Reiki is Life Force guided by Divine Wisdom, which supports our connection and alignment to our highest selves. Our highest self is our light being part of us, which may also be called our soul. The heart is most thought of as the home for the soul.
Our highest self can be seen as our wisest self that knows all our past lives, who we are in our present moment, and is guiding us to the most loving future. Our highest self speaks to us through the voice of our intuition, that spiritual part of us that just knows in our hearts what is the most loving path to take.
When we can see moments in our lives from an elevated perspective that is guiding us to the highest vibrational choice in any given moment, we are in soul alignment. There are many ways to create this centering with highest self for example, through meditation, yoga, connecting to nature, gratitude prayers, sound healing, self-love journaling, and my favorite of all, Reiki healing energy.
When I offer Reiki healing to my clients, it helps them to relax back into their hearts where the soul is best felt. We all have so much going on in our every day lives, going to work, bills to pay, shopping for dinner, taking care of loved ones and so on. It is easy to slip out of our heart space and rely only on our minds. But this is not who we really are. We are in our truest form when we are connecting to our highest self, that part of us that is our most authentic and loving self.
Reiki is Life Force guided by Divine Wisdom that reminds our egos that we are not separate, but a part of the Universal Love. Reiki allows our ego to come back to alignment with our light being self. During a Reiki session, the Reiki energy sooths the mind, helps the mind to let go of the details of the day and energetically relaxes back into the heart in a gentle way. Reiki is so amazing because it meets each person exactly where they are. It organically flows to wherever the person needs it most.
Sometimes emotional blockages can inhibit our connection to our highest self, when we aren’t able to hear our intuition or be in touch with our hearts. We can feel separated from our souls because of fear, anger, grief or anxiety for example. Sometimes in a Reiki session the energy blockage can feel constricted in the area where the flow has stopped. As the Reiki Practitioner, I experience Reiki feeling like the sun melting the ice so that the energy may flow freely again.
Reiki also helps our minds let go of anxious thoughts so we can relax more and merge with highest self. When we are in alignment with our highest self, we are operating from our center in harmony with our heart, mind, body and emotions, like a symphony of many musical notes working together for a beautiful song to be expressed. This song is our soul essence shining forth in our own special ways.
In my Reiki practice I offer my clients the possibility of meeting their highest self through a guided visualization if they are interested. First I allow the Reiki to bring the client into a deep relaxation where their mind and all their chakras have opened to the flow of Reiki. I ask them to close their eyes and visualize a place in nature where they have felt calm, safe and inspired. I tell the client to see themselves there and to place a blanket down on the earth to sit upon for grounding in the vision. Next I suggest that the person invite their highest self to sit on the blanket with them. Most people see their highest self as looking like themselves, but with a bright light glowing in and all around them or wearing something like a white robe. It varies to each person and to what their relationship is to their highest self.
I ask the client to hug their highest self and receive their unconditional love for them. Often the person will have tears of joy feeling that they have really come back home. I suggest the person ask their highest self for a message at this time for healing or guidance. The answers may come through a feeling, a symbol, a revealing, or hearing something through their intuition. This is an opportunity to receive the wisdom from their soul in the ways that work best for each person. After they receive a message or healing, I ask them to hug their highest self in thankfulness and to remember their highest self lives within their hearts and they can access this connection anytime they wish. At the end of the session, clients often have a feeling of inner calm, deep self-love and oneness within their hearts.
When I open to my highest self I make time usually in the morning or evening where I place one hand on my heart chakra and one hand on my power chakra to allow the flow of Reiki through my body. Depending on the day if my mind is active I might place a hand on my crown chakra and heart chakra for calming of my mind. Next I use the same visualization I offer to my clients.
Sometimes my highest self will pick the location for our visualization. Recently my soul self invited me to the beautiful Yosemite waterfalls I had visited before. My highest self was wearing a long, white flowing dress that glistened everywhere. She held my hands and asked me to stand with her inside the waterfalls. I opened my heart and we walked deeper into the falls where the water became silver steams and droplets of healing moonlight. The silver water washed through the inside of my body and I felt elated, filled with an effervescent energy. I felt renewed within and my mind optimistic about life. Highest self told me I could come here anytime I needed to replenish myself. She then placed her hand on my heart and told me that I am never alone she is always with me. We hugged and she merged back into my heart.
While having a visualization is wonderful, it is not the only way to experience our highest selves. The heart is the place to access our soul essence. The most important way to connect with the highest self is to open our heart. Self-love connects us inward and allows us to open to our divine self. To feel the essence of our soul is to feel the unconditional love for ourselves or another. Trusting our intuition is also how we experience our highest self to guide us in our lives. There are many more ways to explore how our souls choose to connect with us. Everyone’s experiences with their soul self will be unique because we are all different.
To honor an experience with our highest self I often suggest to my clients the possibility of painting a picture of what your highest self looks like, or taking a picture of yourself dressed as your highest self, writing in your journal to capture the experience or writing a poem. It is wonderful to place this honoring symbol on your altar to be reminded of this beautiful connection.
The ultimate desire is to live aligned with our soul self every day. But, the truth is that it is sometimes difficult when we get knocked off our center, when things can catch us unexpectedly in our lives. We drop a dish that shatters, the car has a flat tire, we forgot to pay a bill or we just have a bad day. This is being human and it is so important that we have compassion for ourselves as a human being. A bit of loving humor can definitely help as well.
This is why I love Reiki so very much, it does not judge, it does not have us do more than what we can in the moment. Reiki meets us exactly where we are and gives us unconditional love and divine wisdom. Reiki is a beautiful way for growth on the spiritual path and seeking balance and oneness with our highest selves. Reiki is the glue that binds all with Universal Light and Divine Wisdom as we are all made of light.