The Second Degree class provides the participant with the opportunity to attune to higher levels of Reiki energy. The initiations of second degree also attune a person to the power keys, or symbols, which are used at this level to perform absentee and a stronger form of mental/emotional healing.
First degree attunements focus on elevating the energy of the physical body, so that it may channel more intense healing energy; whereas second degree attunements work more directly on the etheric body and tend to stimulate the development of the intuitive centre, which is located at the pituitary gland, called the Third Eye.
After Second Degree Attunement
- intensify the effect of Reiki treatment;
- heal according to the mental method;
- carry out absentee healing (i.e. you will be able to heal without needing direct bodily contact);
- focus the mind, so that Reiki energy can be sent beyond time and space; and
- release the negative conditioning from past experiences.
Some of the uses of second degree Reiki
- Clear the environment, such as the house, hotel room, office premises, etc., with Reiki energy, to remove any negative, etheric substance.
- Get in touch with our Higher Self.
- Smooth out a journey, or travels.
- Release negative conditioning from past experiences.
- Harness the sexual/ human life force of energy.
- Harmonise special events.
INTRODUCTION
In this newly revised edition, I want to share with you one of the reasons I know that dis-ease can be reversed by simply reversing mental patterns.
A few years ago, I was diagnosed as having cancer of the vagina. With my background of being raped when I was five years old, and being a battered child, it was no wonder that I manifested cancer in the vaginal area. Having already been a teacher of healing for several years, I was very aware that I was now being given a chance to practice on myself and prove what I had been teaching others.
Like anyone who has just been told that they have cancer, I went into total panic. And yet I knew that mental healing worked. Being aware that cancer comes from a pattern of deep resentment that is held a long time, until it literally eats away at the body, I knew I had a lot of work to do. I realized that if I had the operation to get rid of the cancer and did not clear the mental pattern that created it, then the doctors would keep cutting Louise until there was no more Louise to cut. If I had the operation and cleared the mental pattern that was causing the cancer, then the cancer would not return. When cancer or any illness returns, I do not believe that it is because the doctor did not “get it all out”, but rather the patient had made no mental changes and so just recreates the same illness. I also knew that if I could clear the mental pattern that created the condition called cancer, then I would not need the doctor. So I bargained for time. The doctor grudgingly gave me three months, at the same time warning me that my life was endangered by the delay.
I immediately began to work with my own teacher to clear old patterns of resentment. Up to that time, I had not acknowledged that I harboured deep resentment. We are so often blind to our own patterns. A lot of forgiveness work was in order. The other thing I did was to go to a good nutritionist and completely de-toxify my body. So, between the mental and physical cleaning, in six months I was able to get the medical profession to agree with what I already knew: that I no longer had any form of cancer. I still keep the original lab report as a reminder of how negatively creative I could be.
THE POINT OF POWER IN THE PRESENT MOMENT
We can begin to make changes in our minds right here and right now. It does not matter how long we have had negative patterns or an illness, or a rotten relationship, or a lack of finances, or self-hatred. The thoughts we have held, and the words we have repeatedly used, have created our life and experiences up to this point. Yet that is past thinking; we have already done that. What we are choosing to think and say today, this moment, will create tomorrow and the next day and the next week and the next month and the next year, etc. The point of power is always in the present moment. This is where we begin to make changes. What a liberating idea. We can begin to let the old nonsense go, right now. The smallest beginning will make a difference. When you were a tiny baby, you were pure joy and love. You knew how important you were, you felt you were the centre of the universe. You had such courage, you asked for what you wanted, and expressed your feelings openly. You loved yourself totally, every part of your body, including your face. You knew you were perfect. And that is the truth of your being. All the rest is learned nonsense and can be unlearned.
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were perfect. And that is the truth of your being. All the rest is learned nonsense and can be unlearned.
How often have we said, “That is the way I am”, or “That is the way it is”? What we really are saying is, that is what we believe to be true of us. Usually, what we believe, is only someone else’s opinion that we have accepted and incorporated into our own belief system. It fits in with other things we believe. If we were taught as a child that the world is a frightening place, then everything we hear that fits in with that belief, we will accept as true for us, such as, “Don’t trust strangers”; “Don’t go out at night”, “People would cheat you”, etc. On the other hand, if we were taught early in life that the world is a safe and joyous place, then we would believe other things: “Love is everywhere”, “People are so friendly”, “Money comes to me easily”, and so on. Life experiences mirror our beliefs.
We seldom sit down and question our beliefs. For instance, I could ask myself, “Why do I believe it is difficult for me to learn? Is that really true? Is it true for me now? Where did that belief come from? Do I still believe it because a first grade teacher told me so, over and over? Would I be better off if I dropped that belief?”
Stop for a moment and catch your thought. What are you thinking right now? If thoughts shape your life and experiences, would you want this thought to become true for you? If it is a thought to worry or anger or hurt or revenge, how do you want to think this thought will come back to you? If we want a joyous life, we must think of joyous thoughts. If we want a prosperous life, we must think of prosperous thoughts. If we want a loving life, we must think of loving thoughts. Whatever we send out mentally and verbally will come back to us in the like form.
Take a little time to listen to the words you say. If you hear yourself saying something three times, write it down. It has become a pattern for you. At the end of the week, look at the list you have made and watch your life change. The way to control your life, is to control your choice of words or thoughts. No one thinks in your mind but you.
MENTAL EQUIVALENTS
THE MENTAL THOUGHT PATTERNS THAT FORM OUR EXPERIENCE
Both the good in our lives and the dis-ease are the result of mental thought patterns which form our experience. We all have many thought patterns that produce good, positive experiences, and these we enjoy. It is the negative thought patterns that produce uncomfortable, unrewarding experiences, with which we are concerned. It is our desire to change our disease in life into perfect health.
We have learned that for every effect in our lives, there is a thought pattern that precedes and maintains it. Our consistent thinking patterns create our experiences; therefore by changing our thinking patterns, we can change our experiences.
What a joy it was when I first discovered the words metaphysical causations. This describes the power in the words and thoughts that create experiences. This new awareness brought me the understanding of the connection between thoughts and the
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different parts of the body and physical problems. I learned how I had unknowingly created disease in myself, and this made a great difference in life. Now I could stop blaming life and other people for what was wrong in my life and body. I could now take full responsibility for my own health, without reproaching myself or feeling guilty. I began to see how to avoid creating thought patterns of disease in the future.
For example, I could not understand why I repeatedly had problems with a stiff neck. Then I discovered that the neck represented being flexible on issues, being willing to see different sides of a question. I had been a very inflexible person, often refusing to listen to another side of a question, out of fear. But as I become more flexible in my thinking, and able, with a loving understanding, to see another’s viewpoint, my neck ceased to bother me. Now, if my neck becomes a bit stiff, I look to see where my thinking is stiff and rigid.
REPLACING OLD PATTERNS
In order to permanently eliminate a condition, we must first work to dissolve the mental cause. But most often, since we do not know what the cause is, we find it difficult to know where to begin. So, if you are saying, “If only I knew what is causing this pain”, I hope this booklet will provide both a clue to find the causes, and helpful guide for building new thought patterns which will produce health in mind and body.
I have learned that for every condition in our lives, there is a need for it, otherwise we would not have it. The symptom is only an outer effect. We must go within to dissolve the mental cause. This is why willpower and discipline do not work. They are only battling the outer effect. It is like cutting down the weed, instead of getting the root out. So, before you begin the new thought affirmation, work on the willingness to release the need for cigarettes, or the headache, or the excess weight, or whatever. When the need is gone, the outer effect must die. No plant can live if the roots are cut away.
The mental thought patterns that cause the most diseases are criticism, anger, resentment and guilt. For instance, criticism, indulged long enough, will often lead to diseases such as arthritis. Anger turns into things that burn and infect the body. Resentment, long held, eats and festers away, and can ultimately lead to tumours and cancer. Guilt always seeks punishment and leads to pain. It is so much easier to release these negative thinking patterns from our minds when we are healthy, than to dig them out when we are in a state of panic, and under the threat of a surgeon’s knife.
The following list of mental equivalents has been compiled from many years of study, my own work with clients, and my lectures and workshops. It is helpful as a quick reference guide to the probable mental patterns behind the disease in our body. I offer these with love, and a desire to share this simple method of helping to heal your body.