Stories, Testimonials, Kids

Here's a story from Lee to kick things off...

My First Year With Reiki

Reiki found me in the last weeks of November 1990. A strange "urge" hit me to go to a large metaphysical gathering that I had read about in the newspaper. I was working weekends as a hayride driver at my father's Christmas Tree Farm and it was peak Christmas Season. After making endless excuses I was able to skip out of work on a busy Sunday afternoon. With kids in tow, I drove an hour to Austin to sneak a peek at a metaphysical exhibition. I rushed around the coliseum going booth to booth. I knew I had to be there, but I didn't know why. I even had a physic literally approach me to tell me I was going to have another baby and it was going to be a boy. After politely edging off, I remember praying " No Thanks, Not Now". Eventually I signed up for three mailing lists and left feeling unfulfilled with the knawing that I had to get back to work at the farm. By Wednesday via the mail, I received the flyer that changed my life. It was all about Reiki. I did not know what "Reiki" was or anything about "energy". As I meticulously read through the flyer, the excitement built. I knew Reiki was calling me. I was going to be a Master! My first obstacle was the money: $150 was obtainable, $500 was unobtainable and $10,000 was i n my w i l d e s t d r e a m s ! I was crushed that the Masters was so out of my reach, but was still determined to take the first class . I was able to get extra hours at work for the first class price. It was two weeks away, mid December. Then the strangest phenomena happened to me the minute I mailed off the check. My hands, in the middle of my palms, started buzzing and tingling nonstop. I spent the next week looking at both of my hands in amazement. The week before the class I had an incredibly vivid dream. I was walking in a mountain landscape with everything looking exactly like a Oriental painting....the trees, the sky, the dirt path. Then I slid down a steeper dirt path similar to going down a slide. Splash! Right into a river of milk-colored water. Then I was astride a giant fish whose scales were elegant and white. I rode the fish successfully, even though it tried to throw me . The dream left such a strong impression...that I shared it with a counselor in the class. She smiled at me and said, "Yes, you were definitely meant to be here!" The Reiki I class was wonderful, although I cried through all three days! I went through many emotions that I had stuffed for years. I laughed, I cried, I steamed, I cried, I processed, I cried, I observed, and I learned many things I had never before experienced . I felt odd at the attunements. Sitting with two other strangers in a dim room with my eyes closed and my hands in a praying position. Praying for exactly what? My mind raced. I wondered what I had gotten my self into now. Then a overwhelming feeling of being suctioned into my chair hit me. The energy first flowing through my chakra's made a memorable moment, one that I have experienced rarely so strong again. My Master even said that my earrings were dancing in the air so wildly, that she just stopped and watched them for a moment. At lunch we were encouraged to stuff ourselves. After all lunch was a treat on the house, so we needed to treat ourselves. Not an ideal I was brought up with! We all ate a big meal, dessert and even drank a Cappuccino. My only thought as we walked back to the class was on how I was going to keep awake after overeating so much. Once back, the lights were dimmed. We were asked to lie down and to Reiki our stomachs for twenty minutes. I only hoped I didn't snore. When the twenty minutes pasted, I was still awake, and even refreshed! My stomach felt light. It didn't ache like before. My Master disclosed that it was her intention to show us how well the Reiki worked for digestion. The other class participants kept me in a constant state of wonder. Everyone was from a different place in life, yet I could see the benefit that all their positions held. A school teacher, a physical therapist, an automobile detail shop manager, a massage therapist, a computer programmer: each in a place to touch many lives. At the end of the class I could see auras. It was hard to decide which to play with first, the buzzing in my hands or to sit and look at everyone's "color". During the Reiki I class, I vowed to take the next Reiki II class, 60 days away. The class date was with in three days of my birthday; another sure sign. I had no resources to raise $500, yet I begged my Master to allow me to take the class. The Reiki II class was occurring before her 90 day waiting period, so I had to promise to use my Reiki energy for one hour every day for the next 60 days. The next "synchronicity" that occurred really made me believe in "no accidents". I received a $500 bonus for Christmas! I immediately took the money to my safety deposit box and locked it up until it was time to send in my class deposit. The evening I paid my deposit, as I was literally getting the cash out of my wallet, my hands started the nonstop buzzing again and did not stop until the Reiki II class. The Reiki II class was much smaller. I looked forward to "grabbing" the Master's ear to ask her the millions of questions that had developed in the last 60 days. I had done as she asked and then some. Every day I drove an hour each way to work. Great Reiki time. I used Reiki on a plant at work during my quite evening hours. I used Reiki on my children each day. I even used Reiki on Dad's Christmas trees! The class met on Monday evening. We were instructed on the sacredness of the three symbols. Then we were introduced to them and learned a brief description about their uses. When we left that evening we were allowed to take a copy of the three symbols to practice and to process. My Master suggested to sleep with the symbols under our pillows. Starting that night I had the same reoccurring dream. I was flying as part of an Air Force Fighter Squadron in the Pacific during World War II. Hour after hour I spent in dogfights flying over different islands. The ringing of the guns was loud and ominous as I shot down Japanese Zeros. By Thursday night things had changed and my luck had gone bad. I was shot down near the coast of an island. I made it ashore only to be met by hundreds of Japanese soldiers. As I ran across the beach to the rocks and jungle, I was shot innumerable times in one brief moment. I fell with my face on the sand, and looked over to see the staring soldiers. In a fleeting instant, I was one with the earth. No war, no soldiers, I was home. My body could no longer be felt. There was no pain, just freedom. I melted into the soil and slowly floated down the slope of earth toward a stream. The sun was warm. The ocean's breeze refreshed me. I floated into the cool stream, and was gently carried down to a soft grassy meadow. I was contented. The dream has always stayed with me. It wasn't until later that I realized that I had experienced a past life. I lived, I died, and it was beautiful. There had been no fear of death, only freedom and exultation. The Reiki II attunement was just as incredible as Reiki I's. As my Master worked with my hands, they quickly heated . The energy between my hands pulsated them apart. An area of discomfort throbbed in my right hand. When the attunement was over for my group, I went to sit silently by myself to process the attunement, and to investigate this new "discomfort". What I found was a thick red ring nearly the diameter of a dime underneath the base of my ring finger at the top of my palm. When the Master finished the last group of attunements, she walked straight over to me and asked to see my hand. She studied the ring, asked some questions, but had no idea how to answer my inquiries.That night I had a fitful sleep. My hand pulsated and hurt enough to keep me awake. The bizarre thing was that every time I looked at my hand, the ring was in a different location! By class time the next morning, the ring was located at the base of my palm directly below my pinkie finger. (To this day the ring will appear pulsating with the same discomfort after an especially strong attunement.) I finished my Reiki II instruction on Sunday afternoon and arrived back on the Christmas Tree Farm just in time to Reiki all the seedlings of replacement trees being planted. I was excited to have such a wonderful opportunity. My father and his workers were much less thrilled. They thought the work I was doing at the psychiatric hospital "seemed to be taking a toll." My mother was in Tucson, Arizona that weekend. I called her and set up my first long distant healing. She was suffering from a sinus headache, and I knew just the thing for her. We agreed on a time. I told her just to lay down and relax. I began the session, being careful to be exact in my intent. The time was painfully slow for me. I tried to concentrate, but all I wanted was to phone and ask, "What do you feel?" I used the Reiki for twenty minutes, satisfied that I had not only felt wonderful things, but that she had to of felt it too. Calling her....I found that I couldn't get a word in. She was excited. The headache was gone. She had seen balls of colored lights race across the ceiling! Hooked! Now there were two believers in the family! As Reiki is a process.....So is this story! To be continued... * The prices and time lines for classes in this story have improved. Prices are $100, 200, and 800 respectfully. No time restrictions exist REIKI In Children's Eyes       As adults, we are always looking for the perfect words to describe to explain something. Usually, we get quite longwinded just trying to get to the point. Children, on the other hand, have a simple explanation of life, if we would just learn to listen to them.         For example, take explaining "Reiki" to some new inquiring person: I will go into "spiritually guided life force energy", "electromagnetic energy fields", "chakras and auras", "meridian lines", and even explanations on "negative psychic energy blocks". Just enough to get that bug-eyed, over-informed look on someones face.      My daughter, Allisia, has taught me just how easy it is to explain "Reiki".      One evening after a class, Allisia, then six years old, had not been feeling well. Her sister, Allison, and I decided to give her a Reiki session. After about 10 minutes of Reiki, I asked her if she felt the energy. Without a second of hesitation, a big smile came over her face and she said, "Oh yes Mommy! I feel the Goodness!" Well........its a short beginning!                   Always Love,                           Lee If you have a Reiki story involving children we would love to display it here. Just e-mail Lee McGroty or this site's webmaster with your story. Thanks!