Planting A Garden

Healing Past Emotional Trauma Using Distant Healing Reiki

by Don Brennan

The second degree level of Reiki brings many enhancements to the training of first degree Reiki. Besides the increased capacity for channeling Reiki, from the second degree attunement, there are various processes for healing more deeply and for releasing stress, anxiety and trauma. There's also a process for distant healing.

Too often, people think of this as just the ability to send Reiki through a distance of space, which in itself is a remarkable blessing. But when we realize that we can send Reiki through time as well, we begin to explore a new potential for truly significant healing. 

Someone can hurt us once in the past, but we can spend the rest of our lives, dredging up the experience and tuning into the vibrational memory of the trauma. We continue to victimize ourselves, long after the original incident, until we can finally let it go.

And often, the vibrational memory of an experience is based more on perception of an experience than the actual event itself. What might be an insignificant slight to others, can seem like a devastating injury which haunts us throughout our lives. It's not the actual event that matters, but the perception of it.  This perception, this feeling is what we tap into when we connect with these past experiences.  

And these perceptions affect who we are, how we feel about ourselves, how we think, how we behave, the choices we make and the opportunities we draw into our lives. By continuing to victimize ourselves when we tune into these perceptual records, we limit our potential to grow as fully empowered, loving and caring human beings. 

Some of the healing we all need to do, is for the times we have been in the role of victimizer rather than victim. We all have said and done things to others that we later come to regret. Again, the trauma we feel by dredging up these experiences is perceptual. Sometimes we harbor feelings that are out of proportion with the actual event, being haunted by memories that others have easily dismissed. But our personal perception is what matters in terms of how it affects us.

And so we torture ourselves because we cannot undo the past. We blame ourselves for the things we should have done differently. Whether victim or victimizer, guilt and blame are powerfully limiting feelings, regardless of the role we play.

But with distant healing, we can go into the past and change the perceptions of an event. We may not be able to change the event itself, but that doesn't really matter. We can change the vibrational record of the event, which is what we tune into when we connect with the past event. By sending pure, positive, loving Reiki energy into the past situation and to everyone involved, we begin to change the vibrational feelings around that event.

This process usually takes repeated efforts, but each time, limiting thoughts and feelings are released and replaced with positive, loving feelings. Gradually, the vibrational record becomes transformed so that all we can tap into is the harmony of divine perfection.

And this is why we like the image of planting a garden for healing emotional trauma. Think of an abandoned city lot, strewn with trash and junk and overgrown with weeds. Imagine that each time you come there, you clear away a little trash and junk, pull up some weeds, till the soil and plant some flowers. Each time you come, you make a little more progress, until finally you've transformed an urban wasteland into a beautiful little garden of paradise. From that point on, whenever you visit, you experience a beautiful place of peace and harmony.

You can do distant healing of your own past trauma by flooding this situation with positive healing qualities like divine wisdom, compassion, love, understanding, peace and harmony. Encourage yourself to let go of judgment of everyone involved and begin to release with love, gratitude and acceptance any feelings that do not vibrate at the level of divine perfection.  

Like sending distant healing to someone in the present without permission, you are simply sending it for their highest good, if they're willing to accept it on any level of their being. In sending distant healing to the past, some individuals may accept and benefit from the energy and some may not. But, in any case, you will be healing your relationship to them and, therefore, releasing any karmic obligation.

You can help someone else heal their past trauma without their being present, but it's more effective to do it in person with their participation. During a Reiki treatment, use your voice and have them visualize the situation, consciously sending whatever positive healing qualities they are capable of sending, at that moment. With each session, they'll be able to release a little bit more and gradually, even in the most abusive situations, send their purist blessings.

This is a powerful process, so be prepared for deep emotional release. Be supportive. Let them know that they're safe, that they've been hanging on to these feelings for a long time and that it's finally time to acknowledge these issues with love and to release them. Tell them they're doing a great job and to let it all out. Give them time to let go of as much as they can. Finally, a little Reiki on or above the heart center will help them settle into a deep level of peace, feeling like a great burden has been lifted. And little by little we plant the seeds of harmony and perfection.

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