Diary of a Psychic Healer

I’m enrolled in an online class at Columbia University called The Indian & Tibetan River of Buddhism . Signed up when quarantine began and I am glad I did.  The class is taught by Dr Robert Thurman - one of the founders of Tibet House in NYC. We are only on the second week, but I wanted to share it now as you can still  sign up .  We’ve covered the history of Buddhism: what society, culture and government were like 2600 years ago and why the Buddha's approach to happiness, compassion and freedom was appealing to so many people, especially freedom from the hierarchy of the caste systems. It also feels like a  lot of the concepts are still relevant today, for example, the study of the nature of reality and how we can find happiness.   The class looks at the concepts of Dharma (as far as I can tell, a search for truth), the Eightfold Path and how these lay the groundwork for enlightenment through meditation. To become enlightened is to have y...

Hi Chickpeas, This week  I have a few thoughts to share with you -  firstly, I am enrolled in a fun crystal healing class at Hibiscus Moon and my homework this week was to create a crystal grid - essentially a crystal layout which can be charged with intentions. It amplifies your magick  💝 The concept of programming crystal grids to send healing is right up my alley. In Reiki classes we learn to program crystals for energy balancing - there are lots of ways to work with them. One of my favorites, in the context of a reiki session, is to incorporate them when the client’s energy is so stuck that I’d have to spend a lot more time on each hand position  (Byosen Levels 4-5*). We also learned how to program grids for distant healing in the Reiki Master classes.  One of my Reiki teachers set up a grid - actually four - and placed them at the North Pole, South Pole, Jerusalem and Hawaii to cover the four corners of the Earth (that is William Rand). Reiki pr...

I have spent lots of time  meditating with crystals, journaling and going for walks to clear the air. One of the themes that has been running through my mind is the concept of magic and if we can manifest anything we visualize. Call it magic, manifesting or the law of attraction...  This particular question is time-sensitive now - this  March 2020 -  as the whole world has received a cosmic time out, with a bit of fear and uncertainty thrown into the mix, and lots of time to contemplate our lives.  The message that came through today was that YES - everyone can experience happiness, love, security, health and belonging, but how that looks will be different for each of us.  We won't all have a house as big as Oprah's - or a big business to run - but we can all have and deserve to have work that we we enjoy, a beautiful roof over our heads and loved ones to share this with. And to be honest, many of us wouldn't enjoy the pace and maintenanc...

It has been eleven years since I acquired my first deck: The Mythic Tarot by Juliet Sharman Burke. I loved that it was based on Greek myths and that it felt like a magical work of art. Tarot in general can be seen as 78 paintings that tell a story. This one in particular told the story of Greek gods, goddesses and the humans that crossed paths with them. Each of the 22 cards in the Major Arcana depict a greek deity, or a virtue. If we take a step back to think about ancient mythology, we see characters with traits that can be described as human and divine.  My feeling is that greek myths encouraged us to grow and achieve our full potential, without losing sight of human nature and the chaos that an unhealed egos bring about. To loosely paraphrase my Karuna Reiki ®  teacher, a happy and healthy ego fills us with strength and purpose - it's a vehicle for our light to shine. An unbalanced ego undermines our lives. Healing the Solar Plexus Chakra is vital because that is of...