In 1995 or 1996 I don’t remember the exact date and year I was watching the TV news and suddenly I see a familiar face in the background of that news item, I lift the phone and tell her I saw her on the TV. She in turn tells me about Reiki and asks me if I would like to learn it. Before I could say yes my husband says no. Slowly the curiosity in me started building up. I wanted to learn more about this magic wand. In the meanwhile my ma-in-law and sis-in-law went learn and came back, not much of a review though. Now my curiosity grew even more, but I waited for my husband’s green signal, which was not in the horizon, and I resigned to the fact that I am not destined to have a guru after all, as in the past life I had not respected one. Somewhere deep inside me was this urge to learn meditation and be closer to the divine without doing poojas and mantras, as I was convinced that those who do poojas are not necessarily nice people, as they were sour grapes for me, as I was convinced that I cant therefore they were not good. Bitter with my in-laws, bitter with my parents.
In the meantime I lived the present life always in the past. How much injustice was done to me. Bitter with my in-law, bitter with my parents, bitter with my sisters. You name it and I had them. This bitterness was eating up my entire soul and I was having an empty feeling in me. Oblivious to the fact about the ill health of my soul, I felt I had no problem in my life.
Those poor bulls on the road pulling overloaded bulla carts and being inhumanly treated by their so called masters. Those stray dogs who were cruelly treated by everyone and anyone, by the MCH lorry and people who caught them. All these sights tore my heart apart. I was ready to burst with rage. If only I had the powers to help them, bring them some respite... “Oh God please help me help them, was what my soul would cry out. My nights were haunted by the cruelty of the human minds. Sleep was a rare commodity in my nights, I would look around for some courts to bring them justice , some kind hospitals to treat them free of cost , as they had no money they were just slaves, some voice that could convey their miseries. But life went on.
One day my husband read about REIKI in a Swagath magazine in an Indian Airlines flight. He comes home and tells me, ”Why don’t you learn REIKI?”. Pat went my ears up. Before he had time to change his mind, I went and participated in a REIKI seminar with Dr Geetha Gayitri and learnt the first and second degree in a span of two months. In the forms I mentioned, “I want to help these animals”.
Now I had the magic wand in my hand known as REIKI, to help these hapless animals, not only in the city but all over INDIA. With REIKI empowered mind I started on my crusade. I would do REIKI to animals in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, and all over India.” That they are healed of their miseries and cruelty towards them, and that they are treated with love care and respect”. I would accost the bulla cart drivers and make them unload the overloaded carts. My husband was the biggest support to me, when others laughed at me, at my crusade. One day my husband dragged a bull cart driver down and reprimanded him, for torturing a wounded animal and overloading the cart. With REIKI powers in me, the same drivers who would rebuke me earlier now would unload meekly. This went on for a year. Slowly I begin to see changes in our society. I see programme in the TV. Against cruelty towards animals by Menaka Gandhi on Star -Plus Channel. This program touched the hearts of TV watching public all over India. Then I hear dogs were not being killed any more by the MCH. They were being sterilized, immunized and left free.
Then I hear the horses in the races were not allowed to be whipped. The jockeys made a noise but that is that. There would be some blue cross cop , who would come as soon as you called them, to rescue some animal in distress, due to human cruelty, be it a do , bull , monkey ,lizard or a snake.
Now I don’t go out so much, but when I do I don’t see a row of overloaded bull carts trying to compete with mechanized cars, trucks and pollution, being tortured beyond their capacity to move faster. I am grateful to REIKI for helping these poor animals, who could not protest; who had no courts no justice, no police to protect them from the whip of twisted human mind.
In return REIKI gave me a lot of love from the animal world. Birds would fly into my house and sit on my hand. One day I did REIKI to ducks in USA; about a hundred ducks came and stood around me with their necks stretched out receiving REIKI. Wolves in the zoo waking up from their siesta and looking into my eyes. These wonders overwhelmed my heart with joy and love for them.
The next angle I worked was on me and my family. I realized how bitter my heart, soul and mind were. Armed with REIKI the next angle I worked was this. They were lifeless limp and vulnerable. Anyone could heart my heart and go away. I badly needed divine protection in this area.
First rebirth meditation my guru said I could give up one vice, but greed overpowered me. I gave up bitterness and anger. She specifically said ONE. Bitterness went anger stayed. I went for one more seminar, this time I worked on anger, next on fear.
Disarmed with these three vices I was a free bird. My mind could think more clearly. Now I realized how unkind I was to my soul. I had let my anger, bitterness and fear rule my mind and judgment. My mind on the other hand only twisted reasoning, and sent my soul to the darkest corner of self.
With REIKI one by one block were removed. My soul or the other name my happiness, reasoning, intellect and the divines in me surfaced.. I had the will to look around, and seek happiness in all the animals, bird’s trees. The very air I breathed was a pleasure, which earlier I took it for granted. My children, my husband, my dog became inspirations to be happy.
In my attitude of gratitude I thank my guru Dr Geetha Gayitri, Dr Mikao Usui, all the grand masters who brought it down from Mikao Usui to me , my favorite gods, I thank my husband my children and their husbands , my parents ,my late dog, my grandchild, I thank the sun , moon, air, water, love and life.
When I thank them, my heart gets overwhelmed with love, joy and happiness. With REIKI empowered mind my soul was free. I wanted to help anyone and everyone in distress, but I was bound by the condition that they should ask me. Now my dream is to energize as many homes as possible in my leftover life. I ask REIKI to let my dream come true and use me as the channel and initiate as many as possible.
