the Five Reiki Principles

These are the Five Reiki Principles:(Christy Whitman)

Just for today, I will not worry.

To worry is to forget that there is a divine or universal purpose in everything. If you are truly in tune with the guidance of your higher self and live each day to the best of your ability, then you have done everything in your power and the rest is up to the wisdom of the universal life force.

Just for today, I will not be angry.

Anger, in reality, is a completely unnecessary emotion. Like most inappropriate reactive emotions, anger has its roots in the feeling of guilt from having separated ourselves from the Universal Consciousness. To anger is to desire control, which results from feeling out of control...indeed, out of synchronization with our divine life purpose.

Just for today, I will work hard.

Hard work here does not mean toiling away at a job for endless hours. This work is self-work, the work of self-exploration. This means devoting time to our own personal growth and healing journey. Practicing self-study, awareness, and meditation allows us to better live in the moment. When we are fully present, we resonate peace, love, and healing to all we meet. We naturally live and channel Reiki from the inside out.

Just for today, I will give thanks for my many blessings.

To live in gratitude is to live in abundance. When we are constantly in an attitude of gratitude, feeling thankful not only for what we have received but for what we know and trust will constantly be provided, we begin to magnetically attract abundance.

Just for today, I will be kind to my neighbor and every living thing.

Truly, we are all of one source. It is also clear that all forms of life are interdependent. Through the study of physics, we now know that we are all a collective energy from the same source. There is truly no solid matter, only different levels of vibration. All forms of matter vibrate at different energy levels, yet they are all interconnected because there are no solid barriers between them. Thus, when we accept all of the various aspects of ourselves, it affects all others. To show love and respect to all others and our earth is to love and respect ourselves.