Tips for Days 3-4 of 21 Days of Free Distance Reiki
Are you being kind & real to yourself and to others? Are you holding yourself in compassion?
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One of the Five Principles of Reiki is:
Just for today, I shall be kind to every living thing.
I often get labeled by those who don’t actually know me that well as “sweet” and “cute.” Well, okay, even those who know me well tend to call me cute. . .but, I am not very sweet. I am kind, and I find it to be an important distinction.
I am an open, friendly, sometimes tender, and mostly kind-hearted person. What I value, though, is to be real.
Being real to me is being honest and being in integrity with ourselves and with the universal life force. We are human beings after all. I am a human being, and while I try to show love and respect for all living things, I fail with a kind and open heart.
Just the other night, I received a lesson in this very thing when a scorpion appeared in my bedroom. And, even though it was small, and even though I was afraid my cat would try to play with it and get stung, I mainly killed it with such an extreme force I haven’t been able to get it off the floor yet, out of an instinctive fear.
Immediately after the danger signal disappeared upon its death, I felt sad. When I looked up the spiritual meaning of scorpions, I discovered they represent change, the life and death cycle, or birth and rebirth. They often appear in a time of transformation and are considered to be highly spiritual beings.
Did I regret killing it? Well, yes because of its profoundly spiritual place in the universe.
But. . .also. . .no because I am a human being, and while I am kind, I am very real.
I care, and I try to be the best I can be in any given situation, and still, I hold myself with compassion. I consider self-compassion, forgiveness and the acceptance of my own spiritual place in the universe as a person who is human and imperfect to be part of why I am here, and part of upholding these principles of living.
So, no, I’m not sweet. I believe a sweet person is not real with themselves or other people because they hold onto a saccharine notion of sweetness in the face of fear and consider that being kind to every living thing.
Myself, I prefer to keep trying to be kind with an open-hearted realness and compassion for all living things.
Just for today.
