Surrender

" Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth and truth in the darkness of the mind".
                                                                                         Victor Hugo ( Les Miserables)

Let go- Dew drop on the lotus
 leaf eventually has to merge with
its true source... surrender to the flow

Chaotic times are the ones which mainly lead or atleast make us feel sometimes that we are in a state of darkness or unknowing. There was one such time in which my teacher " Meera" explained to me the concept of surrender, little did i know what wonders it can do. I can clearly say despite all the concept and details and explaining to others what and why is it important to surrender at times; it has been very difficult for me to implement it myself- listening to my inner self gives a way.

But what is Surrender -- is it giving up, or letting go, or waiting in the darkness for light to come by itself,  does it come in the form of shrugging your desires over responsibilities or responsibilities over desire, does it mean having faith or relieving oneself from faith and let things chart their own course?? From a distance surrender is a fascinating word .... just another word.

When i look at " faith" which is usually people will preach or advocate , has elements of " universal energy to come to play"  or " whatever will happen will happen for the best". So the question is - Is it effort?? Is it oscillating between trust of self and others? Is it a wait n watch method??

Another aspect is giving up, usually it is not propagated as it is presented as someone who is hopeless, given up on life or responsibilities... So the question is ---" Is giving up control also an effort?" Are responsibilities, desires just means to stop us with go with the flow of life" or Is it to stop fighting for what we believe or have believed for so long "

Heal your heart with Reiki and love
& surrender to the divine within

Great act of patience is also an element, however in the process we still think of numerous outcomes and the very little details of it and still fretting over what might happen.

In  surrender one has to do it their best and then wait for any course to happen , basically to live in the present with calmness and then live and accept the outcome. It is to realize that we are not always in charge or control of our lives sometimes and letting go of the worries is what we can do best at hand. Probably channeling the energy of mental worry and can help us realize a positive outcome.

" Apply yourself, hand foot to the search, but when you reach the sea stop talking about the stream"
                                                                                                             Hakim Sanai ( Sufi Poet)

" One doesn't surrender life in an instant. That which is lifelong can take lifetime to surrender".
                                                                                                                        Elizabeth Elliot

Reiki- Scientific Explanations and experiments

This  post is about scientific connections of reiki and to give an insight into few areas where it has been proven. This is informational article only based on my reading up on this matter. If you like you can read up more about reiki and scientific effects or explanations. Most of my fellow readers wouldn't be agreeing on these points but these are a few experimental facts about reiki.Below are a few insights :-

Ice Crystals

• Effects of hands on healing is a physical process.-Experiment- Bengston worked with a healer, obtained 5 mice with severe cancer from a controlled group with 100% prediction of death between 14-27 days. These mice were healed for an hour daily for next 30 days. During those days the tumors/ulcers blackened, imploded and closed. The Mice lived a normal life span. The other set of mice with cancer sent to another location who were given injections died. This experiment was done in three replications of which 87.3 % of mice who were given reiki lived normal life span so 12.7% died as opposed to 100% of the mice of the group with no reiki treatment died.
• Reiki has electrical and magnetic qualities which are measurable-  Ampere's law explains electrical and magnetic energies around human body, therefor electric current flows through conductors and created magnetic energy around. Therefore electric energy flowing through human body/organs creates bio-magnetic field. This bio magnetic energy changes and can be measured using instruments like magnetometer or super conducting interference device. It found people with specific ailments, moods, thoughts have different bio-magnetic fields. I am assuming reiki does have some effect on it. If we look at the electric energy which flows through the ida , pingala and sushmana nadis, proper flow of energy effects the overall bodily health of the being
• Pulsating magnetic energy required for stimulating tissue repair is in the hands of most reiki healers-In 70s the biomagnetic research showed that magnetic energy ( at extremely low frequency) tends to stimulate tissue repair, bone fractures etc. Pulsing electromagnetic field energy was introduced for bone healing at 7Hz.Interestingly 2 Hz for nerve regeneration, 7 Hz for bone growth, 10 Hz for ligament repair. Dr. Zimmerman found that reiki practitioners/other healers /people with natural healing abilities emitted same low frequencies from their hands. Most of the practitioners had frequencies of 7Hz on an average but even going upto 30 Hz. 
• Brain waves of reiki masters or other healing modalities almost synchronize as earth's magnetic field-  Earth's magnetic field is about 7.83 Hz, tuning fork concepts come into picture here. For some of the reiki healers the brain waves are mostly in the alpha state during healing and tends to resonate with earth's magnetic field. 
• Reiki ice-crystal experiment- Ice crystal experiment was held in Japan , hands on healing was done to Japanese distilled water ( which never forms hexagonal shapes) due to high amount of chlorine. However the test was conducted on tap water for a few days and it was found that several samples had crystal formation, several seven sided crystals were formed which is rare.
• Reiki reduces pain- In 2006 experiments were conducted on a group of women undergoing hysterectomy, 12 patients received 30 min of reiki treatment twice immediately before surgery and then at 24 hrs and 48 hrs. As per the state trait anxiety inventory and visual analog for pain measurement it was reported that women who received reiki had less pain-pre and post surgery.
• An experiment by Friedman in 2010 wherein nurses gave healing to patients from acute coronary due to blockage of coronary arteries was found to relax the nerves and reflected positive change in heart rate.
• Otelia Bengssten conducted experiment on 79 patients of various ailments like cancer, arthritis etc., out them 49 were given reiki, it was found within a few days the treated patients showed increase in hemoglobin values. For cancer patients treated with bone marrow suppressive it was so pronounced showed  increase in hemoglobin values.
• An experiment by Crawford in 2006 wherein 12 elderly Alzheimer patients were given four 30 min reiki treatments improved the cognition skills than those of the other 12 patients who weren't given any treatment.

Authors or People whom you can read up about their work-  Dr.Emoto, Dr. James Oschman, Friedman, Dr. Bernadette, Vitale and O'Connor 

Angel of Mercy- Mother Teresa

Agnes- we thank u

" By blood I am Albanian.By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, a catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus."
                     Mother Teresa (1910-1997)


As human beings how many times have we felt abandoned by God, felt that is his mystery is just a fantasy and nothing more than that, how many times have we felt that our belief and feelings no longer within us, how many times have we thought to give up the world of temptations of belief and done something of our true calling !!!  A young woman Agnes Gonreha Bojaxhiu in South Yugoslavia did something of her true calling.

From the quiet contemplative life of Agnes ( Mother Teresa) revealed her humanitarian deeds.Her loneliness, heartbreak and desolation with the Almighty began upon seeing poorest of the poor people in India. She took others pain as her own, feelings of abandonment and doubt of others as her own. Every kind deed of hers speaks millions about Mother Teresa , the gift to humankind.

Great life of Mother Teresa, Saint with a true heart :-

• At age 12 decided to become a nun to dedicate her life to God's work & by age 18 she became a nun in the congregation of sisters at Ireland.
• By 1942 Mother Teresa took a vow to give herself entirely to Christ, to give God anything her asks her for any deed.
• In 1946 while a train journey in Calcutta did realize her true calling-- " Calling to serve the poor and needy". It is interesting to note she got visions of Jesus asking her to work on the mission for charity.
• Mother Teresa learnt Bengali and worked for the welfare of others
• Missionary of Charity was started in 1946 ( formally in 1950) which serves to the poor and needy till date & cares for leprosy patients. Initially there was no money she took a bunch of poor children and started teaching them , later donations came like chair , table etc.
• Nirmal Hriday (home of pure heart) was the name replaced for the Kalighat home for dying. Those who were brought here were taken care of and died with dignity as per there Mazhab ( religion)
• Nirmala shishu bhavan a place of lost children and their care
• Shanti Nagar/Prem Nivas a place to treat leprosy patients, well being  food, bandages and mobile kind of clinics.
• Her presence and works are known throughout the world, her missionaries are open in Venezuela,  Austria, UK and other countries. 
• Mother Teresa received Padma Shri, Jawaharlal Nehru international award, Bharat Ratna, Ramon Magsaysay Award, Nobel Peace Prize and others

Some of Mother Teresa's feelings- 

Despite the great deeds and helping the poor it provided her with Inner Joy. With all the suffering she saw she felt lonely, abandonment from God, had feelings the heaven is empty, that God maybe doesnt exist and she was nothing at all. To this extend was Mother Teresa internally hurt by seeing others pain.

Her words itself mark her as one the greatest saints of our times, her thoughts that her work was just her duty and had no emotional, physical , spiritual connect or greatness. In her heart she kept the vow with the lord to serve others and put them forward before her self.

She converted her feeling of abandonment to ABSOLUTE.

Learning from Mother Teresa,  the great teacher:-

Mother Teresa feeding a child
with love and compassion

• Be Humble
• " The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for  is the greatest poverty. we must start in our own homes to remedy this poverty"
• To follow your true inner calling or to follow your heart
• Commitment to the work you do
• Love people around us, especially family
• Dedication and will supercede every hardship
• Vow to self and not be moved by what think or do.
• Humane Compassion and unconditional love exist
• No discrimination and tolerance and acceptance of every human being
• Every one has the right to live and die with dignity
• Actions speak louder than words
• Sometimes we learn from our sufferings.
• Have Faith, believe in faith. :)

" There is terrible hunger for love. We experience in our lives - pain, loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them, love them."

                                                                                                                              Mother Teresa 

Reiki- 21 day cleansing process

Chaos- Upside down of
our beliefs/values/vision

A person who is initiated to Reiki irrespective of the degree will experience of 21-day cleansing process. The reiki initiation esp at level 1 and 2 wherein the vibration level increases and breaks the negative patterns of the lower vibration. The pattern shift of dissolving of toxins and breakdown of negative patterns takes some time, usually the time duration is understood the be atleast 21 days.

The 21 day cleansing process is also included during the practice that post the initiation so the channel is wider and smoother. Additionally as per human behavior takes about 21 days to something to be accepted our mental/physical system and certain changes to be completely visible.

Upon initiation or prior to initiation every individual should ask themselves or write as to what things they want to change, what changes they want 

From the destruction
 arises our true higher
inner self- which asks us to
look within

within themselves and do you really want to change things? In all these three questions the common element is change meaning transformation. Thus 21 day cleansing process enables  individual to transform oneself on  all or specific levels be it physical/mental/emotional or spiritual.

Typically based on the growth of the soul and the willingness to transform, the changes are visible on physical  level as flu, pains, aches, constipation, vomitting, stomach upset, sore throat etc.; on emotional level past suppressed emotions or emotions that we fight back or hold on to frequently might come up on the surface;  on mental level old thought forms, blame, victim, guilt, behavioral patterns etc will re-surface and literally be tormenting; on spiritual level usually one's believe system is shaken or one questions the real truth.

Few suggestions that can help during  reiki 21 day cleansing period :-

Listen to your beautiful inner voice
Peace- Harmony-Love-Abundance

• Drink lots of water to release toxins
• Eat fresh fruits and juices, avoid or eat less meat products and avoid alcohol/smoking/recreational drugs
• Do self healing without fail for 21-45 days , else if you miss you will have to re-do until next 21 days from the day you missed
• Try meditate or sit in calm quiet place
• Share your experiences with your fellow reiki learners or teacher;  preferably keep a journal
• Avoid stressful situation- reiki itself will soothe everything around you and make u positive mind
• Appreciate self and others. Best is to compliment others/ be playful
• Do things in moderation- like not over the top
• Be compassionate- ask archangel azrael to help you in your transformation process and comfort/heal your hurt. Invite Archangel Raphael during every day reiki self healing
• Take rest, incase any serious complication talk to your doctor and reiki teacher.

Trust and listen to your inner voice and higher self- a new you, a new vision, a new life has just begun.

Love and Heal