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What is Reiki Healing? “Reiki...being a Universal force from the Great Divine Spirit, it belongs to all who seek and desire to learn the art of healing" Hawayo Takata Reiki (pronounced “ray-key”) Healing is an ancient Japanese hands-on healing art. It is a method of healing that is considered a form of bodywork. As an energy medicine Reiki supports healing the body, mind, emotions and spirit.
New Beginnings are here and now as we get closer to the season of Spring. Whether it is a new season in our life or we are simply focused on living in the here and now moment, let's begin anew. Everyday is a new day, a new opportunity to begin again. In order to do so you need to let go of the past. Let's begin anew and embrace all that is possible today. All we have is this moment and our breath. The breath is life, the life of spirit within us ever calling out, so let's begin anew. Ah, breathe and relax.
Affirmations for New Year 2013 are a powerful yet simple way to begin the New Year. The past is over. We have already entered a new beginning here on the new Earth. These affirmations for New Year 2013 will help to support the powerful changes that we are co-creating now as we enter 2013. Affirmations Affirmations are positive statements of truth. It is a powerful jewel (tool) for self discovery. We create through our thinking. When we focus on positive thoughts we feed our conscious mind and co-create what we are intending in our life.
A Channeled Message for August was given to me and I would like to share it with you. "Be all that you can be. Not only on the human level, also on the spiritual level. Be fully in your humanity as well as your Divinity. You are spirit in a body, which is your sacred temple. God is love. You, being the children of God means that you are LOVE made manifest in flesh. Your essence is LOVE. Express your Divine essence of LOVE in your daily life." Channeled Messages
Our intuition always guides us to what is best for us. This truth I believe as I trust in God who loves us unconditionally. Our intuition is the still small voice of Goddess within that always guides us to what is best for us. In other words, God has our back and wants us to be happy. In order to access this voice of the Divine we need to quiet the mind through meditation so that we can listen within. What bubbles to the surface is our intuition which always guides us to what is best for us. What is Intuition?
Self love is another Jewel for Self Discovery. Love is a powerful energy that is within us and all around us. God is love and love is the only reality. "Love, love, love thyself." Channeled by Maureen Self love is essential for us to live as the spirit beings that we are, having a human experience. So many of us focus on seeking love from outside of ourselves through our relationships with parents, friends, intimate partners and children. We all want to love and be loved.
This time of year in the season of Autumn the Day of the Dead 2012 is celebrated especially in Mexico and by Latin Americans in the US. It is also know as All Souls Day on November 1 and the Catholic holiday All Saints Day on November 2. The Day of the Dead is a time for family and friends to come together in prayer and remembrance of loved ones who have died. We can build altars or shrines in our homes to celebrate and honor our dead.
Our essence is LOVE. God is LOVE. We, being the children of God means that we are LOVE made manifest in flesh. . We are here to live LOVE unconditionally in every moment. This is quite a challenge for us as humans here on earth. In order to meet this challenge it is important to balance our body, mind, emotion and spirit. "The purpose of all mankind is at-one-ment with God. The means to attaining atonement is through balancing body, mind, emotion, spirit." channeled by Maureen
Talk to God through prayers as a daily practice. When we are challenged on our spiritual path it is especially healing. Meditation is listening to God whereas prayers are how we communicate with the Divine. When we talk to God through prayers we honor our spirit by consciously aligning with the Source within us through the direct communication of prayer. No middle man is needed.
At one with Mother Earth, Goddess Gaia is the conscious connection we feel when we are present with Gaia, a Sacred Feminine Goddess of planet earth. Using all our senses, letting go of our thoughts and just being in the stillness of nature is all it takes. Walking in the woods, swimming in the ocean, hiking a mountain or picnicking in a meadow are examples of being at one with Goddess Gaia with awareness in the moment.
Use your intuition as it is the wisdom within from our Divine self. We are all intuitive beings whether we are aware of it or not. Intuition is a natural ability from Source that we are able to tap into. It is available to assist us in living our life more consciously with intention and fulfillment.
Living with pain is quite a challenge for each of us on this planet. None of us are exempt from experiencing pain whether it is in the body, mind, emotional body or spirit. It matters not whether you are poor, rich or middle class for pain is part of the human condition. What we do with our pain is what makes us or breaks us. Living with pain is one of our ultimate challenges as pain is our teacher or crucifier. With self love pain becomes our teacher so that we can grow from it.
Let Go and Let God is a powerful slogan reminding me to surrender to Source. It may seem like a simple message but it isn't easy. It helps to bring awareness to the intention to let go and let God. Moment to moment each day I need to remember this simple jewel for self discovery. With consciousness I can catch myself when I try to control people, situations and things in my life. Once I see what I am doing I can choose to let go and let God once again. This is a continual process one day at a time. Put God in the Driver's Seat
Reiki Distance Healing Circle at EastWest Bookshop Seattle Thursday September 13 @ 4PM PST facilitated by: Maureen Brennan Mercier FREE It doesn't matter whether you are trained in Reiki I, Reiki II, Reiki III or if you have no experience at all with Reiki Healing. All are welcome to attend this healing circle.
Love thyself is another way to say self love. Love is a powerful energy that is within us and all around us. God is love and love is the only reality. "Love, love, love thyself." Channeled by Maureen Self love or love thyself is essential for us to live as the spirit beings that we are, having a human experience. So many of us focus on seeking love from outside of ourselves through our relationships with parents, friends, intimate partners and children. We all want to give and receive love.
The universe is multidimentional and multifaceted. There is one Source and many spiritual paths. We each have a path that resonates with us internally. Mine is the path of devotion to the Sacred Feminine Goddess. In Sanskrit Bhakti Yoga is the path of devotion. Sri Krishna teaches that the easiest path to God/Goddess consciousness is through love or devotion.
A Channeled Message for May came through me and I would like to share it with you. The following is the message that I received:
Being in our brilliance means loving and embracing ourselves as the perfectly human and perfectly Divine beings that we are. It is about self love and self acceptance in each now moment. When we are being in our brilliance we are not holding back in any way that would dim our light. We are not compromising ourselves for the sake of others who may be threatened by our brilliance. Being in our brilliance is stepping through the doorway of our awakening new self being fully present, knowing who we are and expressing our gifts. It reminds me of the following quote by Marianne Williamson:
Feel the inner joy when it arises from within you. It can be experienced as the result of an experience in the world that inspires happiness. It can also occur for no outer reason at all. Recently I have had many experiences where I feel the inner joy for no apparent reason. I paused in order to honor my emotions and I asked myself where it was coming from. There was no outer reason to feel joy at the time.
Sacred Feminine Soul Sisters are those female friends who see us, love and accept us for who we are. They are our people who we can relax and be ourselves with. Our sisters do not judge us. Nurturing and healing our hearts are what our Sacred Feminine Soul Sisters do with ease when we are together. Even when we are apart it helps to know that our sisters have our back always. Sacred Feminine Soul Sisters are the sisters of our soul. They are sometimes more in touch with what our soul needs then we are, helping us to navigate our way back home to ourselves. Four of Us
Soulful friends are one of the most powerful assets a human being could have. Life is challenging on this planet. With loving friends who have our back we know that we are not alone in the world. When we have soulful friends we have a built in support system to help us along the way especially when the chips are down. Sharing our weaknesses and challenges in life with a friend who doesn't judge us and instead listens to us share our pain is very healing. Receiving encouragement and positive feedback is such a gift.
Honor Goddess Gaia as the earth goddess that she is, according to the ancient Greek religion. She is a living being who organically loves and nurtures us in so many ways. All that we need to do is receive her loving mother energy that she so freely shares with us. When we appreciate the fertility of earth with the variety of trees, flowers, fruits, vegetation, grasses, mountains, water and other natural resources we thus honor Goddess Gaia. As the embodiment of the Sacred Feminine she is also known as Mother Earth, Earth Mother and Mother Nature.
Friends for life are one of the most powerful assets a human being could have. Life is challenging on this planet. With loving friends who have our back we know that we are not alone in the world. When we have friends for life we have a built in support system to help us along the way especially when the chips are down. Sharing our weaknesses and challenges in life with a friend who doesn't judge us and instead listens to us share our pain is very healing. Receiving encouragement and positive feedback is such a gift.
Prepare for surgery with self care. Self care and self love go hand in hand. Giving to yourself first is an act of self love. This is important in order to increase your body's ability to heal from surgery. Prepare for surgery with self care. It is essential. Your body, mind, emotions and spirit need to be treated with loving attention. I am making sure that my self care is balanced on all levels as I am having surgery this week myself.
Sacred Feminine Sisters are those friends who see us, love and accept us for who we are. They are our people who we can relax and be ourselves with. Nurturing and healing our hearts are what our Sacred Feminine Sisters do with ease when we are together. Even when we are apart it helps to know that our sisters have our back always. Sacred Feminine Sisters are the sisters of our soul. They are sometimes more in touch with what our soul needs then we are, helping us to navigate our way back home to ourselves. Four of Us
Traveling across the US has been an old dream of mine for quite some time. Just recently I had the opportunity to experience Divine Creating at it's best by fulfilling that almost forgotten dream. On Sunday July 3 my daughter and I completed the four day trip across this beautiful country from Saugerties, New York to Seattle, Washington. How appropriate that our traveling across the US was during the 4th of July weekend!
Solar Eclipse May 20, 2012 @ 4:47 PST. 7:47 EST in Gemini. Eclipses are about sudden change. The energy of a Solar Eclipse is powerful. It is the coming together of the Solar, masculine energy with the Lunar, feminine energy that builds to a peak. When the two power points are at the same longitude and declination in a Solar Eclipse, the light and energy from the masculine is interrupted. Thus a shadow is formed on Earth known as an eclipse path which affects our life in those areas affected by that shadow.
All we need is love. Yes it can be that simple. Love is the only reality. Our hearts know this to be true. The ego just doesn't get it. That's alright for truth is more powerful than the ego. Our hearts contain all the wisdom of our experiences and of the universe. All we need is love. Feel that truth from the inside. Take a few moments to breathe it into our awareness. Let's feel it in our heart of hearts.
Self care and self love go hand in hand. As we begin the New Year 2012 it is important to practice positive, healthy self care by balancing body, mind, emotion, spirit. Self care is essential. Your body, mind, emotions and spirit need to be treated with loving attention daily. With self care and self love the act of giving, loving and caring for others becomes easier without taking from your own life force energy. Nurturing others is more organic and flows when we care for ourselves as part of our daily practice. Fill your own Cup
New beginnings are happening here and now for me since I just moved back to Seattle from Saugerties, NY. This is a new season in my life as I received what I needed for my growth and healing these past three years of living in the Catskill Mountains. In fact everyday is a new day, a new opportunity to begin again. In order to do so we need to let go of yesterday incorporating it's lessons, insights and healings as we embrace new beginnings today.
Practice the daily practices on a regular basis to support yourself on the spiritual path. Our spiritual path is a journey of the soul where you need to have essentials in order to traverse the trail with ease. Practice the daily practices beginning with the breath, prana or life force energy. Begin your day by taking 3 cleansing breaths. Breathe in love, light, healing energy. Breathe out pain, old emotional energy and all that no longer serves you.
The gifts of the Sacred Feminine are like jewels for the soul. These qualities give strength and fluidity to the nurturing vibration of the Divine Feminine in each of us. The Goddess is associated with Universal Motherhood, Holy Mother, Mother Earth and the Divine Self within. In order to be whole we need to balance the male and female within us and in the universe by receiving the gifts of the Sacred Feminine. The gifts of the Sacred Feminine include unconditional love, compassion and wisdom that are made available to us through the Divine Feminine energy.
Breathing in healing energy is a very simple and basic jewel for your jewel box. It can be done anywhere, any time throughout the day as a part of your daily practice. It is a powerful tool in the grieving process as well. The breath or prana is the life force energy. As you consciously breathe you are directing the breath to where you need it the most. Then breathing in healing energy becomes the intention resulting in deeper relaxation, removing energy blocks and releasing the grief of a broken heart.
Everyday is a new day to begin again. With the dawn of each day we have the opportunity to make a fresh start. Yesterday is over. There is no tomorrow. So let's focus on the now moment The errors of yesterday are behind us as long as we learn from them. Dragging the weight of those mistakes into this new day weighs us down. We are not fully free. Let go and see that everyday is a new day.
“Reiki...being a Universal force from the Great Divine Spirit, it belongs to all who seek and desire to learn the art of healing" Hawayo Takata Reiki (pronounced “ray-key”) Healing is an ancient Japanese hands-on healing art. It is a method of healing that is considered a form of bodywork. As an energy medicine Reiki supports healing the body, mind, emotions and spirit.
Kindness involves the quality of being warm-hearted, considerate, compassionate and gracious. It is the willingness to do good, kindly acts to help others in need. The source of kindness is an inherent benevolent nature that expresses sympathy and gentleness toward others. It comes naturally from an open heart that is conce ed for the well being of others. We express kindness when we are considerate of others. This is a conscious act where we let go of the ego and express our Divine nature through kindness to another, expecting nothing in return.
Loving self completely is another Jewel for Self Discovery on our journey of the soul. Love is a powerful energy that is within us and all around us as God is love. Loving self completely is an essential component for us to live as spirit beings. When we by-pass self love and search for love from others first, we hinder our growth and development as spiritual beings. The place to begin first and foremost on our journey of the soul is with loving self completely.
We connect to Goddess Gaia by being present with the Sacred Feminine Goddess of planet earth. Using all of our senses, letting go of our thoughts and just being in the stillness of nature is all it takes. Walking in the woods, swimming in the ocean, hiking a mountain or picnicking in a meadow are ways to connect to Goddess Gaia with awareness. I especially feel at-one with Mother Earth when I garden. Digging my hands in the black soil I feel grounded.
Affirmations for New Year's resolutions are a simple yet powerful jewel for self discovery. Jewels glisten in the light, sparkle with excitement and enhance the beauty of our being. This jewel for self discovery will serve that purpose and more. Add affirmations to your spiritual jewel box to use on a regular basis to help you create your New Year's resolutions now. So let's get started. Affirmations
Spiritual parenting our children is grounded in the intention to love, support and guide our children to what is best for them on all levels - body, mind, emotion and spirit. Our children come through us, divinely created with the grace of Goddess. Spiritual parenting our children is about remembering we cannot hold onto our children nor impose our visions upon them. They have their own paths, their own visions.
Be willing to forgive self. Willingness is the first step in forgiving ourselves. The act of self forgiveness helps us to let go of the past. This is essential as we continue to heal our past and move forward in our new life. The Oxford English dictionary defines forgiveness as such: “to grant free pardon and to give up all claim on account of an offense or debt.”
Living as a mystic for me is a gift and a challenge both. It is a journey of awakening to who I truly am, loving myself and developing my personal relationship to God, Goddess. Moment to moment unfolding the truth from within is part of the process. Sometimes it flows and I feel ecstatic as I surrender to Source. Other times my head throbs, my stomach chu s when my thoughts conflict with the inner voice. "I chose this - living as a mystic? Why?"
What are Channeled Messages? Channeled messages are messages that come from a higher source such as angels, spirit guides and ascended masters like Jesus, Mother Mary, Kwan Yin and Archangel Michael. The person receiving the message, the channel, needs to have an open heart and an open mind. It is important to get out of the way and allow the guidance to come through unedited in channeled messages. Practicing meditation on a regular basis helps the messenger to still the mind. Going deeper within self to receive the message from the higher source is a process with channeled messages.
The treasures of Ashland, Oregon include the beauty of Goddess Gaia, the creativity of the many theatre companies and the numerous recreational activities. My friend Chris and I recently drove 8 hours from Seattle, WA on I5 to the southern Oregon town for our friend Jayne and Ian's wedding.
Practice daily self care as an essential way to honor your body, your mind, your emotions and to honor your spirit. It is imperative that you practice daily self care in order to live a balanced life. We are spirit beings in physical form and we need to take good care of ourselves on all levels. When we practice daily self care the act of loving others becomes easier without taking from your life force energy. Nurturing others is more organic and flows when we care for ourselves daily. Painting "Nirvana" by my niece Lorraine Brennan http://lorrainebrennan.com/s5painting4.html
Forgiveness is another tool or jewel for self discovery to assist us on our spiritual journey to enlightenment. The Oxford English dictionary defines forgiveness as such: “to grant free pardon and to give up all claim on account of an offense or debt.” Forgiveness is also about letting go of resentment, anger, bitte ess, limiting beliefs and vengeful thinking. “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” Lewis B. Smedes “Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do.” Jesus Inner Peace and Joy
Self care for caregivers and self love go hand in hand. Whether you are a relative, friend, professional caregiver, therapist or healer who gives care to others on a regular basis, it is imperative that you practice positive, healthy self care. Giving to others begins with giving to yourself which is an act of self love.
Oat straw herbal infusion is one of several herbal infusions that I make at home. I have always been interested in herbs to improve my health and well being. My resources for herbal information have been from articles I've read, my friends and Susun Weed, a world renouned herbalist. Our Saugerties, NY house is just down the road from Susun. Sometimes we see her teaching about herbs or tending to her goats in the field.
Healing power of friendship is what I am so grateful for. Friends are one of the most powerful assets a human being could have. Life is challenging on this planet. With loving friends who have our back we know that we are not alone in the world. With the healing power of friendship we have a built-in support system to help us on our journey. It is so emotionally healing to share our weaknesses and challenges in life with a friend. Someone who doesn't judge us and instead listens to us share our pain is so valuable. Receiving encouragement and positive feedback is a gift.
Our intuition guides us to what is best for us. I believe in this truth just as I believe in God who loves us unconditionally. Our intuition is the still small voice of Goddess. Intuition guides us to what is best for us. In other words, God has our back and wants us to be happy. In order to access this voice of the Divine we need to quiet the mind through meditation so that we can listen within. What bubbles to the surface is our intuition. And our intuition guides us to the highest and best intention for us. What is Intuition?