Reiki Newsletter- August 2017

Last Sunday we have gathered for an iron-man chanting marathon (thanks to Maria Kammerer!), to practice chanting Reiki precepts.

Just for Today

Do not Anger

Do not Worry

Be Grateful

Do your work Diligently

Be Compassionate to yourself and all living beings

The precepts seem simple but I’m amazed by the deeper layers one can discover with practice. After our marathon chanting I had two discoveries:

Bear with me on this imagination: Imagine a lantern made from a flexible soft material, almost like silk. It’s like accordion but you can pull from each side and manipulate the lantern. Imagine this lantern has 4 sides and each side has blinds. One side is  “Do not Anger”, second side is “Do not Worry”, third side is “Gratitude”, forth side is “ Diligent work”. The bottom end is “Just for Today” the top is “Compassion”.

Let’s build up the lantern from bottom up where the bottom most end is “Just for Today”. This is what grounds the lantern down to Earth (Being Here and Now). The opposite end or top of the lantern is “Compassion”. This is what hooks us up to Heavens. The lantern itself is a bridge between the Earth and Heaven.  

If you pull the side of the lantern that represents “Do not Anger”, (i.e. if you practice this precept and be aware of the anger, recognize that it’s only the ego, recognize the root causes of the anger and succeed to transform the anger), the blinds on this side of the lantern opens up to reveal the Great Bright Llight within the lantern.

If you pull the side that represents “Do not Worry”, (i.e. if you recognize that worry is only comes from unsettled mind, it’s just a thought and it’s not aligned with our true nature and if you transform worry to ease), the blinds on this side of the lantern opens up to reveal the Great Bright Light within the lantern.

If you pull the side that represents “Gratitude”, (i.e. if you pay attention to the little miracles of being alive and your heart fills with joy and gratitude), the blinds on this side of the lantern opens up to reveal the Great Bright Light within the lantern.

If you pull the side that represents “Diligent Work”, (i.e. if you utilize your full potential that you came into this world with, that your potential becomes your work and your work is your utmost potential), the blinds on this side of the lantern opens up to reveal the Great Bright Light within the lantern.

If you pull the lantern away from opposite ends, (i.e. you practice Compassion in the Now), all four sides of the lantern are collapsed and there is no lantern anymore and the Great Bright Light is totally exposed.

The second understanding is similar in nature but it is math related. I think there is a math nerd within me waiting to be discovered!

In this one, “Just for Today” or if we simply call it as “Being Here and Now” has a multiplication factor  of  0 (Zero).

Whatever you multiply it with (or when you bring this factor at the presence of others), everything else disappears and the result is zero (non-duality or emptiness).

You multiply “Here and Now” with Anger, anger disappears, the end result is zero; you multiply Here and Now with Worry, worry disappears, the end result is zero. You multiply it with Gratitude, there is no need for gratitude anymore, because there is no subject that feels grateful or any objects to be grateful for, the end result is zero. You multiply it with “Diligent Work” there is no one left to work, or any work left to be done, the end result is zero. Multiply it with Compassion and there is no one left to be compassionate for, including the Self. The “Here and Now” is the Golden key to de-activate the need for all others, it’s the zero factor J   but look at what remains…   

Here and Now x Anger = 0

Here and Now x Fear = 0

Here and Now x Gratitude = 0

Here and Now x Work diligently =0

Here and Now x Compassion = 0

What remains = Great Bright Light

Love & Light,

Zeynep

Reiki Newsletter-April 2017

Dear Friends,

I love April because it means FRANS IS COMING TO TOWN!!!!  This will be the 7^th year, my teacher Frans Stiene is coming to Cincinnati to teach a Reiki event. This year we’re blessed with a 4 day Reiki Meditation Retreat.

Frans is a dedicated practitioner who deepens his own knowledge and experience and reflects it in his teachings. That’s why the same class looks different every year. This is true for the Public Talks too. If you’ve been to his Public talks before, I invite you to come experience it again. I’m sure you’ll get out something different.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1373321709425616/

The Reiki Meditation Retreat will be on April 21- April 24 in Transfiguration Spirituality Center, a secret heaven in Glendale.  The Retreat is open to any serious practitioner; you don’t have to be a Reiki practitioner.  Here is the link for registration:   http://us.ihreiki.com/events/detail/east-coast_usa_4_day_reiki_retreat1  

If you’ve been to a 1 day Retreat or as we call it the Play Day before, multiple it by 4, that’s how much fun it is J

If you can’t make the Retreat, Frans will give 2 free Public talks.

Wednesday  April 19^th  2017 7-9 pm

Reiki Room of Dayton

848 E Franklin St,

Washington Township, OH 45459

Thursday April 20, 2017 7-9 pm

True Freedom Recovery Yoga

4501 Allison Street

Norwood, Ohio 45212

Besides  fun and information,  Frans’ Public talks are an energy experience where you get what you need at that point in your life. So, come back again and bring family, friends, kids, especially if there is anyone who is curious about Reiki and you don’t know how to explain it!

While here Frans will give private healing sessions too. There are only few sessions left. Contact me quickly if you want a private session with him. Sessions will be on Thursday April 20^th and Tuesday April 25^th.

Our next big Reiki event is in May. As you know, we meet twice a year for a fun day to practice together as Reiki practitioners. Next Reiki Day is May 21^st, 9:30 AM - 5 PM in Northside.  Here's a link to more information.  http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Attune-The-Art-CIncinnati-Reiki-Day

Last but not least, there will be a Reiki presentation next weekend at Victory of Light Festival on April 8^th at 5 pm in Sharonville Convention Center. Come join to give Reiki if you’re a practitioner, or invite your loved ones to listen about Reiki and get a short hands-on Reiki experience. Patricia and Sundar will be leading this experience and everyone is invited to take part!

 Hope to see in one of these events (or may be all!),

Love & LIght,

Zeynep

Reiki Newsletter-February 2017

It's been exactly 15 years since I’ve first heard about Reiki. I still remember those first few months that led me to learn Reiki and all the magical things that happened during those months (and many more in following years).

It was the last week of January in 2002. One weekend, my mother-in-law and I were talking on the phone like we do every week. She casually mentioned that she has learned Reiki in a weekend workshop.  I probably wouldn’t believe what I’ve heard if it would have been someone else but I trust my mother-in-law, she is very down to earth and sharp woman. I still couldn’t wrap my mind around how could you touch and heal.  I always believed that some people are born with the ability to heal but those were natural healers, I believed. It’s just that I didn’t think anyone could do it.

Of course I went to internet, googled Reiki and there were lots and lots of information, anywhere from free distant attunements to classes charging $10,000. I lay it to rest for a while.

Couple weeks later, in mid-February, I went to Florida for business. I had 1 hour free time until a business dinner. I was driving back to the hotel when I saw a book store in a strip mall. The rest, I’ll never forget….

 I made a sharp left turn, parked the car in front of the book store. I walked in to the store. I walked right into an aisle on the left. I walked to the end of the book shelf and reach out and grabbed a book, yes…  a Reiki book.

 Even today, when I know where the Health/Alternative healing, etc. books are located in a bookstore I can’t find Reiki books at first try. It was simply a miracle to walk right to a store and pick a book, a Reiki book, without searching or even thinking about it. It was like the book jumped to me.

It was Sandy Leir Shuffrey’s Teach Yourself Reiki and the first sentence of the book was that You cannot teach yourself Reiki! It’s because this book is published by ”Teach Yourself” series, it’s called Teach Yourself Reiki. Anyway, I immediately started to read the book, memorized the hand positions and started doing Reiki to myself. It was amazing that even though I didn’t have the attunements, I was feeling the energy.  I can’t forget the deep restful sleeps I got those first few weeks.

When I returned home I immediately started looking for classes in Cincinnati.

That journey was quite amazing too.  I found couple Reiki Masters and Mira Shukla amongst them who teaches at Tri Health Pavillion. I realized I missed her class by one week and I was going to be out of the country in her next class; and the following class coincided with my sister’s wedding. It was like a curse. Months have passed and I was still chasing a class.

It was September, the schools started and my son’s school had an Open House. There were after school activities accepting registrations during the Open House. My son and his best friend wanted to go to Kumon, an after school reading and math program.  I talked to the Director of Kumon during Open House, and registered my son. I grabbed the Director’s business card and it was Mira Shukla. I walked with the card in my hand and read the name few times. I couldn’t believe it, it was the Reiki Master I was chasing for month. I went back to the desk and asked her if she is the Reiki Master Mira Shukla. We both laughed and I told her that I was chasing her classes for months. She promised to let me know for the next class in October.   That class got cancelled and I was at the end of my patience. I couldn’t wait any longer. I was reading William Rand’s web site and I was even corresponding with one of his Turkish students. I realized there is a class coming up next weekend in Detroit. I called immediately and the associate said the class was full for weeks and someone just called and cancelled. One spot was available and it was mine. I signed up immediately.

The next day I saw Mira at school. She asked me if I got her phone message. No, I didn’t. She said she left me a message that she was going to teach me a private class because I was waiting for so long. I told her that I signed up to William Rand’s class and I am going to Detroit next weekend.

I went home and there was a red light blinking in the answering machine, which neither me or my husband noticed in last 2 days. I played the message. I couldn’t believe it. I rewind it again. It was an empty message with no recording.

I knew I was supposed to go to William to Detroit.