As I took for my journey to my Reiki Master class, there was a theme I could sense starting to happen. Phrases and affirmations were popping up in my mind or being created by my mind. I was drawn to take a look at the definitions of each of these words to really understand what they represent. Spoiler Alert – the definition of “phrase” is SO cute!
phrase
/frāz/
noun
a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit.
af·firm·a·tion
/ˌafərˈmāSH(ə)n/
noun
emotional support or encouragement.
The phrase/affirmation that came to me to start my weekend of training was, “if it scares you and excites you, it is probably worth doing.” The reason I was both scared and excited was because being immersed in this weekend I could sense a big transformation energetically AND my mom and I were getting ready to have our business take off.
When I needed emotional support or encouragement throughout my journeying and meditation that weekend, an affirmation would come to me. During the final ignition, the energy felt so subtle that I doubted it was really happening for me. Then the encouraging affirmation came – “You don’t need a big show, just trust, and let it go”. As soon as we came back to the room, our instructor said this was totally normal, without me having to ask! She said sometimes we will feel the energy gently and subconsciously doing the healing and shifting and other times we will have big a-ha moments. Not only were the phrases/affirmations a theme for me, but also our classmates were having very similar experiences with being able to decipher alliteration in their meditations. Side note - the connectedness in these classes of complete strangers is absolutely aweing. “The circle is always divinely ordered”. One gal wrote a whole poem in a mix of English and Hebrew. Another, had words and phrases/affirmations come to her in visions to assist along her journey. Some other phrases/affirmations that came to me during the meditation and the day were:
“When you trust in the essence of life, the essence of life trusts you.”
“To live is to grow, to grow is to change, to change is to be, to be is to live.”
The major learning for me (aka the theme I mentioned earlier) from the whole weekend was to listen. Don’t overthink, react, assume, or imagine. Just be present, be here now, and listen. Not all spiritual guidance is given to us in the same way every time. We have to open up our hearts, ears and minds to receive all the beautiful messages our guides are sending to us.
And this one that I’ll leave you with – From my Yogi Tea bag that I was sipping from throughout the class, was a message I think we all can benefit from receiving –
“Live light, travel light, spread the light, be the light.”
XX, Ashley