Reiki Reiju is a pivotal step in a practitioner's journey, but have you ever wondered what lies beyond this initial attunement? There's a deeper understanding to support practitioners with the process of sustaining and cultivating what Reiju initiates. There are layers of energy work, exploring direction of mind, managing your own energy, and the relationship to energetic alchemy that must be understood to nurture the relationship to the wisdom embedded within the system of Reiki. Let's explore what you're truly attuning to as you progress in your Reiki practice.
Understanding the Essence of Reiki Reiju
Reiju is a "spiritual blessing", also also commonly known as an attunement. It serves as a foundational illumination for practitioners, but it's just the beginning. It opens the doorway to a broader spectrum of spiritual awareness and energetic possibilities, like turning on the light switch to begin acknowledging your true nature. The initial attunement acts like a tuning fork, calibrating your awareness to the subtle energies around you, and more importantly, within. You may begin to notice shifts in perception, a heightened sense of intuition, a deeper connection to universal life force energy, and start to experience what it means to be ONE with all there is.
Reiju not only illuminates the mind, emotions, and behaviors, but it also reveals the motivation beneath it all...our conditioning and clarity around the dualism of our nature. Some believe it also aligns your chakras, although it's more like a preparation to be in relationship to higher frequencies of energy and to initiate expansion of consciousness. Yes, there is a direct activation that happens within the three diamonds: upper, middle, and lower tan tiens, supporting the movement of life force to clairfy your central channel and amplify your awareness of earth and cosmic. This prepares you to be in relationship with the teachings and practices within the system of Reiki, which is to be in relationship with your own process of spiritual awakening.
Imagine it as a seed being planted; the attunement is just the germination process. What follows is the nurturing of this seed as it grows into a beautiful expression of one's spiritual journey. Just as a plant needs sunlight and water, the principles within the system of Reiki require daily practice, mindfulness, and your willingness to transform.
The broader implications of Reiju can be seen in its way of illuminating a greater sense of purpose and inner peace. As your practice deepens, you might find yourself more attuned to the rhythms of life, experiencing moments of synchronicity that offer guidance and clarity. The journey that begins with Reiju is full of potential, waiting for you to explore as you dive deeper into the realms of energy work.
The Direction of Mind: Guiding Your Energy
Direction of mind is a powerful teaching in Reiki. By learning to focus your mind and release attachments to thought forms and emotions, you become an observer, witnessing you (and life) with more clarity and understanding. In Reiki level I, you'll even learn a powerful meditation, Joshin Koki-Ho, which trains practitioners to both direct and expand the mind, creating a balance within their relationship to consciousness. You can access the meditation on The Energetic Alchemist app.
This practice of focus helps you become the manager of your own elements (mind, emotions, behaviors, and manifestations), rather than your elements controlling you. You will become more aware of how the nature of your thoughts directly impacts the flow of your life-force, your overall expression and how you function in mind-body. During Reiki sessions, it also supports practitioners in holding loving space, instead of being distracted by trying to control or force outcomes.
Direction of mind corresponds to what you're attuning to at any given time!
Focusing on lower thought forms attunes you to fears, doubts, and worries. Cultivating relationship with higher-mind, and nurturing that focus, attunes you to higher frequencies. So while Reiju initiates awareness and capacity to hold and express higher frequencies, you are the only one who can sustain and elevate your choice in ongoing attunement, by managing your own mind.
By cultivating a calm and centered mind, you can also navigate the energetic currents that surround you with greater ease. It's an important part of self-healing, as it teaches you to be true energetic alchemist, rather than feeling overwhelmed by energetic expressions from other people and environments. Whether you're a practitioner or not, this is beneficial for the human experience...and necessary for empaths! The art of directing your mind begins with simple awareness, noticing where your thoughts and energy tend to flow naturally, and then gently guiding them towards your desired, inner expression.
Managing Your Own Energy: A Practitioner’s Responsibility
As you advance in your Reiki practice, managing your own energy becomes crucial. This involves maintaining balance of heart-mind intelligence, practicing self-care, and being mindful of the energy you're expressing through thoughts, words, and actions. The responsibility of maintaining your personal energetic alchemy cannot be overstated. Regular grounding and centering exercises, such as meditation, are foundational. These practices support your resilience and clarity, allowing you to be a consistent conduit and expression of loving energy.
Establishing a daily personal energy ritual can greatly benefit your practice. Whether it's through meditation, breathwork, Reiki, or journaling, allowing time each day for self-acknowledgment helps maintain the vitality of your energetic expression. It's like tuning an instrument; regular maintenance supports the harmony of mind-body, ensuring that when you hold space for others, it's both potent and pure.
Understanding the energy dynamics around you also plays a key role in managing your energy. Learning to discern the difference between your own energy and that of others can prevent energetic fatigue and burnout. This doesn't mean you have to be worried and creating energetic-bubbles around you, but rather being more focused on how you're supporting your own energetic flow (mind and emotion). You are the alchemist! If you worry about purifying or managing other people, you are distracted from the true work: transformation and support of your own energetic expression.
Energetic Alchemy: Transforming and Transcending
Energetic alchemy refers to the transformative power of energy work. As you refine your skills, you'll learn to transmute energies, recognizing opportunities within challenges, and how to lovingly nurture your personal growth. It speaks to the heart of energy healing, allowing transformation that reveals more of your true nature. In essence, energetic alchemy allows you to harness the universal life force in creative and dynamic ways, enabling profound self-realization.
Becoming proficient in energetic alchemy involves embracing change and welcoming the unknown. Change, though often daunting, is the catalyst for transformation. By stepping into the unknown, we give ourselves permission to grow and evolve. Again, we learn to witness the opportunities and wisdom in what may have been perceived as challenges or obstacles, each life experience and choice becoming a chance to transmute old patterns and cultivate new, healthier ones.
The ultimate goal of energetic alchemy is re-identification, coming to know and embrace every aspect of your being to the point of unification. It's about purification of elements, elevating one's consciousness and frequencies, becoming an expression of ONE through all levels of embodiment. These shifts not only enhance personal wellbeing but also elevate the collective consciousness, contributing to a healing ripple that permeates all.
Embracing the Journey Beyond Your Initial Reiju
Transformation, awakening, and self-realization requires ongoing practice. It's not just about what you learn and know, but what you implement, embody, and come to understand. The journey beyond the initial Reiju can be both profound and enlightening, if you're consciously engaged and diligent in your practices. By managing the direction of your mind, mastering the expression of your elements, you can become the living embodiment and expression of Reiju in all you do, from the time you wake until the time you sleep, as embedded in the teachings of Usui Sensei.
If you're ready to commit more fully to your practices, come enjoy guided support in The Alchemy Circle. We explore teachings within the system of Reiki and other aspects of energetic alchemy to support your own processes of spiritual awakening.
What are you attuning to daily? What are you nurturing in your own energetic expression?
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In gassho and gratitude,
Yolanda