In the middle of the night, I attended two online meeting. One was Reiki gathering started at 1 a.m. and the other was a seminar presented by a Japanese accountant regarding the process of parents’ death.
Even though it was tough for my physical body to have less sleep, it was worthy to attend the both online meetings.
I was glad to see my Reiki teacher in the screen. He cancelled the last gathering for American attendees on October 18th. The meeting host informed us that the teacher was feeling sick after his trip to Europe. The Reiki teacher explained the situation at the gathering. He was okay during the trip and came back to Japan safely. However, on the next day of his arrival, he started feeling sick and having the flu symptom. He ended up staying in bed for at least two weeks. He asked all the attendees to send him Reiki energy. We gladly did so during the meeting.
Today he shared his wisdom about 自力 (Jiriki) and 他力 (Tariki). Jiriki is self-power. One example of Jiriki is Zen, which is to attain enlightenment by mediation and making efforts. On the other hand, Tariki is other’s power. One example is 浄土宗 (Jodoshu) that is one of the major 13 Buddhism sects. In Jodoshu, they believe the believer can go to the Pure land after death. In this sense, it is similar to Christianity. To him, they can be conditional because only a person who believes a certain way, chants a certain mantra, or goes to a church can go to Pure land or Heaven. Compared with the conditional Tariki of those religions, he feels Reiki energy is the pure Tariki. Because Reiki works great for all the living creatures without asking any specific conditions.
He said the real Tariki is just like Reiki. We sometimes admire that we humans are powerless. In order for Reiki energy flow, we as a reiki practitioner need to let go of our ego and completely surrender to the Universe. We need to believe in the greater power, Universe, Great Spirit, Something Great that everything is in a good hand. Self-power is limited but Tariki power is limitless. It was a great reminder for me. I always enjoy listening to my Reiki teacher’s knowledge sharing.
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My husband and daughter went to the restaurant for lunch. I happily saw them off and wished them for a good time of Dad-Daughter time. I stayed at home and enjoyed my alone time. Yesterday I successfully attained one meal a day with 24 hours fasting, and wanted to do the same today. My goal is to keep one meal a day and drastically reduce the food intake amount. I want to stay being light in terms of the body mass physically and in terms of vibration spiritually.
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