The first degree

Difficult to even begin to describe today but I shall try my best. I’m not sure what I was expecting from my Reiki first-degree course, it was very different to what I had envisaged but finally it was so much more.  More than anything today has left me stunned that it has taken me 45 years to realise how little I really understand about our world, and with a thirst for more knowledge.

 

I’m not going to go into lengthy detail, as it wouldn’t be possible to capture the day in a quick diary entry.  Laura was completely captivating as she explained a bit about the history of Reiki as we know it today and then went through some of the main principals and golden rules. 

 

Throughout the day I received four ‘initiations’. On the first initiation I had my eyes shut but was aware of a bright white/golden light, quite small, and then started to see colours, primarily blue to begin with.  As the initiations went on so the light became stronger and the colours became larger and more vivid, still lots of blue but gradually adding in purples, pinks and greens, and at one stage, very briefly, a patch of black that flashed in and out. I think I finally understand what people mean when they talk of the third eye, because these lights and colours were viewed by an area midway between my two eyes, inside my head wher my nose is. At the same time I could sort of ‘feel’ the colours within my heart, not all the time but intermittently.  I have the sensation that I am at the very beginning of a special journey and somehow feel innately that these colours and feelings will take on more texture with time. I described it to my daughter this evening and she said it must look a bit like ‘Avatar land’ and that isn’t miles off the mark in terms of colours and light bouncing and flowing through my mind. At the end of each initiation I sat quietly with my eyes shut and continued to see the colours changing shape; it was a very peaceful place to be and I felt slightly reticent to come back to the real world.

After each session I felt a heat in the toes of my right foot, although I have no idea why – to my knowledge I’ve never had a problem in this area.

Towards the end of the day I had a practice on Laura and as I ‘swept her aura’ (the session was in French so forgive me if I’m not using recognised English terms) I could feel a gentle warmth and tingling in my hands.

This evening I still have the warmth in my toes and it seems to be spreading a little further up my foot (although there is no heat when you touch it). Laura assured me that once the channel has been opened I will not lose what I have experienced today, but I’m nevertheless slightly concerned that I won’t be able to feel anything when I start to practice self-reiki on my own. Only time will tell.