I attended the online Reiki sharing at 5 p.m.
There was a minor issue before I could log in to the meeting. My teacher invited me to this meeting and sent me the meeting ID and the passcode, but unfortunately he gave me the wrong information. Maybe he typed by himself instead of “copy and paste” and one digit of the ID was missing. I knew my teacher does not check his email constantly. He probably checks it every morning, but due to the big volume of emails he receives, I cannot expect him to reply back right away. Luckily he told me the host’s name and her city and country. I could easily find her in my teacher’s FB friends. And, to my surprise, the host and I have already become friends some years ago. I normally reject anybody whom I don’t know in person, but for some reasons, I accepted her friend request at that time. I contacted her and she quickly replied back to me with the correct meeting ID and passcode. That was how I could join the meeting on time.
It was very nice to see my reiki teacher through Zoom. There were 40 attendees from North America, South America, Canada, Myanmar, and Australia. The host was an Australian woman. My Reiki teacher spoke English. Some of them were Spanish language speakers so one woman interpreted from English to Spanish. I liked this diversity. They all seemed to be nice and open-minded people.
We started off from introducing the new attendees including me. The teacher led us to say the Reiki originator’s Gokai (五戒) and perform the self-healing. Then we proceeded to give Reiki healing to the people who have requested in advance. There were11 people who wanted to receive Reiki healing energy. We gave Reiki for 3 minutes to each person, so by the time it turned to the last person, we all were tired. During the Reiki session, I felt one of my family spirits were enjoying this gathering and giving the people Reiki healing energy with me. Once in a while I saw a vision. He appeared in a young male figure. He had a handsome face and a well-fit body. I guess he is my son-in-spirit. I appreciate his support.
The latter part of the gathering started off from Q&A session. One attendee asked the teacher about how he consider Covid-19 and the vaccination. I really liked his answer. He considers Covid-19 is a blessing in disguise. It is a process to get better for all of us. I totally agree with him. Instead of always talking about the negative sides of anxiety and worry about Covid-19, it will be helpful if we switch to focus on the positive sides and benefits brought to human beings. There are so many blessings and lessons learned for us during this pandemic. We should keep having a faith and focus on the positive future after this pandemic. He also talks about vaccination. He said that it was his personal decision and every individual should make their own decision and that he personally is not planning to take the vaccine. He might take it eventually not at least not right now. He wants to wait and observe. I totally agree with his decision in this matter too. I know not everybody can agree with our decision and it is fine with me. I am not going to push my decision to anybody, and I want other people to do the same as me; respect each individual’s decision and not to force anybody anything.
Then the teacher started talking about Wabi Sabi (侘び・寂び). All of a sudden he asked me to talk about Wabi Sabi of my opinion. I appreciated him for giving me the precious opportunity to express my knowleage. I tried to explain of what I think of Wabi Sabi. I mentioned about Japanese philosophy. We believe in Animism. We consider there are so many gods and spirits everywhere and we respect all of them. One example of Wabi Sabi that I think is a cold winter morning when our breath gets white. I think the moment is holy and in awe. I respect and enjoy the moment given by nature and gods. I think it is one example of Wabi Sabi. The holy and precious moment. It is hard to describe in words because it is something that shows our way of traditional thinking and living.
One of a Canadian man who has lived in Japan agreed and commented nicely about what I said. I really appreciated him for doing so. He also added it is a philosophy of Japanese traditional tea ceremony.
Then the teacher continued of the interpretation and explanation of Wabi Sabi. He said it is beauty in impermanence. He also explained our traditional culture of Ichigo Ichie (一期一会). Everything in this Universe has been changing and evolving. Nothing and no one can stay the same. That is why we should value each moment. And that is the philosophy of Wabi Sabi.
I was in awe on how the teacher explained beautifully. It covers the question about the current pandemic situation too. I was so proud for being his student and that I chose him as my Reiki teacher.
The gathering ended at 7:15 p.m. It was over 2 hours gathering with a whole bunch of positive energy and teachings. I fully enjoyed this gathering and look forward to the next one in next month. My great appreciations and respect goes to my Reiki teacher and everybody in this group.
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