Use Reiki to Enhance Psychic Abilities by Val Tobin

Use Reiki to Enhance Psychic Abilities

by Val Tobin

When I first learned about Reiki and received my attunements in my Reiki Level I class, I was unprepared for the psychic boost it would give me, though our teacher told us that might happen. She said we might see auras if we didn’t have the ability before, and we would become more sensitive to energy. This new sensitivity would allow us to receive information about the client when giving Reiki. It also could open us up psychically when we received Reiki ourselves, even actively connecting to our Reiki and spirit guides. There are four ways you can boost your psychic ability with Reiki. Three require attuning to it, while the fourth only requires receiving Reiki during a session.

Receiving Reiki Attunements

When you receive Reiki attunements, regardless of the level you’re at, you’ll feel a shift in your energy. For some, it takes more time, but eventually, you’ll open up and become more sensitive to energy and more psychically aware. This may come after an adjustment period. When I received my first level attunements, our teacher warned the class that we might experience some side effects resembling those one might have when doing a cleanse or fast. This energetic cleansing might take the form of flu-like symptoms, headaches, etc., because you are cleansing on all levels, including the physical, as attunements remove blockages and awaken the healer within you. I was glad she warned us of that, and that she shared her experience with us, specifically, that she’d suffered a severe headache after receiving her attunements. While I was grateful for the information and the heads up, I didn’t believe that I’d experience anything like that and waved it off. To my utter amazement, I experienced almost everything she described. When I recovered from that, using a combination of Reflexology and Reiki, I found I’d become more psychically sensitive.

Each Person’s Experience is Unique

Interestingly, my husband did not experience the detox symptoms, but he immediately could see auras in colour, which I could not until after my second set of attunements and another intense period of cleansing. There might be a correlation between ridding the body of impurities and opening up psychic abilities with Reiki attunements.

The attunement experience differs for each person. While the cleansing experience usually comes a few days after receiving the attunements, if at all, your experience immediately after receiving the attunements may be profound. While I felt almost nothing, others felt their hands get extremely hot. In her book Essential Reiki Diane Stein describes the variety of feelings people might have after receiving attunements: “Each person receiving the Reiki attunement experiences something different. She may see colours, feel sensations, watch pictures of herself from past lives, connect with spirit guides, or be filled with bliss and joy” (Stein, 106). While not everyone will experience these right away, the more you use Reiki, the more likely will you be to do so. While my hands didn’t get hot immediately, by the end of the class, the heat they generated when I started giving someone Reiki amazed me. One of the best ways to enhance your psychic energy is by regularly giving Reiki to yourself and others after you’ve been attuned to it.

Once you are attuned to Reiki, practicing it will not only benefit your client, but it will also benefit you. The more you use Reiki, the more you heal yourself. For this reason, Reiki practitioners are taught to give themselves Reiki every day. When you do this, you will also enhance your psychic abilities at the same time. You will find you’re not only better able to see auras, but you’ll connect more with your spirit guides. If you become a Reiki Master/Teacher, you can also benefit from the Reiki energy passing through you when you give attunements. According to Stein, when she passes attunements, she feels her Reiki guides the most: “They stand behind me and direct the whole process, and I assume they also do this for every Reiki Master” (Stein, 107). Some of my most vivid psychic experiences have occurred when I was giving Reiki to myself, to another during a full Reiki session, or to another through distance Reiki. Each experience with giving Reiki has strengthened and improved my psychic abilities, sometimes catching me by surprise. The first time I connected with someone’s departed loved one was while giving a client Reiki. But if you are not attuned to Reiki, you can still benefit from its healing and spiritual power and improve your psychic abilities by receiving Reiki during a session.

Receiving Reiki

When you are receiving Reiki, it’s the perfect time to open up to psychic experiences. The Reiki energy itself unblocks and relaxes you, encouraging you to sink into that Alpha or even Theta state conducive to meditation. When in this state, you may receive some psychic messages, though they might come during a dream. People frequently fall asleep when receiving Reiki, and some will have very interesting dreams when they do. When I give myself Reiki, I make a point of having a journal next to me where I can record whatever images or information comes to me. This journal doubles as my dream journal, so if any themes come up that overlap with what I receive during a Reiki session, I can spot them. Work with the dreams you receive during Reiki and the dreams you receive when you are in bed sleeping to help your psychic development. As an example, I gave Reiki once to a young woman who was pregnant. During the session, she said she saw a little girl who she was sure was the daughter she carried (she already knew she was having a girl). While I can’t verify that she really saw her daughter, the experience delighted her, and she was convinced she had glimpsed her child. If you’re actively working on developing your psychic abilities, then Reiki can help you. Even if you aren’t interested in getting attuned to Reiki, you should consider at least receiving some Reiki to see how it makes you feel and what it can do for you. After that, you might decide to receive the attunements. Either way, it can open you up to a whole new dimension.

References

Image: Japanese Symbol for Reik – by Dreamage Stein, Diane. Essential Reiki, California: The Crossing Press, 1995. Disclaimer: The information presented here is not intended to substitute advice from your physician or health-care professional. Before beginning any health or diet program, consult your physician.

Val Tobin writes speculative fiction and searches the world over for the perfect butter tart. Her home is in Newmarket, Ontario, where she enjoys writing, reading, and talking about writing and reading. Discover more about Val on Mom’s Favorite Reads website: https://moms-favorite-reads.com/moms-authors/val-tobin