Reiki underlättar vardagen på många olika praktiska sätt, det är långtifrån bara för fysisk hälsa och välbefinnande, vilket Reiki som metod är annars mest känd för. Ett häftigt exempel som jag har haft stor glädje av, och som inträffade ganska nyligen, var att hitta lägenhet i Malmö.

Jag flyttade hit från Spanien juni 2013. Jag hade ett arbetsavtal som konsult hos en översättningsbyrå där jag skulle jobba som projektledare. Dock hade jag inte svenska ”papper” än – vare sig personnummer eller bankkonto.

Bara någon som varit i Sverige kan faktiskt förstå frustrationen med att skaffa boende här. I andra länder är det ju lätt som en plätt – det är bara att välja bland alla lediga alternativ; du köper en tidning där folk annonserar och med lite tur har du hittat något du gillar redan samma dag (om inte, är det bara för att du inte riktigt hittat vad du ville ha). Jag började därför med att skicka Reiki till situationen, ett verktyg vi får lära oss i Andra Graden i Reiki (som jag dagligen praktiserat flitigt, sedan jag fick lära mig i juli 1991). Jag skickade ljus så att det optimala boendet skulle dyka upp för mig, någonstans där jag skulle trivas och känna mig trygg, nära jobbet och till ett bra pris.

Jag siktade förstås på en egen lägenhet, typ en etta, men det visade sig att egentligen var det  inte det bästa alternativet för mig. Det som jag hittade ganska snabbt var plats i ett kollektiv, dock för bara 3 månader, eftersom gruppmedlemmarna snart skulle flytta ut. Så jag slapp betala deposition, de accepterade mig trots att jag inte hade en svensk bank eller personnummer, och jag fick låna alla deras köksredskap. Som nyinflyttad till landet, med bara ett par resväskor av tillhörigheter med mig, var detta helt perfekt. Dessutom var det en jättevacker sekelskifteslägenhet, där jag disponerade ett rum på 23 kvm med egen balkong och som låg på Amiralsgatan, endast 600 m från kontoret. Perfekt! Jag var tacksam.

Nästa steg blev då till hösten 2013. Jag skickade Reiki igen, några dagar i rad. Och relativt snabbt dök lägenheten upp här också. En trea på Föreningsgatan, med uteplats vid en innergård. Det kändes som ett litet hus mitt i stan. Här kunde jag snabbt hitta någon att hyra ut det andra sovrummet till, och dit flyttade vi in. Andra hand, men igen, det innebar att jag fick använda en hel del möbler, i väntan på att min egen ekonomi skulle komma i balans.

Sommaren 2014 var det då dags att flytta ut därifrån, och nu ville jag gärna ha en förstahandskontrakt för att slippa flytta runt. Nu hade jag även lite bättre ekonomi så jag hade råd att köpa möbler (second hand, men ändå). Det var dock tidspress med att hitta något så jag var lite stressad. Jag fortsatte att glo i Blocket flera gånger om dagen och skickade Reiki till att hitta min perfekta bostad (inte dagligen, men flera gånger). Och plötsligt hade jag fyra visningar inbokade! Och när jag kom in i min nuvarande lägenhet kände jag något som påminde om en en magnetisk dragning – här är det! Det är rätt! Detta är mitt hem. Och det blev så: dörrarna öppnades, jag fick så mycket hjälp!

Det är en fascinerande lägenhet med en mycket ovanligt planlösning, som ligger precis där kanalen svänger; jag har 17 fönster och utsikt till kanalen från långsidan och den rundade spetsen. Det känns som en fyr varifrån jag kan titta runt i stan (lustigt, symbolen vi valt åt Shamay är just fyren). Den ligger i innerstaden, som jag önskade mig, och eftersom det är en trea finns det plats för oss att ha mottagningen här och även hålla kurser, nu när jag jobbar hemifrån. Alla började fråga mig, ”Hur i hela världen har du fått en sån tjusig lägenhet efter att ha bott i Sverige i bara ett år!?”. Nä, det var inte ”tur”. Det var en ren välsignelse. Och jag är så tacksam att Reiki underlättar så att sådana välsignelser framkallas i våra liv.

I would hereby like to establish the purpose of my blogging, both here at Shamay and in other places.

I have always loved writing and being creative in different ways. Playing with words fascinates me, perhaps ever since I watched “Much Ado About Nothing” as a film version in 1993, when I was 13.

In 1999 I started the college degree of “Dramaturgia”, consistent of writing and adapting texts (for the stage), critique and research. All within theater – something I had not so fully clear when I first signed up (I thought it could be appliccable to any field, and in a way it actually it, just not presented as such).

During these studies at RESAD in Madrid (Spain) we were asked to write scenes, sometimes one scene per week. This pressure nearly killed my creativity. But the first thing I reacted on was the strict requirement by the teachers: scenes need to have a conflict! Nobody will sit at the theater watching a play in which “nothing happens”, they stated. There must always be a conflict of some sort!

And inside me I rebelled – why should we have that kind of conflicts between people, fights, arguments, hidden things unsaid, dark motives…? The world in itself is full of challenges, and all of us are in a personal challenge of trying to be the best of ourselves on a daily basis (some do it consciously, other’s not quite so much). Isn’t that a “conflict” in an of itself? And can we not strive for higher standards of communication, such as those I am so fortunate of experiencing within my family?

Reading uplifting material such as the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series (of which I own many), or shorter stories of normal people who have experienced something special, fills me with joy. I want to spread more of that joy in the world. If you want to see problems, just turn on the news. Anyone who has read “The Secret,” ”Think and Grow Rich,” or else just any other self-development book, sales books, even network marketing books, knows that in order to have success in life you MUST fill yourself with a positive attitude. And the only way to stay positive is to keep pouring in positive stuff in your inner “cup”, counteracting the bad stuff that inevitably comes to you: even if you never watch the news, people will be talking about them in the supermarket, you’ll stumble upon them on social media, or in the elevator with your neighbors. The world is bombarding us with negativity and by tuning in to sorrow, fear, and anger we will only produce more of the same. If you can do something constructive to solve a problem, do it, but focus on the positive of solving the issue, not on the stumbling rock itself. You must be the change you want to see in the world, Gandhi said.

I want to contribute to those positive feelings. Where I have true stories, I want to share them. One day I will also write fiction, but that will be clearly labeled as such – otherwise, it will be true. In any case, what I write will always be uplifting. Perhaps it will make you think, it might make you cry, but it will end up on a positive note. That is my promise.

We’ve always had dogs adopted as adults (not purchased as puppies): they are fantastic. We have our third at present. The first one was Oso and he came to our family in 1991.

Oso was collected by a German journalist on the highway by Calviá (Mallorca, Spain) at the age of 3, and being in very bad shape. He seemed to have grown up with a loving family, but later had been severely neglected and beaten, so at first he was fearful and defensive. But he soon grew fond of Reiki, and he used to lie under the massage table when I was giving a treatment. And he loved participating in the Reiki courses, where he would lay patiently waiting for someone to sit by him to treat him – or asking it quite openly if we didn’t pay him enough attention. Since he was a shepherd (probably Italian Wolf or Belgian Shepherd mixed with German Shepherd, 54 kg or almost 120 lb.), giving him a complete Reiki treatment took approximately a whole hour, just like an adult human of the same size.

Oso was my companion during the 11 years in which we shared our lives, and he used to travel with me as I went by car around Spain to teach in different regions.

I will likely write other articles talking about him, but at this time I want to share with you what happened during one trip to Galicia in North-western Spain. Together with the student who was arranging the course, we went for a walk in the hills of A Coruna. Oso went away and disappeared from sight. He normally wanted to keep us at eye contact, so I was distressed when noticing he wasn’t coming back, and I started calling him – but he couldn’t hear me. My friend/student said he might be lost for good: it was an area famous due to some magnetic anomaly, which caused that lost dogs would not be able to find the way back to their owners (come on, he could have told me before going on a walk right there!).

I told him not to worry: with one of the many uses of Second Degree of Reiki, I would be able to ”guide him.” I sat on a rock, visualizing Oso between my hands, and indicating him where we were. Some 15 minutes later (which is the time it usually takes for Reiki to take effect), Oso showed up, panting happily, and stuck his huge head between my hands, while looking at me with great joy (same as I felt).

It is wonderful that Reiki has practical uses that enable us to communicate with other species.

And a final word, knowing the reality of shelters for abandoned animals: please don’t buy a puppy for Christmas if you’re not willing to take it with you when you travel, or leave it in a proper dog hotel. Animals are not toys, and the irresponsibility of the parents implies teaching the children that living beings are ”disposable.”

I am an architect, and graduating from university implies both formation and deformation, so my mind gets happy when I can verify (personally or using a scientific device) that what my Reiki master told me is true.

About 23 or 24 years ago, I helped organize a First Degree course in Palma de Mallorca, inviting an English master from the Reiki Alliance to teach, since my master Anugama was busy for the following 6 months (and I wasn’t a master yet myself). Olivia is an English friend of ours who took the course at that time, and on Monday after the course she invited us to lunch at her home.

Around the garden table were us four women; the Reiki master, Olivia who was the owner of the home, her friend who had also just taken the First Degree course, and me, who had approximately 5 years of practice with Second Degree.

As we were waiting for our salad, Olivia noticed that she had forgotten to water one of her plants, which had all leaves rolled up and the branches were slouching. She watered it and put it in the center of the table where we sat. When a plant is so badly dehydrated, the usual is the plant will die anyway, or else that you notice a few days later that the plant has survived and recovered.

However, we started sending Reiki to the plant, and within less than 10 minutes, the leaves unfolded and recovered a healthy look, and the branches started moving up. In total they must have raised some 90 degrees, or if you were to compare it with a clock, the branches that were at ”five past half” went all the way up to their proper position of ”ten to the hour”.

This is the only time I have seen a plant move, outside of TV documentaries where plants are filmed for hours and days and then the recording is sped up and shown in seconds.

The fact that Reiki works so well with plants is something that both comforts and thrills me.

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