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Sensing change

Recently Sangha friends had expressed sensing and feeling uneasy with an awareness of something shifting. This is being experiencing either as fear and worry or alternatively a warmth or an inner glow of an unfolding positive shift.  It isn’t surprising that senses are heightened and if relatable you are not alone. The reason for this arising is due to a shift in the natural forces or our life force energy. You are experiencing the unfolding of natures destructive forces. Despite these forces arising a great cleansing opportunity is unfolding on an environmental and human level. On the human level an opportunity to let go of a mind of grasping and self cherishing. Furthermore we are being slapped in the face of duality and being nudged to wake up. These manifestations urge us towards collective good and to set aside our selfishness. Due to this shift we are nudged to choose the middle way, a way of peace and harmony to give back to others and the earth.

The taking back

Overnight a tiny virus, Covid19 wielded its incredible power forcing us into isolation. Due to forced isolation the effects for some are uncomfortable but for others an opportunity for change. Other benefits are emerging:

  • People around the globe are making new connections and
  • the environment is clearing and a purifying.

Discussions about global warming to date have led to much chest beating and ego stomping by our politicians. Yet the forced isolation is creating its own benefits:

  • animals are walking where humans walked
  • rivers are clearing and
  • smog lifting

Nature is taking back what it needs to rebalance and harmonise the land. We have lived in abundance for too long  and its now time to give back to the planet. In the human experience we have lost sight of our Dai Komyo or our inner bright light. Our connection with the natural environment and the spiritual realms is distant. We lived to serve our self gratification, pleasure and fulfilment and its been at a huge cost.

Reflection

An opportunity presents right now for reflection, a time to move inwards. It isn’t an easy path to tread but we simply start where we are today. We begin by bring awareness to the things we grasp onto in life. We draw our attention to our minds insatiable clinging and to the associated thoughts of a mind of attachment. Through this process we begin to grow an understanding of our temporary nature and uncover the truth of our lived illusion. We see that our attachment and clinging is the cloud that masks the truth and we expose the temporary and impermanent nature of things.   Australians this year experienced devistating fires causing immense loss of native plants, wildlife and people. These fires passed, storms and floods followed which also passed. Covid19 is here with great global loss and this too will pass. Everything in a cycle and impermanent in nature.

A reminder

We are reminded that the body is simply the physical state of “I “ and although  we appear confined in space and time this is only on a physical level. Authentic freedom of self cannot be confined by space and time.  We are energetically boundless in nature. This understanding of “boundlessness” develops for the intermediate level Reiki practitioner. In isolation people are being presented with their pain bodies. We find ourselves squirming in lockdown in unfamiliar territory confined in our activities. Ordinarily we are so crafted in strategies of escapism that we never have the opportunity to face our pain. We now have a platform to re-discover and to let go of our clinging to things that don’t serve us. We have the time to bring awareness to our ego identity and to lessen the hold to these states of mind. This time is given to us to reconnect with our innate freedom and to explore the limitless continuation and transformation. For the Reiki Practitioner a wonderful time for practice and to deepen the “knowingness” of the illusion. There is no better time than now to bring full attention to the Reiki Precepts and for self-care.

Opportunity

During Covid19 we have an opportunity to move from a mind of thinking of our reality to realising and knowing our truth. On an energetic front this shift in experience is likened to a rebirth or bardo phase, a transition. The subtle level of consciousness never dies it’s always present and morphing. The effects currently arising is the disturbing force of collective ignorance on the subtle conscious level. This awareness of life force energy is non-duality and is how we experience the world. Embrace the flow and move freely as this phase unfolds. To know of suffering is to awaken to the possibility of empty form of the great Dai Komoyo, our inner bright light. Take time to be:
  • still,
  • lessen the identity with thoughts,
  • be free in presence,
  • act from your wisdom mind.
Know that your energy is pervasive and with greater attention to the source we will create a new movement of spiritual consciousness from the heart. But more importantly know this phase is still an illusion, its just a dream.
~ Makoto ~
19th April online Reiki Sangha
   Caron