The Dark Side

Embrace your dark side's point of view. Hear its insights, validate its feelings, assimilate all your darkness has to offer. 

Your dark side has its feet on the ground. It gives you your capacity for compassion. It allows you to forgive. It is your broken heart. Start by considering that we are all mirror images of each other. Don't allow yourself to deny it. No exceptions. Start by looking at yourself. Get real. No make up. No clothes to dress it up. Think about your cells, your bones, your blood, your waste. 

Only when we know that the seed of great evil lives in every one us equally, can we stop comparing so as to include and exclude, deny and admit, punish and praise. Then and only then do we really have a choice. Not between good and bad. or right and wrong. Not because we should or shouldn't. Just because we have a choice. We are not compelled. We are free.

What if I told you that doing evil is very rewarding? That it is thrilling? That it is fun? Do you still choose the path of kindness? What if I told you there is no hell? No heaven? What if I told you Karma is just a story somebody made up to control the masses? What if you could get away with anything? Everything? What would you do then? Would you still choose to give and not take? 

You are as capable of hatred as love, of judgment as of mercy. You are not one or the other. You are both. You have a choice in every moment. Never pretend it is not so. Be honest about the choices you make. When you embrace your dark side, you become whole. When you are whole, you will never judge another person. Nor will you ever see yourself as a victim. 

Feet On The Ground

Sometimes I am struck by the tendency of spiritual-minded people to get their heads in the clouds and forget that their feet are on the ground.

In fact this tendency irritates the shit out of me. I want to call myself Rose, The Reiki Bitch just to make a point. You can't deny yourself and remain authentic. An authentic human being is a complex mixture of animal and spiritual beings. To attempt to separate these dimensions is to deny your life.

It is our job to embrace our life. And our life is in this world, not apart from it.

A Good Morning For An Attunement

It's a good morning for an attunement. I woke up refreshed and alert, and my hands are alive with tingling energy. My attention is focused on giving an attunement, and the energy is building around this purpose. It feels good to be in full Reiki mode.

Namaste.

David

My friend David is dying. The brain cancer is again spreading and he has accepted that his walk is nearly at an end. David has been an inspiration to me, as I know he has been for many others. His book, "You Don't Have To Die When Your Doctor Says" (he didn't) is a great gift he has given to the rest of us, especially those who have received a terminal diagnosis. I am sad to lose David. His life has been a blessing.