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Post by Mystik on Jul 18, 2007 0:53:57 GMT -5
Be compassionate to yourself and others True spirit is compassionate. Too often though this is directed only outwards towards others, while starving yourself of compassion. How many successful healers and helpers of others do you know whose own lives are a total mess? The first rule is be compassionate to yourself. Forgive yourself unconditionally for all of your perceived shortcomings. Just as the first principle says "do not anger" because anger is an expression of ego; of your ego not getting what it feels it should, it is also a statement of the ego to believe that one is less worthy of one's own compassion than others. Thus the ego stands in the way of one functioning as a channel of universal energy. The prayer of the healer says: "I ask that my ego be put aside so that I may be a pure channel for the universal (reiki) energy. Let this healing be for the highest good (of all involved)" Be compassionate to yourself. By knowing your own need for compassion you will understand that others also need and deserve the same. From this strong position your compassion will flow strongly to others in the universal energy. Healing yourself is the first step to successfully healing others.
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