September 17, 2024 • 74 mins
In this episode of Reiki from the Farm™ Reiki, Pam Allen-LeBlanc guides us through the journey of stepping into our calm and considered destiny, even when life throws unexpected surprises our way.
Pam shares practical tips for setting intentions and integrating Reiki into daily life and inspires us to live fuller, kinder lives. The evening concludes with a powerful guided meditation to help you connect with your soul's vision and manifest your highest potential.
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Pam Allen-LeBlanc is a scientist, businesswoman, and Licensed Reiki Master Teacher (LRMT) with the International Center for Reiki Training.
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Hi and welcome to the Reiki fromthe Farm podcast brought to you
by me, Pam Allen Leblanc fromHidden Brook Farm.
I am a scientist, abusinesswoman, and a licensed
Reiki master teacher with theInternational Center for Reiki
Training.
Each week in this podcast you'llbe entertained as you learn
about a wide variety of relevantReiki topics, helping you become
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a more knowledgeable andeffective Reiki practitioner.
We caution you though, thispodcast may also dramatically
improve your life, and we are sohappy that you're here.
Pamela (00:55):
And so I'd just like to welcome everyone to this month's
podcast and this week's podcastand this month's Reiki share.
As I mentioned in a few pastpodcasts, the animal
communication class.
For those of you who've studiedthat, there is a manual almost
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ready.
I still haven't found the timeto finish that up, but I hope to
do that soon.
And that, I'll be dropping thatin the our private Facebook
group once it's ready.
And also will be sent, putting anote in our newsletter.
So for those of you who havestudied animal communication in
the past I'd like to make thatmanual available to you that
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will hopefully be ready in thevery near future, maybe next
week or the week after.
I also wanted to let everybodyknow that I, at the suggestion
of my campaign team, I've movedall of my October classes to
online classes.
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And the main reason is that Iactually need to start teaching
on the day of the election, justto make sure that I can get my
classes in before my dutiesstart, should I be successful in
the election.
And My campaign team tells methat I will be exhausted.
And so I know that managing justonline or just in person is a
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little bit easier mentally thanteaching hybrid classes.
So at their suggestion, I'vemoved the October classes into
an online classes in an Atlantictime zone, but I will be
teaching Reiki level one and twoand masters.
These are both licensed classesthat.
qualify you toward professionalmembership in the Reiki
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Membership Association.
And I'll also, thank you,Munakai, and I'll also be
teaching the classes of AnimalReiki Level 1 and 2 and also
Animal Reiki Master.
And that will be great.
That'll be really fun in Octoberafter being busy with a campaign
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in November and December.
I've got some animalcommunication level one and two
and three classes and the levelthree classes are offered twice.
They're offered once in an Asiantime zone or a European friendly
time zone and also once in anEastern.
time zone.
So if you are wanting to takeyour animal communication to the
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professional level have a lookat those.
I also have a Reiki Level 1 and2 class and Animal Reiki 1 and 2
in early December.
And in January, I will be movingto a lot more weekend classes.
in anticipation of fitting themin between time in the
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legislature.
So you all know that yeah, yayfor the level three.
I'm and Em says when you aresuccessful.
So that's awesome.
Thank you, guys.
So before we get to, Too muchfurther though, I'm just going
to invite everybody to bringyour hands into Gassho for a
moment.
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And we're all going to activateour Reiki energy.
And today we're being guided tostep into our soul's purpose,
whatever that may be, and justdiscuss what that looks like and
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feels before that, though, I'vebeen guided to create a spot for
Ask Me Anything so that you canask anything at all that you
wish to learn about Reiki.
And so we just invite all ofyour symbols and all of the
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Reiki energy to flow through younow, moving into your bodies and
breathe.
And your soul's purpose is knownor is evident to your soul.
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And so I invite the Reiki energyto flow through you, enveloping
you, surrounding you.
And just imagine your ownpersonal energy moving in close
to you now, close to your body,skimming your skin, so that all
of the projections andexpectations of others, and any
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energy that you might be holdingor carrying on behalf of others,
Just drop away and just lettinggo of your cultural conditioning
because each of our soul'spurposes are uniquely our own
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and they don't need to respondto other people's energies or
wants or wishes.
And if there's anything attachedto us, any energies that are not
our own, we release them nowalong with any cords and
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connectors, any sources of theirpower, any of their assignments
and all of their effects.
and any residues they may haveleft behind.
And we declare ourselvessovereign in our own bodies.
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Take a deep breath now and justbreathe in the sovereignty and
just allowing the Reiki energyto connect with your soul's
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purpose today.
I'd like to thank each and everyone of you for being here.
Thank you.
Namaste.
Now I let the folks who are herewith me today know that just
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moments before the Reiki share,my guidance very clearly let me
know that I was supposed to openit up and invite people to ask
me anything.
And a lot of the people that arehere with me thought that it was
a fantastic idea.
So I'm just going to open it upand you can ask them questions
in the chat, or please feel freeto unmute yourself and ask a
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question.
Lynn says, has a question.
She's going to teach her firstclass.
Yay, Lynn.
So happy for you.
But you're having issues withelectronic payment.
So as far as insight aboutsecurity, so Lynn I actually
have found PayPal to be the mostsecure and easiest way that
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people from all differentcountries can pay.
Here in Canada, we also havesomething called email transfer,
which is also very secure.
And I've heard of a lot of myAmerican colleagues that use
Venmo and some other methods.
But I found PayPal has given meabsolutely no issues whatsoever.
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And it's also really easy if,for instance, I don't normally
offer refunds, but if I have tocancel a class for any reason,
like maybe only one person ortwo people signed up or
something like that.
I can really easily refundpeople.
And I don't actually loseanything.
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It just PayPal does allow forthat.
So if you want, go ahead andcheck that out.
One of the other things that Ilove about PayPal that you may
want to wait until a littlelater on, But you can actually
also create subscriptions withPayPal where people can make
payments and although Reikiclasses are absolutely worth
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every dime and every dollar thatwe spend on them, and they're
probably worth 10 times what wespend on them.
Coming up with a lump sum can bedifficult for a lot of people.
I knew it was for me.
And so just allowing people tospread that out with a really
reasonable payment, it can bereally easy to set up.
So I'm that's my boat anyway.
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So I hope that helps.
And it's animal Reiki.
Awesome.
That's actually such a fun classto teach.
Anybody else have any questionstoday?
Pam, could I ask one?
This is Tara.
Yeah, absolutely, Tara.
Go ahead.
So I'm excited for you, and Iwish you all the best in the
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election that's here before youknow it, right?
It will be here before, I'lltell you a little bit about
that.
Yes, it is.
So I have a couple questions.
When you're doing like a Reikicircle, Okay, so what's the
difference between a Reikicircle, Reiki share, and you do
a meditation or a guidedmeditation, or you're sending
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Reiki?
And this is the other thing thatI get so confused with my left
right brain, but when you gointo the circle, do you open it
or close it at the beginning,and open it or close it at the
end?
Because they both make sense tome.
So both make sense, they do.
So you know what, like Reikicircle, Reiki share could all be
the same.
thing.
It's just an opportunity to gettogether with people who have
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Reiki.
And so just creating any kind ofReiki share or Reiki circle is
wonderful.
Now, my Reiki share isn't reallya share.
as much in the sense that youcould have several different
types of Reiki share.
You could do what I do, which isuse this for an opportunity to
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teach and share a meditation,just because that's what I love
to do and there's always newinformation coming available
that I love to share with you.
It's not really a share, Iprobably should call it a Reiki
circle instead, but originally,When I set it up, the idea was
that we would all get togetherand share Reiki, and then I just
couldn't help myself.
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I started teaching in these, andso it just, it became an
opportunity to touch base withyou all and teach some more
after classes and in betweenclasses.
You can also have the type ofReiki share where people
literally just share Reiki witheach other, and you can do those
in person with Reiki tables setup, and those are quite lovely
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as well.
You could also do them withonline where you put people in
breakout rooms, if you have alot of people show up.
So it's very easy to do.
And even when we only did inperson Reiki shares, I still
started using them to teach andjust share all new information.
So mine morphed very early on,but you can have either style or
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either type, and you could evenshare a meditation.
And then have people go andshare Reiki with each other to
allow everything to integrate.
There's no real, there's no reallimits on that.
It's just a, an opportunity toall get together.
The I love how you asked thequestion about the circle,
because it was something thatreally played with my left and
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right brain as well.
When you start a class or youstart something like this, we
create a circle.
Regardless, and we actuallystart sharing energy.
When we just come together,there's an expression that I am
aware of from the Christianstandpoint, which is whenever
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two or more shall gather in myname, I will be there.
And it's just, I think that anytime we come together, more than
one person, to work with sourceor spirit, whatever name that we
use, Allah, whatever name wecreate a synergy.
We just, our being togethercreates something else,
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something that's bigger than thesum of its parts.
And And that can include comingtogether in class.
Anytime there's two or more ofus it's important.
Things happen, things shift.
We tap into this synergy thisenergy.
And When I first started in thelicensed teacher program and had
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Colleen Benelli as my mentor,she talked about the importance
of closing the circle beforebeginning class.
And we, you can do that in avariety of ways, having people
introduce themselves and wherethey're from, which, we now do
on the chat because there's alot of people here just to keep
us within respecting everybody'stime.
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And In a class you, there, thereare a bit less people usually,
so sometimes you have time toallow people to introduce
themselves and say why they'rethere.
You could also use a prayer oran invocation.
These are all ways that you canbring people together.
to form that circle, that group.
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And what happens is our energytouches each other.
And it's, I know we call it acircle, but it's not like my
energy is only touching theperson on my left and right.
It's touching, I think, what isthere, 30 of us here today or
20, 25 of us here, it's touchingeverybody.
And your energy is touchingeverybody.
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And so it's a circle, butthere's zigzags in there.
And and it just, I don't know,it, it creates this beautiful
thing.
I felt that was opening thecircle, but over time, listening
to Colleen, she called itclosing the circle when we bring
everybody together and thenopening the circle.
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at the end.
And you can do that in a varietyof ways.
Usually it's a little bit of aprayer or a meditation.
And usually you're saying thankyou, or you might say Amen or
Amin, Ashe, Shalom.
And so it is something alongthose lines, but you're
consciously thanking theenlightened beings, the brothers
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and sisters of the light, thedivine animals who are here with
us, and then opening.
Again, the circle.
So I always used to say open atthe beginning and close at the
end.
But over time I started tounderstand what Colleen was
saying when she said she closedthe circle, she brought it
together, and then at the endshe opened it again.
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So I hope that answers yourquestions, Tara.
It does.
I just have one other questiontoo.
So I'm having a group like ofseniors at the Senior Center And
want to do like a, I know I'mteaching a mindful class.
I'm so excited.
But how do you, if I wanted togive Reiki to start or to the
group, I know I could put it inthe room.
I know I can send it to thesession.
None of them have Reiki.
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So what's the best way to dothat?
Yeah, you can share Reiki withpeople who don't have Reiki.
People can even be here in theReiki shares if they don't have
Reiki.
It can just send lovingintentions and that's a really
nice way for people to, used tothe energy or used to feel it
all around them and so on.
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So the thing that I do when I'mworking with a group, doesn't,
nobody has Reiki and I do thatall the time.
I actually just, draw thesymbols in the room, either in
my mind or, if nobody's aroundwith my hand.
And I might chant or sing or saythis, the symbols.
And sometimes I use the distancesymbol and send them ahead of
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time.
If I'm like at big venues likewhen I teach, when I do talks at
equine affair and things likethat or Reiki retreats or Omega.
And so I just send the symbolsall around the room and I ask
them to work with whoever wantsto work with them.
Okay.
Okay.
Wonderful.
Thank you.
And I do have one more question.
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So on the animal communication.
Yeah.
So there's one, two, and thenthe three, which I did with a
professional, but I thought youwere talking about another one.
I am talking about a masterteacher class.
Master teacher.
That's what it is.
Okay.
Yeah.
It's just, and I had hoped itwas going to be ready in the new
year.
And it still might be, but somuch just depends on this
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election.
Okay.
No worries at all.
Just wanted to check in.
Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
I'm Manikai here.
Yeah, Kunikai.
I have a quick question becausehow did you go from being scared
of technology to be thistechnological maven with all
these Reiki shares andnewsletters and everything?
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How did that happen?
Yeah, that was interesting,wasn't it?
I was terrified of technology.
I wrote an article about itbecause when it was time to move
classes online, I had actuallyheard when I still, when I was
in England getting the guidanceto write the Reiki business
book, I also received guidancethat I needed to get over my
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fear of technology and myreluctance to use it.
And so it was COVID.
It was, I realized wow, peopleneed help.
And if I'm going to be in aposition to help them, I have to
get over this.
You know what I did?
What I always do, I just turnedit over to Reiki.
I just said, I'm, first of all,I could break technology just by
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being around it.
And I have done so on manyoccasions.
So it was.
above my pay grade to figurethis out.
I could not figure it out on myown.
And I just said to Reiki if I'msupposed to get over a fear of
technology, you have to help mebecause I don't know how to do
that.
And I don't know how to usetechnology.
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So I really surrendered it toReiki.
And we're actually gonna betalking about that tonight.
And once I did surrender it toReiki, it was so interesting
because I had been guided by anew Macbook, computer before I
went to England.
And just followed that guidance.
And I see a question in the chatabout the guidance.
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Susan, you were asking, How do Iexperience the energy guiding me
when I say the energy is veryclear?
It's a very similar, Susan, inthe same way that I learned
animal communication, I learnedto listen.
To the same way I learned tolisten to animals back in 2009,
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Reiki opened up my ability tolisten to my guidance as well,
and to hear the Reiki energyitself, to hear my guides, to,
I've always been able to hearsores, but the rest of it really
opened up.
in 2009 with Reiki.
And I guess it taught me tolisten.
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And so while I was listening inEngland and it said about
learning the technology orgetting over my fear of
technology, I thought I might aswell start now.
And I did my first ever Facebooklive.
But once I got home, WilliamRand had the same thought I was
shown and you're to teach youranimal communication.
Cause I had to cancel two animalcommunication classes.
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One, I was going to go and teachit in Ohio while I was
presenting at the equine affairthere.
And then I had one scheduled afew weeks later here at the farm
and they were full.
And the energy said, you're notgoing to cancel.
You're going to teach it online.
And I had no idea how to dothat.
But William Rand a couple ofdays later, I told people, this
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is what we're going to try todo, if you want to do that, if
you don't, I'll send you yourmoney back, nobody wanted their
money back, they all wanted tostay in the class, if I was
going to be able to figure thatout, and I did let them know it
would be a later date, andWilliam came back a couple of
days later and said, Hey guys,we're going to move Reiki
classes online.
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Now, when he did that he wentand worked diligently with the
energy for two and a half weeksabout getting the attunements
strong enough so that they couldbe passed on online.
But they also, he and Colleenalso developed a meditation
called Empowered in the River ofLife was what it was originally.
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Now it's.
evolved to Empowered in theRiver of Peace.
I find, Munakai, that withinthat particular meditation, It
will align you with technology,and so I'm not perfect with
technology, but the things thatI need to figure out it really
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aligned me, and on top of that,there was a little piece of
advice my husband gave me, whichis when you can't figure out how
to do something, go to YouTube,go and look it up, and there's
going to be somebody to explainto you how to do that thing.
So that was where I found outwhat all that I needed to do to
do my podcast.
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And and then I found a coursethat helped me figure out how to
do my book and how to, so I, Ido just whatever I need to learn
and like AI, I use I love AI.
I use it a fair bit with mycampaign and just different
things that I have to do.
It just helps organize mythoughts.
I still use my own thoughts, butI use AI to help put a structure
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to it, which is really helpful.
So I found that really alignedme with technology and then I
just started learning one thingat a time.
And the other thing that I didwas I often promised something
before I was ready for it sothat I had to get ready for it.
So I promised a podcast onSeptember 25th first.
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How many, four years ago, Ithink three or four years ago.
And on at midnight, September 24until I was till three in the
morning before I got anythingproduced.
But I did do it.
And then I said, look the fullpodcast, I got the introduction
out.
And then a couple of days laterwas able to figure out the
introduction and the same withthe class.
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I wasn't really ready to teachthe class, but I set the date
and that meant that I had to getready.
The same with the book.
I set the date and that meant Ihad to get the book ready.
So that's how I did that.
I hope that helps.
I'm sorry.
Thank you, Pam.
I gotta run.
I gotta do a lot of things fortoday.
This is his birthday andeverything and greetings,
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everybody.
Nice to meet you.
And yeah, looking forward totalking to you again, Pam.
And of course, looking forwardto what's coming up for us in
November.
Ah! I know, right?
Oh.
Thank you, Munikai.
Take care.
Bye.
And so yes, Munikai let us knowthat in Japan it is Yosui's
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birthday, August 15th today.
Have a question from Val withregard to the spirit release
technique.
It says to give yourself Reikiand surround yourself with holy
fire prior to the session.
While the client's lying there,how long should you do that for?
And can you do the technique onyourself?
Yes.
I do spirit release technique onmyself all the time.
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For those of you who aren'tfamiliar with it, it's something
that we teach at the masterlevel once you have holy fire.
So don't worry about it too muchuntil then.
And usually like just doingReiki on yourself.
It's like usually five to 15minutes, Val, something along
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those lines.
Yeah, Susan said closing thecircles, it feels like creating
a container, which, yes, that'sexactly what it is, Susan.
And there's a question.
What symbols would I send to agarden to help grow and protect
the plants?
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I would use.
All of the symbols that I had,Ella all of the Yasui symbols,
the power symbol, the mental,emotional symbol, the distance
symbol, they can all be helpful.
If you have the master symbol,Holy Fire, they're helpful.
Kaurna Reiki symbols are helpfuland Tree of Life.
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With animal Reiki is helpful.
So I would just use all thesymbols that I have and I want
to let you know with regards toa garden, if you actually place
seeds in your hands and givethem Reiki, they've done
scientific studies, scientifictests, and the seeds that
receive Reiki, they can take twoidentical seed packets.
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The ones that receive Reiki notonly tend to have better
germination, like more plantsthat germinate, but the plants
themselves are incrediblystrong.
So that's a wonderful time to toto do that.
Talking about spirit attachmentsand gardens, did I stumble?
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You're having constant issueswith pests in the garden and
house.
And Cam's just wondering what Iwould use aside from animal
communication and regularsessions.
Could there be a spiritattachment to a place?
So Kami, yes, there could be.
So definitely just, see ifspirit attachment work would be
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helpful.
But one of the biggest thingsthat I find when there's pests
in a garden or in a home is Iactually look up the meaning
behind that particular past.
As an example, I had a friend inthe Caribbean who called me and
she said, look, I'm renting aplace and there's rats and
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there's so many rats and there'sthe smell of rat urine and it's
just awful and I can't get ridof them because it's the
Caribbean and they'reeverywhere.
And she asked what to do.
And so I was guided to tell herto look up what the definition
of rat is in the Animal Reiki,sorry, not Animal Reiki.
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There's a book by Stephen Farmercalled Animal Spirit Animals, I
believe it is.
And there's a pocket guide tospirit animals as well that I
carry with me.
And I even put it on my phone,my Kindle.
And she looked up and usuallyit's if a rat shows up, maybe.
It's one of these six things.
Or if an aunt shows up, it couldbe this or whatever you're
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dealing with.
So I asked her, do any of thosemeanings make sense to you?
And they did.
And I said, okay, so tell therats, thank you.
You heard their message.
And then decide what you'regoing to do in response to that
message and then ask them toleave.
So she called me up.
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A couple of weeks later and shesaid they haven't left and I
said which message did you takefrom it?
And she told me one of themessages really rang true and I
said what did you do about it?
Did you do something about themessage that the rats brought
you?
And she said, no, I didn't doanything about it.
I just thanked them for themessage.
And I said, Okay you heard themessage, but you didn't do
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anything about it.
Maybe make a decision about whatyou're going to do about the
message.
Tell them you heard it, whatyou're going to do, and then ask
them to leave.
And as soon as she did, theyleft.
So that's my suggestion wheneverpests show up.
And Lin says after animal Reiki,you have a lot of animals and
bugs, and you had to tell theskunk he wasn't welcome to go
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outside of the fenced area.
So yeah, that sometimes happenstoo.
I've got I I don't mind spiders.
I enjoy spiders, but I've reallygot too many in my house right
now, so I've got to, I justsweep them up usually and take
them outside and I do have to doa little relocation right now.
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Any other questions you guysbefore we move on to our main
message this week?
Thanks.
Actually, I do have onequestion.
I know the business summit orwhatever's coming up, but and
I'm, I don't know how you sleepor anything because you were
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going so much.
So I do want to say, please takecare of yourself as well,
because you're just going.
But besides that, I'm sorry, I'mbeing a mother hen.
Besides that are you planning ondoing like a business type of
class?
I know you had the marketing onebut any of your other type, are
you thinking about that in 2025?
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Is that even on your schedule?
Radar at this point, it is on myradar for 2025, but I haven't, I
won't set anything until afterOctober 21st.
But thank you for the question,Lynn.
The reason is I just I don'tknow how the election will turn
out and what life will looklike.
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And so I just, I know that Ihave to, obviously if I don't
win it's simple and I can book aclass.
We're not going to even put thatout in the universe.
We're going to say, when you'reso busy, how are you going to
fit it in?
When I'm so busy, how am I goingto fit it in?
And I will fit it in.
It'll be just when.
So I think I definitely willhave something again by next
year.
June, but I'm not sure if I'llhave anything before that,
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because the legislature sitsfrom November until June.
And yeah, so I'll be.
Hey, I'm happy that you're, I'mso excited that about the Animal
Communication 3.
Yes, I was not able to do thatthe last time because of work.
So I'm excited about that.
So thank you for squeezing thatone in.
It's my pleasure.
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I actually, it was so much funto teach and everybody seemed to
get so much out of it.
So I'm really excited to fit itin.
And I taught animalcommunication to over 40
students.
in over in Asia, North America,Europe, and Australia.
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Recently in three differentlanguages simultaneously.
And I had to be on my toes forthat.
It was a challenge.
But it was so much fun and gotme really organized.
So I will have the two classesbecause those Asian students
would like to have the levelthree as well.
Once they practice for a while.
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Those are, I'm so glad that I'mable to fit those in.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Susan, you had a question.
Hello, this is Susan in LosAngeles.
I have a share, brief sharefirst, and then a question.
I just wanted to share, in casethere's other people who are
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going through times like thisalso, I have been going through
such a difficult time, and evenjust saying that brings up this
emotion, and it's been.
It's been like times of highsand lows.
I've just, it's like beingtossed along the bottom of the
ocean in a, when you get caughtin a wave.
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And got the message recentlythat this is happening because
you are moving into a new place,into a new era of your life.
Life.
It's like you're leaving all theold behind and new is coming in
and that is it feels so right onand it answered the question for
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me of why do I not feelconnected to Reiki, to my
guidance, to anything, and it'sbecause everything is being
changed over.
My question with that is ifthere's any things that you've
done in your life when that hasbeen the case for you.
It's a perfect lead in to whatwe're talking about tonight.
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I thought it might be.
Something was telling me thisis, you have to say this before
she does her thing.
I even pulled over because I'mdriving home.
So there we are.
Wow.
No.
That's exactly what I want totalk about tonight.
And your description it'sexactly where I was last year.
And I think that yeah it's.
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And as soon as you weredescribing it, I was like she's
going through a big change.
And I think also what youdescribed can be seen in the
culture around us, politically,like there's how many elections
this fall?
It's not just Canada and theUnited States, there's elections
right now, this year happeningall over the world.
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And people are saying that theywant something different.
And and I think that they'regoing to get something
different, but it feels verytumultuous in the meantime.
As things are happening.
So I think you just led meperfectly into what I want to
talk about tonight, Susan, ifthat's okay.
Perfect.
Let's move into it then.
I, because it actually, I don'tknow if we're going to stay to
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this title, but initially thetitle that came through was
Navigating Surprises and Soulsof the Heart.
Soul visions under the supermoon.
It's about carpet diem, seizethe day and embracing your
destiny.
So basically what I wanted totalk about is how we can embrace
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our destiny in a calm consideredway.
At the same time as we step intoit and we seize the day, Carpe
Diem, and using our Dharma andhow Reiki can really support all
of that.
So August for me has been allabout revisiting my past.
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July was just super busyexhaustingly so actually,
especially with my father inlaw's passing and Wake or Dawn
and so on.
And so August is completelydifferent.
It's been completely different,but it's been a lot about
revisiting my past, and if wethink about it, that's not
surprising.
If any of the rest of you havebeen feeling that, there are six
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planets, I believe, inretrograde at the moment.
Just last weekend, I had myclass reunion.
Yesterday, we had our 25thanniversary here at the farm.
In addition, tonight, I amentering a Hay House book
contest with a book submission,and I've done that before many
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times, but it's very differentthis time.
On top of that tomorrow, I'mgoing to the Stanley Fair for as
the Green Party candidate, butalso I've been attending the
Stanley Fair since I was a childwith horses and showing horses
there.
It's one of the places I got oneof my first red ribbons.
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And then, reminiscent of lastyear, this time, because last
August, we heard a rumor that wewere going to be, or end of
August, early September, that wewere going to be going into a
snap election.
Now there's more electionrumors.
It's been all about looking backat things that have happened in
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the past, and I don't know ifany of you have been doing that
or have been guided to do that,but I'm going to invite you to
think about some of theimportant things in your life
that have happened and just do alittle mental review of them.
Because tonight we're going totalk about how to step into the
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future at the same time, how tohandle the surprises that life
throws at us and stay grounded.
And we're also going to talk alittle bit about.
powerful energy of the 8 8supermoon and how it can also
guide us to follow our destinyas well.
And so before starting theclass, I was still like, is that
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what we're supposed to talkabout?
I'm not sure.
And I decided I was listening toWarwick Schiller's podcast and
his interview with Kim McElroy,who Kim is the artist.
with Linda Kahanev's, The Way ofthe Horse cards.
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And she was talking about howthat process all came about and
so on.
And I was thinking about allthese things and what I was
going to talk to you about.
And I was like, but are wereally talking about soul's
purpose?
I was just asking for a bit moreclarity.
And so this is the card that Ipulled for you.
Number 37.
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in this card deck, which is themessenger.
And what it is it's so funny.
So as I told you, I was tryingto figure out, are we actually
talking about soul's purpose?
Now there are I don't know, Ithink 40 some cards in this
deck.
And I choose card number 37which is the messenger.
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So what the messenger is aboutis creativity, divine guidance
and protection.
I'm like, okay, so maybe that isto do with soul's purpose.
I don't know.
But then you read the meaning ofthe card and it's this, a higher
source of wisdom tapswellsprings of inspiration and
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energy connecting you moredeeply to your soul's purpose.
Now, you can't make this stuffup.
There's that, that told me forsure, yes, you're to talk about
soul's purpose, even though Ireceived the guidance to do and
ask me anything and thechallenge behind connecting with
your soul's purpose is that youhave to be willing to ask for
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help.
and also to embody the wisdomand power of the horse.
So I knew for certain that wewere on track with soul's
purpose.
And I also think society ismoving into their soul's
purpose.
I'd like to share with you, andI know I've shared it in the
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past, but I can't help it.
I actually have this on mybedroom wall in Campobello.
This is a quote from MarianneWilliamson's book.
book, A Return to Love,Reflections on the Principles of
a Course in Miracles.
And this is my favorite quote,maybe in the whole world.
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And it's this, Our deepest fearis not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we'repowerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not ourdarkness, that most frightens
us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to bebrilliant, gorgeous, talented,
fabulous.
Actually, who are you not to be?
You're a child of God.
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Your playing small does notserve the world.
There is nothing enlightenedabout shrinking so that other
people won't feel insecurearound you.
We are all meant to shine aschildren do.
We were born to make manifestthe glory of God that is within
us.
It's not just in some of us,it's in everyone.
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And as we let our own lightshine, we unconsciously give
other people permission to dothe same.
As we are liberated from our ownfear, our presence automatically
liberates others.
So this week, as I'm reflectingon my past, and I'm trying to
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decide whether to send inanother book submission to Hay
House, I have an opportunity todo it, and it caused me to think
back to the very first bookproposal that I submitted to
them.
I was so nervous.
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And I was so out of my comfortzone, and I was feeling so raw
and vulnerable stepping intothat path, that purpose, that I
actually submitted it at thevery last minute, I held up our
holidays so that I could get itdone, and then I ran out and
threw up.
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in the toilet after I submittedit.
And I started thinking, Oh no,what if they don't choose my
book?
Oh no, what if they do choose mybook?
And I couldn't figure out whichone was worse.
Now since then, I've sent inseveral, probably six book
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submissions to Hay House.
And each time it gave, it goteasier.
I only threw up the once.
But each time I was a little bitnervous and a little bit
attached to an outcome.
And then something happened thisweek that I've been shifting
like you have been, Susan.
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There's been a lot going on, alot of discomfort in the
shifting because there is oftendiscomfort in the shifting.
And so this week.
When I submitted my bookproposal last August, I actually
won Honorable Mention, eventhough I didn't realize that I
had, I just, I looked at it andsaw that I didn't win, and I
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deleted the email, and it wasonly a month later when they
sent me feedback andcongratulated me on winning
Honorable Mention that I dug outthat email from my deleted box
and discovered, oh, I wanthonorable mention, holy smokes,
that's amazing.
And I realized that last Octoberwhen we were in the midst of,
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The premier threatening to calla snap election and we were
trying to get the election teamtogether and some of you will
remember it was just a reallydifficult time because I was
stepping into that, which wasbrand new and I was stepping
into it with a sense of panicand urgency.
I realized that if at that timeI had.
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had read the email properly andknown that I had won Honorable
Mention or, heaven forbid, if Ihad won, I think my brain would
have exploded.
And I just think it's funny,because now I'm getting ready to
send another submission.
I went out and recorded thevideo today and I felt
completely calm and cool andcollected about it.
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My submission may or may not bechosen.
It doesn't matter.
I'm fine.
I'll be publishing the book nomatter what.
And now there's another rumorcirculating about the election
date being moved up fromSeptember to August 30th.
And I just think it's so funnybecause last year I couldn't
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have handled that.
It would have thrown me offbalance.
This year, I'm just saying.
Bring it on.
And I also realized that if Idid get a book contract, it
would be happening around thesame time as I find out whether
or not I lose the election.
And I'm perfectly okay withwinning both of those things or
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losing both of those things.
It.
Really, I know I can handle bothof them now, where I couldn't
have before.
So the energy was just showingme that when we're growing, it
feels odd.
We're off balance.
We feel vulnerable.
And Linda Kahan of one of myfavorite horse authors talks
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about the fact that great powerexists in vulnerability.
When you can allow yourself tofeel vulnerable.
Really amazing things can comefrom that.
That's, that always happens whenyou're stepping into that new
life path.
That, that, that purpose.
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This week, I recorded my videofor my campaign, and oddly, Even
though it's the first time doingthat the energy has shown me
that all the podcasts I've donewith you guys, with people that
I feel comfortable with and loveand trust, have really prepared
me for that.
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And I just got this sense ofdestiny Yeah, I'm supposed to be
doing this and I'm supposed tobe sending the book proposal in
so I'll do it.
I'm just wondering if any of youcan think about a time in your
life when you were going forsomething important and it felt
difficult or when you feltvulnerable.
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When we were Purchasing this,our farm, 25 years ago the lady
we purchased it from didn't moveout when she said she was going
to.
And it we felt so vulnerable.
We had to move our, we had soldour house.
We had to move all of our thingsinto storage.
She decided to move out at alater date.
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And not to honor the agreementthat we had made and she was 81
years old and we didn't want tomake life more difficult for
her.
And besides that, what could wedo?
We could take it to court, butit was going to be, August, we
were supposed to move in July1st.
And instead, she said shechanged her mind to August 13th.
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And she did have a right withinthe contract to do that.
And if we'd asked her to honorthe new contract that she had
signed with us, by the time wetook it through court, it was
going to be August 13th anyway.
So we wound up and we didn'twant to do that to her.
So we wound up, Putting all ofour things in storage, moving
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into my sister's basement withour one and a half year old for
six weeks before we finally gotthe farm.
And even on the day that she wassupposed to move out, she hadn't
moved.
And we didn't get into the houseuntil nine o'clock at night
instead of noon as we weresupposed to.
And yet this farm has been justamazing.
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In the end we realized howfortunate we were to get it
because so many people wanted topurchase it, but she was so
difficult to work with, that'sthe reason that they walked
away, and that we got it as wedid, and that we could afford
it, actually, because otherwisewe couldn't have.
Was there anything in your lifelike that?
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Something important that feltdifficult, that felt vulnerable,
and, How did you handle it?
How did it turn out?
I'd just like you to think aboutthat for a moment.
So even as I was thinking aboutall of these things and just how
calm I am this time and Higgs istalking about moving up the
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election and it's okay, if hedoes and we'll deal with it.
It'll just be sooner.
That's all.
I got thinking about the Latinphrase Carpe Diem.
Which means seize the day.
Some of you have watched DeadPoets Society and Robin Williams
does an excellent depiction andgetting his students to, to do
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this to seize the day.
What this means is to just makethe most of the present moment
without worrying too much aboutthe future.
That's easier said than done,but it encourages us as
individuals to take advantage ofthe opportunities that are
available to us right now,rather than delaying actions or
decisions.
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And so it's often a reminderjust to live life fully, embrace
the possibilities for each day.
It doesn't mean actingrecklessly.
Instead, it's about embracingopportunities with a clear mind
and an open heart, knowing thateach moment is a step on our
path, even the moments that seemquiet or inconsequential.
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In fact, Colleen Benally and Ihave discussed growth and how
with growth, it's also importantthat there is contraction.
Because Both of us seem to beconstantly growing in the Reiki
energy, but if you only grow,pretty soon your foundation
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can't support you.
And so instead, if you grow andthen contract a little bit, your
foundation can't support you.
solidifies itself underneathyou, so that you can grow again
and have a more solidfoundation.
Then you contract again, yourfoundation gets solid again.
And this is just, I think theseare the ups and downs, Susan
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that you mentioned.
Now, I also was guided to bringin the concept of Dharma, which
is what we do with our lifeforce energy.
So today is about using our lifeforce to live fully in order to
step into our destiny with calmconsideration.
And I'm just thinking about howdifferently this all feels this
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year than last Because I've donethat growing and contracting,
and the foundation has grown tosupport it.
And so it doesn't feel souncomfortable anymore.
I also want to talk about thefact that when I talk about
destiny or life purpose, thisisn't a fixed point.
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It's a journey that unfoldsmoment by moment, minute by
minute, hour by hour, day byday.
So how do we know?
If we're on our life path orpurpose.
Emotions, emotional intelligenceis something that I've given a
lot of thought to, and I've evenstudied it within my MBA.
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Emotions, and I studied it withLinda Kahanev's work as well her
beautiful book, Writing Betweenthe Worlds and some of the
workshops that I've done aroundthat and taught around that.
And so your emotions are a wayfor your subconscious to
communicate with you.
And the emotion joy is theemotion to let you know you're
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on track for your path and yourpurpose.
And there's also a feeling thatit feels just right.
It doesn't feel just right atfirst.
At first, there's more of acuriosity, but as you settle
into, Oh, I think I'm on my pathor purpose after a while, you
just have a knowing that itfeels right.
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So how do we step into This,what is potentially scary in a
common considered way.
The one thing I want to sharewith you is that Reiki has never
guided me wrong.
Anything that it asks me to stepinto, even though I may
initially step back, it's alwaysworked out.
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And if I can only get through myresistance then it becomes
effortless.
So I've begun to learn to applyReiki to my resistance, my fear,
my anxiety.
And so what that's allowed me todo is then make conscious
choices which align my actionswith my higher purpose and just
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to get fear and anxiety out ofthe equation.
And that's what The way I dothat is, I guess I, I explained
that earlier, is I do just turnit over to Reiki.
I surrender it to Reiki and askReiki to help with that.
With all of this, say you'regoing along and you're growing
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and contracting and growing andcontracting, then what do you do
with the surprises, like whenthe person doesn't move out of
the house, with a new electionrumor?
I think that we can also turnthe surprises over to Reiki and
ask Reiki to help us staycentered, grounded, trusting.
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When my father in law passed, itwas meant that I actually
couldn't not teach the Asianclass because so many people had
rearranged their schedules forme.
And I turned it over to Reiki.
I said, Reiki please help thisall work out.
And for a moment, for a littlewhile, it looked like it was
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going to work effortlesslybecause it looked like the
Funeral was going to beThursday, and I started teaching
Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Then they moved the funeral toFriday.
Looked like the funeral wasgoing to be after I was done
teaching.
No, the priest wasn't available.
It had to be when I was finishedteaching.
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I just said, Reiki, can youhandle this?
And it did.
Actually, I finished teaching 15minutes early and had just
enough time to make it to thechurch.
I wouldn't recommend that.
I would have rather not.
had such a tight schedule, butthat was what we were working
with.
So Reiki did manage it for me,even though it was really
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difficult and the class wasamazing and the funeral was
lovely and everything workedout.
I also want to mention one morething, you guys, just the
significance of the fact thatthis is the eighth month of an
eight universal year, and it's asuper full moon.
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So this is a powerful time forus to manifest our intentions
and align ourselves.
with our soul's vision.
And when I talk about soul'svision, this is the deep inner
sense of purpose or directionthat aligns with the true
essence of our being.
It's a guiding force or anintuition that reflects our
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highest aspirations, values, andthe unique path we're supposed
to follow in life.
This isn't just about goals orambitions.
This is a spiritual ortranscendent understanding of
what we're called to do orbecome.
So Susan, I think that's reallythe message you were getting
was, this is your soul's vision.
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This is where the ups and downsare coming from.
It's that growth and contractionas you move forward.
you're being prepared to moveinto that.
There's probably going to be alot of sense of meaning,
fulfillment, and contribution tothe greater good with that.
When we tap into this, we tapinto our inner truth.
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And we can use Reiki,meditation, self reflection,
automatic writing.
It's just about listening to ourquiet, authentic voice, our
higher self within that knowswhat's really important and
guides our actions to align uswith that deeper wisdom.
So that's where we're going togo today with our meditation.
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We can set clear intentionsusing Reiki to amplify our
energy, or we can be completelyopen to whatever Reiki is going
to bring us or show us.
So I'd like you, as you're doingthis, to just remember that
undercurrent of love and ofReiki and of universal energy
that supports us always.
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This buoys us, it helps usnavigate the most challenging
aspects.
I want you to remember thatwe're not alone and that as we
step into this, We can live ourtruth and embrace our destiny.
We can inspire others just likeMarianne Williamson says.
We become a beacon for others,showing them that they can live
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a fuller, more meaningful lifeas well.
So I'd like you to take a momentnow and I'd like you to just
think for a moment.
Write down any intentions thatyou might have.
Also just as you do your dailyself reiki, just considering
those intentions, again,thinking about them again.
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And then we're going to go inand tap into the truth around
them.
Okay.
So now that you've had it.
opportunity to just give that alittle bit of thought and maybe
write down some of yourintentions or your thoughts and
it's okay if it's not clear toyou.
We're going to go into a guidedReiki meditation to just help
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you tap into your soul's visionwith Reiki and align with our
destiny.
This will help you centeryourself and connect with the
wisdom within.
So I invite you to go ahead andmake yourself comfortable
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bringing your hands into Gassho.
You can be sitting or lying downand just allow yourself to
completely relax.
Closing your eyes.
Taking a deep breath, releasingany tension, and breathe.
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And you can invite any symbolsto join you today.
Just noticing the Reiki energyflowing through your hands and
into your heart.
As you bring your awareness intoyour heart center, the place in
the middle of your chest, thatsoft golden light.
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is filling the space andbeginning to glow.
And this light represents thelove and wisdom of your soul.
Place your hands comfortably onyour body now, wherever you feel
guided, and breathe.
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Just breathing in the light ofReiki.
And as you breathe in, withevery in breath, just notice
this light in your chest, inyour heart, expanding.
And it expands on every inhaleand on every exhale.
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You just release more of theenergies.
that are no longer relevant toyou.
Just noticing any stress orworry melting away, leaving you
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relaxed and centered as yourentire chest fills with warmth
and calm and peace and Reiki.
And I invite you to consider fora moment a goal, a vision, or a
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sense of destiny that feels trueto you, or even if it doesn't
feel true.
This could be something you'vebeen working toward, or it could
be a new direction that'scalling out, and it might be
clear or unclear.
That's all right.
I simply invite you now to openyour heart and receive your
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soul's vision around this.
Visualize the vision as a seed.
that exists in your heart,surrounded by and bathed in that
golden light.
See it growing stronger and morevibrant with every breath that
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you take, nourished by the loveand wisdom of your soul.
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And now as you've nourished thatseed, you may notice that it
begins to glow or even grow, andwe allow it to unroll at its own
pace.
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But I invite you to imagine apath unfolding in front of you,
leading you toward therealization of this visit,
vision.
And just notice yourself walkingthis path with confidence,
guided by your inner wisdom andthe energy of Reiki.
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Along the way, there may besurprises, twists and turns you
didn't expect, but just noticehow you remain calm and
grounded, trusting that each andevery step is Part of your
journey and that you'resupported by the undercurrent of
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love that flows beneath it all.
Reiki source, universal energy,love of each other.
And I invite you to notice thatsome of the PRI surprises that
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initially appeared unwelcomemight bring the biggest
blessing.
As you walk this path, justnotice how the golden light
within you continues to grow andthat illuminates your way,
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allowing you to move forwardwith clarity and purpose.
You notice that there's a benchup ahead.
I invite you to take a fewmoments now to go up and rest in
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this space.
Absorbing the energy andinsights that you've received,
knowing you can return to thisplace of peace and clarity,
calm, whenever you need to,simply by connecting with that
light of your soul and theenergy of Reiki.
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I invite you to listen now withyour mind, your heart, your
chakras, your emotions, yourenergy, your ears, your
instincts.
Just listen to the illuminationof your soul's blessing and
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we'll remain here for some time.
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I invite you to remain here aslong as you feel guided.
And when you feel ready, just toslowly bring your awareness back
to the present moment.
Take a deep breath.
Open your eyes.
Bringing with you the calmcentered energy you've
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cultivated in this meditation.
That connection.
With that seed of your soul'svision, I invite you to remember
that your destiny is unfoldingexactly as it's meant to.
And with the support of Reiki,you can navigate every twist and
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turn and surprise with grace andwith confidence.
I invite you to step into livingyour truth because when you live
authentically and follow yourdestiny, as Marianne Williamson
said, you light the way forothers to do the same.
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And I invite you to take sometime to write down what came up
for you during the meditation.
And you may even wish to starteach day asking yourself how you
can integrate these insightsinto your daily life, either in
your meditation or maybe byjournaling or with automatic
writing.
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I'd like to thank you for beinghere today and I'd like to
encourage you to share thisepisode with any others who
might benefit from it.
And also to go ahead and join usin our Reiki share or invite
others to do the same.
Thank you for being thebeautiful light that you are in
the world.
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I appreciate you.
Namaste.
Hi and welcome to the Reiki fromthe Farm podcast brought to you
by me, Pam Allen Leblanc fromHidden Brook Farm.
I am a scientist, abusinesswoman, and a licensed
Reiki master teacher with theInternational Center for Reiki
Training.
Each week in this podcast you'llbe entertained as you learn
about a wide variety of relevantReiki topics, helping you become
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a more knowledgeable andeffective Reiki practitioner.
We caution you though, thispodcast may also dramatically
improve your life, and we are sohappy that you're here.
Pamela (00:55):
And so I'd just like to welcome everyone to this month's
podcast and this week's podcastand this month's Reiki share.
As I mentioned in a few pastpodcasts, the animal
communication class.
For those of you who've studiedthat, there is a manual almost
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ready.
I still haven't found the timeto finish that up, but I hope to
do that soon.
And that, I'll be dropping thatin the our private Facebook
group once it's ready.
And also will be sent, putting anote in our newsletter.
So for those of you who havestudied animal communication in
the past I'd like to make thatmanual available to you that
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will hopefully be ready in thevery near future, maybe next
week or the week after.
I also wanted to let everybodyknow that I, at the suggestion
of my campaign team, I've movedall of my October classes to
online classes.
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And the main reason is that Iactually need to start teaching
on the day of the election, justto make sure that I can get my
classes in before my dutiesstart, should I be successful in
the election.
And My campaign team tells methat I will be exhausted.
And so I know that managing justonline or just in person is a
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little bit easier mentally thanteaching hybrid classes.
So at their suggestion, I'vemoved the October classes into
an online classes in an Atlantictime zone, but I will be
teaching Reiki level one and twoand masters.
These are both licensed classesthat.
qualify you toward professionalmembership in the Reiki
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Membership Association.
And I'll also, thank you,Munakai, and I'll also be
teaching the classes of AnimalReiki Level 1 and 2 and also
Animal Reiki Master.
And that will be great.
That'll be really fun in Octoberafter being busy with a campaign
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in November and December.
I've got some animalcommunication level one and two
and three classes and the levelthree classes are offered twice.
They're offered once in an Asiantime zone or a European friendly
time zone and also once in anEastern.
time zone.
So if you are wanting to takeyour animal communication to the
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professional level have a lookat those.
I also have a Reiki Level 1 and2 class and Animal Reiki 1 and 2
in early December.
And in January, I will be movingto a lot more weekend classes.
in anticipation of fitting themin between time in the
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legislature.
So you all know that yeah, yayfor the level three.
I'm and Em says when you aresuccessful.
So that's awesome.
Thank you, guys.
So before we get to, Too muchfurther though, I'm just going
to invite everybody to bringyour hands into Gassho for a
moment.
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And we're all going to activateour Reiki energy.
And today we're being guided tostep into our soul's purpose,
whatever that may be, and justdiscuss what that looks like and
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feels before that, though, I'vebeen guided to create a spot for
Ask Me Anything so that you canask anything at all that you
wish to learn about Reiki.
And so we just invite all ofyour symbols and all of the
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Reiki energy to flow through younow, moving into your bodies and
breathe.
And your soul's purpose is knownor is evident to your soul.
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And so I invite the Reiki energyto flow through you, enveloping
you, surrounding you.
And just imagine your ownpersonal energy moving in close
to you now, close to your body,skimming your skin, so that all
of the projections andexpectations of others, and any
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energy that you might be holdingor carrying on behalf of others,
Just drop away and just lettinggo of your cultural conditioning
because each of our soul'spurposes are uniquely our own
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and they don't need to respondto other people's energies or
wants or wishes.
And if there's anything attachedto us, any energies that are not
our own, we release them nowalong with any cords and
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connectors, any sources of theirpower, any of their assignments
and all of their effects.
and any residues they may haveleft behind.
And we declare ourselvessovereign in our own bodies.
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Take a deep breath now and justbreathe in the sovereignty and
just allowing the Reiki energyto connect with your soul's
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purpose today.
I'd like to thank each and everyone of you for being here.
Thank you.
Namaste.
Now I let the folks who are herewith me today know that just
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moments before the Reiki share,my guidance very clearly let me
know that I was supposed to openit up and invite people to ask
me anything.
And a lot of the people that arehere with me thought that it was
a fantastic idea.
So I'm just going to open it upand you can ask them questions
in the chat, or please feel freeto unmute yourself and ask a
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question.
Lynn says, has a question.
She's going to teach her firstclass.
Yay, Lynn.
So happy for you.
But you're having issues withelectronic payment.
So as far as insight aboutsecurity, so Lynn I actually
have found PayPal to be the mostsecure and easiest way that
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people from all differentcountries can pay.
Here in Canada, we also havesomething called email transfer,
which is also very secure.
And I've heard of a lot of myAmerican colleagues that use
Venmo and some other methods.
But I found PayPal has given meabsolutely no issues whatsoever.
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And it's also really easy if,for instance, I don't normally
offer refunds, but if I have tocancel a class for any reason,
like maybe only one person ortwo people signed up or
something like that.
I can really easily refundpeople.
And I don't actually loseanything.
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It just PayPal does allow forthat.
So if you want, go ahead andcheck that out.
One of the other things that Ilove about PayPal that you may
want to wait until a littlelater on, But you can actually
also create subscriptions withPayPal where people can make
payments and although Reikiclasses are absolutely worth
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every dime and every dollar thatwe spend on them, and they're
probably worth 10 times what wespend on them.
Coming up with a lump sum can bedifficult for a lot of people.
I knew it was for me.
And so just allowing people tospread that out with a really
reasonable payment, it can bereally easy to set up.
So I'm that's my boat anyway.
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So I hope that helps.
And it's animal Reiki.
Awesome.
That's actually such a fun classto teach.
Anybody else have any questionstoday?
Pam, could I ask one?
This is Tara.
Yeah, absolutely, Tara.
Go ahead.
So I'm excited for you, and Iwish you all the best in the
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election that's here before youknow it, right?
It will be here before, I'lltell you a little bit about
that.
Yes, it is.
So I have a couple questions.
When you're doing like a Reikicircle, Okay, so what's the
difference between a Reikicircle, Reiki share, and you do
a meditation or a guidedmeditation, or you're sending
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Reiki?
And this is the other thing thatI get so confused with my left
right brain, but when you gointo the circle, do you open it
or close it at the beginning,and open it or close it at the
end?
Because they both make sense tome.
So both make sense, they do.
So you know what, like Reikicircle, Reiki share could all be
the same.
thing.
It's just an opportunity to gettogether with people who have
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Reiki.
And so just creating any kind ofReiki share or Reiki circle is
wonderful.
Now, my Reiki share isn't reallya share.
as much in the sense that youcould have several different
types of Reiki share.
You could do what I do, which isuse this for an opportunity to
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teach and share a meditation,just because that's what I love
to do and there's always newinformation coming available
that I love to share with you.
It's not really a share, Iprobably should call it a Reiki
circle instead, but originally,When I set it up, the idea was
that we would all get togetherand share Reiki, and then I just
couldn't help myself.
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I started teaching in these, andso it just, it became an
opportunity to touch base withyou all and teach some more
after classes and in betweenclasses.
You can also have the type ofReiki share where people
literally just share Reiki witheach other, and you can do those
in person with Reiki tables setup, and those are quite lovely
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as well.
You could also do them withonline where you put people in
breakout rooms, if you have alot of people show up.
So it's very easy to do.
And even when we only did inperson Reiki shares, I still
started using them to teach andjust share all new information.
So mine morphed very early on,but you can have either style or
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either type, and you could evenshare a meditation.
And then have people go andshare Reiki with each other to
allow everything to integrate.
There's no real, there's no reallimits on that.
It's just a, an opportunity toall get together.
The I love how you asked thequestion about the circle,
because it was something thatreally played with my left and
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right brain as well.
When you start a class or youstart something like this, we
create a circle.
Regardless, and we actuallystart sharing energy.
When we just come together,there's an expression that I am
aware of from the Christianstandpoint, which is whenever
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two or more shall gather in myname, I will be there.
And it's just, I think that anytime we come together, more than
one person, to work with sourceor spirit, whatever name that we
use, Allah, whatever name wecreate a synergy.
We just, our being togethercreates something else,
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something that's bigger than thesum of its parts.
And And that can include comingtogether in class.
Anytime there's two or more ofus it's important.
Things happen, things shift.
We tap into this synergy thisenergy.
And When I first started in thelicensed teacher program and had
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Colleen Benelli as my mentor,she talked about the importance
of closing the circle beforebeginning class.
And we, you can do that in avariety of ways, having people
introduce themselves and wherethey're from, which, we now do
on the chat because there's alot of people here just to keep
us within respecting everybody'stime.
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And In a class you, there, thereare a bit less people usually,
so sometimes you have time toallow people to introduce
themselves and say why they'rethere.
You could also use a prayer oran invocation.
These are all ways that you canbring people together.
to form that circle, that group.
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And what happens is our energytouches each other.
And it's, I know we call it acircle, but it's not like my
energy is only touching theperson on my left and right.
It's touching, I think, what isthere, 30 of us here today or
20, 25 of us here, it's touchingeverybody.
And your energy is touchingeverybody.
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And so it's a circle, butthere's zigzags in there.
And and it just, I don't know,it, it creates this beautiful
thing.
I felt that was opening thecircle, but over time, listening
to Colleen, she called itclosing the circle when we bring
everybody together and thenopening the circle.
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at the end.
And you can do that in a varietyof ways.
Usually it's a little bit of aprayer or a meditation.
And usually you're saying thankyou, or you might say Amen or
Amin, Ashe, Shalom.
And so it is something alongthose lines, but you're
consciously thanking theenlightened beings, the brothers
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and sisters of the light, thedivine animals who are here with
us, and then opening.
Again, the circle.
So I always used to say open atthe beginning and close at the
end.
But over time I started tounderstand what Colleen was
saying when she said she closedthe circle, she brought it
together, and then at the endshe opened it again.
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So I hope that answers yourquestions, Tara.
It does.
I just have one other questiontoo.
So I'm having a group like ofseniors at the Senior Center And
want to do like a, I know I'mteaching a mindful class.
I'm so excited.
But how do you, if I wanted togive Reiki to start or to the
group, I know I could put it inthe room.
I know I can send it to thesession.
None of them have Reiki.
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So what's the best way to dothat?
Yeah, you can share Reiki withpeople who don't have Reiki.
People can even be here in theReiki shares if they don't have
Reiki.
It can just send lovingintentions and that's a really
nice way for people to, used tothe energy or used to feel it
all around them and so on.
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So the thing that I do when I'mworking with a group, doesn't,
nobody has Reiki and I do thatall the time.
I actually just, draw thesymbols in the room, either in
my mind or, if nobody's aroundwith my hand.
And I might chant or sing or saythis, the symbols.
And sometimes I use the distancesymbol and send them ahead of
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time.
If I'm like at big venues likewhen I teach, when I do talks at
equine affair and things likethat or Reiki retreats or Omega.
And so I just send the symbolsall around the room and I ask
them to work with whoever wantsto work with them.
Okay.
Okay.
Wonderful.
Thank you.
And I do have one more question.
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So on the animal communication.
Yeah.
So there's one, two, and thenthe three, which I did with a
professional, but I thought youwere talking about another one.
I am talking about a masterteacher class.
Master teacher.
That's what it is.
Okay.
Yeah.
It's just, and I had hoped itwas going to be ready in the new
year.
And it still might be, but somuch just depends on this
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election.
Okay.
No worries at all.
Just wanted to check in.
Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
I'm Manikai here.
Yeah, Kunikai.
I have a quick question becausehow did you go from being scared
of technology to be thistechnological maven with all
these Reiki shares andnewsletters and everything?
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How did that happen?
Yeah, that was interesting,wasn't it?
I was terrified of technology.
I wrote an article about itbecause when it was time to move
classes online, I had actuallyheard when I still, when I was
in England getting the guidanceto write the Reiki business
book, I also received guidancethat I needed to get over my
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fear of technology and myreluctance to use it.
And so it was COVID.
It was, I realized wow, peopleneed help.
And if I'm going to be in aposition to help them, I have to
get over this.
You know what I did?
What I always do, I just turnedit over to Reiki.
I just said, I'm, first of all,I could break technology just by
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being around it.
And I have done so on manyoccasions.
So it was.
above my pay grade to figurethis out.
I could not figure it out on myown.
And I just said to Reiki if I'msupposed to get over a fear of
technology, you have to help mebecause I don't know how to do
that.
And I don't know how to usetechnology.
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So I really surrendered it toReiki.
And we're actually gonna betalking about that tonight.
And once I did surrender it toReiki, it was so interesting
because I had been guided by anew Macbook, computer before I
went to England.
And just followed that guidance.
And I see a question in the chatabout the guidance.
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Susan, you were asking, How do Iexperience the energy guiding me
when I say the energy is veryclear?
It's a very similar, Susan, inthe same way that I learned
animal communication, I learnedto listen.
To the same way I learned tolisten to animals back in 2009,
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Reiki opened up my ability tolisten to my guidance as well,
and to hear the Reiki energyitself, to hear my guides, to,
I've always been able to hearsores, but the rest of it really
opened up.
in 2009 with Reiki.
And I guess it taught me tolisten.
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And so while I was listening inEngland and it said about
learning the technology orgetting over my fear of
technology, I thought I might aswell start now.
And I did my first ever Facebooklive.
But once I got home, WilliamRand had the same thought I was
shown and you're to teach youranimal communication.
Cause I had to cancel two animalcommunication classes.
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One, I was going to go and teachit in Ohio while I was
presenting at the equine affairthere.
And then I had one scheduled afew weeks later here at the farm
and they were full.
And the energy said, you're notgoing to cancel.
You're going to teach it online.
And I had no idea how to dothat.
But William Rand a couple ofdays later, I told people, this
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is what we're going to try todo, if you want to do that, if
you don't, I'll send you yourmoney back, nobody wanted their
money back, they all wanted tostay in the class, if I was
going to be able to figure thatout, and I did let them know it
would be a later date, andWilliam came back a couple of
days later and said, Hey guys,we're going to move Reiki
classes online.
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Now, when he did that he wentand worked diligently with the
energy for two and a half weeksabout getting the attunements
strong enough so that they couldbe passed on online.
But they also, he and Colleenalso developed a meditation
called Empowered in the River ofLife was what it was originally.
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Now it's.
evolved to Empowered in theRiver of Peace.
I find, Munakai, that withinthat particular meditation, It
will align you with technology,and so I'm not perfect with
technology, but the things thatI need to figure out it really
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aligned me, and on top of that,there was a little piece of
advice my husband gave me, whichis when you can't figure out how
to do something, go to YouTube,go and look it up, and there's
going to be somebody to explainto you how to do that thing.
So that was where I found outwhat all that I needed to do to
do my podcast.
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And and then I found a coursethat helped me figure out how to
do my book and how to, so I, Ido just whatever I need to learn
and like AI, I use I love AI.
I use it a fair bit with mycampaign and just different
things that I have to do.
It just helps organize mythoughts.
I still use my own thoughts, butI use AI to help put a structure
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to it, which is really helpful.
So I found that really alignedme with technology and then I
just started learning one thingat a time.
And the other thing that I didwas I often promised something
before I was ready for it sothat I had to get ready for it.
So I promised a podcast onSeptember 25th first.
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How many, four years ago, Ithink three or four years ago.
And on at midnight, September 24until I was till three in the
morning before I got anythingproduced.
But I did do it.
And then I said, look the fullpodcast, I got the introduction
out.
And then a couple of days laterwas able to figure out the
introduction and the same withthe class.
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I wasn't really ready to teachthe class, but I set the date
and that meant that I had to getready.
The same with the book.
I set the date and that meant Ihad to get the book ready.
So that's how I did that.
I hope that helps.
I'm sorry.
Thank you, Pam.
I gotta run.
I gotta do a lot of things fortoday.
This is his birthday andeverything and greetings,
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everybody.
Nice to meet you.
And yeah, looking forward totalking to you again, Pam.
And of course, looking forwardto what's coming up for us in
November.
Ah! I know, right?
Oh.
Thank you, Munikai.
Take care.
Bye.
And so yes, Munikai let us knowthat in Japan it is Yosui's
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birthday, August 15th today.
Have a question from Val withregard to the spirit release
technique.
It says to give yourself Reikiand surround yourself with holy
fire prior to the session.
While the client's lying there,how long should you do that for?
And can you do the technique onyourself?
Yes.
I do spirit release technique onmyself all the time.
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For those of you who aren'tfamiliar with it, it's something
that we teach at the masterlevel once you have holy fire.
So don't worry about it too muchuntil then.
And usually like just doingReiki on yourself.
It's like usually five to 15minutes, Val, something along
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those lines.
Yeah, Susan said closing thecircles, it feels like creating
a container, which, yes, that'sexactly what it is, Susan.
And there's a question.
What symbols would I send to agarden to help grow and protect
the plants?
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I would use.
All of the symbols that I had,Ella all of the Yasui symbols,
the power symbol, the mental,emotional symbol, the distance
symbol, they can all be helpful.
If you have the master symbol,Holy Fire, they're helpful.
Kaurna Reiki symbols are helpfuland Tree of Life.
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With animal Reiki is helpful.
So I would just use all thesymbols that I have and I want
to let you know with regards toa garden, if you actually place
seeds in your hands and givethem Reiki, they've done
scientific studies, scientifictests, and the seeds that
receive Reiki, they can take twoidentical seed packets.
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The ones that receive Reiki notonly tend to have better
germination, like more plantsthat germinate, but the plants
themselves are incrediblystrong.
So that's a wonderful time to toto do that.
Talking about spirit attachmentsand gardens, did I stumble?
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You're having constant issueswith pests in the garden and
house.
And Cam's just wondering what Iwould use aside from animal
communication and regularsessions.
Could there be a spiritattachment to a place?
So Kami, yes, there could be.
So definitely just, see ifspirit attachment work would be
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helpful.
But one of the biggest thingsthat I find when there's pests
in a garden or in a home is Iactually look up the meaning
behind that particular past.
As an example, I had a friend inthe Caribbean who called me and
she said, look, I'm renting aplace and there's rats and
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there's so many rats and there'sthe smell of rat urine and it's
just awful and I can't get ridof them because it's the
Caribbean and they'reeverywhere.
And she asked what to do.
And so I was guided to tell herto look up what the definition
of rat is in the Animal Reiki,sorry, not Animal Reiki.
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There's a book by Stephen Farmercalled Animal Spirit Animals, I
believe it is.
And there's a pocket guide tospirit animals as well that I
carry with me.
And I even put it on my phone,my Kindle.
And she looked up and usuallyit's if a rat shows up, maybe.
It's one of these six things.
Or if an aunt shows up, it couldbe this or whatever you're
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dealing with.
So I asked her, do any of thosemeanings make sense to you?
And they did.
And I said, okay, so tell therats, thank you.
You heard their message.
And then decide what you'regoing to do in response to that
message and then ask them toleave.
So she called me up.
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A couple of weeks later and shesaid they haven't left and I
said which message did you takefrom it?
And she told me one of themessages really rang true and I
said what did you do about it?
Did you do something about themessage that the rats brought
you?
And she said, no, I didn't doanything about it.
I just thanked them for themessage.
And I said, Okay you heard themessage, but you didn't do
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anything about it.
Maybe make a decision about whatyou're going to do about the
message.
Tell them you heard it, whatyou're going to do, and then ask
them to leave.
And as soon as she did, theyleft.
So that's my suggestion wheneverpests show up.
And Lin says after animal Reiki,you have a lot of animals and
bugs, and you had to tell theskunk he wasn't welcome to go
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outside of the fenced area.
So yeah, that sometimes happenstoo.
I've got I I don't mind spiders.
I enjoy spiders, but I've reallygot too many in my house right
now, so I've got to, I justsweep them up usually and take
them outside and I do have to doa little relocation right now.
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Any other questions you guysbefore we move on to our main
message this week?
Thanks.
Actually, I do have onequestion.
I know the business summit orwhatever's coming up, but and
I'm, I don't know how you sleepor anything because you were
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going so much.
So I do want to say, please takecare of yourself as well,
because you're just going.
But besides that, I'm sorry, I'mbeing a mother hen.
Besides that are you planning ondoing like a business type of
class?
I know you had the marketing onebut any of your other type, are
you thinking about that in 2025?
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Is that even on your schedule?
Radar at this point, it is on myradar for 2025, but I haven't, I
won't set anything until afterOctober 21st.
But thank you for the question,Lynn.
The reason is I just I don'tknow how the election will turn
out and what life will looklike.
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And so I just, I know that Ihave to, obviously if I don't
win it's simple and I can book aclass.
We're not going to even put thatout in the universe.
We're going to say, when you'reso busy, how are you going to
fit it in?
When I'm so busy, how am I goingto fit it in?
And I will fit it in.
It'll be just when.
So I think I definitely willhave something again by next
year.
June, but I'm not sure if I'llhave anything before that,
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because the legislature sitsfrom November until June.
And yeah, so I'll be.
Hey, I'm happy that you're, I'mso excited that about the Animal
Communication 3.
Yes, I was not able to do thatthe last time because of work.
So I'm excited about that.
So thank you for squeezing thatone in.
It's my pleasure.
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I actually, it was so much funto teach and everybody seemed to
get so much out of it.
So I'm really excited to fit itin.
And I taught animalcommunication to over 40
students.
in over in Asia, North America,Europe, and Australia.
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Recently in three differentlanguages simultaneously.
And I had to be on my toes forthat.
It was a challenge.
But it was so much fun and gotme really organized.
So I will have the two classesbecause those Asian students
would like to have the levelthree as well.
Once they practice for a while.
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Those are, I'm so glad that I'mable to fit those in.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Susan, you had a question.
Hello, this is Susan in LosAngeles.
I have a share, brief sharefirst, and then a question.
I just wanted to share, in casethere's other people who are
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going through times like thisalso, I have been going through
such a difficult time, and evenjust saying that brings up this
emotion, and it's been.
It's been like times of highsand lows.
I've just, it's like beingtossed along the bottom of the
ocean in a, when you get caughtin a wave.
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And got the message recentlythat this is happening because
you are moving into a new place,into a new era of your life.
Life.
It's like you're leaving all theold behind and new is coming in
and that is it feels so right onand it answered the question for
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me of why do I not feelconnected to Reiki, to my
guidance, to anything, and it'sbecause everything is being
changed over.
My question with that is ifthere's any things that you've
done in your life when that hasbeen the case for you.
It's a perfect lead in to whatwe're talking about tonight.
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I thought it might be.
Something was telling me thisis, you have to say this before
she does her thing.
I even pulled over because I'mdriving home.
So there we are.
Wow.
No.
That's exactly what I want totalk about tonight.
And your description it'sexactly where I was last year.
And I think that yeah it's.
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And as soon as you weredescribing it, I was like she's
going through a big change.
And I think also what youdescribed can be seen in the
culture around us, politically,like there's how many elections
this fall?
It's not just Canada and theUnited States, there's elections
right now, this year happeningall over the world.
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And people are saying that theywant something different.
And and I think that they'regoing to get something
different, but it feels verytumultuous in the meantime.
As things are happening.
So I think you just led meperfectly into what I want to
talk about tonight, Susan, ifthat's okay.
Perfect.
Let's move into it then.
I, because it actually, I don'tknow if we're going to stay to
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this title, but initially thetitle that came through was
Navigating Surprises and Soulsof the Heart.
Soul visions under the supermoon.
It's about carpet diem, seizethe day and embracing your
destiny.
So basically what I wanted totalk about is how we can embrace
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our destiny in a calm consideredway.
At the same time as we step intoit and we seize the day, Carpe
Diem, and using our Dharma andhow Reiki can really support all
of that.
So August for me has been allabout revisiting my past.
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July was just super busyexhaustingly so actually,
especially with my father inlaw's passing and Wake or Dawn
and so on.
And so August is completelydifferent.
It's been completely different,but it's been a lot about
revisiting my past, and if wethink about it, that's not
surprising.
If any of the rest of you havebeen feeling that, there are six
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planets, I believe, inretrograde at the moment.
Just last weekend, I had myclass reunion.
Yesterday, we had our 25thanniversary here at the farm.
In addition, tonight, I amentering a Hay House book
contest with a book submission,and I've done that before many
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times, but it's very differentthis time.
On top of that tomorrow, I'mgoing to the Stanley Fair for as
the Green Party candidate, butalso I've been attending the
Stanley Fair since I was a childwith horses and showing horses
there.
It's one of the places I got oneof my first red ribbons.
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And then, reminiscent of lastyear, this time, because last
August, we heard a rumor that wewere going to be, or end of
August, early September, that wewere going to be going into a
snap election.
Now there's more electionrumors.
It's been all about looking backat things that have happened in
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the past, and I don't know ifany of you have been doing that
or have been guided to do that,but I'm going to invite you to
think about some of theimportant things in your life
that have happened and just do alittle mental review of them.
Because tonight we're going totalk about how to step into the
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future at the same time, how tohandle the surprises that life
throws at us and stay grounded.
And we're also going to talk alittle bit about.
powerful energy of the 8 8supermoon and how it can also
guide us to follow our destinyas well.
And so before starting theclass, I was still like, is that
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what we're supposed to talkabout?
I'm not sure.
And I decided I was listening toWarwick Schiller's podcast and
his interview with Kim McElroy,who Kim is the artist.
with Linda Kahanev's, The Way ofthe Horse cards.
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And she was talking about howthat process all came about and
so on.
And I was thinking about allthese things and what I was
going to talk to you about.
And I was like, but are wereally talking about soul's
purpose?
I was just asking for a bit moreclarity.
And so this is the card that Ipulled for you.
Number 37.
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in this card deck, which is themessenger.
And what it is it's so funny.
So as I told you, I was tryingto figure out, are we actually
talking about soul's purpose?
Now there are I don't know, Ithink 40 some cards in this
deck.
And I choose card number 37which is the messenger.
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So what the messenger is aboutis creativity, divine guidance
and protection.
I'm like, okay, so maybe that isto do with soul's purpose.
I don't know.
But then you read the meaning ofthe card and it's this, a higher
source of wisdom tapswellsprings of inspiration and
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energy connecting you moredeeply to your soul's purpose.
Now, you can't make this stuffup.
There's that, that told me forsure, yes, you're to talk about
soul's purpose, even though Ireceived the guidance to do and
ask me anything and thechallenge behind connecting with
your soul's purpose is that youhave to be willing to ask for
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help.
and also to embody the wisdomand power of the horse.
So I knew for certain that wewere on track with soul's
purpose.
And I also think society ismoving into their soul's
purpose.
I'd like to share with you, andI know I've shared it in the
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past, but I can't help it.
I actually have this on mybedroom wall in Campobello.
This is a quote from MarianneWilliamson's book.
book, A Return to Love,Reflections on the Principles of
a Course in Miracles.
And this is my favorite quote,maybe in the whole world.
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And it's this, Our deepest fearis not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we'repowerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not ourdarkness, that most frightens
us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to bebrilliant, gorgeous, talented,
fabulous.
Actually, who are you not to be?
You're a child of God.
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Your playing small does notserve the world.
There is nothing enlightenedabout shrinking so that other
people won't feel insecurearound you.
We are all meant to shine aschildren do.
We were born to make manifestthe glory of God that is within
us.
It's not just in some of us,it's in everyone.
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And as we let our own lightshine, we unconsciously give
other people permission to dothe same.
As we are liberated from our ownfear, our presence automatically
liberates others.
So this week, as I'm reflectingon my past, and I'm trying to
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decide whether to send inanother book submission to Hay
House, I have an opportunity todo it, and it caused me to think
back to the very first bookproposal that I submitted to
them.
I was so nervous.
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And I was so out of my comfortzone, and I was feeling so raw
and vulnerable stepping intothat path, that purpose, that I
actually submitted it at thevery last minute, I held up our
holidays so that I could get itdone, and then I ran out and
threw up.
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in the toilet after I submittedit.
And I started thinking, Oh no,what if they don't choose my
book?
Oh no, what if they do choose mybook?
And I couldn't figure out whichone was worse.
Now since then, I've sent inseveral, probably six book
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submissions to Hay House.
And each time it gave, it goteasier.
I only threw up the once.
But each time I was a little bitnervous and a little bit
attached to an outcome.
And then something happened thisweek that I've been shifting
like you have been, Susan.
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There's been a lot going on, alot of discomfort in the
shifting because there is oftendiscomfort in the shifting.
And so this week.
When I submitted my bookproposal last August, I actually
won Honorable Mention, eventhough I didn't realize that I
had, I just, I looked at it andsaw that I didn't win, and I
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deleted the email, and it wasonly a month later when they
sent me feedback andcongratulated me on winning
Honorable Mention that I dug outthat email from my deleted box
and discovered, oh, I wanthonorable mention, holy smokes,
that's amazing.
And I realized that last Octoberwhen we were in the midst of,
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The premier threatening to calla snap election and we were
trying to get the election teamtogether and some of you will
remember it was just a reallydifficult time because I was
stepping into that, which wasbrand new and I was stepping
into it with a sense of panicand urgency.
I realized that if at that timeI had.
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had read the email properly andknown that I had won Honorable
Mention or, heaven forbid, if Ihad won, I think my brain would
have exploded.
And I just think it's funny,because now I'm getting ready to
send another submission.
I went out and recorded thevideo today and I felt
completely calm and cool andcollected about it.
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My submission may or may not bechosen.
It doesn't matter.
I'm fine.
I'll be publishing the book nomatter what.
And now there's another rumorcirculating about the election
date being moved up fromSeptember to August 30th.
And I just think it's so funnybecause last year I couldn't
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have handled that.
It would have thrown me offbalance.
This year, I'm just saying.
Bring it on.
And I also realized that if Idid get a book contract, it
would be happening around thesame time as I find out whether
or not I lose the election.
And I'm perfectly okay withwinning both of those things or
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losing both of those things.
It.
Really, I know I can handle bothof them now, where I couldn't
have before.
So the energy was just showingme that when we're growing, it
feels odd.
We're off balance.
We feel vulnerable.
And Linda Kahan of one of myfavorite horse authors talks
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about the fact that great powerexists in vulnerability.
When you can allow yourself tofeel vulnerable.
Really amazing things can comefrom that.
That's, that always happens whenyou're stepping into that new
life path.
That, that, that purpose.
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This week, I recorded my videofor my campaign, and oddly, Even
though it's the first time doingthat the energy has shown me
that all the podcasts I've donewith you guys, with people that
I feel comfortable with and loveand trust, have really prepared
me for that.
(45:25):
And I just got this sense ofdestiny Yeah, I'm supposed to be
doing this and I'm supposed tobe sending the book proposal in
so I'll do it.
I'm just wondering if any of youcan think about a time in your
life when you were going forsomething important and it felt
difficult or when you feltvulnerable.
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When we were Purchasing this,our farm, 25 years ago the lady
we purchased it from didn't moveout when she said she was going
to.
And it we felt so vulnerable.
We had to move our, we had soldour house.
We had to move all of our thingsinto storage.
She decided to move out at alater date.
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And not to honor the agreementthat we had made and she was 81
years old and we didn't want tomake life more difficult for
her.
And besides that, what could wedo?
We could take it to court, butit was going to be, August, we
were supposed to move in July1st.
And instead, she said shechanged her mind to August 13th.
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And she did have a right withinthe contract to do that.
And if we'd asked her to honorthe new contract that she had
signed with us, by the time wetook it through court, it was
going to be August 13th anyway.
So we wound up and we didn'twant to do that to her.
So we wound up, Putting all ofour things in storage, moving
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into my sister's basement withour one and a half year old for
six weeks before we finally gotthe farm.
And even on the day that she wassupposed to move out, she hadn't
moved.
And we didn't get into the houseuntil nine o'clock at night
instead of noon as we weresupposed to.
And yet this farm has been justamazing.
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In the end we realized howfortunate we were to get it
because so many people wanted topurchase it, but she was so
difficult to work with, that'sthe reason that they walked
away, and that we got it as wedid, and that we could afford
it, actually, because otherwisewe couldn't have.
Was there anything in your lifelike that?
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Something important that feltdifficult, that felt vulnerable,
and, How did you handle it?
How did it turn out?
I'd just like you to think aboutthat for a moment.
So even as I was thinking aboutall of these things and just how
calm I am this time and Higgs istalking about moving up the
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election and it's okay, if hedoes and we'll deal with it.
It'll just be sooner.
That's all.
I got thinking about the Latinphrase Carpe Diem.
Which means seize the day.
Some of you have watched DeadPoets Society and Robin Williams
does an excellent depiction andgetting his students to, to do
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this to seize the day.
What this means is to just makethe most of the present moment
without worrying too much aboutthe future.
That's easier said than done,but it encourages us as
individuals to take advantage ofthe opportunities that are
available to us right now,rather than delaying actions or
decisions.
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And so it's often a reminderjust to live life fully, embrace
the possibilities for each day.
It doesn't mean actingrecklessly.
Instead, it's about embracingopportunities with a clear mind
and an open heart, knowing thateach moment is a step on our
path, even the moments that seemquiet or inconsequential.
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In fact, Colleen Benally and Ihave discussed growth and how
with growth, it's also importantthat there is contraction.
Because Both of us seem to beconstantly growing in the Reiki
energy, but if you only grow,pretty soon your foundation
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can't support you.
And so instead, if you grow andthen contract a little bit, your
foundation can't support you.
solidifies itself underneathyou, so that you can grow again
and have a more solidfoundation.
Then you contract again, yourfoundation gets solid again.
And this is just, I think theseare the ups and downs, Susan
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that you mentioned.
Now, I also was guided to bringin the concept of Dharma, which
is what we do with our lifeforce energy.
So today is about using our lifeforce to live fully in order to
step into our destiny with calmconsideration.
And I'm just thinking about howdifferently this all feels this
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year than last Because I've donethat growing and contracting,
and the foundation has grown tosupport it.
And so it doesn't feel souncomfortable anymore.
I also want to talk about thefact that when I talk about
destiny or life purpose, thisisn't a fixed point.
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It's a journey that unfoldsmoment by moment, minute by
minute, hour by hour, day byday.
So how do we know?
If we're on our life path orpurpose.
Emotions, emotional intelligenceis something that I've given a
lot of thought to, and I've evenstudied it within my MBA.
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Emotions, and I studied it withLinda Kahanev's work as well her
beautiful book, Writing Betweenthe Worlds and some of the
workshops that I've done aroundthat and taught around that.
And so your emotions are a wayfor your subconscious to
communicate with you.
And the emotion joy is theemotion to let you know you're
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on track for your path and yourpurpose.
And there's also a feeling thatit feels just right.
It doesn't feel just right atfirst.
At first, there's more of acuriosity, but as you settle
into, Oh, I think I'm on my pathor purpose after a while, you
just have a knowing that itfeels right.
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So how do we step into This,what is potentially scary in a
common considered way.
The one thing I want to sharewith you is that Reiki has never
guided me wrong.
Anything that it asks me to stepinto, even though I may
initially step back, it's alwaysworked out.
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And if I can only get through myresistance then it becomes
effortless.
So I've begun to learn to applyReiki to my resistance, my fear,
my anxiety.
And so what that's allowed me todo is then make conscious
choices which align my actionswith my higher purpose and just
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to get fear and anxiety out ofthe equation.
And that's what The way I dothat is, I guess I, I explained
that earlier, is I do just turnit over to Reiki.
I surrender it to Reiki and askReiki to help with that.
With all of this, say you'regoing along and you're growing
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and contracting and growing andcontracting, then what do you do
with the surprises, like whenthe person doesn't move out of
the house, with a new electionrumor?
I think that we can also turnthe surprises over to Reiki and
ask Reiki to help us staycentered, grounded, trusting.
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When my father in law passed, itwas meant that I actually
couldn't not teach the Asianclass because so many people had
rearranged their schedules forme.
And I turned it over to Reiki.
I said, Reiki please help thisall work out.
And for a moment, for a littlewhile, it looked like it was
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going to work effortlesslybecause it looked like the
Funeral was going to beThursday, and I started teaching
Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Then they moved the funeral toFriday.
Looked like the funeral wasgoing to be after I was done
teaching.
No, the priest wasn't available.
It had to be when I was finishedteaching.
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I just said, Reiki, can youhandle this?
And it did.
Actually, I finished teaching 15minutes early and had just
enough time to make it to thechurch.
I wouldn't recommend that.
I would have rather not.
had such a tight schedule, butthat was what we were working
with.
So Reiki did manage it for me,even though it was really
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difficult and the class wasamazing and the funeral was
lovely and everything workedout.
I also want to mention one morething, you guys, just the
significance of the fact thatthis is the eighth month of an
eight universal year, and it's asuper full moon.
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So this is a powerful time forus to manifest our intentions
and align ourselves.
with our soul's vision.
And when I talk about soul'svision, this is the deep inner
sense of purpose or directionthat aligns with the true
essence of our being.
It's a guiding force or anintuition that reflects our
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highest aspirations, values, andthe unique path we're supposed
to follow in life.
This isn't just about goals orambitions.
This is a spiritual ortranscendent understanding of
what we're called to do orbecome.
So Susan, I think that's reallythe message you were getting
was, this is your soul's vision.
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This is where the ups and downsare coming from.
It's that growth and contractionas you move forward.
you're being prepared to moveinto that.
There's probably going to be alot of sense of meaning,
fulfillment, and contribution tothe greater good with that.
When we tap into this, we tapinto our inner truth.
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And we can use Reiki,meditation, self reflection,
automatic writing.
It's just about listening to ourquiet, authentic voice, our
higher self within that knowswhat's really important and
guides our actions to align uswith that deeper wisdom.
So that's where we're going togo today with our meditation.
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We can set clear intentionsusing Reiki to amplify our
energy, or we can be completelyopen to whatever Reiki is going
to bring us or show us.
So I'd like you, as you're doingthis, to just remember that
undercurrent of love and ofReiki and of universal energy
that supports us always.
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This buoys us, it helps usnavigate the most challenging
aspects.
I want you to remember thatwe're not alone and that as we
step into this, We can live ourtruth and embrace our destiny.
We can inspire others just likeMarianne Williamson says.
We become a beacon for others,showing them that they can live
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a fuller, more meaningful lifeas well.
So I'd like you to take a momentnow and I'd like you to just
think for a moment.
Write down any intentions thatyou might have.
Also just as you do your dailyself reiki, just considering
those intentions, again,thinking about them again.
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And then we're going to go inand tap into the truth around
them.
Okay.
So now that you've had it.
opportunity to just give that alittle bit of thought and maybe
write down some of yourintentions or your thoughts and
it's okay if it's not clear toyou.
We're going to go into a guidedReiki meditation to just help
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you tap into your soul's visionwith Reiki and align with our
destiny.
This will help you centeryourself and connect with the
wisdom within.
So I invite you to go ahead andmake yourself comfortable
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bringing your hands into Gassho.
You can be sitting or lying downand just allow yourself to
completely relax.
Closing your eyes.
Taking a deep breath, releasingany tension, and breathe.
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And you can invite any symbolsto join you today.
Just noticing the Reiki energyflowing through your hands and
into your heart.
As you bring your awareness intoyour heart center, the place in
the middle of your chest, thatsoft golden light.
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is filling the space andbeginning to glow.
And this light represents thelove and wisdom of your soul.
Place your hands comfortably onyour body now, wherever you feel
guided, and breathe.
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Just breathing in the light ofReiki.
And as you breathe in, withevery in breath, just notice
this light in your chest, inyour heart, expanding.
And it expands on every inhaleand on every exhale.
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You just release more of theenergies.
that are no longer relevant toyou.
Just noticing any stress orworry melting away, leaving you
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relaxed and centered as yourentire chest fills with warmth
and calm and peace and Reiki.
And I invite you to consider fora moment a goal, a vision, or a
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sense of destiny that feels trueto you, or even if it doesn't
feel true.
This could be something you'vebeen working toward, or it could
be a new direction that'scalling out, and it might be
clear or unclear.
That's all right.
I simply invite you now to openyour heart and receive your
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soul's vision around this.
Visualize the vision as a seed.
that exists in your heart,surrounded by and bathed in that
golden light.
See it growing stronger and morevibrant with every breath that
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you take, nourished by the loveand wisdom of your soul.
(01:02:16):
And now as you've nourished thatseed, you may notice that it
begins to glow or even grow, andwe allow it to unroll at its own
pace.
(01:02:37):
But I invite you to imagine apath unfolding in front of you,
leading you toward therealization of this visit,
vision.
And just notice yourself walkingthis path with confidence,
guided by your inner wisdom andthe energy of Reiki.
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Along the way, there may besurprises, twists and turns you
didn't expect, but just noticehow you remain calm and
grounded, trusting that each andevery step is Part of your
journey and that you'resupported by the undercurrent of
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love that flows beneath it all.
Reiki source, universal energy,love of each other.
And I invite you to notice thatsome of the PRI surprises that
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initially appeared unwelcomemight bring the biggest
blessing.
As you walk this path, justnotice how the golden light
within you continues to grow andthat illuminates your way,
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allowing you to move forwardwith clarity and purpose.
You notice that there's a benchup ahead.
I invite you to take a fewmoments now to go up and rest in
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this space.
Absorbing the energy andinsights that you've received,
knowing you can return to thisplace of peace and clarity,
calm, whenever you need to,simply by connecting with that
light of your soul and theenergy of Reiki.
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I invite you to listen now withyour mind, your heart, your
chakras, your emotions, yourenergy, your ears, your
instincts.
Just listen to the illuminationof your soul's blessing and
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we'll remain here for some time.
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I invite you to remain here aslong as you feel guided.
And when you feel ready, just toslowly bring your awareness back
to the present moment.
Take a deep breath.
Open your eyes.
Bringing with you the calmcentered energy you've
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cultivated in this meditation.
That connection.
With that seed of your soul'svision, I invite you to remember
that your destiny is unfoldingexactly as it's meant to.
And with the support of Reiki,you can navigate every twist and
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turn and surprise with grace andwith confidence.
I invite you to step into livingyour truth because when you live
authentically and follow yourdestiny, as Marianne Williamson
said, you light the way forothers to do the same.
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And I invite you to take sometime to write down what came up
for you during the meditation.
And you may even wish to starteach day asking yourself how you
can integrate these insightsinto your daily life, either in
your meditation or maybe byjournaling or with automatic
writing.
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I'd like to thank you for beinghere today and I'd like to
encourage you to share thisepisode with any others who
might benefit from it.
And also to go ahead and join usin our Reiki share or invite
others to do the same.
Thank you for being thebeautiful light that you are in
the world.
(01:13:59):
I appreciate you.
Namaste.
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