Category: A Month of Mays

It’s May 4th, and you might have noticed a lot of references to Star Wars today, including their most famous line, “May the Force be with you.” As a reiki practitioner, I find “the Force” rather intriguing. Although fictional, the idea is still relevant enough to make me take...

In my last post, I implied that everyone is capable of using reiki, even without any training. But Usui reiki has this process called “attunement” that allegedly opens up the path for reiki to flow into you. Saying that it’s not necessary to start using reiki may ruffle some feathers,...

Have you ever used reiki or any other forms of energy healing before? If I say to you that you are capable of controling the energy flow around you, even without any training whatsoever, would you believe me? You might answer “no” to the questions above, but I bet...

For some years now, during the month of May, I’ve taken on a project called A Month of Mays, where I write a prayer for the world and expand on it each day. This year, I want to do this with a focus on reiki, in hopes that it...

Here in the U.S., we’re reeling from yet another devastating mass shooting at an elementary school. And the more we learn about what happened, the more the story defies common logic. It just doesn’t make sense that an 18-year-old with a troubled past was able to purchase 2 rifles...

If we’re discussing the topic of bullying, there’s another very important factor that we need to acknowledge, and that’s our capacity for violence. It’s a trait that we don’t like to admit that we have, especially to ourselves. That’s why I think it’s so important to take a deeper look...

In my previous post about bullying, I touched briefly on forgiving yourself for being weak. I believe accepting your physical weakness is a topic that deserves its own post. From the stand point of our survival instincts, being labeled as weak is fatal. Some animal moms will reject a...

Bullying is a big concern for parents of school-aged children. It is certainly something that I keep an eye out for with my own children, and I’ve also witnessed a handful of incidents while they play after school. In the 12 years since the time my oldest entered PreK,...

One of the insults many people seem to enjoy hurling at each other is about how ignorant they think the other person is. This seems to be universal. It apparently doesn’t matter which culture you come from, and it also starts young. I certainly remember being called “馬鹿” when...

Nobody likes being lied to.  When we find out that someone has been telling us lies, our egos take a hit. We feel stupid for believing the lies. Or we feel offended that this person couldn’t trust us with the truth. It’s not a good feeling, to say the...