Today I would like to talk about meditating to connect with the planets in our solar system. It is similar to connecting with Mother Earth; each of the planets relates to a quality that we can heal and integrate. Venus relates to frienship, love and beauty; Mercury to how we think and communicate ourselves. Mars helps us deal with issues of competition, strength and confidence.
In his book The Healing Touch, William Rand says that fear of competition creates more problems for the Reiki world than competition itself. Even if we think of ourselves as lightworkers, in the real world, we can act out of defensiveness or insecurity when someone moves into our sphere of influence. True for Reiki, also true for the yoga/wellness/healing worlds. If we don't acknowledge that dynamic, it creates a good deal of discomfort in our lives.
The past six years I've been teaching and practicing healing in Mexico City. While the experience has been amazing, to say the least, there have been moments where feathers were ruffled. I tend to shy away from conflict, especially when it comes to standing my ground. After a few years, I thought I had cleared most of my foibles and insecurities. Some of it lingered; I've been thinking about times when I made myself smaller to avoid rocking the boat...
One day, I felt guided to do a meditation with the planet Mars, wanting to fill myself with courage, confidence and integrating the healthy aspects of the red planet; this means taking a close look at the unhealthy Martian aspects that play out in our personal lives. As always I began by grounding myself and bringing down a ray of starlight from above, before sending a beam of light from my Heart Chakra to Mars (visible in the night sky!). I asked healing and strength in instances where I was not as direct or assertive as I would have liked to be. Healing past, present & future me.
I was then prompted to make a list of anyone I might view as a competitor - whether it was another teacher, energy healer, author or practitioners of other healing modalities. What came to mind next was an interview where a campaigning politician was asked to name one good thing their opponent had done while in office; she replied saying "not a one".
Truth be told, I was disappointed by that answer. While she was probably avoiding a self-defeating soundbite, we have to be capable of witnessing other people's strengths and triumphs.
In the healing, I went back to the list of so-called competitors and wrote at least one thing they did extremely well: Some are fab at Instagram videos, others captivate the room with their sense of humor, still others simplify complex topics making them easily digestible. I realised we each triumph in our unique way; what I wound up seeing clairvoyantly was a diamond that was full of light, with each of us on a different facet. The meditative exercise ended with me making a list of three things that I did well and how I fit into the whole.
This resonates with my experience so far: the world is fun and enriching when we play to each other's strengths.
The energy healing was fantastic and I felt like a different person. Since then I've been connecting with Mars and with Archangel Tystiel. He is one of the archangels that relates to Mars, helping us find our footing, our courage and our gamesmanship. Archangel Chamuel is also linked with Mars - as the angel of unconditional love, Chamuel brings relief to situations where we feel like we have been in an uphill battle for months. It’s an important planet for us to integrate. Pluto is also one that I would look at, in terms of shadow healing.
Reiki hugs,
Regina
Image: www.nasa.gov
2 comments:
Hey Regina, Shared with a healing friend.
Enjoyed your article. I have to mention during last Thursday I was doodling during a Healers meeting on Zoom, I drew a diamond with many facets with light streaming from above down on the diamond and facets.
Paquita xx
Hi Paquita! That is beautiful, thank you for sharing!
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