| Yasmin was down on her luck. She lost her job, a | | | | more stress you have, the harder it is to do well |
| rash appeared on her arm and she was suddenly | | | | at those interviews. |
| struck with a recurring pain in the back that | | | | - The body responds to stress with symptoms |
| seemed to come from nowhere. Yasmin decided | | | | like a rash or a pain. As a matter of fact, it is |
| to go to a Tarot reader in hope of good news | | | | estimated that 85 percent of all physical disease is |
| for the future. The Tarot reader started to do | | | | caused by stress at some level. |
| the reading and then abruptly stopped. She looked | | | | - A responsible Tarot reader would never say |
| at Yasmin with sadness and said that she could | | | | that she could not give a reading because of a |
| not do the reading. She explained that the reading | | | | curse. Rather, she would say that the cards are |
| was being blocked by a curse or a hex sent to | | | | not speaking to her that day. After all, no man or |
| Yasmin. | | | | machine is 100 percent right all the time. We all |
| It was then that Yasmin connected the dots. The | | | | make mistakes. We all have good days and bad |
| job, the rash, and the pain that came from | | | | days. But to frighten someone in a fragile situation |
| nowhere must have been due to a curse put on | | | | without any way of checking the accuracy of a |
| her by someone. Horrified, she asked the Tarot | | | | hunch is totally irresponsible. It is like a doctor |
| reader what she thought and who could have put | | | | saying you had terminal cancer without even |
| the curse on Yasmin. The reader solomnly shook | | | | giving you an examination or doing any tests. |
| her head and said that the curse blocked all that | | | | - Reiki is an energy releasing and balancing |
| information. She explained that it was only a | | | | technique as well as a great healing energy. It |
| strong curse that had the power to block | | | | helps release stress and balances your body. It |
| readings in this way, and advised Yasmin to seek | | | | releases energy disruptions and helps to balance |
| the services of a Reiki Master who can undo the | | | | your Chi. With regular Reiki sessions, physical |
| curse. | | | | manifestations like pain or a rash can become a |
| Yasmin was glad to get this advice and set about | | | | thing of the past. |
| finding a Reiki Master who can undo curses. She | | | | What is least helpful is to believe without any |
| finally found one that she liked. The lady did Reiki | | | | proof that we have been cursed and then hold |
| on Yasmin and released the rash in the first | | | | onto that negativity, perpetuating it and fueling it |
| session. By her third visit to her Reiki Master, | | | | with fear. After all, whether we label it as a curse, |
| Yasmin had a accepted a great job offer, and by | | | | a hex or just plain old stress, it is only an energy |
| the fourth the pain had virtually disappeared. Soon | | | | disruption. And any energy-balancing technique can |
| all signs of the curse were gone and Yasmin was | | | | help with an energy disruption, bringing the whole |
| happy again. | | | | person back to balance. And peace. If you feel |
| So what really happened here? Was it myth or | | | | you have been cursed, you can be pleasantly |
| magic? Well, it depends on your point of view. Let | | | | surprised how good you can feel after a few |
| us first look at some facts. | | | | Reiki sessions. Call some local Reiki healers, tell |
| - Yasmin lost her job. Every day, many, many | | | | them your concern and see who you feel |
| people all over the world lose their job. | | | | comfortable with and then try a few sessions and |
| - Losing your job is a highly stressful event. You | | | | enjoy the healing. |
| become at risk of losing your home, for example. | | | | Back to our story, was Yasmin really the victim |
| Money can become tight all of a sudden and you | | | | of a malevolent curse or was she just under |
| can find yourself making stressful cutbacks in | | | | some stress after losing her job? To be honest, |
| your lifestyle. At the same time, you have to | | | | does it matter, as long as her situation improved |
| keep applying for jobs and going to one interview | | | | so well? What do you think? The decision is |
| after another. That is stress upon stress. And the | | | | yours... |