6 Blind Spots of Reiki "Mastery"
Hey! Where are my Masters at? Not my friends. Not Queen,s or Goddesses or any of that crap. I’m talking to the Reiki “Masters” out there…
Becoming a Reiki Master has undoubtedly transformed your life, yet it’s too common to encounter Reiki Masters who are quite lacking in very specific areas in their lives. This reality seems paradoxical, doesn’t it? Given that everything is energy and you’ve “mastered” energy?
I understand the expectation that Masters flourish, and effortlessly manifest their blessed desires with ease and grace. Alas, that’s hardly the case.
That’s like assuming that all accountants are Warren Buffet. While Reiki consistently works, the moment you step out of your spiritual bubble into the complexities of the world—whether it’s in your career, forming friendships, or developing romantic relationships—tensions often emerge between your deep spiritual insights and the sometimes harsh realities of your external environment. This happens because you need to forge new thoughts, create fresh neural pathways, and establish new templates for living- and integrate those templates! Abundance in love, wealth, creativity, charisma, health, and vitality is indeed within your reach, but it requires you to make bold new choices, especially in situations where you once felt confined and stuck. Crucially, your will must resonate with Divine Will; without this alignment, the journey toward manifesting your goals can feel exceedingly challenging.
Here are 6 common pitfalls that many healers encounter after becoming certified “Master” Reiki practitioners.
- The first is the misconception that Reiki will seamlessly integrate into every facet of their lives with little effort. It’s true that it has divine intelligence and is aware of our complexities, Reiki cannot override our personal will. Often people underestimate the strength of their habits, attachments, entities, personal and ancestral karma. Even something like a defensive personality will need to be transmuted at it’s deepest level of your existence The culturally created self will need to be cleared to make way for the authentic self. People who approach healing for superficial reason’s rarely get past this phase.
- The second pitfall comes from those that, ignore or discard their shadow aspects. Maybe they are “done” with certain behavior, but the underlying cause remains undiscovered-therefor a part of them remains undiscovered as well. These people conflate healing with good-vibes-only and would rather not face the denser energies. They crave the good-feels and often use spiritual bypassing to avoid dealing with the truth, thinking that is more powerful. Chances are, if you refuse to look at shadows without, you won’t see the shadows within. I call these people “those that seek the water for its quench, but never for it’s cleanse”
- Another mistake is the belief that living the life you truly desire while truly embodying the divine, is out of reach or incompatible with spirituality. This isn’t the same as aligning your will with divine will, but rather the thinking that if they’re suffering, they’re doing it right. These folks might turn down their noses at wealth or easeful living. While Reiki increases your capacity for compassion and empathy, there are no celebrated vows of poverty. You won’t get “spirit-fingers” for living a drab, uninspired life, or for suffering because the world is suffering.
- There’s the assumption that the title of “Reiki Master” signifies the completion of learing about energetics. I can’t be the only person that wishes the title Reiki Master” wasn’t getting passed out like lei’s in Hawaii if your hotel price is right. In the last (of many) Master classes I took from William Rand, there were clearly students there that didn’t have basic level 1 & 2 knowledge down. It was very disappointing to see that they’d be awarded a Master certificate when they barely had any healing experience, historical knowledge or basic understanding of the energy field. William is clearly just trying to fill up his classes, but the karmically enititled students suffered as a result. Spirit will do with them what it will, but I think it’s important to recognize that being a “Master” gives you the capacity to receive a light quotient that is high, but that doesn’t mean you’ve maintained it or have Mastered anything. In truth, this marks the beginning of a profound exploration. If you’re actually to be a Masterful healer, you’ll never feel “done”. You will feel called to repeat your training, ignitions, attunemnts, and learn other modalities to support your growth. Some Reiki Masters have the certificate but are not otherwise dedicated or practicing healing. The door will be open for them to continue, but a Master is not made in a weekend.
- Sticking with Mainstream Reiki. While mainstream Reiki lays a crucial foundation, it often falls short in addressing the nuances of your daily life and the unique challenges of being human. It does not clarify what true mastery entails in practice. For example, you are not trained in objectivity, consistency, and spiritual discernment. In addition, if you only use traditional systems of Reiki, you miss out on the energy systems that can truly transform your life and aid in manifestation.
- Not having a mentor or community with other healers. The benefits of Reiki are endless. It can assist you in integrating your authentic self, healing dis-ease of all kinds, releasing stagnant energy or entities, revealing toxic environmental factors, and highlighting the impact of negative influences in your life. However, Reiki alone cannot hold you accountable or offer practical guidance during moments of doubt when you feel stuck or everything feels ineffective. Reiki can’t give you a hug or make you laugh and forget what you’re upset about. Reiki is not humanity and will not force you to live your life to the fullest. Healers that isolate themselves risk having to learn the lessons of vulnerability and trust. Those are not fun lessons. Healers also need to be in the company of high vibrational individuals with integrity so that they maintain thier vibration comfortably. You’ve likely heard notions such as you can’t rise higher than the individuals you associate with, or that you should never heed advice from someone whose life you wouldn’t desire. While these ideas may come off as elitist, they are deeply rooted in the laws of vibration and remain true even after you embrace the role of a Reiki healer.
If any of these hit a little too close to home, don’t sweat it—you’re definitely not alone! Seriously, at some point, every Reiki Master has found themselves nodding along to that list. These pitfalls, though, are really just pitstops. They mean you’re not done, and that’s actually exciting!
Some of you know that I also worked for many years as a model and actor, and I used to get really irritated when people would suggest that I should blast love at the hearts of industry gatekeepers to get a callbacks. But after a while it got me thinking, “Hey maybe I should blast love at the heart of this casting director or that agent!” I decided to employ some meditation practices and techniques, coupled with unconventional Reiki systems to see if I could have some breakthroughs. In the space of two years I booked 6 national commercial campaigns, three TV spots, got two agents and a manger… I’m now getting auditions and callbacks for high calliber projects – the likes of which I can’t name because I’ve singed NDA’s. Of course there have been challenges and hiccups. I had another child, a debilitating jaw surgery, and my partners career took off so I was had to make some sacrifices. At one I point decided I hated commercials while still trying to book them (opps!) Life will never stop “life-ing” while we’re alive but we can get some good licks in ; )
When I consider what these techniques have done for me and clients that I’ve taught these them to, I know these approaches work. And there isn’t any topic in your life that they can not work for!
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