Attunement Ritual, Attunement Tips,
Healing Crisis, Attunement Misconceptions and more
Psychic Ability after Reiki Attunement
Everyone has some sort of psychic ability which they call intuition or gut
feelings. Psychic awareness differs from person to person. Reiki can allow you
to enhance your psychic awareness and removes blockages. It does not mean
all Reiki practitioners have great psychic abilities. When the time is right in
your spiritual journey, your psychic awareness will improve. There are three
main types of psychic awareness: Clairaudience, Clairsentience and
Clairvoyance.
Clairaudience- Means clear hearing
After Reiki attunement, some people start hearing messages from their Guides
and Angels very clearly. Some becomes ‘medium’ who hears messages from
discarnate ones (who are no more alive). Some communicates with their
departed loved ones. Some evolve to higher extensions and can hear Ascended
Masters. This ‘hearing’ may be like actual hearing or the words appears in
form of thoughts. Example- when you ask yourself a question, you get the
answer even before you finish the thought. Another example is, when your
thoughts converse with ‘YOU’ and not ‘I’. When you are self-talking,
generally ‘I’ is used. When your guides or higher-self conversing, you will
hear ‘YOU’.
Clairsentience- Means clear sensing
After Reiki attunement, some develops awareness of sensing subtle energies.
This ability increases as their experience with Reiki increases. The people who
are clairsentience can detect different layers of aura and blockages, which take
their Reiki experience to another dimension. Some also develop the ability to
sense the presence of their departed loved ones, spirits, entities, angels and
guides.
Clairvoyance- Means see clearly
After Reiki attunement, some develops the ability of ‘clear sight’. They can see
auras, detect blockages in chakras and see impurities in energy field. This
ability improves and develops more with Reiki experience as Reiki opens and
balances the third eye. Some are so extremely clairvoyant that they can get
flashes of past and future. Some can also see their angels and guides or
discarnate ones.
I am not saying you can definitely develop these psychic awareness once you
are attuned to Reiki. As the time elapses, you will definitely see the changes in
your psychic awareness, depending how much you practice Reiki. The more
you bring Reiki to your life, the more increased chances of developing above
psychic abilities.
Easiest Reiki method to develop and increase your psychic awareness and
intuitive power is to use Reiki symbols on your third eye/brow chakra. Your
brow chakra/third eye is the base if insights, inspirations and intuitions.
Method:
Draw CKR and SHK on both palms. Those who are attuned to DKM
can draw DKM too. Draw these symbols on the third eye aura as well as
on the third eye.
Hold one palm on your forehead and other at exact level on back of the
head.
Intend that Reiki flows through third eye to increase your psychic
ability for your highest good. Give Reiki for few minutes.
Do not practice this for long as you may develop headache.
Those who have set crystal grids or Reiki box, can put the intention slip in the
grid/Reiki box – Draw symbols on paper and write “I wish to develop and
enhance my psychic awareness for my highest good”.
Meditating on master symbol DKM also increases psychic awareness.
Misconceptions of the Attunement Process
Science has a habit of supporting spiritual teachings even though they may
first appear to be at odds with one another. For years science and spiritual
teachings were thought by many to be antagonistic yet as ignorance and fear
has given way to knowledge and understanding that apparent gap has closed
as we have come to realise that both science and spiritual teachings are
discussing the same realities albeit in languages alien to one another. That is
until quantum physics became the universal language that both the scientist
and the teacher could relate to and identify with in relation to their own
particular school of thought.
Spiritual teachings that were once considered no more than woolly abstract
concepts are now being validated by the sciences that provide both the
mathematical equations and the necessary evidence to be considered as
scientific proof of spiritual truths. Teachers tell us that we are ‘beings of
light’ and quantum physics now confirm that all matter, including matter
that makes up the human body, is itself made up of waves and particles of
light.
Physicists such as Max Planck, David Bohm and J. S. Bell were able to prove
that matter including the physical body doesn’t exist in the way we think it
does, and the concept of an ‘empty space’ is an illusion, that at the heart of
our universe, there are no separate parts to anything, and that everything is
connected to everything else. This means that we do not exist ‘in’ a
universe; we were created as part of a universe that illuminates
and animates all things.
This has far reaching implications to Reiki students and teachers alike as we
must accept that given such evidence Reiki, which by our own definition is a
universal energy, can’t exist separate from the rest of the universe. Reiki is
part of creation and as such common sense and logic must lead us to the
conclusion that we are already connected to the universe and Reiki even if we
are unaware of the fact. If this is so, and quantum physics and spiritual
teachings appear support one another in this conclusion you can’t connect
through an attunement, empowerment or otherwise what is already
connected.
So what is an attunement and what purpose does it serve?
Before I offer an answer for your consideration let us take a moment to
consider that there a reported 300 Reiki derivatives worldwide and I think it’s
reasonable to accept that the majority if not all of them will have some
variations on the teaching and attunement theme as part of their training.
With all of these variations there has to be a common denominator that links
them all together. There is; if we accept for a moment that they are all Reiki
regardless of their brand name or individual identity, then that common
denominator is our attention and intention which allows us to work with the
energetic connection that already exists to bring about a desired outcome in
the form of raised awareness in the student. Not to connect but to
educate.
If we further accept that atunement’s ‘work’ to educate with all of their
variations then we must also accept that structure the atunement process isn’t
as important as our attention and intention which underpins the whole
procedure no matter what form it takes.
It’s recorded that Dr Usui would at times empower/attune his students when
he was nowhere near them simply by using his attention and intention. Now
we can dis-empower ourselves by saying this was Dr Usui and he was able to
do things we can’t do because of who he was. Or we can adopt a more
pragmatic approach and simply accept that he was able to do what he did
because he understood, accepted and worked with the realities discussed at
the beginning of this article. Not as we may have first thought to connect his
students to Reiki, but to simply make his students aware of the connection
that already existed. He did this by raising their level of awareness through
increased knowledge and understanding, the basis of all healing, education
and awareness. As Dr Usui himself said the only person we can heal is
ourselves and we do this by taking ownership for the life we lead and investing
time and energy in our health and wellbeing. This we can only do when there
is a shift in our level of awareness to such an extent that we are willing and
able to consider new ideas and apply that knowledge and understanding in the
way we live life.
If you believe we are spiritual beings developing through a physical expression
of life, then you must also accept that this connection is infinite regardless of
how many transformations it may go through. If however, you believe we are
mortal with an indeterminate time between our first and last breath then our
physical connection to the universe begins at the moment of our conception
and is reinforced at birth. Either way the connection exists; what is missing is
the awareness.
So what purpose does the attunement serve?
The attunement is guided learning and a teaching aid; we all learn in different
ways and to do this we need to be able to absorb information in a way that
resonates with us and makes sense. Attunement’s work on several levels and
provides a physical experience that gives the student a point of reference; a
date in their diary to refer back to and say that’s when I was connected to the
universe. The only thing it can’t do is initiate a connection that
already exists.
If we can accept this train of thought then it must lead us to a natural
conclusion that whatever educates the student to the connection they already
have with the universe can be defined as an attunement. If on reading this you
feel it is a step too far, I would ask you to consider that Dr Usui wasn’t attuned
or empowered by anyone. His moment of enlightenment came not in the form
of an attunement but through the dawning of his own spiritual awareness.
Sitting in meditation he realised it was through the existing connection that
his journey of spiritual development had gained a new direction, purpose and
meaning. It was not to connect but to understand the nature of our
relationship to a universe that sustains us.
This does not in any way dis-empower the Reiki teacher, if anything it places a
greater responsibility on their shoulders to provide ongoing support, to
educate and empower their students to gain a greater knowledge and
understanding of their relationship with universe and the role we have chosen
to play.
Healing in relation to Reiki is a by-product and was never meant to be the
defining principle of what Reiki is all about. Reiki is and always has been
a discipline of personal spiritual development. It’s through this that
we educate and then heal ourselves. The only person we can heal is ourselves
and we have neither the responsibility nor the authority to arbitrarily heal
others. Educate and empower yes; so that they can take ownership and live
their lives in such a way that promotes their own health and well being.
As a teacher I have a duty of care to educate and to challenge my students to
think for themselves to ask questions and seek out the truth where ever that
may be. To do so is not to dishonour or disrespect what has gone before but to
use the established as a solid foundation from which we can gain a new
perspective and raise our level of awareness, which is the basis of all personal
development. The word Reiki is a label; the problem with labels is that once
attached they take on a life of their own and we can then begin to identify
more with the packaging instead of the content, and buy into the belief that
tradition, manuals, hand positions, symbols and attunements are Reiki. They
are not; they are a man made physical interpretations of a
spiritual truth. Reiki when stripped back is a distillation of
knowledge and understanding, a prerequisite for all education
and healing, for without knowledge and understanding neither
one would be possible.
Attunements have their place in Reiki; they along with the rest of the students
training provide a point of reference to which the student can relate to and
identify as the start of their Reiki journey. As teachers we need to be able to
put this timeline into context. Their Reiki journey may just be beginning but it
comes not as a starting point in life but simply as a continuation of a spiritual
journey that began long ago when we became a part of creation.
Are we immortal spirit or mere mortal that is for each of us to decide for
knowledge and understanding never comes to us complete? No matter
when we believe our journey began or where we think our chosen
path may lead us, our destination is that of spiritual
enlightenment. It is our home, and like the prodigal son of old it is a place
that we will all return to one day.
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Assimilating an Attunement
By Paula Vanderzon
When we make a vibrational shift in our energy body then our physical bodies
need to also make a shift. Because our 3 Dimensional bodies are the densest
part of us, it can take time for our bodies to catch up to any awareness or
vibrational changes that we make. This can be a painfully slow process, but
can be made smoother if we can bring awareness to what is happening.
A Reiki attunement changes the energetic vibrational state of our being.
Energy centres are cleared and aligned and new vibrations of energy are
channelled through us. This of course affects the physical body. We cannot
make a change in one part of us and not have it affect the other parts. Our
emotional, mental, spiritual and physical bodies are intricately linked; they
are all separate parts of us but make up the whole. A change in one part will
send a change through the other parts.
Because we are all unique individuals the assimilation process of these energy
shifts can be different for everyone who has an attunement. Generally in my
teaching practice, I find that students have some sort of adjustment phase
after a Reiki 1 class that involves the physical body. At the extreme end this
could be diarrhoea for a day (or two), runny nose, feeling tired and lethargic
(so that the body can slow down and integrate the energy changes). For me
personally, I remember getting tonsillitis after an attunement as my Throat
chakra cleared and adjusted physically. Most people will feel only very slight
changes physically. But if you do have some sort of physical clearing or
adjustment after an attunement, listen to your body, slow down if you need to,
and bring awareness to how awesome this is as your body is changing its
vibration and integrating the energy changes.
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If we have a lot of old stuck energy inside of our bodies, then an attunement
can be like a super charged energy healing session, and our bodies will show
us the evidence of how powerful the energy shift actually was by responding
and adjusting.
Generally after Reiki level 1 there most commonly seems to be a physical
clearing or adjustment; whereas after Reiki level 2 many students will
experience an emotional clearing or adjustment. This could be general
grumpiness or moodiness or maybe remembering childhood experiences that
bring up emotions and therefore healing. When we have stuck emotions that
need to be put into motion to be cleared and healed, we can feel this as
sadness, grief, happiness, or any other type emotion. Even feeling teary and
melancholic can be a symptom of clearing and assimilating energy after an
attunement. Again, bring awareness to this happening as a great and
wonderful thing, all part of the process of enabling you to be a clearer channel
of Reiki energy and healing yourself in the process.
For the higher vibrating energies of a Reiki Master attunement or even a
Seichim attunement, some students may even have a physical body
adjustment BEFORE their attunement. The body seems to prepare itself for
the attunement and clears out certain energy channels and shifts old energy
patterns as soon as the commitment has been made to attend the class.
Sometimes this may even happen to my students before Reiki level 1 or 2
classes, and bringing their awareness to this possibility makes them embrace
these clearing symptoms and make the whole process more enjoyable and
smooth.
Please do not be afraid of this clearing and assimilation process. We only
experience what is right for us and for our highest and best. Some students
need a very impactful proof that an energy shift did indeed take place, and
they might experience this through their physical body changes. For most
students it will be hardly noticeable. Embrace whatever changes your body
goes through, Reiki yourself, love and support your body, drink lots of water
and know that once you have fully integrated the vibrational changes into your
body, the change is permanent and wonderful!
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About the Authors
Angie Webster is a freelance writer, Reiki Master Teacher
and meditation teacher. She lives in central Illinois with
her husband and her cat. She incorporates yoga,
meditation, healthy food, Reiki and spiritual practice to
guide and heal her body, mind and life. Reiki and a
healthy lifestyle contributed to her recovery after a 20–
year struggle with neurological and other health issues.
She comes out the other side with a new perspective on
life and now seeks to empower others, reminding them of
their own healing abilities. You can follow her at:
http://naturalholisticlife.wordpress.com,
https://www.facebook.com/HolisticSpirituality,
http://www.serenityenergyhealing.com/
Justine Melton is a Reiki Master/Teacher and an Intuitive
Counselor. Reiki came into her life a few years ago and
changed it in amazing ways. It is her passion now to
bring Reiki to others and help them to heal in a holistic
way. Justine is lucky enough to be an Empath,
Clairaudient, Clairsentient, and Clairvoyant. She is able
to use these gifts with Reiki if asked to give extra
messages during a session for the client’s highest good.
Justine believes that love is the greatest healing energy.
She has founded a holistic healing association called
Amore Holistic Health Group where people can go and
choose from a variety of different healing modalities.
http://www.letthewhitelightshine.com/
Deborah Lloyd is a Usui and Karuna® Reiki Master and
certified holistic therapy practitioner, providing Reiki
sessions and trainings in Asheville, NC. She is the author
of Believe and it is True: A Story of Healing and Life
Lessons. Reach Deborah
at http://www.deblloydhealing.com/, deb@deblloydheali
ng.com and at Deb Lloyd Healing on Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/deblloydhealing)
Haripriya is a Reiki Master, Angel Healer, and Spiritual
Teacher. She was drawn to Reiki right from her
childhood and Reiki went on to become part of her life’s
purpose. Reiki is her constant companion from which she
derives peace and contentment. After reaping the fruits of
Reiki practice in her life, she was inspired to spread the
joy of Reiki. She is the founder of Aananda Holistic Center
where she conducts as well as teaches Reiki and Angel
Healing. Haripriya resides in Bangalore, India. Reach
Haripriya at aanandaholistic@gmail.com and
at Aananda Holistic Center on Facebook.
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Phillip Hawkins is a practicing psychic medium. He has
been practicing Reiki since 1999, and he’s been a Reiki
teacher since 2000. In addition to teaching, when time
allows he gives talks and leads discussion groups on the
above topics. Applying Reiki on a daily basis has
transformed his life and continues to do so as each day
brings with it a new and deeper understanding of Reiki
and of life. Phillip would like the opportunity to share that
knowledge experience with others in an open minded and
non judgemental way in a Reiki Rays ‘community of
enquiry’.
Paula is a Reiki Master/ Teacher from Adelaide, South
Australia. Facing a debilitating health condition in 2006
Paula was lead to Reiki for self–healing and has been on a
deep spiritual energetic and physical transformation
since. A teacher of Reiki since 2008 and Isis Seichim since
2009 Paula also teaches Soul Writing and is passionate
about helping people discover who they are at a Soul level
so they can be their unique selves in life. Connect with
Paula through her website
www.paulavanderzon.com.au or Facebook
www.facebook.com/paulavanderzonhealing.
Rinku Patel is a Reiki Usui Master, Karmic Reiki healer,
Kundalini Reiki, Angel Reiki Healer, Crystal Healing,
Dowsing, Soulmate Reiki and Angel card Reading. Chi
Ball and Psychic surgery are her personal favorite tools.
Classes and Healing: Usui Reiki, Karmic Reiki, Kundalini
Reiki, Angelic Reiki, Soulmate Reiki, Crystal healing,
Angel card reading and Dowsing. Rinku can be reached
via her email address reikithemiraclehealing@gmail.com
and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Reiki–
The–Miracle–Healing/1495936974022242?ref=hl.
Chanchal Gupta (M.Sc.) is a Reiki Master. She is a science
teacher and also Masters in Mathematics. These days she
is practicing, exploring and trying to connect every
aspect of Reiki with science. She is from Chandigarh and
lives in Hoshiarpur (Panjab) with a family of .
Reach Chanchal at Reiki Miracles do happen on
Facebook.