Friday 21 November 2014

A New Vocabulary


I have always been interested in the written and spoken word and the power that the way we express ourselves can have. I am frequently a person of few words, this is because I prefer to listen, learn and try to understand people the best way I can. I also think that it is all to easy to mis-use our power of speech, say things perhaps we don't really mean or talk without thinking too much about the impact of what we are saying. In shamanic teachings, our word is very powerful, and people will either trust what we say (because they know us and we have shown ourselves to be true to our word) or will wonder if what we say is really true and if we will make good on everything we say.  It's useful to ponder on how our words can affect ourselves and other people.

Every word we express will have it's own frequency or vibration, along with of course our own energy and intention which flavours every communication (consider how someone's tone of voice betrays their inner emotions and feelings) but written words in themselves can also carry the vibrational energy of the person who wrote them. (Hope you are feeling some good vibes from this by the way) Doreen Virtue did some research into the shapes that words make and found that the word Angel expressed in a recording graphic creates a beautiful pattern shaped like angel wings! She looked at how negative words came up small and tight and positive ones had a larger, expansive graphic patterns. She explores this theme in her book Angel Words which encourages the use of positive words to create positive energy and "good vibrations". This in turn creates a boost in your energy and light levels and helps to manifest positive outcomes in your life. This is one of the reasons why hypnotherapy can work so well as it helps to re-programme negative thought patterns, replacing them with positive ones to create healthy change and release from addictive behaviours for instance.




At a talk I attended by Neal Sutton about his book "Buried by the Church" he mentioned how he disliked the words "death" and "dying" as a description of what happens to us at the end of our lives on earth. I must say I have to agree with that, because this would lead you to believe that we cease to exist in any form, which I personally believe is not true. In the Animal Communication community a favourite term now seems to be "transitioned", mediums talk about "passing over" and lightworkers talk about "ascension".  I quite like the word "ascended", because it includes the feeling of moving to a higher, lighter vibration and conjures up the image of our spirit moving up and away from our physical body. I don't suppose that will come into common usage any time soon, but I feel it's a interesting word all the same. What are your feelings about the very final connotations of the word "death"?




What I have also recently been pondering on is the use of the word "lightworker" and how I am not entirely happy with the feeling I get with the word. The word "work" seems to imply effort, will and concentration, when what I feel with Reiki is peace, flow and harmony. 

If, for example, you read a passage in a book that the "the rays of the sun worked over his face" it would not sound half as nice as "the rays of the sun played over his face". So that's it. As a reiki practitioner I have decided I am a "lightplayer". I receive the reiki gift with joy and happiness and let it play where it will according to divine intelligence; with Reiji Ho I allow it to show me where to treat in an effortless dance of energy and light. But hang on. Does that now imply that I don't take my work seriously?......Perhaps you might have some other suggestions? 


I think it is also a good idea, when we are considering playing (!) with the light and energy of reiki in order to heal, that we realise that we are not "healers", we are practitioners. I don't mean to be pedantic about it, but all the same, if our words are powerful then we must realise that calling ourselves "healers" might tickle our egos and blow us up a bit. Whilst we do need to pat ourselves on the back to acknowledge our achievements, and to recognise our commitment to practise reiki, that is after all, essentially what we are doing. It is a practise first and foremost and the energy that comes through us has its own intelligence, so we can't take credit for it even if we might want to. So as a reiki practitioner (and I mean someone who commits to a daily practise not just a professional practitioner) let's simply celebrate our commitment instead to allowing the energy to work through us and for us, for the good of all.


Lesley Sherlock, Reiki Master Practitioner & Teacher (& Lightplayer)
www.roseheartreiki.com 



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