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Universal Life Force Energy

By Sadao Hayano, Reiki and Medical Qigong Therapist

Natural Health Organic Farm, Saratoga, CA, USA

13.7 billion years after the Big Bang, Charles Darwin, in 1859, told the story of a bacterium in

the primordial soup that became a fish, that became an ape, that became human. Human

evolution has a 5 million year history behind the achievement of its present intellectual and

physical proficiency level. We are able to communicate with each other through speaking,

writing, body language, telepathy, etc. We are able to cure people with Western and

Alternative Medicines. In this report, alternative medicine is examined.

The concept of ‘Universal Life Force Energy’ seems the basis of many alternative healing

methodologies -- Reiki, Qigong, Huna, etc. However, there remain a few missing links to

research between this concept and scientific knowledge. The writer hopes to explore in this

article how exactly we can apply current established scientific facts to an understanding of

Universal Life Force Energy.

The essential healing mechanisms treated in this article are derived from Evolution, Self

Formation, Water Chemistry and Mother Love. The reader may be the judge of whether

Mother Love plays the role of a major contributor to alternative medicine.

Self Formation and Entropy

We observe that there are two spontaneous forces in the natural world, one to cause

disorder and another to form order.

A typical example of disorder is the phenomenon of the office. We start a day in the morning

in an organized office. At the end of the workday, the top of the desk displays various

stationary items such as papers and pencils in random locations, and there is trash on the

floor everywhere. The degree of disorder is defined in physics as Entropy, the greater the

disorder, the larger the entropy level.

The spontaneous formation of order is called “Self Formation” in physics. Self formation is


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created by patterns and rhythms and the degree of order is defined in physics as the level of

Internal Energy. A typical example of formation by patterns is the snow crystal, formed from

water molecules, H2O. An example of self formation by rhythms is the phenomenon of

enormous numbers of fireflies along miles of riverbank in Thailand, initially blinking on and off

independently, each with its own random timing, but which then synchronize themselves

spontaneously, converging their blink cycles into unison timing – as a result of spontaneous

self-forming. See the paper “Updating the Reiki Session” by Sadao Hayano, The Reiki

Times, vol 13, 2009.

Animal Cells

Animals are made up of various cells. The human body is said to contain about 6 x 1013 cells

of approximately 200 different kinds. With an average diameter of 3μm, the cell is the

smallest unit of life. A body cell consists of a dense material surrounded by a membrane that

separates it from the outside. The membrane consists of a Lipid Bilayer and Proteins (Fig.1).

Generally most of the lipid

membrane is made up of

Phospholipid and the proteins

are called protein channels or

protein transporters after their

function which is, among other

things, to contribute to the

intake of cell food and water

molecules, H2O, and the

discharge of waste.

These cell membranes in the human body are another example of self formation. The lipids

spontaneously form bilayers known as Liposomes in aqueous solution. The details of this

mechanism are well known. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/liposome or the text book

“Molecular Cell Biology” by Harvey Lodish, W. H. Freeman and Company, 2000, for example.

There are a few technical words in this article. The reader is encouraged to refer to

www.wikipedia.org for more detailed information.

Briefly stated, the lipid bilayer in general is a selectively permeable barrier between the cell

and the extracellular environment. This permeability allows the cell to maintain a constant

internal environment and the specific selectivity depends on the kind of the cell. The transport

of molecules across all cell membranes is mediated by these transport proteins associated

with the bilayers. Thus, the role of the protein is to maintain both the membrane’s electric


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gradient and the chemical concentration gradient between the inside and outside of the cell.

The electrical and chemical gradients are used as the means of signal transmission through

synapses as demonstrated below.

The Neuron Signal

We switch our discussion to the neurons, the cells of the brain where all of our thinking and

emotions are processed. The brain is the control center of all human activities. The neuron,

or brain cell, consists of three basic parts: the cell body with the signal receiving dendrites,

the signal transmitting axon and the signal

outputting synapses (Fig. 2). Living cells

sense their environmental situation as we

sense our world; the cells detect and

understand their own living world at each

instant and seek to situate themselves as

best they can within that world. The

thought processes in our brain are

accomplished through neural networking.

Synapses keep changing or updating their

connecting partners throughout life by

spontaneous self formation as they further

their best interests. When we study and

learn new subjects, the number of

synaptic connections increases

accordingly. Several thousand inputs can

be connected even to a single neuron to

accommodate its studying and learning

goals.

Here is a brief description of the signal transmission

mechanism in the neuron network. Assume that neuron wants

to transmit electrical signals to neighboring cells in the

network. This electrical transmission is done through the

synapses which convert electrical signals to their chemical

equivalent signals using Potassium ions K+ and Sodium ions

Na+ which, in turn, create an Active Impulse Voltage of 80mV

in the dendrite in the next cell (Fig.3). This impulse

transmission continues further to the neighboring neurons. In


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this paper, for the sake of simplicity, we have listed only the two chemicals K+ and Na+ in

explaining this transmission, the traditional synapse chemicals as discovered in early neuron

research. In reality about 100 ionic transmission chemicals, called neurotransmitters, have

been discovered to date.

Neurons are accompanied by another brain cell, the Glia. Neurons and Glia coexist in

physical matrix forms in the brain to accomplish brain function. Aquaporin channels are a part

of the membrane of Glia protein channels. These glia cells support the neuron structurally

and regulate water quantity around synapses to ensure that chemical transmission, K+ and

Na+, takes place across the membranes. Details of Neurons, Glia cells and the Aquaporin

channel are to be found in www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glia_cell, or the book, “Water Molecules

in the Brain” by Tsutomu Nakada, Kinokuniya, 2006 (Tentatively interpreted title from

Japanese ‘No nonakano mizubunshi’).

Water Cluster, Health and Anesthesia

The pituitary gland works in conjunction with the kidneys

to maintain correct water levels in the human body. Water

normally comprises around 70% and protein 17% of

human body weight. The water molecule H2O is a dipole

with a diameter of 2.76Å. There are a number of types of

chemical bonds between atoms and between molecules.

Our present interest is hydrogen -- covalent and ionic

bonds. Water is a liquid due to the ability of its molecules

to link together by forming networks of hydrogen bonds.

The ability to dissolve ionic solids results from the fact that

electrons accumulate slightly on the oxygen atom,

inducing in it a slight negative charge, while making the

hydrogen atoms slightly positive by depriving them of their

electrons. This is the dipolar characteristic of water

molecules (Fig. 4).

Water is not made only of water molecules, H2O, but, as

water molecules themselves dissolve and break down in

solution and are ionized, water actually consists of H2O,

H3O+, H+ and OH- and these all connect as ionic bonds

(Fig. 5). When water molecules dissolve in water, there

are various possible forms of morphologically connecting H2O, H3O+, H+, OH-. In many


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instances these connections group themselves

autonomously into clusters due to their ionic

characteristics.

Water is a perfect medium for processes such as the

transporting of nutrients into cells and also provides a

fluid environment within cells through which other

molecules migrate. A basic unit of life is the three

dimensional structure and this depends on the

morphologies of water molecules. The morphology is

derived by the self forming action between the body

and water. The human body naturally works well with these specific functionalities of water.

However, the strength of the hydrogen bond is about 10% of that of the covalent bond. Given

external or internally created energy, water cluster formations break off and undergo

morphological changes.

On occasion, this normal, dynamic relationship might transform the human state in an

adverse direction as a result of physical and mental stresses in the body at the time. Thus,

the orderly connections which existed between H2O, H3O+, H+, OH- are disengaged and

reengaged randomly. The fluid environment becomes sluggish and forms morphologically

antagonistic or incompatible high-entropy clusters in the body. Alternative medicine regards

this phase as one in which the smooth flow of Qi energy in the body has broken down and

random stagnations with increased entropy have developed. As a consequence, the body

becomes sick.

The healer is able to observe and detect these physical and energetic stagnations and will

sense water cluster manifestation in the patient’s body (Fig. 6.) At present, we have no data

yet as to which specific morphological forms affect the human adversely.

One positive medical aspect of the water

cluster is anesthesia during surgery.

General anesthesia medications contain

stable cluster forming elements and this

medication forms micro crystals from the

water molecules at the neurons which

cause the human to lose consciousness.

From a physics standpoint, this

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brain’s state of maximum entropy. This medical fact is known as the Aqueous Phase Theory.

For further details see www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_pauling.

Hippocampus

Cell division is a process whereby a mother cell divides into two daughter cells and this

applies also to neurons in the Hippocampus. The primary function of the hippocampus,

located in the center of the brain, is memory formation and memory recall, or memory

management. The hippocampus is one of the parts of the brain that has been well

researched in the medical field. We explain briefly medical processes in the hippocampus

neurons here.

The raw information received in the cerebrum is transmitted to the hippocampus for

evaluation. Then, the hippocampus judges the quality of the raw information, pastes its

evaluation upon the raw information accordingly and sends the results back to the cerebrum

which stores this renewed

information in the memory

storage system (Fig. 7).

Brainwave measurements

indicate that memory

management in the hippocampus

is carried out most effectively with

the brain in a θ wave mode state,

with an approximate frequency of 4 Hz. We note that the human is very relaxed in the θ brain

wave state. See the book “Increasing the Brain Cells” by Tatsuhiro Hisatsune, Kadogawa,

2007 (Tentatively interpreted title from Japanese ‘Nosaibo No Fuyashikata).

When need arises in the future, the hippocampus pulls from the cerebrum any necessary

memories, which are then transmitted out to other parts of the brain such as the cerebellum

where appropriate action is taken.

Evolution

According to the best scientific study, the Big Bang was the event which led to the formation

of the universe about 13.7 billion years ago. We note further that the salt water of the seas on

Earth has existed for 3.6 billion years and that it took 300 million years to create a

Phospholipid Bilayer with an evolutionary process. Progression from living single cell

organisms to present multi cellular animals involved further evolutional and natural


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processes. Present human evolution has a 5 million year history. Neuron cells have been

evolving separately but in parallel with the liposome above.

The evolution of the human body has taken millions of years, as this history indicates, but

micro adjustments to the body for improvements and a better future are being made every

second and influencing long term evolution. It is important to emphasize that self formation is

a part of the positive progress of evolution.

Note: Darwin’s “Theory of Natural Selection” of 1859 states that things can change their

design without any outside help.

Mother’s Love and Universal Life Force Energy

The baby starts to receive mother’s love immediately after conception. The brain and body

developments are affected heavily through self formation. This micro evolutionary process

into an adult human is started at this moment. There are many ways for a mother to provide

stimulation to a healthy baby including the transmission of plenty of love and Qi energy, the

so called Universal Life Force Energy, which creates healthy cells, organs and body systems.

After the baby is born, the mother trains and cures the baby by touching, hugging, talking

and loving it so that the infant’s cells learn how to receive the healing energy for their best

childhood development. We see energetic exchanges taking place between the mother and

baby who are in physical and mental contact. Here, healthy neuron networks of the baby are

developed through self formation. This is not done through DNA information which describes

only basic rules but not detailed blueprints. The mother’s responsibility is to give the baby

continuous love so as to create the best possible blue prints for the neural network to

function in the baby -- just as in daily life, one must stop at a red light to comply with traffic

regulations, but the decision as to which direction to take at the intersection, straight, left or

right, is left to individual discretion and self determination.

For a scientific study of distance energy exchange between individuals such as mother and

baby, please refer to “The Electricity of Touch” by Rollin McCraty, etc, Heart Math Research

Center, 1998. Another excellent reference is “Qi, the Scientific Study” by Yoshio Machi, TDU

Publication, 1993 (Tentatively interpreted title from the Japanese ‘Chi O Kagakusuru’).

Just Mathematics

(a) In Newtonian physics, the Superposition Principle confirms 1 + 2 = 3 which is defined

in a Linear environment. This is a basic principle of life that we learn early in school.

In actuality, the human body is not created as a biological linear 1 + 2 = 3, because


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lots of biological elements exert quantum influence upon each other all the time. If

one biological element of value 1 acts to superpose upon another biological element

of a value 2, then 1 + 2 = X + Y, where X is not 1 and Y is not 2 anymore. We do not

know what these values are. This calculation belongs a set defined as Non-Linear in

mathematics and as Complex Systems in physics. In our real world, everything exists

as complex systems. Mathematical calculation is difficult if not impossible in non

linear equations. Traditional linear system solutions are good and practical

approximations to simulate a solution for non linear systems. Thus, Newtonian

systems are an approximation of the real world which works most of the time and

possibly with adequate accuracy. However, we need to remember that we actually

live in a quantum world and not a Newtonian one.

(b) Free Energy, F in physics, is defined by the equation F = U – TS where U is Internal

Energy, T is temperature in Kelvin and S is Entropy. When the value F is positive F≥0,

self formation takes place. While when F is negative F≤0, disorder reigns. An

example of the internal energy U in Joules is of the strength of hydrogen bonds of

water. An example of the entropy S in Joules/Kelvin can be seen as a higher than

normal temperature in a sick body (fever). Healing researchers should explore this

equation further. Some numerical examples can be found in the article “Updating the

Reiki Session” by Sadao Hayano. In that article, the reader can see that the

information level in IT is another form of entropy.

Conclusion

The human has evolved over millions of years on the earth. Each of us is contributing to this

evolutionary process as evolution continues at the micro level. The brain is the control center

of all human activity -- thinking, memory, consciousness, action, taking command, etc. Our

brain functions are accomplished through brain cell neurons and its neural networks. 70% of

the human is water, either in cells or extracellular. The water molecule H2O is a dipole. Water

contains H2O, H3O+, H+, OH-, as ionic bonds and these water molecules form various

clusters. The ionic elements and clusters go through the synapse and dendrite walls with the

aid of the protein transporters to maintain a constant internal environment in the neuron.

The human body works well with the functionality of water. Healers feel the Qi energy flowing

smoothly in healthy bodies. Energy medicine is recognizing the healer’s various rather

intuitive feelings as the accepted way of arriving at an initial diagnosis. In addition, when the

healer works with Qi energy, the patient is very relaxed and is in a θ brain wave state.


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Scientific measurements and experiments show that brain creativity functions best in this θ

wave state.

The mother has trained the baby with love by touching, hugging and talking to achieve

healing. She has in her hands a huge capacity for compassion and has nursed us with

Universal Life Force Energy since we were born. The hippocampus and neuron networks in

the cerebrum memorize her love and energy. Her healing algorithm stored in the brain

memory system directs our body in establishing the best morphological connections of H2O,

H3O+, H+, OH- at any given time throughout our lives and for future evolution. The healer, by

calling upon Universal Life Force Energy, gives healing energy to the patient as the mother

does during childhood. It is through this energy that the patient is able to heal.

Despite the overwhelming evidence, alternative healing methodologies, together with their

origin in and connection to Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection as reported in this article,

may not receive welcome and acceptance in technically advanced countries, and the

domains of Western Medicine. The influence of slight and incremental morphological

mutations upon evolution when seen in the context of our own individual life spans may not

appear meaningful to them. One can see clearly however, how a mother’s love is an

ineluctable demonstration of everyday healing in our lives which has been evolving for

millions of years.

Note: The reader who is interested in pursuing further the relationships between Universal

Life Force Energy, Mother’s Love and Altruism, may like to read “Evolution” by Dylan Evans

and Howard Selina, Icon Books, 2010.

About the Author Dr Sadao Hayano is an IARP Registered Reiki Master and Medical Qigong Therapist for over the past 10 years in San Francisco Bay Area and is VP in Natural Health Organic Farm, a grower and processor of Ashitaba (Japanese organic whole herb) www.ashitabagreen.com. He earned his Doctorate from Purdue University in Mechanical Engineering after being educated in Kyoto, Japan. In his leisure time he teaches Tai Chi Chuan and Yoga. He has published articles on topics of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics related with Energy Healings such as Qigong and Reiki. He participates and speaks in The World Congress on Qigong with the original science and healing articles. He and his wife, Linda, live in Saratoga, CA. USA. [email protected] This article appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of The Reiki Times, the magazine of the IARP © 2011. International Association of Reiki Professionals LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Recharging Your Compassionate Heart, The Reiki Times Vol. 15 Spring Issue 2011

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Recharging Your Compassionate Heart

By Suzanne Scurlock-Durana

Are you someone who cares about other people? Are you

among the first to notice if someone is upset? Do you like to

help those in need around you? Are you someone who often

thinks of other’s needs before your own?

If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you are

probably a person with a lot of empathy. When you are

someone who has a lot of empathy it can sometimes be

difficult to learn how to have both healthy connections and

healthy boundaries. Yet, both are required in order to enjoy your life and not burn out as a

caring, empathic person. Empathy increases our ability to feel exquisite joy and deep

connection to life. It also increases your capacity to feel everything else – which can include

pain, confusion, frustration, and fear.

The key for keeping your capacity to receive life fully without being drained is in knowing how

to take care of yourself so that you stay energized. Many people with high empathy find their

attention often goes externally to helping others. Noticing what is happening around you is

not the issue. The problem is when we lose our ability to sense what is going on inside

ourselves because of the habit of paying more attention to what others need.

In simple terms, do you know how to turn your attention inward? Often it comes down to

habits – what were you rewarded for in your family growing up? If you were rewarded for

taking care of everyone else, it often was at the expense of taking care of yourself. In order

to know what you need, it is necessary to know how to sense what is going on inside

yourself. Do you know what your needs are? Do you think it is somehow selfish or self-

centered to pay attention to your own needs?

What we are discovering in today’s world is that with the stress we all live with on a daily

basis, it is paramount that we learn to take care of ourselves. The airlines have it right – you

must put your own oxygen mask on first before helping those in the seat next to you. If you

don’t, there will no one to help the child or the person in need beside you. It runs counter to


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how most of us were raised. Yet when we know how to fill our own containers, it gives us a

lot more to offer the world around us. Our gifts are more fully and easily expressed.

The other interesting fact about this is that when you feel good and energized it makes you

more effective and often more efficient. Have you ever noticed that when you are tired or

frazzled that you make more mistakes? Research has shown this to be true across all

professions, not to mention our private lives.

And, there are distinct skills in how to listen to your inner wisdom that can be taught and

learned. I have been gathering these skills from many different sources for a number of

years. Initially I taught primarily healthcare professionals. But today more and more regular

people are realizing the importance of these skills.

So how do we learn the skills of staying full and energized? Can anyone learn these?

Absolutely!

First, start by being curious as to what is going on

inside of you. Allow yourself to slow down and take

your attention inward. You may need to partially or fully

close your eyes. Simply notice what is happening

inside your body with no judgment. Whatever shows up

is fine.

Once you are paying attention inside, notice sensations, intuitive hits, physical awareness

that is new or familiar. Register it all with a neutral mind. Be curious. You are simply drinking

in your experience – it may offer you important information that only your inner landscape

can give you.

Next allow yourself to feel the underside of your body. If you are sitting, feel your sitting

bones on the surface you are resting on. Feel the bottoms of your feet on the floor. Allow you

awareness to drop underneath of you into the earth. With gravity you are connected to the

earth all the time - so feel it!

Once you are aware of this connection, allow yourself to soak up nurturing energy from this

connection with the earth. Like a sponge in a clear pool of water, simply allow nourishing

sensations to begin to fill you up a pace that works for you. What would that feel like? Do

your best to feel it as well as seeing it. And take your time.


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When you are ready to move on, notice how you feel compared to when you started this inner inquiry. You have taken the first steps to full body presence. Over time, this simple practice will help you develop a fuller sense of trust and confidence in yourself and the world. Enjoy! Suzanne Scurlock-Durana, CMT, CST-D, is the author of Full Body Presence. She teaches and

speaks around the world and lives in Reston, VA. Visit her online at http://www.fullbodypresence.com.

Based on the book Full Body Presence: Learning to Listen to Your Body’s Wisdom 2010 by

Suzanne Scurlock-Durana. Printed with permission from New World Library

http://www.newworldlibrary.com.

Full Body Presence

Interview with Suzanne Scurlock-Durana

What exactly do you mean by full body presence?

When I talk about full body presence I mean my, or your, capacity to be present, to feel

sensation, to know where you are and where you are not, in your body. The definition in the

book is “the ability to feel all parts of your body, with a good flow of healthy energy moving

through you. In order to have a healthy energy flow moving through you, you need

connections to your inner and outer healthy resources…and you need to have a healthy

sense of your personal boundaries. To know how to ground and fill up with whatever

nourishes your cells.

How does it help with burnout?

When I am in my body and connected to healthy resources that help me stay energetically

full, then I am I begin to register it when events or life are wearing me down and I can slow

down and rest or plan my day to be able to slow down later…

What about emotional pain?

I feel whatever I am feeling, and then I expand the container of my body around it. Then I ask

myself what I am believing about myself or my life that is making me so miserable. It is often

an unconscious belief or expectation that is running my show. Maybe I am feeling like I am

alone, and lonely and always going to be lonely, etc. Or, I maybe I am feeling like I am

somehow flawed as a human being and therefore am deficient in some way. Or I might feel

like I am too much, that people are not going to love me because I am just too much, I


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overwhelm people and situations and lose love that way. Whatever it is, I can then hold that

thought or expectation and ask myself if it is really true at this moment. And it rarely, if ever,

is actually true in this moment. So as I hold the container of my being around the area in

pain, I cradle it, holding it with love, and letting it slowly, slowly integrate back into the rest of

me when it is ready. This is a really quick synopsis of a process that can take from minutes

to days or weeks, off and on, of working with this integration process.

What kinds of people find these skills most useful?

Those in healthcare (MDs, RNs, PTs, OTs, MTs, PAs) as well as those in non-hands health

related professions such as coaches, psychotherapist, social workers, hospice workers,

psychologists, etc.) and other professional and non-professional caregivers such as parents

(esp. parents of special needs children), adults caring for their elderly parents, ministers,

foster parents, etc.

How does full body presence help those in healthcare and other professional and non-

professional caregivers?

It helps us to have healthy boundaries so we don’t inadvertently pick up our patient’s or

client’s pain or fear. It helps in that we become what I call the “largest pendulum in the room”

with those we are caring for, so that our calm, centered presence pulls everyone in the room

into that calmness rather than our being pulled off center by their pain, fear, worry, etc.

How about in the bigger picture of discernment?

Well, one of the big things that full body presence gives you is excellent access to your own

inner knowing about all kinds of things, from what is most right for you in any moment, to

what is really off and needs to be avoided at all costs. And as you practice your full body

presence, grounding and staying full, your trust of your inner knowing gets really strong. It is

nice, to not second guess yourself all the time. You just know inside. And when you don’t

know – meaning you don’t have a hit about something it usually means you need to wait to

make the decision…don’t jump on prematurely.

How did you come to this work initially?

It came in waves or layers across a lot of years. I got parts of it from the sense of energy

vibration that I loved in my church growing up when everyone would sing. That is a full body

experience if you are singing full out. Then my yoga practice and meditation practices; and


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then T’ai Chi and Qigong along with my indigenous teachers…and then all my bodywork

training, esp. CranioSacral therapy which teaches us to listen acutely with our hands. I

quickly realized I could feel a whole lot more if I listened to the people on my table with my

entire navigational system, my entire body, not just my hands and my heart. It really

expanded my skill level as a CS therapist and instructor.

About the Author Suzanne Scurlock-Durana, CMT, CST-D, is the author of Full Body Presence. She teaches and speaks around the world and lives in Reston, VA. Visit her online at http://www.fullbodypresence.com.

This article appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of The Reiki Times, the magazine of the IARP © 2011. International Association of Reiki Professionals LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Nature as Mirror, An Ecology of Body, Mind and Soul, The Reiki Times Vol. 15 Spring Issue 2011

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Nature as Mirror

An Ecology of Body, Mind and Soul

By Stephanie Sorrell

If I am to reflect upon my first encounter with nature as a gentle but

dynamic presence, I look back to when I was about eight years old

and crept out of the bedroom window early one morning before

anyone was up and ran down to the sea. My excursion took me

through two adjoining gardens richly vibrant with the sound of

birdsong.

The grass was an intricate network of dew-spangled webs and the

morning whirled about me in an exotic kaleidoscope of vibrant colors.

The song outside me sounded within me also. As a child I felt exhilarated, in love, and

intimately connected with the life around me.

These encounters, before I went to boarding school at age twelve, became a frequent source

of great relief and comfort for me. In the midst of nature’s beauty and bounty, I was able to

lose that sense of isolation within my soul and simultaneously become an integral part of

something greater than myself. If God was anywhere, then he/she was here in the depth of

nature, radiating love and beauty throughout creation. Sometimes I would skip Sunday

school to hold my own private communion with the Divine on the beach or in a garden.

As time passed and my thirst for the Divine, deepened I began to see that nature was multi-

faceted as shadow interplayed with light, rain with sun, snow and ice. Nature was, as

Persian poet, Omar Khayam, expressed, “a checkerboard of nights and days”. Without

darkness there would be no light as all sunshine would make a desert and all rain would

create floods. Yet, although floods and deserts are an integral part of nature’s rich tapestry,

a delicate balance runs like a thread through this compelling tapestry of being. One that we

are only just beginning to heed as a race amidst our obsession with ‘becoming’ and ‘having’

more.

By the time I was seventeen, I began to experience a deep and unremitting depression that

would begin in the fall and last right through to the end of April. This took place every year,


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sometimes varying a little in season and initially I put this down to my creative temperament.

But as the years passed and I had undergone therapy, becoming a therapist myself, I

realized that this was part of the fabric of my soul as well as being part of the ancestral matrix

I was embedded in. After a time, you come to accept what you cannot fix, overcome and

cure and, painstakingly, unpick the dark threads to find that they compliment the light. I came

to understand that you can better heal and empathize with others to the extent you have

suffered yourself. Healer and patient/sufferer are the same.

Looking through this mirror, I have come to understand that not only does nature reflect my

own personal dynamic but that of the collective human soul also. These cycles or seasons of

the soul are a template not just for our inner journey but for also the greater, universal

journey of life. I remembered how amazed I was as a child when I scratched away the dark

backing of an old mirror to find the clear glass beneath. We need the dark backing to see

our reflection until we are able to see clearly the panorama of beauty that waits inside us to

be discovered.

The cycles we pass through are

based on the model of a tree:

Rebirth/bud (Spring)

Blossom (late Spring, early

Summer)

Ripening (late Summer)

Harvest (Fall)

Stripping ( Fall)

The Long Wait (Winter)

Wilderness (Winter)

With insight into these cycles along with the qualities and opportunities they bring we can

intuit where we are in our own inner process. For example, we might feel as though we are

at a dead end in our inner and outer life, but by aligning ourselves with the signs and

symptoms of the Long Wait or the Wilderness we come to understand that everything is as it

should be. Rather than battle against something which seems inexorable and debilitating we

can accept and even love it as part of our growth. Yet, to be able to do this we need to

surrender to the heart, or the mind in the heart.

By the same token, we may struggle with the period of blossoming in life when it seems that

our time has come, yet we hang back in fear of being our true selves. How many of us dare

to shine, to stick our head above the parapet and claim our true self? Similarly, as the


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blossom falls away revealing the swelling fruit beneath, we can look forward to a new and

enriched life. Yet, we may hesitate in the wings at the prospect of manifesting what is

closest to our heart. How easy is it to ‘give away’ what is closest to our heart, knowing that

our children and creative gifts are not ours to keep? They have their own journey in the

world.

As nature mirrors an organic template of birthing, becoming, giving away we find this

overlays the cycle of our soul on the spiritual pathway. This inner organic map holds and

validates our own journey as a natural ecology of body, mind and soul.

About the Author Stephanie Sorrell has an MA in Psychosynthesis Psychology and trained as an Applied Practitioner at the Institute of Psychosynthesis in London. She also works at a NHS hospital in Cumbria. See www.iarpreiki.org for information to purchase Nature as Mirror.


Holistic Training of an Aspie Mind Aspergers Syndrome, The Reiki Times Vol. 15 Spring Issue 2011

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Holistic Training of an Aspie Mind (Aspergers Syndrome)

By Sufani Garza

Ever since I was young I have felt different than others

around me. I have been able to see, feel and hear things that

others apparently couldn’t. My particular life’s work and

training has been to help others heal in their lives and accept

who they are with their own set of special gifts. As a shaman I

am called a ‘Word Soul.’ So having a son with Aspergers was

not something I couldn’t handle. I never set limitations on

Jordan; I simply saw things for what they were and worked

with them in a way he could understand. There were times

when I felt frustration and there were times when I got

irritated or angry that Jordan could not process things the

way I wanted him to. While trying to figure yourself out, the less tolerance you have for

yourself, the less you have for others.

I have cultivated the gift of patience and have always been a soul seeker so although I was

not perfect in my responses early on with three kids and being a single mom with an absent

parent and all the pressure for these three little souls to keep safe, fed, sheltered and

clothed, I had to seek out a higher good in life to survive.

I had always questioned the concept of God in a way that wanted to know why we were here

and why there is suffering, so my journey through religion started at a young age. I passed

through many religions, studied theology and then on my own realized that God is more than

just the concept of right and wrong ways of behaving. In my perspective human beings can

limit and demean God through their judgments of others.

I believe in God and have always told the children that they can choose for themselves what

they believe. But that God in my eyes is what I called, The Great Silence, The Great Spirit,

Prime Creator or Prime Mover. I appreciate everyone’s search for Prime Creator and don’t

deny anyone’s experience. But what I have taught in our household is that we create our own

reality, that life is an earth school to which we have a choice to create our own reality. We


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have all written our own life scrolls and if there is something like Aspergers or any number of

other things in it, we wrote that in for a reason of learning, and so learn we must.

If we all look at our experiences in life and choose to see the good in everything then there

are few dark moments in life. If we are refusing to surrender to our higher good

then darkness can hang over our heads; darkness is lack of information, light is information,

awareness and consciousness. We can only make changes when we acknowledge what is.

I have learned and taught that our religion is gratitude, love, peace and compassion and that

we never attach our ability to be those things to a man or a god. We take responsibility for

ourselves and in that we are responsible for inculcating those qualities into our lives and

sharing them with others.

We all have the ability to work to heal ourselves and bring ourselves to a state of calm and

peace if we take ownership of our health. When Jordan was small he fell off the swing at

school in the playground and broke his radius (forearm) bone. When it had to be set I told

Jordan how to breathe deep in through the nose and out through the mouth like I had taught

him before when he needed to calm down or got hurt. I had taught him to close his eyes and

picture a pretty scene in his head. He did not know the setting of his arm meant it would be

broken back into place. I had him close his eyes, picture and breathe. At the same time the

doctor set his arm.

I remember he opened his eyes having the wind knocked out of

him and looking at me shaking in pain. I told him calmly, “It’s ok,

breathe deep, the pain will go away.” He trusted me

wholeheartedly and although his eyes watered he never screamed

or cried. The doctor said to me later, “I have never seen anything

like that before. That was amazing what you taught him to do.”

Jordan and the family have been recipients of healing therapy

through Reiki and various other methods of healing including

Chinese Traditional Medicine, Western Medicine and Eastern therapies I call integrative, not

alternative and a positive mental philosophy of love, acceptance and harmony with all life.

We use all methods as we see fit based on need and we do not hold judgments against one

from the other. All healing has it place.

Healing Jordan has been looked at as a mind/body/spirit effort. We all heal this way and have

all had to work on our healing for one reason or another in our household. My children all


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understand that having anger only hurts you and your health. My daughter actually saw how

her anger caused her to be sick the very next day. It happened on two occasions and so she

believed and understood the somatic response that how we think and feel affects the body.

For Jordan, training the mind to be healthy in how it thinks, to keep focused on what you

want and know what you don’t want is a way to keep the mind clear of darkness and

heaviness. But it did not change his Aspergers, it served as a tool to get through life’s

difficulties with ease.

For all human-beings this is work and it is ongoing. No one is ever perfect at this, meaning,

not ever having the thought of anger at times or other negative emotions. Holistic healing is

about bounce back time, seeing it coming and immediately correcting the mind to focus on

the positive consciously. It takes work, training and awareness.

Any number of positive healing therapies, modalities and attitudes can assist you and your

family in healing. You can incorporate it into a way of life that makes anything you encounter

in life easier to manage. You can maintain happiness no matter what is happening.

Happiness is the opposite of negative. Joy is the root of happiness when we are in a state of

bliss. We may not be in a state of joy all the time, but happiness means we can be happy

with life even when we are not having a good day because we understand the core of who

we are is grateful and happy for our family and what we have. I feel that this is the basis for a

healthy life and family that can get through anything. The philosophy in which one lives in the

home will also determine the success of a person with a disability and the way in which they

accept themselves being different, their connection to the world and the possibilities they see

for themselves in the future. I can’t state enough how attitudes and life philosophy will make

a difference. Make sure that you know what your philosophy

is and if you don’t think it supports a healthy attitude, start

making changes to help yourself and your family be more

loving and accepting of themselves and others. That will go

a long way in dealing with a disability.

About the Author Sufani Garza, Place of Bliss, Holistic Practitioner. Sufani has authored a book titled Through the Eyes of the Spectrum on raising a child with Aspergers Syndrome. Visit Sufani’s web site for more information on her services at www.PlaceofBlissAcademy.com


Healing With Feng Shui, The Reiki Times Vol. 15 Spring Issue 2011

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Healing With Feng Shui

By Nancy Kimes

The principles of Feng Shui are synchronized to

enhance the energy of your dwelling whether it is in

your home or office. With ch’i, a flow is created that will

bring about balance, harmony and success. It will also

bring patterns together that align you with your purpose

and healing experiences. Aligning Feng Shui and any

healing modalities that you may be practicing will be

sensed or felt by your clients as well as your self as soon as you walk through that door. It is

important for you, your relationships, and your clients that an atmosphere of comfort, trust

and safety be instilled.

If you are not as busy as you would like to be or have not drawn the clientele you were

hoping for, try this. Now this may sound a little strange if you haven’t done this before but let

me tell you it is a powerful exercise! In the beginning of your practice and occasionally

during a long-time practice students or clients do not show up for their class or their

appointment. These no shows create distress with all the effort put out to create the best

ambiance or circumstances. This has happened to me a few times in my workshops and this

is what I did. You can do this also.

Instead of being angry or thinking this was a waste of time, sit in quiet meditation and

visualize your classroom full of people that are anxious to hear what you have to say. Bring

yourself in alignment with the energy of the room along with your intentions. See all needs

met with satisfying results. Go over your outline and major points that you wish to cover. If a

question comes into your mind answer it with integrity. These may be questions that pop in

your mind. Remember, you have just created a room full of people. This exercise may go on

for an hour or so. At the close of the meditation and practice session, acknowledge that you

had a very successful class and thank your spirit helpers for their participation. This is a great

way of declaring your commitment to teach or be effectual in a healing way.

Think about what a door-to-door sales person goes through as he is approaching a new

prospect or house. Imagine for a moment that you are the sales person. With every “no” you


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come that much closer to finding the customer who is interested in what you have to offer,

and will most likely become a repeat customer or provide you with several referrals. If the

sales person gave up he/she would not have the encounter or learning experience they

needed to be more apt in their sales ability. Sales, although frustrating and agonizing at

times prepares you for changes… toughens you up. The point is not giving up on your self.

What I am getting at is intention, resolve, and inner strength. Through attainment of the

smaller things in life you prepare yourself for bigger challenges. Healing can come through

by resolving conflicts that you are ready to face and work through. You will learn to be more

assertive and confident in the services you have to offer and your approach overall in life will

be reflective of that.

No matter what kind of healing is needed, you can minimize your stress level working with

the principles of Feng Shui. You have the ability to create new ways of healing relationships,

partnerships, family matters and career opportunities. Study Feng Shui on your own or seek

advice from a practitioner to help guide you in bringing harmony to situations that matter to

you right now. Add your personal touch where needed and focus on the results you would

like to see fulfilled. When requesting a change in someone else always be aware that you

are only in control of changing yourself. If a person other than yourself is ready for the

change it will happen in due time. When there is a lesson to learn it is best that the person

learns from their experiences. This gets their attention and gives them the opportunity to

create change as needed. Just because you don’t like something someone is doing, as an

outsider looking in, you are more inclined to have expectations and you may not always see

what needs to be done to heal the situation. Your insight may not be as visible to them as

they are to you. They may never agree with your view of things. Love them anyway… at a

distance if you have to! If you let them learn their lessons they will most likely not need to

repeat them. This is not so easily understood when wanting the best (your best) for a loved

one. It is easier said than done when trying to rescue others.

So what tools would you need to attract clientele or make them feel more comfortable?

There are two major elements one can use in their healing

space or classroom. Water and Fire… a table fountain and

candle. By adding crystals you also invoke water especially

working with clear quartz crystals. Other stones may invoke

earth energies. Earth energies would give your client adequate

help in feeling grounded as well as to support their health

because the element for Health is Earth.

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that lies in the emotional body. It also creates a warm atmosphere as well as burning away

the affects of negative energy while raising the level of positive energy, snuffing out the

negative vibrations.

Feng Shui will help create the intention for healing with each client that comes to you for your

services. Whether you are a teacher, counselor or in the healing field, Feng Shui will attract

the guidance you need for a successful practice. Feng Shui mixes well with any life purpose

because its profile is to enhance and embrace all the things you want to attract, shift or

change in your life. It is designed to make life lighter, simpler and easier to accomplish the

tasks at hand. It will make things run smoother and your thoughts will be clear as you

become aware of new thought patterns forming because of the shift taking place. The

positive energy creates an alliance between you, your home and your desires.

There are a few things you can do to stimulate and sustain good health. Be thankful, grateful,

aware, patient, practical, and pro-active where your health is concerned. Forming these

thought-provoking ideas will help you appreciate life with the ability to hold on to the faith you

have for a bright future. With faith there is hope. Hope keeps the door open. Hope

transcends into beliefs as you see your intentions shift into place.

Why does change move slowly at times? Because you need to let go of old attitudes, and

clear out or move away from things that no longer serve a purpose in your life. This takes

time for you to accept while growing into new chapters of your

life. Change doesn’t often happen in an instant because of the

preparations needed to accomplish the changes that you desire

and for your highest good. It is not always clear what your highest

good is at the time. By stating an affirmation for your highest

good to surface along with your intention will make all the

difference in the outcome. This statement or affirmation will in fact

bring about new insights or take you in a direction you may never

have considered or thought about before. If given new insights of

information go with it, make it an adventure. Do not give up on

what you have worked so hard to achieve; often when one is on

the brink of giving up, a new dawn awakens. Giving up something

you have been striving for is like giving up on yourself as the only one that gets hurt in the

end is you. So, be patient with yourself and renew your mind to the fact that all things are

possible for those who believe. You need to honor yourself as worthy and capable because

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Your Healing Space

Do you have an office, a spare room or a healing center for your healing practice?

I would like to touch on some practical points for a moment. Many of you are involved in

healing work part-time. And some of you may work in a center rather than in your home. If

the latter is the case, you will probably want to create just the basic set up rather than an

elaborate one. For Feng Shui purposes let me make some suggestions for your table and

healing area. First and foremost you will want to clear the energy in the room to suit your

purposes. Generally burning sage is done but some do not like the pungent smell or may be

allergic to the smoke. If this is the case for you I would suggest using a product like a Sacred

Space or Sage Cleansing Mist Spray. Another product like Doorway Ch’i is also used to keep

negative energies from entering. This oil is generally used at the front door of your home,

office or healing center. Preparing for your healing session is

basic knowledge. The Health area in Feng Shui is generally

located in the center of the room. And, this is where your table

would usually be set up. If that is not possible you can designate

where you place your table and intend the health area be in this

area as well. Affix a ‘daisy wheel’ on the underside (in the middle

of your table). A daisy wheel encompasses all the areas

associated with Feng Shui. Intend through affirmation, prayer or

statement healing for your clients’ highest and best good. Pale

yellow sheets, would also be a nice addition for your table. Add

the appropriate pillows or bumpers needed for your modality. A

meditation would be a nice way to prepare you for your healing work and clear your thoughts

creating an empty vessel from which you can receive information and healing energy without

obstruction.

A Meditation You Can Use… (from Feng Shui Journeys)

This meditation can be used to restore your health or anything that may be impeding or

causing stress. It will help you connect and align to the center of yourself. It will also help you

ground yourself so you will be in the present mode for your clients. This meditation will help

you release lingering ills that have tried to take hold. Sometimes we go through challenging

affects too when getting ready for energy work. Releasing your own toxins is necessary in

being the perfect conduit you want to be.

“… Take several deep breaths relaxing more and more with every breath. Notice any

unusual feelings, stiffness or aches and pains. Allow yourself to be bathed with white or


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golden light descending from the universe. Feel the light descending further beneath your

feet and into the ground, going deeper and deeper until it is rooted and grounded. Continue

the breath in a rhythmic fashion.

Be aware when you breathe in, that it fills every chakra and every major point in your body.

Feel it extend through your whole being radiating through your major organs. As you exhale,

all of the toxins polluting your body escape through the breath.

Your organs are gently massaged with light alleviating built up stress and other blockages

mucking up the flow of fine, clear energy. A gentle release of these foreign and oppressing

particles continues to separate and diminish as you continue to breathe in the light and

exhale the debris. You are cleansing and clearing the body and preparing for new, vibrant

healing energy to replace the old, tired, unhealthy intrusions. Keeping your thoughts pure

and emotions clear will close the door to infestations that invade your body. When you feel a

shift or a change in your energy pattern, it will be time to move

toward a deeper level of healing.

Allow the light to surge through you flushing out any lingering

pain or stubborn obstacles. They are now gone. You can feel a

sense of relief and lightness throughout your whole body. It

radiates with warm rainbow colors. Feel the temperature rise as

the vibrant colors treat the areas that have been causing you

pain, which are now strengthening and maintaining a balance

within the blood, immune system, circulatory system, endocrine

system, tissues, bones and skin as well as all other systems and

organs.

You are receiving a full light-body treatment and divine intervention for restored health at this

time. Spend time now for this treatment to take affect and fill you with vibrant good health.

Spend as much time as possible with this treatment. When it is complete you will feel even

lighter, you will breathe easier and feel an enhanced surge of energy conform to your body,

sustaining and delivering you back to a healthier state. Slowly come back and feel the

activation of a new and healthy you”.

You may also try this meditation on your clients if time allows. *For information on “Sacred Space”, Sage Cleansing Mist Spray or **Doorway Ch’i visit www.solinavisions.com under ‘Classes and Products’ link to Nancy’s Scent-sational Formulas ®.


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Please email any requests or comments to: Nancy Kimes [email protected] “For information on the daisy wheel please reply to the email above”. You will find more information about Feng Shui in Nancy’s book “Feng Shui Journeys - Create Travel For Pleasure, Business, Spiritual Journeys. And More”… Also visit www.FengShuiJourneys.com


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