.


  7. 6 minutes ago, Michael Sternbach said:

    Some are natural "seers", others are better at "hearing" things, or "feeling" them, or they just "know" things etc.

     

    1 hour ago, qicat said:

     

    I dunno. I heard a lot of people can "sense" things, but are not "seers". I was told being a "seer" is rather not that common. Perhaps that's your case? I would not dwell on it. 

     

    Yes, I'm aware that my natural tendency leans toward Feeling rather than Seeing, but it is my personal belief that there is nothing any single person can do that another can't. If it is possible within One Human, it is possible within All Humans.

     

    I had to develop and cultivate my ability to Feel and I've discovered that I'm able to astral project, but my ability to See and Hear during the journey is left behind or underdeveloped. My Wife is a natural born seer, she can astral project but never learned, she just could... So she can't teach me. But one time I tried to astral project and she said I was able to project my astral self out of my body but my consciousness stayed in my body rather than following my astral self... Hence calling it astral blindness.


  8. 18 hours ago, qicat said:

    With a new baby and lack of sleep and his wife not interested in sex I doubt he will be in a proper state of mind for the practice...

     

    I'd like to state that none of these are the case... My wife is 11 Weeks along in her pregnancy, I get plenty of sleep, and our libido is just fine. Not only that, I'm one of the rare few men who prefer romance over lust and am not controlled by the urges of my body. Before I knew it was actually a spiritual practice, I would choose to retain and not climax because it wasn't important to me, I didn't need to in order to feel satisfied. To that end, I don't feel assumptions like these without base are appropriate. 

     

    18 hours ago, qicat said:

    You advice someone to skip one part and go directly to middle level stuff.

     

    Though I agree with your initial statements regarding the alignment and balance of our triune nature, I find messing not agreeing that I am skipping anything. When it comes to energy work, I'm not a novice.

     

    Sometimes I'll ask people advice and they'll give me an advanced meditation to be careful with because it can be dangerous... only to find out that the meditation was actually the first meditation I ever learned and practiced exclusively for a long time which allowed me to develop my ability to sense energies and manipulate forces outside of myself. I didn't have a traditional path of growth so I am fairly far along in my practices with energy even though I have only just begun practicing Flying Phoenix Qigong. I haven't necessarily skipped any steps, I have just taken a different path.

     

    I seek higher level forms of Qigong and Neigong because with a child on the way, I only have so much time before my time becomes very limited and I want to progress so that I can catch up to my Wife's innate spiritual development and when my child is old enough to begin meditating, to be able to be a spiritual leader for my family. 

     

    18 hours ago, qicat said:

    Perhaps seeking enlightenment at this stage of life ( new baby) shows escapism from reality? 

     

    I see where you are coming from, but I seek enlightenment from a truly innocent place. I've kept my child's heart intact, even though I am 26 years old and most have had theirs destroyed long ago. I have a deep passion and love for Life Itself, Sharing this gift with others, and Serving Others. It is my calling to help others but right now, I have to help myself grow so that I can be in a position to help others.

     

    Seeking Enlightenment for me is like a Child wanting to know what's inside of a Box. My fascination with what is inside the box isn't an indication of a lack of interest in stuff Outside of the Box, but a deep love for knowing what this world has to offer. I see the walk towards enlightenment to be a noble path of walking Life's Truest Purpose that can only be gained by truly Living Life... I don't believe enlightenment is even possible to be gained by someone who just wants to... escape... It's like asking someone to light a fire because you want to cool off... axiomatically, it just doesn't line up.

     

    Enlightenment is seeing the world for what it truly is and becoming one with all things where as escaping is... separating yourself from all things. If one seeks escapism while striving for enlightenment, they are forever walking a road that can never be progressed, a path of illusions.

     

    19 hours ago, Barracuda1975 said:

    In your case it would be the best choice to start Internal practices (Neikung). Qigong will yield negligent results. 

    You need lots of energy. I recommend you to read Waysun Liao books  first and contact his notorious student Gary Clyman.

    Basically, it is a shortcut to your fast development.

     

    I'll definitely look into that, thank you. I'm just having issues finding reliable material on Neigong. Thank you for the tips, I'll definitely look into them!


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    4 minutes ago, Spotless said:

    When your child is born after not too long they will go to bed for the night (hopefully - we got lucky that way) but will need to settle. During this time is a perfect time to meditate. I would settle my son around 8pm, sit and meditate for 1-3 hours.

     

    I happened to also get up around 3:30 and meditate in his room until he woke up around 7am.

     

    Putting your child to sleep and meditating while they settle in is a great way to need less sleep and have more patience.

     

    Yeah, since I've started meditating for roughly an hour every day, I've noticed I need less sleep and it's really nice because I always had this unconscious resentment towards sleeping because I was loosing out on 1/3 of my life, you know? I work at UPS so I get up around 3:30 as well so thank you very much for the advice, I'll Definitely use it!

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  10. Yeah, I just started to realize that. I "knew it" but it hadn't sunken in yet, you know? My "ah-ha" moment was reading about SaiyaMan's Dao Yin Shu experiences about his Cup being full and spilling over and it was time to Drink before he can fill his cup anymore... I realized it was time for me to Drink from that which I have been given and BE that which I KNEW rather than trying to Know More so I can create a path for myself... Now that I have begun a regimented daily practice, I've begun experiencing growth again and it is very rewarding. I still research to learn more, but I make sure I practice what I know first.

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  11. 2 minutes ago, QiBody said:

    It is all beginner stuff, but it is the foundations for a solid practice.

     

     

    Thank you! Beginner stuff is still stuff! I'll definitely keep you informed on how it resonates with me. I was having difficulty finding a place to begin.

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  12. 11 minutes ago, QiBody said:

    Hmmm, interesting question and I would like to hear it expanded some if you would. I am a teacher, so my questions are specific and I would like to best serve you. Are you already practicing a cultivation program or techniques? Are you looking to start one? Do you want to tune your body as an instrument or are you looking to just channel?

    I currently practice a program of internal Qi cultivation that has raised the level at which I practice healing work out of this world and the more I practice the more awakenings. And I am rooted in this Earth.

     

    I am not practicing a cultivation program or technique... I am currently seeking to start and practicing what I Do know as to grow in what realms I can at the time. As for your third question, ideally both honestly. I have a great desire to serve the people of this world. I am rooted in this world as I do believe there is a divine purpose to it. I seek both to be Liberated and to Serve.

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  13. 19 minutes ago, QiBody said:

    Grand Master Tsai and I had a few Reiki Masters in our school and they unanimously agreed that the cultivation program was the missing link to their energy healing practice. Qigong/ Nei gong strengthened their bodies and grounded their energy system and opened their channel to flow free and balanced.

     

    I'm fairly new to Qigong and Neigong and I'm having difficulty choosing a style or system to add to my practice. I'm having difficulty finding a quality source teaching that... doesn't cost an arm and a leg or require that I move to a different city.

     

    For me, when it comes to invoking energies and entities, my wife tells me I'm incredible at doing it (who is the greatest non-bias senser I've ever met) however my ability to sense what I invoke is... limited at best and usually I have to do it somewhat ceremoniously in order to do so. It's kinda all or nothing at this point but when I lean into an invokation, I change the vibration of the room considerably.

     

    My primary curiosity in this thread was to see if anyone else has experimented with alternative applications to Reiki Energy to enhance or accelerate cultivative works.

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  14. 4 minutes ago, qicat said:

    And as many say, the actual system ( religion) is actually ALL THE SAME thing if you study it long and deep enough to come to a conclusion that there is not really much difference in any religion of the world...

     

    This is also a conclusion that I've drawn as well. I often compare God to a Soda Can, Religion to Pictures, and Spirituality to Gif.

     

    You have two pictures of the Can, one sideview and one topview... One is a picture of a circle, the other is a picture of a rectangle... Many times there are arguments of which "picture" shows the real "soda can" when really a picture doesn't do it justice... it needs a Gif, or alternative perspectives to get a bigger picture of what the "soda can" is.


  15. 4 minutes ago, qicat said:

    My theory on this one ( as I stated I am total n00b in reki), is that while original system is working and pure, there are some "hitchhikers" and you have to be very careful of what is being connected to you. My Sifu has an interesting approach to this, he told me that we don't work with "middle management" and go directly to your Higher Self/Divinity. He said many people who start working with middle management for "power" and stuff end up plain crazy because of the nuances of power exchange. 

     

    Now, I am not saying reki is not a good healing system. Like attracts the like. But I still would be careful about who is transmitting what and what is the actual lineage. Intelligence of the energy at those levels is a given. Just make sure your internal beliefs match.

     

    That's all, folks. 

     

    I can understand and agree with this greatly. It does make sense that through someone else bringing something To You, it can be thought of as "Middle Management." Even though they are sharing what they were given, unintentionally, it may be Colored by their influence. It would make a lot of sense that regardless of the discipline or modality, if attained by ones own merit, it would be of higher quality and purity without the touch of humanity upon it.

     

    But it begs the question, how does one do it on their own without the help of a master?


  16. 20 hours ago, Arramu said:

    Jeff's stuff is really great and improving your ability to drastically control dozens the energy in the air dozens of times more...

     

    May I ask you to elaborate on this? I'm unfamiliar with "Jeff's Stuff" lol

     

    Edit: Never mind, I figured it out. lol

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  17. 1 hour ago, Fa Xin said:

    Unless of course they're the same thing :D

     

    There are many saints who did not claim any religious identity, yet members of the religions claimed they were in order to gain converts. 

     

    lol I honestly agree that the Dao, the original oneness of all, is the God that most religions try to point to. (missing the mark in some areas as with all religion)

     

    I don't claim a religious identity, but I see much truth within all teachings and I'll refer to different religions in conversation a lot.

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  18. 14 hours ago, Aetherous said:

    Maybe this was just a story...but when I think of reiki, I think of all of the practitioners who aren't anywhere near something like this.

    There has to be internal cultivation in addition to the practice of healing others.

     

    Considering that this all happened in the early 1900's and many stories of his healings coming from an Earthquake in September of 1923, I personally feel that the level of healing acclaimed as to healing a full broken leg to perfect operable health be... debatable. If that level is miraculous healing were done, I believe he would have lived a long life but he died at 61 years old three years after the Earthquake.

     

    I have observed Reiki to accelerate the healing process, but nothing Miraculous. However, I'm not discounting the possibility. Reiki usually deals with spiritual level healing and "dis-orders" whereby a proper alignment of the body, mind, and spirit facilitates the alleviation of the symptoms as well as taking away Pain. All-in-all, there is a lot of conjecture of Usui's history and I believe it should be taken lightly. Afterall, if the stories can't agree on if he was a Christian Teacher trying to learn how to heal like Jesus or a Buddhist seeking a way of applying the Dao... one should be skeptical of the stories.

     

    14 hours ago, Arramu said:

    From what I understand Reiki is a thoughform. It is like a sanguine, white man. Probably that's the inteliggence you noticed. No idea of the higher energy you mention however. But where I was going with the first post is that the air is charged with the suns energy. So plenty of energy all around you. EAT! ... Jeff's stuff is really great and improving your ability to drastically control dozens the energy in the air dozens of times more....you may end up doing some HADOU KEN ! stuff :D or at least a SOU RYU KEN!

     

    The "intelligence" isn't so much directly noticed on the behavior of the energy, but it doesn't flow indiscriminately. It'll flow Where it is needed, the way it Needs to flow at the time. It won't disrupt natural flow but will follow it and promote it. And if natural flow is disrupted, it helps to correct it. It's very gentle in that way and someone doing Reiki doesn't need to know what's wrong for the Energy to do its job.

     

    But as a side note, I don't know who or what this "Jeff's Stuff" is. Mind elaborating, please?


  19. I'm not familiar with egregore in personal experience but I can surmise the meaning through your post. I don't necessarily agree with the idea that Reiki is based on a Thought-form like a diety or something but rather is something pre-existing that is being tapped into.


  20. 4 minutes ago, qicat said:

    So, from my limited knowledge of qigong and qi, seems what you are describing in technical terms would be a "hook up to the Divine and channeling through the hands". It is a known method in qigong, but you also have to be grounded. Basically add some anchor so cosmic winds do not blow you away:)

     

    If you feel energy like you are describing, qigong/neigong is your next step for sure, as complete system will teach you how to get energy from heavens, earth, water, fire, etc... i.e. well known AIR BENDER ( avatar:P)

     

    Yeah, my energy works have gotten pretty advanced for having never practiced Qigong. I'm considering going for Flying Phoenix Qigong just because it seems highly praised here unless you have another suggestion. O_O

     

    Also, no lie, I've done some airbender stuff before. it was pretty awesome. I connected to the Spirit of the Wind during a hurricane and we kinda danced together. Best way to describe it. lol Couldn't do it again after though. :/ Still trying to figure out how to do it on command. xD

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  21. Due to being "Source Energy" it is often described as an intelligent energy. If you let the energy work freely, it greatly benefits the user. A lot of teachers are far too regimented with their practice and it actually weakens the creative expression of the intelligent energy. It'll do the work for you and follow intentions you put forth fairly well of you give it the room to do so.


  22. 1 hour ago, qicat said:

    1) I usually look at the school and practitioners and senior teachers...

     

    2) It is on my TODO list to figure this out further, but probably in few years down the road. We spend so much time working and refining energy in qigong/neigong that it seems a little bit strange you can get abilities via attending one weekend seminar in reiki. 

     

    3) Please share your experience if you have any with this. What does it feel like, does it worth it.

     

    4) What happens few month/years later after connection?

     

    I numbered the quote to make it easier on myself to make a well rounded answer, cuz meow.

     

    1) It's a very good practice to examine a Master, even amongst Reiki. My particular teacher is highly gifted and intuitive. She's a lovely lady who uses Reiki as her primary modality but has drawn wisdom from other practices and ideas to make her own personal practice more well rounded and complete. She's highly charitable, offering level 1 attunements are $55 and any Reattunements are free, even if you got them from another teacher. She respects and honors other masters and doesn't overstep their attunements. If you want to learn, but can't pay, she'll teach you but sorta put you to work in a Reiki Clinic she has that lets people experience Reiki for dirt cheap and helps newbies gain experience channeling. 10 Dollars for 45 Minutes kinda dirt cheap. A lot of Reiki Clinics will charge up to 100 for a full session (over an hour).

     

    2) Moving right along, I ended up going in reverse. My life saw fit to introduce me to energy works Before Qigong and Neigong. I haven't even begun a practice yet because I'm so indecisive on what to shoot for that isn't a simple or weak modality. But Reiki is like any modality, the more you practice, the better you are and more benefits you get. The Attunement aligns your spirit and meridians to act as a channel for the Reiki energy. Typical practice sees no "retention" of the energy. It typically leaves the body rather quickly and is primarily directed through the crowm of the head and through the hands. Though I've had success directly it through the micro and macrocosmic orbit which I'll go into later. If one can't sense energy, intention alone can activate a channel to open and let it pass through. If one does daily Reiki treatments, it clears and opens Meridians, allowing for the development of sensitivity towards feeling energy due to direct practice with it. During channeling you tend to quiet down and instinctively go into a meditative state, so people who do Reiki on themselves and others Daily can develop senses due to this combination.

     

    3) The familiar buzzing/tingling/vibrating feeling of Qi is a similar way that Reiki feels except the Frequency is way higher. When I direct it through my microcosmic orbit,  it tends to have a very clarifying and expansive feel to it with a heavy presence on my third eye. Different Modalities of Reiki can have different "qualities" because they can sometimes attune to a different "Ray". More often than not, Reiki maintains the basic "earth/life-energy" quality to it. Now, when I say "earth" you can think of it as "earth" on a higher octave. Reiki is the lowest frequency of the "Heavenly Rays" or "Source Energies". Some modalities will grab a few of the other rays though. By far the most expansive system I know of is "All-Love Sekhem" which is beyond Reiki. (I've also heard good things about something called "Shamballa Multidimensional Healing" but I don't know much about it besides that you need to be a Reiki Master to learn it.) If Reiki is One Ray than Sekhem, Seichim, or Seichem is the whole rainbow and is Very Powerful and so high vibrational I actually burst my channels when I channeled it for the first time and even today I have difficulties getting a stable connection which is why I'm looking for a strong Qigong or Neigong practice to compliment my practices to strengthen my spirit to handle the higher energies. In the end, as long as you find a True Master, a modality that resonates with you, and use frequently, it'll be worth your money. Using it to make aches and pains go away made it worth the money to me. xD

     

    4) Along the lines of how things feel months/years later. There was a point in the where I went about 6 months without channeling, meditation, or doing any energy works and my meridians got cloggy and sluggish so it became difficult to channel and begin my work again. However, with daily work on myself and lots of perseverance, my meridians cleared out on about two weeks and it feels normal again, though it still took another week or two to get my system pumping the output I was used to. Reiki is a lot like love... The more you give the more you get. Reiki can be in the softer and gentler side of things at times but if you have good channels, it can feel like an intense heat but out is heavily dependent on how often you practice, as with anything.

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