Using Energy to Heal

[Mizan]

I apologize if this post seems a bit long, I felt that a full history of this might help more. I have always been able to manipulate the energy inside me. Two years ago, I discovered how to let that energy flow out of me, usually through my right hand. Soon after that my "healing factor" - how fast I recover from things - shot through the roof, allowing my body to heal most cuts (even fairly deep ones) within a day or two. I also have only gotten sick five or six times since then, and only two times has it been bad enough for me to require rest. I also have to wear gloves to keep from either absorbing energy around me, or releasing energy within me.

During December of last year I attempted to ease my mother's pain using this energy. She has Fibromyalgia and several disks bulging into her spinal column. I held her right wrist and let my energy flow into her. Within 30 seconds she felt a tingling sensation rush up her arm, and by the one minute mark she had to break contact and sit down because she was extremely dizzy. Her pain lessened dramatically for about thirty minutes after I let go. I have done this several times to her, and all had the same result.

However, I have begun to notice an odd phenomenon within me. The energy I normally use has a strong, pulsing warmth to it, and it flows out of my right hand easier than my left. Recently, I have started to feel another energy that feels gentle and flowing, and it only flows from my left hand. I accidentally used both on my mother two weeks ago, and her pain lessened for about ninety minutes.

Now that I have described the situation, I have a few questions:

Is what I do some kind of instinctive Reiki?

Why does this energy work to heal me without my direction?

Can what I do be dangerous, either to myself or others?

Why have I started to feel this other energy?

What is this other Energy?

Is there some way to learn to contain my energy/energies better, so I don't have to wear gloves all the time?

Are there exercises/techniques that can be used to improve this ability?

I know this is a lot of questions, but I humbly ask that anyone with an answer please post.

Thank you all in advance,
Mizan Asim (My Other name, in Arabic it means "Balance Guardian")

[Weatherlite]

Hi Mizan!

I'm not the most qualified person to answer this but I'll give it my best shot.


Is what I do some kind of instinctive Reiki?

I would say basically, yes. From what I have read, this type of healing has been going on since before we even started recording history. Reiki is a a relatively new term for a specific discipline of energy healing. While what you do is not exactly Reiki, you do share some of the same traits with it.


Why does this energy work to heal me without my direction?


Can't say for sure! lol I'm the same way. Once I started really discovering this ability and working with it I stoped getting sick for the most part. occasionally yes but even then it wasn't that bad even though everyone around me was extremely sick. Perhaps it's just the body being in tune and hence resistant to being sick. Perhaps it is the energy. Could be many things.


Can what I do be dangerous, either to myself or others?

Yes, it can be dangerous. It's all about your intent though and the other person allowing the energy in. In other words, you must always be sure to mean to heal with the energy and not to harm. Also though, the person you intend to receive the energy, whether you're touching them or doing it at a distance, must be willing to accept that energy when you're sending it.


Why have I started to feel this other energy?


It's just your time. Some people begin feeling it very young. Others when they're old.


What is this other Energy?

In my experience, it's just another facet of your abilities coming out. It's still healing energy, just of a different strength or maybe a different frequency. It's just one more thing to embrace and learn to use.


Is there some way to learn to contain my energy/energies better, so I don't have to wear gloves all the time?

Quite simply, use it. The more you use something the better you are at controlling it. Practice, practice, practice.


Are there exercises/techniques that can be used to improve this ability?


This one I think someone else could better address than I could. But what I would recommend is to keep doing what you are doing with your mom to begin with and while doing it, try to sense what your energy is doing and how it is flowing. Maybe try touching her in other places to see how that affects her and see if it changes how you feel. If she is comfortable with it, and you as well, instead of sending her energy, just quiet your mind and allow yourself to begin sensing things and touch her somewhere to see what you sense. Touch her somewhere else, etc etc. What I do when touch healing is run my hands over them and see if I can "feel" where my energy is needed the most. Then, place your hands there when sending energy instead of just touching her arm/leg. Eventually, when you become comfortable, try hovering your hands over that part of the body and sending your energy and gradually, over time as your abilities develop, move farther and farther away. Eventually you will be able to reach out to someone from anywhere in the world.

There are more exercises of course but this is what worked for me to begin with.

Good luck!!!

[BearDancing]

You may want to learn to ground yourself...........the energies you are using right now are your own God Essence.........when you ground yourself to Mother Earth and open yourself to Father Sky, the true connection is made, it is like electricity.....from positive to negative and you are the on off switch in between.........learn how to cleanths yourself after your healing work.....when I first started I got the illness...............I was working on my father and I manifested his gout in my foot.............so it is very important to make clear intentions that what ever is not of Love does not stay within your body
Much Love to you...............my sweet

[Lunacie]

Now that I have described the situation, I have a few questions:

Is what I do some kind of instinctive Reiki?

Similar but not quite the same. You are using your own personal energy while Reiki practicioners channel universal or cosmic energy. Your energy is limited, just as you get physically tired you can get energetically tired. Universal energy is pretty much unlimited. I began by using the energy instinctively as you're doing, but when I had the opportunity to take a class in Reiki I learned quite a few things that make it work even better.



Why does this energy work to heal me without my direction?

Energy follows the most natural course, just as water does. The most natural course in a human body is a healthy energy flow. But the energy can be used for other things as well - it is the source of most magic.



Can what I do be dangerous, either to myself or others?

Generally not. However, if you were to direct the energy it might not go where it most needed. Since you simply allow it to flow it will follow the most natural course to a healthy body.



Why have I started to feel this other energy?

What is this other Energy?


It could be you have unconsciously started to tap into earth energy, which is a form of universal energy. Unless you're tapping into volcanic or earthquake energy, it would feel more gentle and steady than your own.



Is there some way to learn to contain my energy/energies better, so I don't have to wear gloves all the time?

Imagine that you're holding a flower bud in your hand. The petals are curled tight now, but any time you want to use the energies, imagine or visualize the petals slowly unfolding. Then imagine/visualize the petals closing up again. Practice this a few times each day until it become second nature to you.



Are there exercises/techniques that can be used to improve this ability?

When I was first learning to feel and use this energy, there were several exercises my classmates and I were doing. I teach these to my students now. First, visualize the flower unfolding so that you can feel the power flowing. Now, visualize the power being in the shape of a ball sitting on your hand. Does it feel like it has any weight to it? Try to make it feel heavy, and feel your hand sinking a bit. Then make it feel light and feel your hand raise up a bit.

Make the ball bigger, like a balloon. Then make it smaller, like a golf ball. Then bigger again, like a beach ball. Then smaller again, like a marble.
Make the energy feel hot. Then make it feel cold. Pass your other hand through the ball of energy and see if you can feel the difference in temperature. Try changing the ball to feel solid, and then to feel very airy. Try changing the color of the ball, red or blue or green or yellow. Does it feel different when the color changes?

Your mom might enjoy helping you with these exercises and provide some feedback on how the energy feels to her when she puts her hand over your hand.

I hope you enjoy learning to use your abilities to work with energy and to heal. I haven't had as much luck healing my own cuts and such, but I'm awesome at healing broken bones if I do say so myself. In fact, the bone doctors I've dealt with in the past were somewhat impressed as well. The first one didn't know what Reiki was, but the second one was comfortable with releasing me from her care sooner than usual because she understood what I'd been doing. :uhhuhuh:

I don't get sick as often either as before I began using this energy, and don't get as sick usually. This last cold virus knocked me flat, but instead of lasting 2 weeks, it's only been a week and I'm feeling fine again. My fibromayalgia has also been less painful since I began using the Reiki style healing.


Oh - one last point. Before you start giving energy to another person, allow it run for a moment and drain into the earth so the energy you send will be fresh and clean. And when you finish healing another person, again let the energy run for a moment so it flushes away any sickness or pain you may have picked up from the other person. Rather like a doctor or nurse washing their hands before and after working with a patient. In fact, if you want to use washing your hands as a gesture to remind yourself to do this, it works very well. And you don't actually have to touch the other person to give them healing energy, energy can travel over any distance, through most any substance. Amazing stuff!

[Mizan]

Thank you all for your tips and information. So much of this is still new to me, so all the advice is great. Hopefully I will learn to consciously use this ability, instead of it using me. Also, I have never felt any sort of exhaustion before, even when I use very large amounts of energy at once. If I am using my own energy, why am I not getting tired? Do I just have a large store of energy?

[BearDancing]

I beleive that some people brings gifts from past lives...........you may be taping into a past mastery in this lifetime, possibly you are grounding yourself and you are not doing it conciously.....still I would find out about grounding yourself and opening yourself to the Universe:uhhuhuh:

[SnowyMoon]

I resemble your experience in a lot of ways. I found I was channeling Universal Energy naturally. When I first discovered this, my hands began to tingle. It works very, very well. When I put myself in the frame of mind to use this practice, my hands automatically begin to tingle. Those receiving the energy have stated they could feel it in various ways. :)

I have never taken Reiki classes, and I admit I don't know much about it. However, a friend of mine who did practice (or so she had told me at the time) mentioned to me that it sounded like I was doing it naturally. :) Not sure, but it has never caused any harm to me or to others who have received it from me. :)

I also noticed that once I began this practice that I have gotten sick less often and with less intensity when I am ill. Nice side effect. :)

[Lunacie]

Thank you all for your tips and information. So much of this is still new to me, so all the advice is great. Hopefully I will learn to consciously use this ability, instead of it using me. Also, I have never felt any sort of exhaustion before, even when I use very large amounts of energy at once. If I am using my own energy, why am I not getting tired? Do I just have a large store of energy?

There's a difference between using quite a bit of energy in one session on just one person, and a healer who has several clients in one day. Although, before I learned to channel universal energy I often found I was very hungry after doing some energy work. That's how we recharge the old battery, eh? With food and sleep.

[Mizan]

Imagine that you're holding a flower bud in your hand. The petals are curled tight now, but any time you want to use the energies, imagine or visualize the petals slowly unfolding. Then imagine/visualize the petals closing up again. Practice this a few times each day until it become second nature to you.

I can't seem to visualize a flower, but I can visualize a barrier of some sort to keep the energy in. I guess it's kind of the same thing. Thanks for the tip.


There's a difference between using quite a bit of energy in one session on just one person, and a healer who has several clients in one day. Although, before I learned to channel universal energy I often found I was very hungry after doing some energy work. That's how we recharge the old battery, eh? With food and sleep.

Well that explains my appetite and sleeping habits, then. Thank you all once more for your advice.

[Lunacie]

I can't seem to visualize a flower, but I can visualize a barrier of some sort to keep the energy in. I guess it's kind of the same thing. Thanks for the tip.



Well that explains my appetite and sleeping habits, then. Thank you all once more for your advice.

Some people do the lens of a camera opening and closing, some visualize a doorway from a scifi show or movie that opens in several parts. You could even do a basic electronic eye door like many stores have these days.

Or you could visualize a pair of gloves coming off and going on instead of wearing a pair of real gloves. Whatever works inside your own head is good.

[Mizan]

Or you could visualize a pair of gloves coming off and going on instead of wearing a pair of real gloves. Whatever works inside your own head is good.

I just tried the glove visualization, and it works great! It is easy to maintain, and easy to do/undo. Many thanks, my gloves were beginning to fall apart because I was wearing them so often.

[Lunacie]

I just tried the glove visualization, and it works great! It is easy to maintain, and easy to do/undo. Many thanks, my gloves were beginning to fall apart because I was wearing them so often.

Good. I should have thought of that sooner along with the usual flower-bud-opening and closing. I never had much trouble opening and closing the flow of energy myself. It was always the picking up emotions empathically that I had trouble with. Tried several kinds of shields but only the kind that shut out every kind of emotion worked, and that got pretty lonely inside the shield. Eventually I learned to just realize when I was feeling some emotion from others and either return it to them or release it to the universe.

It's all kind of like learning to use a new set of muscles, like when you're learning to water ski for the first time, or learning to play the piano. You really have to think about what you're doing at first, but eventually it becomes second-nature and you do it without thinking.