Reiki And Symbols
Mornin’ all 
It is blowy and moody up here in heaven on the hilltop…
And it looks cold even though it’s not particularly.
We’ve had a few very Spring like days followed by lashing rain, hailstones and gales!
So, I won’t be “casting my clout till May is out”, I can tell you… ha ha ha!!!
Now, I thought I’d have a chat about ‘Symbols’ today, as several people have mentioned them one way or another this week.
Okay then, what are symbols?
To me a symbol is… a reminder, a memory jogger, a point of focus, a hook to hang something on…
And it has no power what-so-ever of it’s own!
The ONLY power it has is what I deem to give it.
If I don’t empower it with my attention and intention it is just what it is – a non-descript representation… inactive and dormant.
You see, we all create symbols for different things…
HP sauce is symbolic to me of my father… ha ha ha!!!
It is a memory jogger, a link to a set of memories, feelings, emotions, sensations, mind photos.
Sliced tomatoes is symbolic of my old friend Alison… I cannot slice a tomato without thinking of her.
The music to the film Platoon is symbolic of Spike and Norman… two cats we had. It’s very powerful and emotional for Chris and I but means nothing to DC.
A pile of washing neatly folded is symbolic of Paddy… my Mother in Law
And I’m sure you can bring many of these same things to your mind right now too.
But the ones I have just mentioned are the ones that are personal to me – they’re my symbolic memory joggers and they’ll have a totally different meaning to you.
Some symbols, however, are universal and have a powerful but general meaning.
Like a Red Cross – symbolic of hospitals, hence healing, help, etc.
Or a rope of garlic… ha ha ha!!!
And then we come to the Reiki symbols…
They have no power or meaning other than that which we give them either.
How can they?
A shoe is not a ‘shoe’ until you ‘activate’ it by putting it on your foot
A symbol is not ‘activated’ until you use it as such…
The more people who imbue them with a certain meaning, the more they become associated with and reminders of that meaning, energy, activity, sensation, etc.
In fact the Reiki symbols are like… words.
The picture/kanji/drawing of the symbol is given a word to discribe it.
So, just like the word ‘elephant’ conjures up an elephant in your minds eye (and not a giraffe), the energy of the Reiki symbols when ‘activated by use’ conjures up a certain response also.
Both in you and towards what you are doing, like a tool of focus.
And just like learning the meaning of a word you learn the meaning of the Reiki symbols.
Now, at first you may stumble over the name and how to say it.
You may not bring to mind or being, the exact sensation required.
You may forget how to draw it out… or miss a bit off… ha ha ha!!!
But eventually, if you practice and persevere – just like learning a new language – you will ‘grok the fullness’ of the symbols.
And, as instantly as I say ‘elephant’ you’ll get the elephant in it’s totality.
Which is exactly how you’ll get the Reiki symbols eventually.
And in the ‘groking of the fullness’, you will no longer require them
For now, they are in you completely.
Thanks for listening…
I’m off for that other major symbolic activity now…
Namely Sunday Lunch
Enjoy yours…
Judith.
