Marvelous Reiki session!

Something amazing happened last night.
An old friend whom I had known since middle school, but with whom I had never established a good social connection, struck a tasteful topic of conversation.
Since my loss in medical school, I have found friends who confide in me in their more physical problems. It’s really a very intriguing sensation [...]

Energy cords galore

Today, I received a phonecall just as I was getting out of bed. T.J. was calling to remind me to get to the light rail ASAP to meet up at SJSU for swimming. It was already noon. I rushed to the lightrail, and caught it on time. The afternoon was spent at the swimming pool, [...]

Trying to start fresh

I’m almost done with my break – I don’t know how long of  a break I actually gave me, but I’ve stalled long enough. I have re-newed energy for the upcoming mini 3. I’m positive this enthusiasm will not last long, but I must utilize it to the best of my ability. I’m afraid to [...]

Taking some time to breathe

I wanted to find a poem that I had made a long time ago, so I went back to my xanga to search. It was… nostalgic. Everything was so different. The email address, the people added as subscriptions, the way I typed, my vocabulary, my interests, the people mentioned, my personality.
I wouldn’t necessarily say it [...]

Religious People

You know what offends me?
I have a friend who is all about being Jewish. Having the Jewish blood. Having a “special” historical significance. Being a “minority” and “practicing” it as though you’re proud. When I spoke to him, he was very intrigued with the patterns in other religious stories and how they all line up [...]

Of my new reiki treatment

Yesterday, I followed through with my final social outing – I spent time with V.J. who had gone to Milpitas all the way from the north bay. It was an effort which I had to reward, and it would have been considered rude if we didn’t do it. She was shopping with her mom, and [...]

Of a Reiki Survey!

What is your name and age?
Joyce; 22.
What type of reiki practitioner are you?
I am a Reiki Level II practitioner under the Usui Tibetan branch.
For how long have you been in your practice?
I started practicing in June ‘08, so about 8 months.
What encouraged you to become a practitioner?
I took a Holistic Health class in college not [...]

Of Church and Family Relatives

Never have I felt the great significance in Catholicism or spirituality in general as many have already such as our ministry. I often wondered if I could shadow a friar or even the pope to see what all the hullabaloo could be like. I knew that sitting in the pews as a spectator who had [...]

Of the Power of Intention & Reiki

I was on the phone with M. J. who needed much attention for her worries. I admit that I often don’t answer her calls (you can’t blame me for not wanting to talk to someone about whom I know hardly anything.) At the time I was watching a DVD on my computer, lying down comfortably [...]

What’s Reiki?

“What’s…reiki?”
I was your stereotypical science major not openly accepting of others on the sole basis of how this degree molds me. Always test it, always prove it, always use intellectual facts – always. I suppose the great Christian researchers are those who I can properly associate myself with in the most indirect way. When my [...]