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The Law of Correspondence with Absentee Treatments in First DegreeIn first degree Reiki class, we teach a very simple method of sending Reiki at a distance (absentee treatments. The simplest is to use a photo of someone, or an object (stuffed teddy bear, pillow, piece of paper, anything, etc.) that you intend to represent the recipient. There is a Universal Law that can be called forth to assist in this technique: the 'Law of Correspondence' or the 'Law of Similarity'. This is the means for which you, the practitioner, tell the Universal Beings of Healing what you are intending to do, and how you are proposing to do that. Then they will help to hold your intent in place while you are the conduit of the energy of Reiki. Simply, the 'Law of Correspondence' states: "Each component within a system or thing retains its own characteristics and takes on the characteristics of the system or thing as a total sum of its parts". Hence, one human represents another or all other humans; or one thing represents any other thing. And the "Law of Similarity" simply states: "If a person, object, or condition bears any likeness or resemblance in color, shape, smell, action or sequence of events, it can be used for many psychic purposes as if it were the person, object, or condition itself, because of this likeness". Similar things have the same energy. So it is important to use either of these laws when doing any kind of distance treatments. You would take a photo, or object you intend to use, and hold it in your hands, thinking about the person you intend to send energy to. When you feel a connection between the energy of that person and a similar sense of the energy in the object you are holding, then the connection is complete. You would then state, mentally or verbally these words: "By the Law of Correspondence (or "Similarity"), this (name of object) represents (name of person)". Next, you would mentally state, "By the 'Law of Correspondence', as long as I am giving Reiki to this object, (name[s] of person/recipient) receives a complete and continuous Reiki treatment. Then you would hold that object between your hands, and simultaneously visualize the image of the person you are sending energy to. As long as you hold the image of that person, you are connecting with them (through the object) and they are receiving extra energy into their body. You can see that it is important to hold the visual image, so a disciplined, focused mind is necessary to fully accomplish this technique. You can also make the same object represent more than one person, but it is necessary to be able to hold the mental image of each person you are sending to (this takes a highly trained mind). One technique you can use to make this a bit easier, is to imagine/visualize each person you are sending to sitting on a sofa (this helps you keep all the visual images in one space. If you have more than will fit the sofa, see additional people standing, sitting, or kneeling around the sofa.
Another method is to hold the empowered object on your heart; this is the area of your body emitting the strongest field of energy, because your hands are an extension of your heart (same level in the body) and you are creating a continuous loop of energy out through your hands, into the object, back into your heart and out through your arms/hands once again. You could also place the object over each of your body positions; as you are receiving Reiki in each of these hand-placement positions, the recipient(s) is also receiving a treatment. It would strengthen the distant treatment if you would intend and state, "By the 'Law of Correspondence', my (name of body/hand position) represents (name of body/hand position) of (name of recipient) receiving Reiki. As you do your daily self-treatment, each person your object is empowered to represent also receives a whole body treatment. Again, if you do this for more than one distant recipient, you must be able to hold the visual image of each person during the energy treatment. We teach a simplified version of an absentee treatment to our first degree students because each person has one or more family members or friends that could use some balancing and/or healing/wholing. This technique can also be made stronger by adding a prayer to the Highest and Best Good for the person(s) being sent to. And it can be even stronger if you call upon your personal guides, masters, and teachers (Reiki or other modalities) by name. More on this in the second level techniques.
Another Visualization Technique for First DegreeHere is yet another method for creating more effective treatment sessions. It is a visualization technique from Diane Stein's Essential Reiki. Imagine that you have 12 pairs of arms attached to your torso, like "Matahari" or "Shiva". Visualize laying them on yourself or a client simultaneously, and intend to feel the increased energy flow through your hands at one time, covering all 12 of the body positions at once. With a little practice, this method will increase your awareness, and you will sense a greatly enhanced flow of Reiki through you.
A Method for Sending Absentee Treatments in Second Degree ReikiIn second degree Reiki, we teach the following techniques; first the more simple and then the more advanced are listed here. In Second degree class, the students are attuned to the 'sacred' symbols' and then they can increase the efficiency of their healing work by using them. The simplest technique for sending Reiki to someone at a distance, is through the use of a photo; a first generation 'Polaroid' is best; the more a photo is copied, the weaker the energy connection to that person through the photo. But with the use of Reiki symbols, that connection can be strengthened. Physically draw the three symbols (with writing instrument or with finger and always say the names of each symbol three times) on the photo and say (mentally or verbally), "By the 'Law of Correspondence', this photo is filled with unlimited Reiki treatments". Then draw the symbols on the photo again, and say, "By the 'Law of Correspondence', this photo represents (insert name of recipient, age, location, and condition)". Then draw the symbols once more onto/over the photo, and say "By the 'Law of Correspondence', as long as I do Reiki on this photo, (insert name of recipient) also receives a complete and continuous treatment". You can then place the photo between your hands, on your heart, on each body/hand position, or any way that you have been taught or create intuitively. One way we send treatments is by the knee/thigh method: we draw the three symbols (say names of each three times) on our right knee and we say, "By the 'Law of Correspondence', my right knee represents the four head positions of (insert name of recipient)". Then we put the photo on our right knee, our hands over the photo and do Reiki as if we were doing a hands-on treatment. We hold for a minimum of five (5) minutes, or longer as guided by intuition or inner-knowing. Then we draw the three symbols (say names of each three times) on our right thigh and we say, "By the 'Law of Correspondence', my right thigh represents the four front positions of (name of recipient)". Then we put the photo on our right thigh, our hands over the photo and do Reiki as if we were doing a hands-on treatment. We hold for a minimum of five (5) minutes, or longer as guided by intuition or inner-knowing. We repeat again, this time using the left thigh to represent the four (4) back positions of the intended recipient. At this time, we can finish or if we are led to do more, we usually add the left thigh, stating our intention that it represents the 'joy' level, cause of any imbalance on any/all levels, the consciousness or awareness, or anything that we might have picked up intuitively after doing a standard treatment on all twelve (12) body/hand positions. If you feel anything amiss while doing any of the grouped body/hand positions, and you would like to find out precisely where in the recipient's body the imbalance is, you can do the following. Say that you feel something in the 'front positions' (right thigh), then you can empower each of the knees and thighs.....the right knee would represent 'front position #1', right thigh would represent 'front position #2', left knee would represent 'front position #3', and left thigh would represent 'front position #4'. You would use the symbols and names in the same way described above. This should help you to become more sensitive to the exact location of any imbalance (trauma, injury, memory, implanted thought form, etc.) and you would probably want to treat that or any other area of imbalance you may find with extra treatment time. And of course, on any of these and other techniques, you would increase the energy going into the recipient with any extra Power symbols that you would use, while doing Reiki on any body/hand position. This would specifically work on any imbalances you find in the physical level. And if you suspect that the causation of any problem might be on the mental, or emotional levels, you would want to add extra Mental/Emotional symbols together with extra power symbols, and the Reiki will work deeper on those levels. If you suspect that a discovered imbalance might be spiritual in nature, then it would be wise to add additional Distance symbols, along with extra Mental/Emotional and Power symbols. This would work with Karmic debts being held onto in the recipient's energy fields. Knowing that Reiki cannot hurt any individual on any level, we strongly recommend to our students that they use all three symbols while doing Reiki on anyone, or any object. This would insure that all energy bodies would be equally worked with; it sometimes takes quite a lengthy time of practice to begin feeling the more subtle energy imbalances beyond the physical level.
There are several way to send to more than one person at a time; not all are listed here, as there are no limits to the number of methods that are being used by Reiki practitioners - worldwide. These are some of the ones that Adonea and I learned, and teach in various levels of Reiki classes. If you know of more, we ask the you send them to us through email, and we will pick out several of the best ones for inclusion in this part of our website.
Doing Reiki on a List of RecipientsYou can also do Reiki on an entire list of people, where each receives a complete Reiki treatment. This is particularly helpful when you might have many more than a few people requesting Reiki simultaneously. Obviously, if you do an absentee treatment on one requestee at a time, you will become more sensitive to imbalances, their type and location and can work longer on specific areas of the body that are in need of healing/re-balancing. But , when the numbers of requestees don't permit individual case-work, then this method can help save time, and still give each person a good treatment. You would empower the paper as before, intending it to be stored with unlimited Reiki treatments, then you would write the names, ages , locations, and conditions (the more information that defines a person, the better the chance that the energy will go to that particular person requesting it). There are many people in the same city with the same names, same ages, same locations, and possibly with similar symptoms/conditions. So, to insure the energy goes to the right person, it is useful to empower each person with a separate set of symbols, stating the intentions that the paper represents the name of each person to receive Reiki. When the entire list is empowered, then do one last set of symbols, and state, "By the 'Law of Correspondence', as long as this list receives Reiki, each person individually receives a complete and continuous Reiki treatment simultaneously". Then you can choose the method that you treat the list (see options above). A good treatment can be done in about 15 minutes, because at this dimension of body/mind/Spirit, there is less impedance/limiting thoughts that can block out the fullness of the Reiki being transferred; hence, the treatment can be done in a shorter period of time. And of course, you can always increase the energy of the treatment by using the additional techniques described above.
Flame/Candle TechniqueWe have also learned or intuitively received other techniques of absentee treatments that can help you to be a better 'energy worker'. We often use a flame (oil lamp or candle) to represent a requestee list, especially a large one with many names. We still set-up the list the same way as described above. Then we place a candle on the list, light it, and empower the flame to represent the list, then repeat the symbols, and intend (mentally or verbally) that as long as the flame burns, the list and everyone that it represents receives an individual, complete and continuous Reiki treatment. Occasionally, as I pass the flame, I will add extra energy by drawing extra Power symbols onto the flame.
Crystal Reiki Grid TechniqueOf course, there is also the 'Crystal Power Grid' made popular by William Rand. You would secure, buy, find, or dig for eight similarly sized quartz crystals, holding the intent/purpose of 'healing' in thought as you pick them.. You would choose a center quartz crystal (sphere, cluster, or multi-terminated) and a photo-copy of the 'Antahkarana' symbol or your choice of sacred symbol (preferably purple in color). You would cleanse all the crystals in a sea-salt and distilled or purified water bath, for a period of 24 or more hours. Then we would also suggest that the crystals be placed outside for a minimum of two days and two nights. This will empower the crystal with a full charge of masculine (Sun) and feminine (Moon) energies. You would physically pick up each crystal and empower them individually with all three of the Reiki symbols (using symbol with 'Law of Correspondence'), and place three sets of intentions onto each crystal: 1. To empower the crystals with unlimited Reiki treatments; 2. To place the intent of the crystal's use for healing purposes; and 3. To place an unlimited supply of power symbols into each crystal. Then empower the symbol (Antahkarana). Find a 'sacred space' for the grid, that only you will have access to. Place the center crystal on the symbol, and from the batch of crystals, intuitively choose one that feels like it has strong 'Yang' or masculine energy as the 'charging crystal'. Then place the six remaining crystals (points facing inward toward the center crystal) in a circle, evenly distributed like the numbers of a clock. Invoke the guidance and assistance from your personal guides (angels, Ascended Beings, Reiki Masters and teachers) to charge and attune the grid with Divine Love/Wisdom for the Highest Good of all concerned. Pick up the charging crystal and place it in your dominate hand, point downwards over the grid of crystals. Place the point of the charging crystal over the center crystal and draw pie-shaped triangles over each of the crystals in a counter-clockwise direction. Draw a line from the center crystal out to one of the crystals, then move counter-clockwise to the next crystal, then back to the center, then back out to the crystal you just left, and move counter-clockwise to the next crystal, moving around the circle several times, until you feel that the grid is strongly empowered. Add to this movement the following chant/mantra/affirmation: "I charge, I charge, I charge this grid, this grid, this grid with healing energy, with healing energy, healing energy to heal, to heal, to heal". Then replace the words "healing energy" with words like "love, balance, awareness, compassion, clarity, worthiness, acceptance wholeness, etc You will want to do this last procedure every couple of days to cleanse, rebalance, and empower the grid with a strong 'healing' energy. And between re-empowerments, you can draw Power symbols over the grid every time you walk by it. Now place your list of healing requestees into the center of the grid and intend for it to send complete and continuous Reiki energy to every individual on the list. If you are going to be traveling or for some reason you will not be able to re-charge your grid every couple of days, take a photo (preferably a first-generation 'Polaroid') and empower it to represent your grid. Take the photo and the 'charging crystal' with you and every couple of days, you can charge the grid using the photo as a surrogate/representation for the grid. You can also add additional people, situations or relationships onto the photo to send continuous treatments to the list.
Continuously Resonating Field of Reiki EnergyAnother 'crystal' technique is the "Continuously Resonating Field of Reiki Energy". With this method, you would set up a defined area of space to hold a continuous field of energy that will benefit any life-form. You will need four (4) similarly sized crystals. You will want to clear and purify them as described above. Then you will want to empower each crystal with unlimited Reiki treatments; plant and empower the intent for the field of energy to be stimulated each time the molecules in the crystals move or vibrate (continuous action in all matter). Then you place the four crystals in the corners of a room or on the outside corners of a house/building, or on the boundaries of a garden, at the corners of a pet's house/space, etc. and visualize the energy fields connecting all crystals, creating an energy field that continues upward above the ground, as well as downward beneath the ground. Then draw/visualize the symbols toward the resonating field of energy, and empower the enclosed space with unlimited power symbols; then repeat the symbols and intend the resonating field of Reiki energy to continue its action with each molecular vibration. Everything within the space of the crystals will continue to receive an on-going treatment of Reiki. You might even do this around your bed......it should help you to sleep and remain more relaxed and healthy.
Reiki Manifestation GridA really favorite technique of ours is the "Manifestation Grid" (from Diane Stein's Essential Reiki); and who today doesn't have money, things, situations and/or relationships that they would like to have created in their life? This technique is composed of several other modalities, but it works so well with Reiki; we include it here. We must be able to determine what we would like to have in our lives, and a good way to do that is to sit down and list everything on a piece of paper that would make life more enjoyable, easier, and useful to us in our everyday experience. Once you have listed all that you can think of in one setting (you can always add or delete as you go along), then you need to put those visual images into some concrete form for the Universe to energetically work with. The next step is to search though magazines, newspapers, idea books, and trade journals that are of particular interest to you. Look for photos that best represent the items that you have listed. Look also for words that best describe what you want in your life; words cut out of magazines, newspapers, trade journals, etc. And find some photos of yourself, your partner, whoever is in your life, or perhaps a representation of someone that you want to be in relationship with. You can also use clipart, photos, and printed 'phrases/words' from the computer/internet. Choose the photos of yourself/partner that are not your favorites; cut out the heads and put onto the photos of people that are doing the kinds of activities that you want for yourself. Remember, you can always add to the grid as you go along........you now have enough of the essential basics to begin to build the grid. You will need a poster board (your choice of color, but white may be best), some fast-drying glue (a glue-stick works very well), some markers of various colors. Now, draw a large circle on the poster board; this will represent the Earth. Then draw in representations of the land masses (continents, islands, etc.) that you would see from space. Color the land, and the water their appropriate colors. Then draw in some clouds over the land and water. What you should have is a pretty good representation of the Earth (similar to that taken by the Apollo astronauts from space). Next, using a ruler, draw a grid of lines over most of the poster board, including drawing them over the earth. This should look like 'waffle squares'; horizontal and vertically intersecting lines with the ends going out beyond the large box of squares. Draw the lines boldly with a black marker pen. Then begin to place the photos and the words that describe your desires all over the poster board, and when you like the placement, glue all of the photos/words onto the poster board. Then when you are finished, you will want to draw (with the hand/fingers or with a writing instrument) the Reiki symbols over the whole grid. Empower the grid using the formula described above. And tack or hang the "Manifestation Grid" on the wall, or on the back of a door (if you don't want others to see it) or over the bed (on the ceiling). Every time you walk by or look at the grid, draw or visualize the 'double power symbols' over the poster board. Whenever you look at the grid, project an image of you in the middle of the grid, as if you already were enjoying the fruits of your desires. You can add positive affirmations to your Reiki work, and that will help your conscious and non-conscious mind accept the success of manifesting everything that you desire that is represented on the grid. Have fun with this.....you can even use meditation work by focusing on the grid with eyes open, drawing Reiki symbols over the poster board, repeating positive affirmations, and then closing your eyes, and creating a visual picture of the grid in your mind, and repeating the sequence of techniques that you did with eyes open. Before long, these objects, situations, relationships, etc. will begin to appear in your life. And so it is.....
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