Roger's Big Thinks

Just a Little Bit of Forgotten Reiki Magic

2012-01-12T02:18:00.000-08:00

Just a Little Bit of Forgotten Reiki Magic

I am writing this for you today on a laptop that two days ago was dead, bereft of life, an ex computer.

The previous night I had as usual closed it down, shut its lid and thought no more about it. I had owned my laptop for the last four years and it had served me well, quickly waking up when I asked it and uncomplainingly working away as I went about my life on the sunny island of Menorca. Not a day would pass when its key board, feeling the touch of my hand, would eagerly spring to life.

Then three day ago things happened, life changed. I went to switch on as usual and nothing happened, zilch, there were no twinkling little lights to tell me the day had started. My trusty old laptop refused to respond. It had stopped working!

Now I am not very computer savvy but I know enough to know that things looked bad, bad as in terminal. It was not that it refused to boot up, it was worse than that, it refused to do anything at all. The power light would come on. Fine! But nothing else would happen. It was as if my old friend had just gone to sleep and peacefully slipped away.

I tried everything I knew. I took the battery out and put it back in. I switched the power on and off. Nothing! Eventually when all this failed, I took it on a trip into town to the man who knows. It was Saturday but he was kind enough to take off the back, take out the RAM and test it. He prodded and poked and tested some more.

“Your computer… it’s a finished! It’s the mother board. New computer is needed. This one is not worth the work to fix. It’s too old!”

This was tragic in the extreme.

Now all jokes aside this was very bad news for me. I needed the computer to be working and I needed it immediately. For a start my airline tickets were deep inside it (I was flying back to the UK in five days time). It was also my life line to family and my work and as it was just after Christmas, funds were not in abundance or to put it bluntly, I was brassic.

Remarkably though, I was not as distraught as I would normally have been in a situation of such gravity. It could be worse. (1) Mr. Barclaycard would just have to do his thing. (2)It was just after the holiday and the sales would surely be on, and (3) we were flying back to the UK where computers seemed to be a little cheaper than here and better still would communicate with me in English. The only thing that was a real problem and I could not see how it could be sorted, was some work I had just finished and was needed before I left the Island. Not to mention all the data I was going to back up sometime soon.

The rest of that day we spent texting and phoning trying to sort out what would normally have taken minutes to email. In between times I tried pushing that button again and again in the vain hope that something different might happen. Insanity!

At last I remembered and did something that I have been telling people to do for years; use Reiki. At every workshop I hold I tell my students; “if it’s broken try Reiki on it. After all it can’t hurt and you have nothing to lose. Just give it a go. Lay your hands on, ask for the Reiki to flow and let what will be, be.”

So that evening I gave my laptop Reiki. I gave it Reiki as I watched the telly and when I wasn’t. I held onto that laptop for a long time. When I got tired of holding it Anne took over. You certainly could feel things happening, energy flowing and it seemed to get very hot. Then just before we went to bed we laid the laptop on the dining room table, opened its lid, and with bated breath and a trembling finger I depressed the start button once more. And… do you know what happened? Absolutely nothing, nothing at all! All that trying, all that holding and nothing had changed, not a blink, not a flash. It was just as dead as it was before. I depressed the button again, held it until the little power light flickered out and then without even closing the lid but muttering bugger, bugger , bugger, I went off to bed.

Next morning I awoke as usual and pottered down to make a pot of tea. Passing my laptop, abandoned on the table, I whispered “come on old girl” and without much hope pressed its On button and yesterday hadn’t happen! Lights flashed, screen flashed it’s do I know you message and before I knew it I was reading my emails, backing up what I should have backed up ages ago and printing out the work I should have printed out when I had finished it. And it has been working ever since.

I have taken the last couple of days as a wake-up call and when I am back in the UK I will look into buying a new something or the other. But for the present all is as it was.

So, if like me, you forget that Reiki works on all things and in all ways - things are just energy, after all - remember and use it.

One other thing I always tell folk and what I had forgotten to do myself is just offer it up and trust. Let the universe sort things out in its own time, give it the space. It’s when we try to push things along, trying to make them work when and in the way we want, that they don’t happen and we get disappointed.

So….Do it….Trust it ….Accept it… and then be grateful and say thanks.

Miracles can and do happen, all the time. Enjoy them!

For 2012

2011-12-30T09:45:00.000-08:00

Dear valued and privileged friends,

2012 has been mooted as the end of the world, mankind and everything.

It is because of this we feel that the world is ready to be introduced to a unique talent, an artist whose technical skills, understanding and insight shine as a beacon in this time of doom and despair. “Cometh the hour cometh the man!”

These then, in those immortal words, “are for you and nobody else but you. Boo boo be doo!”

It is often said of his work “ 'vedi pickies e poi muori'” for once taken to the threshold of the sublime and then to glimpse perfection - what more is left?

The work you will see is divided into two pieces, for each of us has our own need. So great is the beauty, so deep the understanding and so profound the message skilfully hidden within the picture that to view both pieces at once would stretch the human mind beyond endurance and belief. Even split as they are we recommend that you clear the area around you of hard and sharp objects before you view, for the rush of sublime beauty can transform even the most hardened of souls. In extremely sensitive and enlightened persons the chance of a total Rainbow Out is highly possible. You will be transformed into a Star Child; you will “boldly see what no one has seen before”. In the words of one of the twentieth century’s greatest thinkers. “To infinity and beyond!”

Now is the time and here is the link. Be bold. Walk into the future with a firm hand and click here; https://picasaweb.google.com/106986840901421518285/NewYear2012?authkey=Gv1sRgCIvV9b2B4J2HSg Then click a little picture. Both if you have no fear.

Health warning; The management accepts no responsibility for acute disappointment, soiled underwear, overload or bliss failure.

Dietary Warning; Made on premises that definitely contains nuts.

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Not with love… Please.

2011-10-25T09:05:00.001-07:00

I have just rediscovered sourdough and for anyone looking for a first rate meditation practice I can really recommend sourdough bread making. It also has an advantage over most other disciplines in that you can usually eat the result. But enough of that.

Like any other activity, bread making has a whole lexicon of new words to confuse and baffle. And it’s part of your apprenticeship as a newbie to learn the talk before you can walk the walk. In the early days of emailing how many of you misunderstood the acronym LoL? Go on, admit it, you did. Then just after you had used it in an email to your recently bereaved old Aunt you found out what it really meant! Oh! What a laugh that was. If you are still using LoL for lots of love, you had better start digging out all those old sent emails to see who else you have offended.

Everything seems to have an “in” language and the words of that language have unique meanings within their circle of use. Just like the LoL above it is very easy to pick up the lingo and use it with gay abandon (gay in the old sense), get it wrong and really miss the point. Sometimes this is just funny, other times it is very embarrassing. So to paraphrase; It might be better to remain silent and let people think you are stupid than to open your mouth and let them know for certain… Quote, unquote! But sometimes it means you get the wrong end of the stick altogether and in so doing continue doing what you think is right without really understanding what you are doing wrong. The trouble with this is that, like a virus, you can pass your misunderstanding on to others and upset their chances of success. Another illusion of knowledge is created.

Reiki, like any other discipline, has words whose meanings are not exactly the same as when they are usually used. This can happen when there is not an exact word for what you are trying to describe. So to convey what you want, you use a word near to it, something which to you seems to convey the feeling or meaning. Knowing what you actually mean, you hope that your understanding will be passed on. Most of the time, with a little jiggling, this works. The real problem starts when you try this with something like Reiki. Now Reiki is a doing, or more a “being” sort of thing rather than a spoken or written thing. Words don’t really work. You just have to do it. (Yes I know I am using words here, but give me a break, be kind to an aged Reiki Master; humour me.)

As humans, when we get enthusiastic about something, we like to talk about it and pass it on. This is one of the reasons why as a species we have done so well. We can pass on complicated ideas and thoughts easily. More so now with the net and modern communications. It’s so easy and fast; we can do it quicker that ever before. In fact we can do it so quickly that we don’t even have time to understand and digest what we have just read before we feel the need to let the rest of mankind benefit from our newly acquired knowledge. Then if enough folk follow our lead, in the press of a button it becomes a true fact and is referred to as an absolute. From then on when those words are used everyone knows what is meant and they are believed completely. No one will benefit from this knowledge because it’s all based on… well, nothing. So if we are to use a jargon word we need to be very careful that we understand its in house meaning. And we need to be mindful of what we pass on.

Mindful! Good word. So let’s not pass on things that we have not checked up on. I get loads of emails from kind hearted friends about things like: A new super virus (Google knows about it) that is going to eat my computer then take over my mind and finally destroy the whole universe and all because I opened that attachment!Shit! Pass it on and save the world. A little checking and you find it’s a spoof, been floating around since Adam was a boy and was originally posted by a group of pensioners from Grimsby who sole delight in their declining years is to reek absolute havoc. Meanwhile, world wide, 10 million people have started wearing hats made of tin foil to protect them from the virus. ““Flash” you have only 5 minutes to save the universe.” Just be a little aware.

Awareness! Another good word. It is so easy to know what you are looking for that you miss seeing what you really need. Rather than go headlong after the goal you think you should achieve, enjoy the journey, look sideways and maybe you don’t have to achieve anything after all. Give up the attachment to being what you think you should be. Look sideways, look around, it’s wonderful.

Attachment! Another good word. It’s so easy to get attached to the idea of unattachment that you get even more attached to it. Loving giving up stuff is an attachment to giving up, yes? Love the idea of it.

Love! Now here is a word that is used over and over again. Give Reiki with love… Universal love… Love your aura Darling. Correct me if I am wrong and I usually am. If I give Reiki with love, that implies that there is someone (me) who gives something (reiki) to someone else? Therefore, every time I give Reiki with love I reinforce to myself the illusion of separateness. Now don’t get me wrong, I know what is meant but it is not helpful. You can’t just switch on love. Does it mean that you can give Reiki without love? Actually you can if you think this way. But as Reiki is love, maybe you really can’t. Or, in fact, give it all.

At this point and before I disappear up my own bum, may I quote a few lines of my book “Reiki in times of Crisis “( now available from good bookshops everywhere or, better still, from my website as a download, it’s cheaper.) End of blatant advert …good book, though!!!

When we start out with any practice we are often told that we must cultivate universal love; we must love all things and we are overwhelmed by this prospect and we set ourselves up for disappointment and failure. We are told to start by loving ourselves, as it's the tool we have been given to work with. Both of the above, in their way, are true, and I certainly would go along with being kinder to yourself and all things, treating them both with understanding, kindness and with respect. If this is too hard, then treat them with equanimity. Do them no harm. Stop wasting energy on destructive actions. But, better still is to channel that energy into awareness. This is a hill we can understand and conquer. We have the tools to do this and we are not adding to our burdens or to our belief systems. With no other dogma to carry or to wade through we become aware and we are able to see things for what they are, we understand that we no longer need them. We can put them aside and without their hindrance we can see more, lose more until we are left only with the tools. Then, with nothing left to fix, we can throw them away too and we have nothing left to hinder us. Like Dr. Usui, we throw away our 21 stones and we are left with everything. Love! Universal love! Not you loving me, or me loving myself. Just love! It was there all the time. It had to be. There is nothing else! We don't even have to give it a name.

Well, that's about it and the end of this book. Once you understand love you can see as you should, and you know all there is to know. But whilst here, it is the journey that matters. If, at the end, there is nothing, then it doesn't matter anyway, but the journey will have been fun. If there happens to be something more, then that's where we should be and all is fine. Understanding where our thoughts and ideas spring from will help us to free ourselves from them; free us from the fear of this unknown. If there is a guide for living in this world, it should be to pass through leaving nothing in our wake except love. We should tread gently and with awareness. We should recognise ourselves in all living creatures, and in ourselves the wonder of all creation.

Recognising the Big Danger in Reiki

2011-10-20T06:34:00.000-07:00

f there ever was such a person as the Historical Jesus, I can understand why he lost his rag in the temple and upturned the tables of the money lenders. I can understand his anger.

There have always been those who will exploit people’s devotions and vulnerabilities. It’s life! But because it has always been so, does not make it right.

As the world seems to be steering into anarchy and chaos, there is a swing toward things that will act as an antidote to the despair, the fear and the worry, some way to escape or at least to blunt its sharp, painful edges. Booze and drugs have always been a tried and tested counter balance and they are increasingly in evidence on our streets. Another old favourite is religion, but the Church now seems to have lost its control and with it its appeal. Once a brand leader it now has a dwindling number of followers. Medication has also been a mainstay for hiding the pain; tranquilisers and pills have deadened and shortened the lives of many in the process of keeping them comfortable and malleable.

But, as the saying goes… “you can fool some people all of the time but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time” and so in growing numbers people are seeing the reasons behind and recognising the weaknesses in these traditional crutches. They are asking the age old question “there must be something more?” And as an answer are turning to the so called “alternatives”.

Healing modalities like acupuncture, (that have been chugging on for over 2000 years) have become part of this new age of understanding. Self help books, groups and experts have sprung up over night. A rise in awareness! Great! When I was a kid being a vegetarian had me labelled as some kind of weirdo. But with this increase in awareness there has also sprung up the awareness that here is a way of making lots of money.

Now there is absolutely nothing wrong with money and the making of it. I love it and long may it flow my way. But there is a law that can be easily forgotten and that is the law of exchange… It is a law of balance.

If I accept your money as payment for my services it is my duty to give you the goods I promise. And this law of exchange is not only about money. If someone gives me their trust, I am responsible for repaying that trust with respect and honesty. So where is all this going?

With the growing demand for all things mystical and spiritual, there are quite frankly a lot of people out there not helping but doing harm. I see it every day in my practice. When someone needs help they are often in an open and vulnerable state and will accept what they are told if it is done with enough authority. I have had many people come to me worried sick over something some expert has told them.

Now for me the most important thing when treating is not to add to the problem. Telling someone that they have a black demon attacking them or that their past life has created massive problems, that their aura is full of holes or that their chakras are going backwards does not make an already worried person more at ease. When you are in a nervous state even the slight mention of something really wrong goes in deep and it is much easier to sow the seeds of fear than to remove them.

So when I hear of practitioners making these claims, especially Reiki practitioners, I get angry. Wahoo! I hear you say, Anger, heavy!!! There is nothing wrong with anger, it can be much more useful, more real and honest than fluffy “I love everyone, I am tranquil and spiritual, hug, hug, kiss, kiss”. Anger can be just the sort of kick up the bum that gets you started. It moves stuff. It can be a sword cutting through inertia and apathy. It’s when it is suppressed, pushed down, allowed to fester, often under the camouflaged of serenity and knowingness, that it becomes harmful. So if anger is appropriate use it, but carefully. Importantly don’t let it use you.

With energetics and things we are unused to it is so easy to con oneself and then go on to con others. Some do this intentionally, others unconsciously. Different reasons but to the receiver the outcome is the same. If you are setting yourself up as a healer it is probably the biggest danger you face.

No one in my mind should call themselves a healer ‘cos no one can heal another person. Healing is done by that person in the large and in the full sense and meaning of those words. Try always asking yourself do I really believe it is me who is doing all this?

Folk have come to me asking; “can you do this for me? Can you sort out my Khama, remove my demon? Because if not “so and so” says they can.” Really? What can we really do? If we see things are we sure they are what we think they are or is it just our ego and mind playing games? Are we justified therefore in telling someone for certain it is so? Or even hinting with false modesty? For us it can be just a gentle massage of our egos or to ease the embarrassment of “I don’t know”. After all they are sitting there expectantly waiting for an answer, you have to say something. Or maybe it’s just for a few more bob in the pocket with another appointment filled to boot. But for the other person, the person sitting hoping, in doubt and pain, it can mean more. It can affect their lives forever and it can even help to end it. I don’t over egg the cake; one last straw can break a camel's back.

It’s so easy to get someone spaced out and hyped up, especially when they are agitated, deprived of sleep or maybe hungry with low protein intake through fasting, de-toxing or just not bothering to eat. Add the repetition of sounds or words and you have a susceptible subject capable of seeing visions and hearing voices. This is not spiritual training… this is brain washing.

Any treatment should be aimed at empowering the individual not making them dependant on practice, persons or groups. So many unsure of their own beliefs strive to recruit others in order to support fragile egos.

Reiki above all should be free from rigid beliefs; it should strip away the chains of dogma and dependency, allowing the individual to return to clarity; to see themselves and the world as they truly are… as one.

Yet time and time again I hear that this form of Reiki is more powerful than that, this way is newer, bigger, better. This is the only way/the proper way/the true way. After all, it’s got more symbols, more levels, more bells and whistles and more secret teachings.

In a world taught to be greedy and to expect the next edition to be bigger and therefore better, it makes folk dissatisfied with what they already possess. The attention becomes focused on acquiring rather than stripping away. The clutter we have already acquired is added to, the confusion is increased. You find you are doing your practice, and rather than just doing and observing the ego says, “Now if I had the latest version how much better all this would be.

If there is a place called Hell (and I don’t believe there is) there would be a special place for those who mislead, who teach as absolute something that they have no real knowledge of or who just pass on what they have read or seen on the internet as truth.

If there is a thing called Khama (and I think there probably is) then these people are not being very skilful, they are just adding to suffering.

I feel it is important to be mindful in all you do when treating others (and yourself). Do it not with love (unless you really understand that word, I certainly haven’t even scratched the skin of it yet) but do it with respect. Respect for yourself, the person you are treating, and for the privilege we have to learn about this wonderful physical existence we know as life. Live it now, experience it and don’t waste the time by trying to escape from it. While we live let us live.

Rant over! Spleen vented! All done! Lay down in a darkened room.

Thanks for reading.

An Obituary printed in the London Times

2011-01-17T02:38:00.000-08:00

This arrived in my email today.....

An Obituary printed in the London Times - Interesting and sadly rather true

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn't always fair;
- and Maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers;
I Know My Rights
I Want It Now
Someone Else Is To Blame
I'm A Victim

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.

2011-01-07T05:37:00.001-08:00

Happening Now

This is not about Prediction, Mayan Calendar or what ever; this is about what is happening NOW.

It is really about cycles and change. Never in this present cycle has mankind been closer to recognising what he is and so, expand into the being he always has been. Nor has he been closer to sealing himself off from his full potential and staying with his suffering. Now really is a make or break time and it is happening as you read this...

Back when I was a kid, in the 60’s & 70’s, there was talk of the beginning of the Age of Aquarius and a lots of hope; things where changing. We were high on youth and expectation amongst other things. But like the highs the expectation faded, life took over, for the powers that wish to keep us subjugated had a machine that worked - we were distracted, mostly I am sad to say, by greed.

But the change didn’t stop. It was working away, moving stuff around, showing us a way, a path. All we needed to do was look. Fearful of change we clung on to what we knew, ignoring what was being shown. Choice is always ours. That’s the beauty, that’s the problem!

Now we are approaching a time when we must choose. Choose, before we enter the next cycle. Choose, individually and as a whole. Whatever we decide to do, this change is going to continue and to grow. It is happening now; all we need to do is hang up our rigid beliefs and look. We need to have the courage to accept the change and let it remove those forces that hold us back from being what we really are and always have been.

Change is not always comfortable but it will be exciting.

Or, if we lack that courage, we can stay as we are, repressed and controlled, increasingly isolated in our physical existence, just fed enough to keep us pliant, fed a form of reality that enforces the fear.

We really do have a choice and each of us makes the difference. All we need to do is be aware and trust our inner selves.

Let go of our fear and enjoy the ride of a life time.

One last and perhaps the best bit of information, in this time of flux, as always… we are not alone.

Who do you believe?

2010-10-04T10:00:00.000-07:00

Well having written my last blog, blow me down, up popped this; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11462595

It appears that nearly all of Europe is now a no-go area, due it seems to terrorist threats. Not that anything has happened but I am told there are good reasons to believe that they might. It seems to me that the terrorists have already won this round without even doing anything.

Mind you, with all this publicity they are almost duty bound to have a go; a sort of self-fulfilling prophesy. They can’t loose really. Only we can.

Today everyone I have spoken to is sick of all this spin and worry.

Where, they ask, is this information coming from? All of a sudden it’s headline news, the next day it’s gone, nowhere to be found. What’s it all about and by the way whatever happened to swine flu? Oops! Sorry, I forgot it’s due again next year. Ok, how about mad cow, bird flu, asteroids, giant waves, massive earthquakes, sunspots or Abba making a come back, all these imminent disasters have their 15 minutes and then dissolve back into the ether. I didn’t mention WMD’s ‘cos that’s too easy.

What these reports do is keep us in a state of worry and tension, or maybe more importantly distract us from what is really happening.

Remember “It’s a good day to bury bad news”? I do.

Can someone explain to me why a suicide bomber can drive his truck into a crowd and get an easy result in their own country but when they come over here in the west they feel the need to blow up a plane which seems altogether much harder?

One feels there is more to the matter than we are told. Mind you, I am getting on a bit so maybe I have missed something.

Well, now I am fed up too. I don’t know who or what to believe but I am going to do something about it and if you feel up to it I could do with your help.

We can do something simple and gentle that can change the world.

If you don't read this

2010-09-29T04:32:00.000-07:00

I have just been looking at the news and over the last few day there have been quite a few
"non- terrorist" events happenings. It seems like the media are building up the suspense and when and if something happens -"well, you were warned".

I have 61 years under my belt. Not saying that this huge amount of time has given me any claim to wisdom because it hasn't - I'm still as mad as a box of frogs as I always have been. If anything I have increased my birthright. But I still have a memory, just, and as the saying goes: I've heard geese fart before.

I am not saying that things won't happen, but in those 61years there has been a constant stream of fear generating stuff that might happen, so much so that you start to wonder.

From big things to little, I know fear helps to sell everything from insurance to deoderant.
" Even your best friend won't tell you." Remember that one?
"God, if I don't buy........ I might stink and not know it 'cos no one will tell me!"

Fear, since time immomorial, has been used to control and coerce. It works well as it is very contagious and after a while it becomes self-perpetuating.

It is so easy to listen to something you would not normaly listen to if you are frightened.
And when I say frightened I don't mean terrified I just mean that low-grade fear, the back ground fear we have learned to live with. Then we listen and if the ground work has all been done well enough, we believe a little and compromise, just for our peace of mind. After all, if you have nothing to hide what does it matter!!!

Of course our leaders and the powers-that-be would never do such a thing, after all we voted them in? What about then: If you don't join our club you can go and stay at Old Harry's for ever- and this is how bad it is. But stick with us and you will be alright. Or even: If you don't use my kind of Reiki you will be missing out on the real thing! Big things or little, fear is a powerful tool. It has even been know for countries to go to war because of it.

It is so very hard not to get drawn into the web of fear and hate. It is so easy when we do to band togethter and blame someone else some other group. To make them the reason stuff is happening. Easy. especial if the propegander is to an extent true even if it has been emgeneed to be that way.

It is so hard to get good unbiased infomation> The internet? A great place to get good information. True and an even better place to promote disinformation. Sorry but you are on your own.

Oh dear me, doom and gloom ...! No it's not. Life is just fine and on the whole safe, it just helps if you have a game plan of your own.

Tomorrow (give or take a bit) I will tell you mine 'cos I just looked at the time and I'm late for lunch and if you know my feeder... you would be frightened too. Control in action.

Just one last thing before I go. Why are you reading this blogg? All I had said was
if you don't read this you will never know... Maybe just a little fear that you might be missing out on something.

The Mayonnaise Jar.

2010-09-22T00:54:00.000-07:00

The net went down the other day and unable to do what I wanted to, I fiddled, clearing out all the junk files I had collected over time. In one file I found the piece I have attached below. Don't know who sent it to me or where it came from but I like it. So here it is as it was sent, thanks.

The Mayonnaise Jar

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,
When 24 hours in a day is not enough;
remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class
and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly,
he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar
and start to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured
it into the jar. He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.

He then asked the students again
if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand
and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else
He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded
With an unanimous 'yes.'

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table
and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively
filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed.

'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided,
'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things - Family,
children, health, friends, and favorite passions
Things that if everything else was lost
and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the things that matter like your job, house, and car.

The sand is everything else --
The small stuff.

'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued,
'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.
The same goes for life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff,
You will never have room for the things that are
important to you.

So...

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play with your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.

There will always be time
to clean the house and fix the dripping tap.

'Take care of the golf balls first --
The things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.'

One of the students raised her hand
and inquired what the coffee represented.

The professor smiled.

'I'm glad you asked'.

It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.'

Aspartame

2010-08-29T00:00:00.000-07:00

This is something I have been watching for some years now...As with everything it is hard to find unbiased information. There is so much information and dis-information... How do you know what is true???

This is a hard question, and it is something I wonder about. In the end it comes down to choice: my choice, your choice.

In a previous blog I gave the three question method of arriving at an answer. It works for me.

I feel, even if you know a thing is true, it is a good idea to keep the mind open .... often you find that it might not be as true as you thought it was. Never be afraid to admit it. It's so easy to compound the problem. As someone once said:

"Positive"... to be mistaken at the top of your voice... Been there!!!

Anyway here is something I think is worth looking at. I had personal experience with this with regard to my grand son.

Here is an email I received the other day The person who wrote it feels strongly about the subject, as do I, but it does not mean it is true or I am right. This email, although emotive sets out the problem which I hope will give you a starting place for your understanding and research into Aspartame.

SWEET POISON

In October 2001 my sister started getting very sick. She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around.. Walking was a major chore...It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain.

By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not determine what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick she just knew she was dying.

She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc...in her oldest daughter's name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care of.

She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd.

On March 19 I called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS.

I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda?

She told me that she did. As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that moment.

I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda! I e-mailed her article my friend, a lawyer, had sent. My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk!

The muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but, she sure felt a lot better.

She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me when she got home.

Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any kind. In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet soda...and literally dying a slow and miserable death.

When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a complete recovery. And she is walking!

No wheelchair!

This article saved her life. If it says 'SUGAR FREE' on the label; DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on 'ASPARTAME,' marketed as 'Nutra Sweet,' 'Equal,' and 'Spoonful.'

In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States, in 2001, there was an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be rampant.

I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject. I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous:

When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis... Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.

Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, Methanol toxicity is!

Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers.

The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.

In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss improved markedly.

This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.

During a lecture, I said, 'If you are using ASPARTAME ( Nutra Sweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc. ) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, Cramps, Vertigo, Dizziness, Headaches, Tinnitis,

Joint pain, Unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks,

slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss

you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!'

People were jumping up during the lecture saying, 'I have some of these symptoms..

Is it reversible?' Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food labels!

Many products are fortified with it! This is a serious problem. Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice; a nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence!

Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates.

It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs.

Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.'

Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!

Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the ' diet products ' and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics.

We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame. The Aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control.

Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino acids necessary for a good balance.

Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE.

Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage, Seizures, Depression, Manic depression,

Panic attacks, Uncontrollable anger and rage.

Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics as well. Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet.

So called 'behavior modification prescription drugs' (Ritalin and others) are no longer needed.

Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place!

Most of these children were being 'poisoned' on a daily basis with the very foods that were 'better for them than sugar.'

It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well known Gulf War Syndrome.

Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e., mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy.

Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners.

There are many different case histories to relate of children suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly poison.'

Herein lies the problem:

There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included in 100 different products and strong objection was made concerning its use. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets.

Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED! There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced..

Everybody wants a 'piece of the Aspartame pie.'

I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is.

And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians?

This has been recently exposed in the New York Times. These [organizations] cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are required to endorse their products.

Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women, children and infants.

The bill would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in brain chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms.

The bill was killed.

My Apologies Big Time

2010-06-30T02:06:00.001-07:00

Hi Folks, I am back on line again and with an apology for all those of you who wanted to download my book " Reiki in Times of Crisis" using the Lulu "Buy now" buttons on my website www.reikiroger.com and my blog page. Something went wrong at the Lulu end and a "this product is no longer available" notice would appear (I was wondering why sales were down).

Well, it is very much still available and Lulu have promised to sort out the problem ASAP.

You can easily get the download and the paperback from Lulu and Amazon now. If you have any trouble can you please let me know.

Many thanks to all of you who have bought the book and the lovely things you have said about it. When I wrote it I had a feeling that it might "rattle a few cages" but how wrong can one be.

It seems that the book is more applicable now than when I wrote it…What a changing World we live in.

If I can just say one thing that might sound a bit preachy… Change is what life is really all about, even if at times it may seem a bit scary. Don't buy into the fear thing that is being hiked about so much now (for profit and control). Hang on to your Reiki, it is there to used as much as you want, it won't run out. And remember that you are wonderful. Most of all don't worry . As someone once said "don't worry about life, after all you won't walk away from it alive "

Have fun and love a lot.

Ten silly things to do (with Reiki) before you die

2010-04-22T23:12:00.000-07:00

• Go and find a tree, a big old tree. Throw your arms around it

and give it a Reiki hug. Feel it. Don’t care who sees you. Smile

at them and get them to try too.

• Go into Starbucks, or the like, and order the biggest coffee they

do. Have all the bits on it, extra cream and sprinkles. Cup it in

your hands and give it Reiki. Then enjoy it. Don’t feel guilty,

and don’t be sick!

• Go out and buy a big bunch of happy flowers, yellow ones,

sunflowers are good. Then give them to the prettiest girl/handsomest

guy you can find. Don’t feel old. Don’t get arrested!

• Go and take your kids (the older the better) to the beach. Roll

your jeans up to mid-calf and paddle. Lay on the beach, make

Sand Angels and admire the clouds. Do embarrass your kids,

because they’re worth it. Don’t ask for help to get up!

• Go fill in the next five items yourself; they are your silly things

to do after all. Write the list right now, then go out and do them.

Don’t procrastinate! Then let us know what they are ...Please

• Lastly, if you have done all of the above, go and make another

list and then another. If you keep making lists you probably

won’t die anyway. At least, not in the hearts and minds of your

friends, loved ones and your doctor - and that’s enough for me!

Have fun. If you can feel happy then a little bit of everything

else is happy too and you have just lit another candle.

Thank you

2010-04-20T13:49:00.001-07:00

Yesterday in my email I received a slide show of Arial photographs from around the world. I was scrolling through, enjoying the lovely images, when I came across one that looked vaguely familiar. It was of a white, burned out shell of a building with a small tower, on top of which were skeleton ribs of the dome roof. The photo was so good that you could see that the ground around it had been cleared and cared for. This was a building that had been left like this for a reason.

From deep within me came a sorrow and as I read the caption this sorrow rose up in an overwhelming tide and I sat there sobbing as I read The
Epicentre Hiroshima.

This one image for some reason touched me. I recognised it from photos of the devastation after the dropping of the atomic bomb but had never seen a photo of it in the present role...

After the sobbing stopped I started checking for other sites on Hiroshima. I found images of the dead, the stats, the lists of the numbers killed. I saw pictures of the totally indiscriminate devastation. Sorrow was replaced with anger and judgement. How could anyone do such a thing? Then I read the postings on the web sites. Small minded idiots, I thought. All the time I was angry, I was judging. How could people not see the total hideousness of this action? Just because terrible things had been done by the Japanese during the war was it right to use this to justify killing on such a large scale? It would be like giving me the right to kill someone's children because their father had killed mine. By now I was off on one. I had used the feeling of sorrow and changed it, it was easier to vent all my frustrations and fears, rather than face the suffering, the suffering that mankind can inflict on his fellow man. Easier than facing the fact that I was part of the species and as such could not escape involvement.

Then I stopped and thought about what I was doing. How I was fuelling the negativity, judging, adding not one positive action, learning nothing. Sometimes the veneer of our civilisation proves a little thin but without it where are we?

So that is why I need your help - not for me but to pour back a little positive energy into this world; to tip the balance just a little. I know that you are already doing this but I need you to do just a little bit more for me. Go and look at a tree, smile at a stranger or buy yourself an extra large, special coffee. If you do this I will not be hurting quite so much.

If, like me, you feel it helps, send out a little of what you do to Hiroshima, to those who suffered and to those who are still suffering - on all sides.

Thanks

How controlled are we?

2010-04-19T04:07:00.001-07:00

This morning I awoke earlier than I had hoped and was trying to make up my mind if I could hang on a little longer before I had to get up for a pee, when I had a thought.

Now this might be a little more information than you need at present but it is surprising how often it is that you get interesting and thought provoking ideas during that time when your brain is not fully in gear.

Well, be that as it may, the idea I had and which then kept my attention until the needs of my body demanded my action, was this: I have been going on for ages now that even our most dearly held beliefs have been planted in us and are not there by nature. Often they are left over from some out dated belief system or need, or have been given us by those who have wished to control and use us. Now some of these ideas are good to have, especially if we want to live amongst others, and some are not. They limit us and often cause us distress. But these gut feelings, as we call them, come from somewhere and we can suffer living our lives in their shadows. Now I am not saying sling them out willy nilly, but just to have a look at them? Re-evaluate them and see them for what they are. After all, who told us it was wrong to kill? (I believe this, with my whole heart, to be so.) Anyone for steak?

Well this was nothing new in my thinking, but, what was new for me and I repeat, for me, was how far back should I go with this we are programmed idea… Certainly the three meals a day is programming… Marriages and families? Good and bad?... Right and wrong?... Yes I think these are all good subjects for a long hard look… Love? That's a gritty one…. Life after death? Most certainly, but where did that come from? I don't mean it ain't true, but!! … And then I thought, what about life and death? Well, we have been told that's what happens and it does, doesn't it? Maybe this now is death and when we end this death we… what? Live?

We can take so much for granted and in so doing does it happen and is it therefore true? Dreaming butterflies and all that.

Maybe we live because we are taught that we do and die for the same reason!

Time for breakfast!!! So what? I like breakfast!

This Might Help.

2010-04-13T00:25:00.000-07:00

Once you understand love you can see as you should, and you know all there is to know.

But whilst here, it is the journey that matters. If, at the end, there

is nothing, then it doesn’t matter anyway, but the journey will have

been fun. If there happens to be something more, then that’s where

we should be and all is fine. Understanding where our thoughts and

ideas spring from will help us to free ourselves from them; free us

from the fear of this unknown. If there is a guide for living in this

world, it should be to pass through leaving nothing in our wake except

love. We should tread gently and with awareness. We should

recognise ourselves in all living creatures, and in ourselves the wonder

of all creation.

And so Namaste..

from Reiki in times of Crisis

The Best Bread Ever

2010-04-10T00:01:00.000-07:00

There are few things better for the soul than making bread. One of them is eating it.

This recipe is for flat breads, but makes a great Pizza base and even works well in tins. Can't remember who I pinched it from but thank you.

Flat Breads

Ingredients;

500 g plain flour

150 ml water (blood heat)

28 g dried yeast

70 ml olive oil

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp salt

1 small tub yoghurt

Dissolve sugar in the water.

¨ Sprinkle yeast into sugar and water mix.

¨ Leave until frothy on top (about 5-10 minutes)

¨ Mix flour and salt together.

¨ Add all wet ingredients.

¨ Mix well and knead until dough is soft and elastic - you might need to

add a little more flour during the kneading process.

¨ Pop into big-ish bowl and cover with damp cloth to rise until dough

doubles in size.

¨ When well risen divide into 8 equal bits and roll out to rough “pitta

sized” pieces, about 0.5 cms thick.

¨ Cook, in hot pan (very lightly oiled), on each side until

done.

¨ EAT! Best enjoyed warm.

¨ YOU WILL LOVE THEM!

The Reiki Principles and the Sticky Slope

2010-04-07T23:51:00.000-07:00

If you know the Usui story, you will know that Dr. Usui found out, through bitter experience, that it was not enough to cure the physical body to regain true health; you had to go to the root cause. After all, if you have a head ache every morning, after drinking 10 pints of beer the previous evening, taking a handful of Asprin each morning might make the headache go away. But do you know what will be there the following morning? You have to get to the cause for lasting health.The trouble is, the seeming magnitude of most things defeats us before we start.

"I am going to exercise every day and lose weight"! After day one we look at every day and the pounds we have to loose and it is just all too much. The gradient is too steep, every day is too long and four stones is too many biscuits! So we give up.

Dr. Usui recognised this and so he starts each of his principles with the words "Just for today" - a do-able amount . For me and biscuits, today is too long so "Just for now"- this once, I will only have one. I can manage this, and this now is followed by another now, and then another and before I know it I have managed a "Just for today" and then a... "Just for this week" and then.......

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Three Most Important Words

2010-04-01T11:50:00.000-07:00

There are three words that are probably the most important that you can know and they are… No, not I love you, those are the three words that cause more trouble than any other. The three words are, I don’t know. Once you utter these words you open up the doors of understanding. Say I know and you cut off that understanding at the point of utterance. Try it for yourself in a small way, next time someone asks you if you know this or that, swallow your pride and say no. It is amazing how helpful people can be and sometimes, seeing something with someone else’s eyes helps you realize you were wrong. Mind you, it has never happened to me, though!!!!!

It is really amazing how little we know. In my book I go into this in some depth for I feel that one of the causes of conflict is lack of understanding and this lack comes about when we say I know …So maybe I should have said, Two most important words.

How to get the right answer to any question.

2010-03-25T03:27:00.001-07:00

Let’s have something a bit more positive today. Mind you, sometimes a bit of spleen venting is not a bad thing.

Here is something you probably already know: There is a really great way of getting the answer to a question. It doesn’t matter what it is, just something that you need to get right.

Ask the question three times and if it is an important question write the answers down. If you can't be bothered to write the answers down, it can’t be that important.

First ask it of your Mind. Think it out and write down two columns, “For and Against”. Complete the list and put to one side.

Next ask it of your Heart, really ask "what should I do about…?" Get the feel of it, what feels right and what feels wrong. Write this all down too. Have a look at both lists. Anything the same?

Having exhausted all of the physical, mental and emotional resources you have in your arsenal, sit quietly for a moment, and then ask the question of your Higher Self (for lack of a better word.) Just ask it of that bit of you that is connected to everything. Don't write anything down. Now comes the hard bit ... Let Go!... Give it up and trust. The answer is there. All you have to do is hear it. If you try, you won't.

Over the next couples of days the answer will be presented to you.

Now, you have three answers to your question. The choice of which to take is yours. I know which I trust for big jobs!

Just a word of warning and this may sound patronising but I don't mean it to be. You have all the equipment to handle the day to day running of your life. Use the tools suitable for that; your wonderful brain, your experience, your feelings, these are the right tools for the job. It is all too easy to get so involved with the other things that you use them for jobs they are not needed for. I once knew a lady who was so involved with dowsing that she would not make even the simplest decision without the use of her pendulum. Rather then helping her, it was making her life hell.

End of sermon... I beg your forgiveness! He, he, he!

More information on this in my book …Reiki in Times of Crisis… And much more!!!!!! Go on, spoil yourself.

It’s All Pants!

2010-03-24T03:19:00.001-07:00

Sorry about my rant of the other day, but sometimes I feel we are living in a world that has lost its way. We create piles of rubbish then spend money and energy recycling it! This then, is promoted as a good thing! A few people make a great deal of money, politicians get great sound bites and we pay. Surly if we didn’t create the rubbish in the first place, it would be better! Don’t recycle, rethink.

We buy new when something is broken because it is cheaper. What happened to repair? Plastic bags are made to degrade but we still have to get rid of them before they do. Electrical goods are disposable and have a built in life expectancy and new cars are made to do things they never will do.

All this new stuff, better stuff, easer stuff does not seem to give us any more time or make us happier. It creates an illusion that we are doing well and to continue to do so we need more of the same. If we are not careful we are suckered into a cycle of dependency and debt. Ever wondered about this money fiasco? I know you have. What’s real about that except the pain?

If you look at it all closely, you see it for what it is; a control system.

We are being controlled.

What do we really need to feel happy and be well?

We need to take back control!

There, I’ve done it once more! Ranting Roger Rides Again!!!!!

Just letting off steam.

2010-03-23T12:55:00.000-07:00

Now I know I am a grumpy old fart.....but is it me??? According to Yahoo, see this link http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100322/tuk-seaweed-bread-key-to-obesity-6323e80.html

seaweed is the stuff to eat so we can continue to eat all the fatty, unhealthy junk food and still not get fat. Sell the junk food that make you ill...sell you the drugs that keep you going a little bit longer when you are ill... Sell you stuff that keeps you looking not too bad so you can continue to eat the junk food that makes you ill... so that they can sell you the drugs........|Create the problem, then sell the cure.

I need to lay my head down!!

Spaghetti Control Alert!

2010-03-18T23:56:00.000-07:00

Just a quick one. I had a flash of insight yesterday regarding how susceptible to control we all are.

When I was young we had proper spaghetti, long and with hooks on it. If you remember the Spaghetti Harvest you know what I mean. ... I like long spaghetti, it wraps around your fork nicely. If it was too long for your pot you broke it in half. Now all you get is the short stuff. It is more convenient we are told, saves braking it in half. It's pot sized! But I like long spaghetti and it's now hard to find and when you do, it is expensive so I make do.... Then the other day I was walking around the supermarket and it dawned on me. Short spaghetti has nothing to do with my convenience or it fitting into my pot. The thing it fits into is Supermarket Shelves. It is just the right size to stack across a shelf, a supermarket shelf. Why do we let them do this to us?

Reiki Dangers - Part 3

2010-03-18T09:29:00.000-07:00

Reiki, first and foremost, is safe. The person receiving a treatment is the one who regulates the flow of Reiki. It goes where it is needed, not by some magical intelligence but because there is a need.

Life is constantly striving for balance. This is why you should not try to force a treatment, to make it happen. All we do is facilitate the healing situation. It is when we try to control, to make things happen, to be powerful, that things can go wrong. Believe me, they can and anyone who has worked with Reiki a great deal will have come across those whose life has not been improved by this wonderful practice.

There are three basic energy sources that we as physical beings use.

First, there is the energy we are born with. This energy is finite and it is used up during our lives. It depletes slowly but there is more than enough to last a life time. We can deplete it faster, but we can't add to it.

Secondly there is the energy we get from food and drink. The energy we get from these is obvious...don't eat or drink and you die. "Simples".

Thirdly there is a rather mystical energy which we get from .... we just seem to get it from the ether. It flows through us and is rather elusive to quantify but evidently it makes up that bit we need but don't get from food and drink.

I am not going into the details of the last two because they are: on the one hand, as I have said before,obvious and, on the other, I know only that what I know!! And that is not enough to expound upon. It is the first I would like to talk about.

When we give a Reiki treatment we allow the Reiki to be drawn through us, we do not give it.

The attunements free this flow and allow us to recognise it. If we try to force the situation we are in very real danger of using our core energy. Do it enough and you weaken yourself. If we allow Reiki to flow through us we pass on a pure energy without our hang-ups and what ever; we cannot pick up the other person's problems and troubles. Use your own energy and there is free flow between persons with no safety. Who benefits from that?

If you don't believe me, we have all had friends who come around to our homes with a problem, when they leave they say "I always feel so much better when I speak to you " and off they bounce. You, on the other hand, are knackered, drained. Know what I mean? Well, now you have Reiki let them take that. The source is inexhaustible.

Be aware of this and all is fine. There is nothing that will happen overnight. But do you really want to lay your trips on someone else? Or take on theirs?

Danger in Reiki. 2

2010-03-12T23:53:00.000-08:00

Reiki is simple and because of that it is easy to think that it is not really very effective. But it is and much more than we can understand. A seemingly trivial act can change the course of world history. A misplaced word or action, especially in a time of crisis can upset the balance of health and well-being of a person. We never know the results of our actions in full. Intention, the great excuse of mistakes, is important but the bullet that drives a hole through someone's brain kills them just as well even if your intention was to miss.

When we give Reiki, we give Reiki for the best outcome, not for a specific result; we don't know the full picture ... See my earlier posting on Beethoven.

So the first danger of Reiki is trying to force a result. You can make things happen in the way you feel they should. But are you confident enough that you can see what is right? Give your treatment without judgement, without trying. Let that part of us that is part of whatever there is, sort it out. Offer it up.

I have had people come to me really worried because someone who gave them a treatment told them that there was something wrong with their heart chakra. To them it meant something wrong with their heart.

"Oh God! I only went in to relax. Now I have this to worry about!"

One lady told me that she had been informed by a Reiki Master (oh I do dislike that term) that she had a black demon on her shoulder and it was due to her past life and her Reiki master had to wrestle it off.

So the second danger is frightening people. We don't diagnose (we don't know). We don't lay our trip on others. We just give treatments. Then let go.

We live in an illusionary world of our own creation. We don't need other's stuff to confuse us even more.

Next Blog we will look at something serious. That can really damage your health, as they say on the packet ... YOU need to know.

Danger in Reiki..Yes

2010-03-11T23:14:00.000-08:00

Now, you might not like this, or agree with it, but I can only tell you what I have seen working with Reiki and other forms of Healing (I use the term healing with care and will do a blogg on it later)

Reiki is safe. In fact Reiki is Reiki and as such is neither safe nor unsafe but that is another matter and I am being pedantic. But when you mix it with other things and have no real understanding of what you are doing, well... who knows. If you then teach others to do the same...

I have had quite a few people in my clinic more than a little messed up by receiving unskillfull attunements and treatments. Over the next couple of bloggs I will explain what I have seen and what I feel, then judge for yourself... This is not going to be a rant about the form of Reiki I practice. There is no right way of practicing Reiki. Many good systems exist, but there are harmful ways...I mean harmful.

Asparagus and cancer?

2010-03-09T23:04:00.000-08:00

Hi there... Had this sent to me yesterday...I know nothing about it. This is how it came to me via my email.

OK. The REASON that asparagus works is because it is highly alkaline. Cancer cannot live in an alkaline environment. Asparagus changed the environment in these folks, so the cancer ebbed into nothing. Watermelon is also highly alkaline, but must be eaten all alone at least 2 hours away from anything else for it to start flushing out the cancer action; but you don't hear anything about it either. Parsley is yet another quiet champion, but usually gets discarded as a garnish. I had to learn about this because of other difficulties, but apparently word is getting out at last. American diet is too acid. Theodore Baroody wrote the book, Alkalize or Die, is a start on this.

ASPARAGUS

"My Mom had been taking the full-stalk canned-style asparagus that she pureed, and she took 4 tablespoons in the morning and 4 tablespoons later in the day. She did this for over a month. She is on chemo pills for Stage 3 lung cancer in the pleural area, and her cancer cell count went from 386 down to 125 as of this past week. Her oncologist said she does not need to see him for 3 months."

THE ARTICLE:

Several years ago, I had a man seeking asparagus for a friend who had cancer. He gave me a photocopied copy of an article, entitled, 'Asparagus for cancer', printed in Cancer News Journal. I will share it here, just as it was shared with me:

'I am a biochemist, and have specialized in the relation of diet to health for over 50 years...Several years ago, I learned of the discovery of Richard R. Vensal, D.D.S., that asparagus might cure cancer. Since then, I have worked with him on his project. We have accumulated a number of favorable case histories.

Here are a few examples:

Case No. 1,

A man with an almost hopeless case of Hodgkin's disease (cancer of the lymph glands) who was completely incapacitated.

Within 1 year of starting the asparagus therapy, his doctors were unable to detect any signs of cancer, and he was back on a schedule of strenuous exercise..

Case No. 2,

A successful businessman, 68 years old, who suffered from cancer of the bladder for 16 years. After years of medical treatments, including radiation without improvement, he went on asparagus.

Within 3 months, examinations revealed that his bladder tumor had disappeared and that his kidneys were normal.

Case No. 3,

A man who had lung cancer. On March 5th, he was put on the operating table where they found lung cancer so widely spread that it was inoperable. The surgeon sewed him up and declared his case hopeless. On April 5th he heard about the asparagus therapy and immediately started taking it.

By August, x-ray pictures revealed that all signs of the cancer had disappeared... He is back at his regular business routine.

Case No. 4,

A woman who was troubled for a number of years with skin cancer. She finally developed different skin cancers which were diagnosed, by asking a specialist, as advanced. Within 3 months after starting on asparagus, her skin specialist said that her skin looked fine, and no more skin lesions.

This woman reported that the asparagus therapy also cured her kidney disease, which started in 1949. She had over 10 operations for kidney stones, and was receiving government disability payments for an inoperable, terminal, kidney condition.

She attributes the cure of this kidney trouble entirely to the asparagus.

I was not surprised at this result, as `The Elements of Materia Medica', edited in 1854 by a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania , stated that asparagus was used as a popular remedy for kidney stones. He even referred to experiments, in 1739, on the power of asparagus in dissolving stones.

We would have other case histories but the medical establishment has interfered with our obtaining some of the records. I am therefore appealing to readers to spread this good news and help us to gather a large number of case histories that will overwhelm the medical skeptics about this unbelievably simple and natural remedy.

For the treatment, asparagus should be cooked before using, and therefore canned asparagus is just as good as fresh. I have corresponded with the two leading canners of asparagus, Green Giant and Stokely, and I am satisfied that these brands contain no pesticides or preservatives.

Place the cooked asparagus in a blender and liquefy to make a puree, and store in the refrigerator.

Give the patient 4 full tablespoons twice daily, morning and evening.

Patients usually show some improvement in from 2-4 weeks. It can be diluted with water and used as a cold or hot drink.

This suggested dosage is based on present experience, but certainly larger amounts can do no harm and may be needed in some cases.

As a biochemist I am convinced of the old saying that `what cures can prevent'. Based on this theory, my wife and I have been using asparagus puree as a beverage with our meals. We take 2 tablespoons diluted in water to suit our taste with breakfast and with dinner. I take mine hot and my wife prefers hers cold. For years we have made it a practice to have blood surveys taken as part of our regular checkups...

The last blood survey, taken by a medical doctor who specializes in the nutritional approach to health, showed substantial improvements in all categories over the last one, and we can attribute these improvements to nothing but the asparagus drink...

As a biochemist, I have made an extensive study of all aspects of cancer, and all of the proposed cures. As a result, I am convinced that asparagus fits in better with the latest theories about cancer. Asparagus contains a good supply of protein called histones, which are believed to be active in controlling cell growth. For that reason, I believe asparagus can be said to contain a substance that I call cell-growth normalizer. That accounts for its action on cancer and in acting as a general body tonic.

In any event, regardless of theory, asparagus used as we suggest is a harmless substance. The FDA cannot prevent you from using it and it may do you much good..

It has been reported by the U.S. National Cancer Institute that asparagus is the highest-tested food containing glutathione, which is considered one of the body's most potent anti-carcinogens and anti-oxidants.

There is no such thing as Reiki,

2010-03-07T23:53:00.000-08:00

It is only when we allow ourselves to see that there is no such thing as Reiki that we can start to benifit from it.
This seems a strange thing to say coming from a person who spends his life teaching and using Reiki. The above statement is of course untrue, we can benifit from reiki even before we understand that there is no such thing .
Now you might justifiably think that I am losing my marbles, (but this is not the case, I know where my marbles are - they are in the same place as my yoyo) or just playing with words and this is of course true, but words created the confusion in the first place.

As soon as we start using the word Reiki we start to think of it as something, a power, an energy, something seperate from us that it is there for us to use, to channel, to be powerful with. Reiki is a word, nothing more, nothing less. It is a Japanese word that can mean Universal Life Energy. I have also heard that Reiki can connect us to this universal energy. More words that confuse and deflect us into the trap of duality.

We are a part of this universe, not apart from it... another glib saying, but this time nearer the truth. We don't have to be connected to it, we are it! All we need to do is recognise it by moving the blinkers that bind us. Yes, that was meant to be bind.

Whatever system we use should be towards that aim. If it builds up our ego in order to promote a feeling of them and me it is not helpful. If it allows us to increase our awarness maybe it is a little more useful. Remember even our ego has a place in the universe... be aware of it.

Talking about Reiki is fun and anyone who knows me, knows how much I do of it ... but in the long run it is pointless because words only help limit.

Reiki... Just do it.

Red Warning Light

2010-03-05T07:30:00.000-08:00

You are driving along in your car, happy as the day is long, when all of a sudden on pops that little red light on your dash board. It is your oil warning light. Now, there are two ways you can deal with this intrusion:

1. Is to cut the wire leading to the light. It goes out and on you go unaffected by that annoying little light...Troubles is, now things will get worse until the car finally comes to a full stop and a big bill has to be faced.

Or, 2. You can put some oil in the car and find out why it is using up oil. Is it just that you have forgotten to top up the oil or is it that you have a leak. Find out and you can stop a major problem occuring. So the Red light is your friend not a nuisance.

If this is so with the car, and everyone would agree it would be silly just to cut the cable, why when we have a headache do we take a tablet and think that it will cure the headache rather than just hide it? Things like headaches indicate that something is out of balance. Now, that might be just that you have been overdoing it, or that you need new glasses, or something else.

Be grateful that the little red light is there in your body.

2010-03-01T23:52:00.000-08:00

Question...

If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who already had eight kids, three were deaf, two were blind and one mentally retarded and she also had Syphilis.

Would you recommend that this woman have an abortion?

If so, like me, you would have killed Beethoven.

Just Two Questions

2010-02-27T22:55:00.001-08:00

Two questions... You are walking along a path. On each side of the path the mud is thick.
Cattle have also used this path and have added their contributions. As you walk, there in the biggest, muddiest and most gross area of the path, you see a sparkle. You stop, bend down and to your amazement, you find that it is a huge diamond. Two questions:
(1) Do you bother to put your hand into all this muck and pick the diamond up?
(2) Is the diamond any less valuable because it is covered in mud and the other stuff

Just for today I will not worry.

With love

A New Video

2009-10-12T01:05:00.000-07:00

A little video, new to my web site ( http://www.reikiroger.com/ ) that goes with the free ebook download.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KuQhtwnjPg&feature=player_embedded

Have fun today.

Forget Your Birthday.

2009-09-11T23:54:00.000-07:00

If you want a big life-changing thing to do, here it is; forget your birthday. Yes, that's right, just forget your birthday! For some reason we celerbrate the day we popped into this world. We do this every year and at first it is usually fun. If we are lucky we get presents and cards... not everyone, it's easy to generalise here. But the day of our birth is celerbrated and we start to identify ourselves with it.
I'm Roger Warner. I'm 8 and a 1/2. Then I'm Roger Warner. I'm 9 years old.
Then a teenager... in my 20's... 30's and... suddenly it is not so much fun.
Instead of looking forward to it we see how fast it goes and if we are not really careful we start looking back!

We start believing our age and, even worse, we start acting it! We wear beige. We start believing it.

How many times have you heard someone say... I would love to do this or that but I'm a bit old now. Bollocks! If you think you are, you are. The reverse is the same. True, if you start learning the trombone at eighty you probably won't have as many years to annoy the neighbours but you can still have lots of fun.

As of writting this the oldest person alive is 114, that's 34 years in which to really piss off your neighbours with your trombone expertise.

So, scrap your bithday, be as old as you want and do all those things you want to do. Buy a skate board. Ride a Harley. Have fun. You're only as old as you think you are!

Have a Look

2009-09-02T01:31:00.000-07:00

Last time I started a little ramble about Fear. Since then I have found this web site. http://www.theflucase.com/

This seems something to worry about. The trouble is, where do you get really reliable info from - we all have our axes to grind, our biases.

This site holds a great deal of important data and much the same info has come to me from other sources, but the web, albeit a good source of information, is also a good source of dis-information.

Let's have a look at what I know :
The "powers that be" will do whatever to achieve their goals. Don't believe me, just look at your history.
If enough people go on the streets they still do it ...
The "free" press is only free in some matters.

Questions:
Where do our values come from? From those same powers? Really think about this - our basic rights?
How programmed are we? Deep, deep, programming. Nature or is it taught? After all, we learn to see.

Fear is a means of control and is used throughout our society.
What we can do is not give way to it .
If we can free ourselves from fear we can start to see the control and make rational decissions.

If we need to do something (and I think maybe now is the time) we need to do it without fear.

I need help with this. We all do, but first and formost we need to realise the nature of the world we live in . Our natures. Let's start now and look forward without fear.

FEAR part 1

2009-08-26T02:36:00.000-07:00

Having just written my book, put it on the net and told as many people about it as I can , I am now worried about it. Is it any good? Will people buy it? Is it too cheap/expensive. The list is endless.
Worrying about all the things that can go wrong with it takes away some of the fun I have had in writing and publishing it. It also creates negative energy around the whole project and this can have a real effect, giving strength to all the doubts and fears I have regarding the book.
If I try really hard I can manifest these fears into the physical world and they will be a reality.

Don't believe me... How many times have you said things always happen in threes and then they do? Or, I can never do this and more, often than not, you can't. We do this all the time for good as well as bad. We control our own destiny... We are programed from birth and we are more often than not, limited by this programming.

Negative programming seems more effective but it is not. It is only that negative programming has been inflicted on us from a much younger age..."if you don't eat your greens you won't grow up big and strong" or "nobody likes a cry baby".

There is more to this but that's for the next posting.
In the meantime Iam going to enjoy having a book!

Have Fun, Too.

A NEW BOOK.

2009-06-21T00:41:00.000-07:00

I have just published my book on http://www.lulu.com/ . The link is below.

Its title is: Reiki in Times of Crisis. Available as a download or paperback.

Have a look and let me know what you think. Better still buy it first!

There is also a free ebook on my website http://www.reikiroger.com which tells a little about Reiki and makes up into quite a nice little A5 book. Hope it will be of use to you.

Remember, please post here any questions regarding Reiki and I will do my best to give you an answer...

Until next time .take care and have fun.