Shamballa Reiki
instruction has two parts. One is the
instructional materials/information that teaches
you what Shamballa is and how to work with it.
The other part is an attunement. This attunement
has been identified as an initiation in which
energy is passed on from Reiki Master to
student. During the attunement, Reiki symbols
are placed in the energy fields of the student
allowing the ease in flow of the Reiki energy. I
believe that while this description is partially
correct, it leads to misunderstanding on the
part of the student and also fear from many
people who worry something is being done to
them.
What an attunement
actually does is help the student become more
in-tune with energies that are already a part of
them and their environment. The symbols are a
means of interpreting and understanding the
energies so that the energies can be more easily
used. In everyday terms this is like someone
taking you outside on a starry night and showing
you the various stars, telling you what they
mean. All of a sudden the stars become more
familiar and you find you enjoy looking up at
the sky often. Once something becomes more
familiar you notice it more and more. With a
Reiki attunement, the Reiki Master is actually
just "shining a light" upon the energies inside
of you to bring them more into your conscious
awareness so they can be more easily utilized.
Reiki symbols are not any
kind of magic. They are visual representations
of certain energies. They are a symbolic
language, meaning they are one way of
understanding and explaining life. Reiki symbols
do this with drawings of various shapes. Runes
are another example of a symbolic language, as
are all other written languages, such as
English, Spanish and French. They all are an
attempt to explain our human experiences in a
way that we can understand and share with
others.
Many people believe the
Reiki symbols are charged with very important
energies. This is true. Much of the sacredness
of the symbols are a result of the symbols being
treated with respect. The symbols are images
created for sacred healing, for us to connect
with our true Divine Essence. Because our Divine
Essence is already inside of us, the symbols are
a means of reconnecting with those parts of
ourselves. As we treat the symbols with respect,
we are all respecting our own Divinity and that
of everyone else also.
During the Shamballa Reiki
attunement, the Shamballa Master is basically
shining the light of recognition "on" your own
Divinity using the symbols as mirrors. It is
like someone showing you in the mirror how
beautiful and wonderful you are. Each symbol
highlights specific qualities that you might not
have noticed before, opening you more and more
to a sense of your own wonder and Divine
beauty.
It is my belief that
attunements are thought of as having symbols
being put into someone, because we have become
conditioned to think of ourselves as incomplete
and separate. Then we need someone to give us
something that we do not have. From this
paradigm comes the possibility that someone
could put some symbols into us and do something
to us in the process. We become afraid that if
we open ourselves to someone else we can get
hurt. I hope that this article clarifies the
attunement process and alleviates your fear so
you can enjoy the attunement and celebrate your
opening to your own beauty and love.
Peace,
Linda White Dove and Guidance
5/30/01
