Hologram Thoughts

This one may be too squishy and goody-goody for some of you. It might sound too ‘out there’ and too ‘new age’ for most of us stoic westerners, but it resonates with me and I hope you can find a little peace in it too.

So, tell me, what do you think about it. Can we heal the planet with our thoughts and intentions? Can we heal each other with good and positive thoughts? Is it possible to sit quietly each morning and pray or meditate the world to peace? I think so.

Over a decade ago an experiment to reduce crime in Washington D. C. was shown to have an effect. A large group of people utilized Transcendental Meditation(TM) to increase coherence and decrease stress within the District. The benefits were shown to be excellent.

For a very detailed report on the meditation experiment please visit this site at the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy: http://www.istpp.org/crime_prevention/

Imagine a world where we were all conscious of our own thoughts. Where we used our thoughts, our intentions, to heal the world, to heal our families, friends and every person alive in the past, present and future.

It would be amazing.

I have decided that I can be a healer too, just as you can as well. I am learning to use Reiki to heal and I have already experienced some wonderful effects. What can you do to heal yourself and the world around you?

The Buddha said this: “Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.”

So go now and show compassion to everyone and everything, begin the healing.

I went last night to the Oklahoma City Reiki Energy Circle Meetup. Very nice group of people there. The woman who runs the Meetup has been practicing for 4 or 5 years, I forget how long, and is very knowledgeable. There is one person there that kinda blows me away. His name is Jim and his knowledge of the healing arts is formidable, for sure. Healing Touch and Qigong seem to be his area of expertise and he knows how to communicate with the person he is treating to help them as best he can.

I was skeptical when I first began to talk to people about Reiki. But being in the martial arts has probably predisposed me to accepting the idea of chi. Call is chi, ki, prana, or whatever; different cultures refer to the life energy in different ways, but it’s all the same.

A good friend of mine, Gardner Singleton, is a acupuncturist and Chinese herbal doctor. Learning from him has taught me to open myself up and experience what other cultures can teach me on the healing front. Herbs are used world wide by the indigenous cultures. From China to Australia to the Native American culture they are seen as the natural way to cure what ails us. It just so happens that these same cultures are not only open to the idea of chi, but all of them openly practice the energy work and training in various methods.

OK, back to Reiki then. Last night during the session I was flush with heat. The feeling of pin pricks was so strong on my hands that I had to shake them out more than a few times. It was amazing. Then, at the end, to see the woman we worked on and how she reacted to the healing; that was wonderful.

One of the women there, who is also an energy worker and yogini, asked me if I was using intention while working with the patient. I told her that I have been practicing tonglen while doing my Reiki. Tonglen is a Tibetan Buddhist practice of taking and sending. You are actively taking the pain and suffering from someone and sending them compassion. When you inhale you remove from them the suffering and when you exhale you send them pure compassion.

I can’t think of a better thing to offer someone; the wish that they are relieved of their suffering and that you are giving them compassion.