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About strengths, weaknesses and Reiki Axel Ebert - August 2004 The five concepts - do not try it Axel Ebert - January 2006 Surrender - in a breath Axel Ebert - February 2006 The palm leaf prophecies Axel Ebert - August 2007 |
Our deepest fear Nelson Mandela The four wisdoms of the mirror Beyond concepts Esther Veltheim |
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, whom am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are we not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. You were born to make manifest the glory of God. That is within us. It's not just some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Nelson Mandela
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The secret art of inviting happiness The miraculous medicine for all diseases At least for today, do not be angry. Do not worry. Do your work with appreciation. Be kind to people. Every morning and evening, join your hands in meditation and pray with your heart. State in your mind and chant with your mouth. For improvement of mind and body. Usui Reiki Ryoho The founder Mikao Usui |
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I find the concepts just natural and nothing specific for Reikians.
To call them rules or principles to me sounds a bit like »to have to do something, that is unnatural to me.« Just like someone repeating »I must be happy! But why am I not?«
Once I have the deep assurance, that now only the present matters, that others cannot hurt me, that I do my best and leave the rest to providence, that I am grateful to others, only then can I feel at home in those concepts. However I would not need them any more. Because then I have already found the miracle medicine for all diseases and the secret method to invite happiness.
And so I prefer to use Reiki (which takes me in that direction anyhow), instead of programming »I am not yet... - diseases« into my mind. There are already enough!
Affirmations:
Every now and then there is some kind of jump, and here some affirmation around these concepts could be useful. And by this I mean turn around the stated rules. And this - attention - is quite an experience for ALL affirmations and a hint given by Andreas Ackermann, a Swiss mental trainer: The affirmations are rewritten as questions, and this is real brain food.
Here is an excerpt: »From sales training we know, that statements and arguments are way less effective then asking pep questions. The brain is much more comfortable with questions than with arguments and statements. If the brain already solves the questions than why not bypass statements and ask questions straight away? Try for yourself: 'Why am I happy, healthy and wealthy? Why do I get so many interesting and lucrative offers?' And so on. The key is not to find answers, but to initiate processes - and so there is no rational search for an answer. And now imagine what you initiate when you ask yourself 'Why am I always losing? Why does it always hit me? Why am I always sick? Why do I always meet the wrong boyfriend?' Until today that worked pretty well - don't you agree?«
Now let's come back to our subject, my dear friends! And for those of you, who have Reiki 2 - let us emphasize with the symbols. Let us write down and ask:
And on the spur of a moment I might ask myself: and why not? I do not know why I behave so, but it is good the way it is.
PS: Probably the 5 concepts are not from Usui but of general Japanese background. I have found a reference to the book »Kenzon no Gebri« written by Dr. Bizan Suzuki, published in 1914. The book says »Just for today, do not get angry, do not feel fear, be honest, work hard, and be kind to others.« And maybe in Japan this has always covered the same meaning which I was trying to interpret above. Then one could simply say -
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Axel Ebert
Today I believe I understood the essence of breathing. When I realized this I simply had to laugh. Although I had practiced yoga for 24 years, somehow I never really did it. 24 years for a 5 Minute lesson. My breathing exercises were like the Reiki we call unconsciously given. I was hunting for the perfect cycle 4-16-8-8, which stands for in-hold-out-hold in seconds. I improved to 5-20-10-10 and soon after to 6-24-12-12. From there, there was no move in time extension and - as you might already guess - in joy, and over all these years the benefits I gained from this »trying« were rather limited.
A few months ago I heard the yogis would have a saying »Perfect Breath - Perfect Health« and my mind got busy in the background. Where lies the essence of this perfect breath? Is it really in this rhythm or in who can hold longest? This breath indeed is the breath of life! When I breathe in I let the whole divine energy and existence enter and fill my self, my body, my mind. This breath connects my body with my higher self. The deeper and more complete I am breathing in - the closer I come to my true spiritual nature. Fully assimilating this breathing in is to approach my own divine nature. It is that breath that connects the apparent with the unknown. When I am able to fully unite and digest this gift then I become ready to let it go. This let go is surrender; it is absolutely necessary and has to be complete. I have no right to keep what I was granted as a borrowed good. Everything on earth follows the sacred »law of return« for which gravitation can be considered a minor sample case. When I breathe out I surrender to this law. I enter the world and I let my self be absorbed by this whole divine manifestation. The deeper and more complete I can let flow these cycles the more I am one with the universe and myself.
It is my opinion that this full surrender requires an intuitive action and understanding that has to take place first. And this is the complete absorption.
Doing my exercise with this focus I instantly felt joy in my breathing. I became energized, unexpectedly in this clarity. A small pain in my left hip joint disappeared, which had bothered me for a few months. I suddenly felt dizzy because there was this unusual freshness. Soon after I met a very charming girl and this awoke feelings of love inside me to a level I had never known. To say in other words: my being extended and harmonized with the full breaths.
You might ask, if this could happen because of a few breaths? Well - maybe not because of them - but with them. Maybe it was because of Reiki that I realized this? Maybe because of the master training which I started? Maybe because of Spheno-Basilar-Junction balancing, a BodyTalk technique, which I received a while ago? Maybe because of the idea to write an article about »surrender«? It does not matter. Possibly my restrictions were ready to fall away 5 minutes after I started yogic pranayama (breathing exercises) 24 years ago!
With this discovery my breathing cycles became not only deeper but also longer than ever before. Now I can see it. I was hunting for a goal that could not be reached. This goal is not a goal but an effect of not trying, an effect preceded by proud absorption and devoting surrender. I am not on earth just to surrender. But surrender is a natural part of it.
The physiological explanation of the yogic statement above is, that the bodymind is scanning the existence from the lowest frequency (bones) to the highest (chakras). Maintaining health requires the awareness of what happens. How could a person with shallow breath cycles possibly be healthy and use their full potential?
My breath is my continuous witness of how much I am ready to absorb and surrender, of how much divinity I put into my actions. It is not the multi-tasking that creates this consciousness but the opposite. In the Far East they say:
So let me say:
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Axel Ebert
I understand there are different libraries at various places. In India they say if it is your destiny you will find your leaf(s) without searching.
In Bangalore I found an interpreter who was pretty precise in my past and hobbies and also what might happen in the future. On the other hand some things did not happen as predicted.
From my visits (2) I value most that I was given suggestions which lead me to unexpected ways, and also the understanding that everything is happening for a reason was great.
On the other hand I find it important not to put too much emphasizes on the interpretations. It could nurture a victim consciousness instead of working with the moment and loving myself the way I am (the receipt for happiness).
My palm leafs were written on in Sanskrit from long time ago. I had to tell only date, time and place of birth. The predicted arrival date in my library then gave the clue, if there was a leaf for me.
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