The Ghostly Power of Change

Many things have been written about why tomany exercises in styles of Usui Reiki focus on
change, what to change, where to change, howletting go of the negative and allowing the way
to change, and who you cannot change.we think to change into the positive. Reiki is not
Some of the most common visible changes aremind control, it is simply a spiritual practice that
change in physical appearance, change in diet,allows the negative to be released. Once the
change in habits, change in residence, and changenegative is let go, positive universal energy can
in job/career. Look closely at these changes andflow into the zillions of cells to bring balance and
see the changes that took place to create thesesurround with harmony.
transformations.The shadows caused by trees near a garden can
Changing your clothes is more then the action ofcause some plants in their path not to bloom.
changing your outward appearance. The clothingChange the location of the plant to a sunny area
you choose from your closet is based on howand it blooms wonderfully. Negative thoughts can
you view the day and where you are planning toalso cause shadows, but those wispy images of
go. Your reality determines whether you seethe positive can change the feelings within those
those things in your drawers or closets as clothsthoughts as the darkness is pushed back.
or clothes. That letter e, like your reality, makes aRosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the
difference in how you see those woven threads.bus in 1955 gave ghostly power to bring about a
Change you reality and you may change whatlong overdue change. When arrested she had no
you wear.idea of the positive effect it would have on the
Behind any visible change is a change that initiatedCivil Rights movement. Rosa stood her ground
that change, sometimes so translucent that youbecause of her own belief. Beliefs that have been
might not notice it. Sometimes those translucentnourished by positive events in our lives can help
things can have an overpowering impact on ourus to move forward so our scrap book of
lives. The wispy image of a person whose bodysuccess is an ongoing project.
has stopped functioning is most commonly taggedHowever, beliefs that have been nourished by the
a ghost. Plots centering on these wispy forms ofnegative can sabotage our attempts to move
energy continuing after the physical body is deadforward in various areas of our life. Tragedies
have caused books to climb onto the best sellerthat sometimes are not let go, and revisited time
list and movies to be box office smashes.and time again can snowball into nightmares that
Ghosts appear differently in each person's reality,push into our daily life.
but they all have power. The power to makeImagine awakening after a nightmare, being able
some people laugh, to make some people freezeto brush off the negative left behind, connecting
in their tracks with fear, to make some peopleto universal unconditional love and harmony, and
rejoice in the good memories, to make somethen going into the peaceful stillness between your
people run with excitement to get their camera,thoughts. Imagine doing this same thing before
and to make other people be overtaken withgoing to sleep at the end of your day so that
sadness.you can peacefully glide into sleep. These are
If a dozen photographs of an old hotel aresome of the things taught in the hours of study in
displayed, they may attract some interest. On thestyles of Reiki honoring Usui Reiki Ryoho.
other hand, if one of these photographs containsThere is a ghostly power of change within any
a wispy image tagged as a ghost it is anstyle of Usui Reiki that is based upon the spiritual
immediate magnet for most people's interest.practice that Mikao Usui founded in the early
That is a lot of power for something that has1920s. When you begin studying a style of Usui
changed from a physical form to a form ofReiki you begin discovering the essence (relentless
energy that cannot even heat your home. Youpower) of universal unconditional love and
may or may not know that each Japanese kanjiharmony that is embodied in your Ki/Qi/Prana/life
can be translated in several ways. One of theforce.
translations for the two Japanese kanji used forRegardless of whether natural healing or scientific
the word Reiki is ghost. That translation fitsmedical care is used the final result of the healing
perfectly with the ghostly power of change thatrests with the healee and not the healer. New
happens when the universal vibrations ofinformation/energy can be introduced to the cells,
unconditional love and harmony are introduced intobut cells also hold memories. Memories are those
mind, body, and spirit.faint images of yesterday, which we can be let
Thoughts like Ghosts can rarely be seen, yetgo, learned from, or held onto. These faint images
they are powerful. Think of the thought thatcan form beliefs that spur those zillions of cells in
made you last change from your formal wearany life form into positive or negative action.
into a pair of jeans. Perhaps you have neverThrough experiences a wonderful warning system
owned formal wear or a pair of jeans evenfor your survival is set up, but if a false cause is
though you have had both the money andlinked to the physical or mental pain you
opportunity to buy them. If that is the case, whatexperienced, you might be blocking off a path to
was that thought that stopped you from buyingbring something positive into your life. When
them?negative or positive happens in your life a faint
Think of your thoughts as threads. How youimage of that event can attach to a person,
weave your thoughts into a belief can make amaterial object, smell, sound, etc. Once that
great difference in how you see yourself andattachment is made to the faint image of the
your life. In this century the book "Think andevent the trigger for positive or negative feelings
grow rich" has gained popular appeal. Everywithin you has been set.
language has rules of syntax; if the name of thisOne of the ways to let go those negative faint
book was changed to "Grow rich and think", wouldimages that rest in your cells is deprogramming.
it have the same appeal?You might connect deprogramming with cults and
Those little threads, which are nothing more thanwars, but it is most commonly used for the often
ghostly images, have more power then we oftenunintentional brainwashing that happens in day to
give credit. In 1922 Mikao Usui said the spiritualday living. Reiki styles such as Gendai and Komyo
practice he founded was based upon the key toReiki have a gentle yet effective technique for
health and happiness. In straight translation thatdeprogramming.
key reads as chant in your mind the Reiki GokaiWhen done correctly, Reiki deprogramming,
(5 precepts/5 principles) morning and evening.Nentatsu, Hatsurei-ho, and Seihiki chiryo-ho are
Conversely, it can also be more accuratelytechniques that release the bad and replace with
translated as chant in your heart; we use ourthe positive needed to move forward in your life.
mind for memory and figuring, and our heart isIn this century you can quite easily find a qualified
the place of true knowledge. A change in wordsReiki Shihan (teacher) that can help you in
can make a total difference in the way in whichreleasing the negative and bringing you into the
we hear any thought.positive light that is best for you. To release and
Events and words can without question bebring in creates balance and surrounds with
negative, but the negative can also result fromharmony, which is what the spiritual practice of
the way in which we hear or see. Beginning withUsui Reiki is all about.
the Usui Reiki Gokai(five precepts/principles),