How Reiki came into my life
After losing my partner I lost the spirit to live. I totally disconnected myself from everything and everyone and I could not find the energy, I felt so numb.
Coping with loss is a painful process and we have to allow ourselves time to heal. There are feelings that we will never get over, we want to give up or become angry at life blinding ourselves from the truth. There will be a moment that we suddenly connect to the right tool to guide us through this process.
My sister advised me often during that time that Reiki could be very helpful and I decided to go to a local Reiki practitioner for a consultation. I never experienced Reiki before and had some hesitancy but with the help of this loving person I allowed myself to open up. The warmth and love of this energy nourished my tender heart. Everything started to fall into place and being more in balance with my emotions enabled me to open myself for the process of healing.
After a while I decided to ask for the Reiki attunements. Since the personal experience with Reiki I could not get it out of my mind and I started to meditate and created more Mandalas. I saw a quote on the Internet saying "The longest journey is the journey inwards" and this is exactly what I have attempted in the past year. With it being so close to the one year since my partner died I worried about the length of my recovery. I felt I had to spring into action and this decision is the first step.
I am going on a holiday to Ireland also to go back to the place where I shared my partners spirit with the nature he loved so much. During the preparations for this trip I have had all sorts of feelings and visions coming back to the spot and finding something magical. The tension inside me has been building up towards this date. During this journey I will receive my Reiki attunements from my younger sister, a Reiki master with whom I have a special bond.
After the day I asked her to give me the attunements I started to feel physical change, besides a stomach-ache I developed a terrible cold. My dreams became more vivid and I had the impression that my intuition became stronger. As a joke I mentioned these things to my sister and said; have you already started? She told me that it is possible to have changes before your initiations. Strangely enough I was not surprised.
Reiki is a natural healing process energised by universal love and light.
Caroline Hofstede
2001
Caroline is the founder of Cosmic Sparkle, a place for healing inspiration. "Sharing on the world wide web is an extremely powerful tool, it is my aim is to inspire others to become aware of the healing sparkle that is present within us all".