Threshold Experiences - Personal Symbol

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- Threshold Reiki Experience - This page is one of a series where I share a personal experience or anecdote related to my Reiki work. The pages are also intended to give you some "food for thought" and add to your overall Reiki knowledge base. While the experience has been my own, I feel that you should decide for yourself how much (if any) of the content has any usefulness to your own Reiki work. Symbols and/or their mantras/names are a common form of connecting to energy. They usually act as a focus for the person who wishes to activate the relative energy from within. Some people however, like Duane Packer and Sanaya Roman (www.orindaben.com) are given energies without symbols, even without names. But symbols still seem to be the primary way to connect with many energies Most Reiki teachers will tell you that many students like to share their own personal symbols in class. As you probably know, symbols aren't discovered only by the "spiritually enlightened". Many people get visualizations or dreams where they are shown symbols and even the energy they connect with. In most cases these are intended for the receiver, but they can also be shared with others. What is interesting is that often other people will get a different feel and/or use for the energy of your symbols than you do. This doesn't invalidate what you or they experience; it is simply the unique way in which each of us approaches our reality. Even in our daily life, we often find uses for objects that weren't initially intended for by the inventor. There is a funny Canadian TV show called "The Red Green Show" in which Red finds all kinds of uses for duct tape. <grin> Another interesting fact is that other people may be given versions of symbols close to yours. Usually though, there may be slight differences, and these usually indicate that the symbol has a different use or purpose for the individual that received it. The fact that the symbol is similar may indicate previous use in another lifetime, or just the way we tap into each other's reality before we meet. This type of coincidence is most likely indicating something to take note of concerning what the other person is about, or has to offer. To give you some idea as to how people can experience their own symbols, below are two examples I experienced while in a waking state. Note: these are not Reiki symbols, as there really are only 4 original symbols associated with Reiki. All others like those in Tera-Mai and Karuna Reiki are simply personal symbols added in.
(Click on image for full size) Ankh During a Reiki Three class on September 24, 1995, while taking part in a group treatment on one of my students, I began playing with energies by channeling other elemental rays. I had done this before and I was practicing increasing the strength of each ray. In the process I asked my guides to bring through the highest energy that was appropriate for each of us present. I then experienced multiple bands of energy in different shades of gold, flowing through me and out to the class. Two clairvoyant students noticed and felt these multiple bands of gold at the same time. In my mind, next to the golden flows of energy I saw a mold being filled in with liquid gold in the shape of this symbol, flowing from the bottom to the top, and then the line across. Everyone experienced a heightened energy. Shortly after this class, my guides showed me how I could use this symbol along with “Sea Breeze” in an attunement process. Friends and other Reiki Masters have reported some very powerful sensations and energy after receiving this symbol and when using it. One Reiki Master feels that it is an Ascension symbol and part of a larger family of symbols I will receive, and that it is "grounded" by using it with Sea Breeze. Try it and see how it works for you. If you require a name for it, the word “Ankh” came to me while I was still "connected" to my guides. Ankh is also an integral part of the Threshold Reiki energy. Several years after I experienced this I was amazed how much of it's energy came into me and integrated one day in late 1999. Then a few years later the true purpose of this energy was made evident to me when I discovered that everyone could attain their own highest energy, much like Usui Sensei. I wrote a web page on this called Reiki and Your Highest Ki to describe how this came about and how I present this in my classes. Again, these are not Reiki symbols, and like many others, do not require an attunement to connect to their energy. However, often an attunement to symbols can improve the connection to the energy. I hope this page has helped you to accept your own experiences more easily. The 2 pictures were beautifully created from my personal symbols by C.J.van der Mark jr. (web site) or e-mail at cvdmark@xs4all.nl. Cees specializes in 3-D computer artwork.

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- Threshold Reiki Experience - This page is one of a series where I share a personal experience or anecdote related to my Reiki work. The pages are also intended to give you some "food for thought" and add to your overall Reiki knowledge base.
While the experience has been my own, I feel that you should decide for yourself how much (if any) of the content has any usefulness to your own Reiki work.

Symbols and/or their mantras/names are a common form of connecting to energy. They usually act as a focus for the person who wishes to activate the relative energy from within. Some people however, like Duane Packer and Sanaya Roman (www.orindaben.com) are given energies without symbols, even without names. But symbols still seem to be the primary way to connect with many energies

Most Reiki teachers will tell you that many students like to share their own personal symbols in class. As you probably know, symbols aren't discovered only by the "spiritually enlightened". Many people get visualizations or dreams where they are shown symbols and even the energy they connect with. In most cases these are intended for the receiver, but they can also be shared with others.

What is interesting is that often other people will get a different feel and/or use for the energy of your symbols than you do. This doesn't invalidate what you or they experience; it is simply the unique way in which each of us approaches our reality. Even in our daily life, we often find uses for objects that weren't initially intended for by the inventor. There is a funny Canadian TV show called "The Red Green Show" in which Red finds all kinds of uses for duct tape. <grin>

Another interesting fact is that other people may be given versions of symbols close to yours. Usually though, there may be slight differences, and these usually indicate that the symbol has a different use or purpose for the individual that received it. The fact that the symbol is similar may indicate previous use in another lifetime, or just the way we tap into each other's reality before we meet. This type of coincidence is most likely indicating something to take note of concerning what the other person is about, or has to offer.

To give you some idea as to how people can experience their own symbols, below are two examples I experienced while in a waking state. Note: these are not Reiki symbols, as there really are only 4 original symbols associated with Reiki. All others like those in Tera-Mai and Karuna Reiki are simply personal symbols added in.

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Ankh

During a Reiki Three class on September 24, 1995, while taking part in a group treatment on one of my students, I began playing with energies by channeling other elemental rays. I had done this before and I was practicing increasing the strength of each ray.

In the process I asked my guides to bring through the highest energy that was appropriate for each of us present. I then experienced multiple bands of energy in different shades of gold, flowing through me and out to the class. Two clairvoyant students noticed and felt these multiple bands of gold at the same time. In my mind, next to the golden flows of energy I saw a mold being filled in with liquid gold in the shape of this symbol, flowing from the bottom to the top, and then the line across.

Everyone experienced a heightened energy. Shortly after this class, my guides showed me how I could use this symbol along with “Sea Breeze” in an attunement process.

Friends and other Reiki Masters have reported some very powerful sensations and energy after receiving this symbol and when using it. One Reiki Master feels that it is an Ascension symbol and part of a larger family of symbols I will receive, and that it is "grounded" by using it with Sea Breeze. Try it and see how it works for you. If you require a name for it, the word “Ankh” came to me while I was still "connected" to my guides.

Ankh is also an integral part of the Threshold Reiki energy. Several years after I experienced this I was amazed how much of it's energy came into me and integrated one day in late 1999. Then a few years later the true purpose of this energy was made evident to me when I discovered that everyone could attain their own highest energy, much like Usui Sensei. I wrote a web page on this called Reiki and Your Highest Ki to describe how this came about and how I present this in my classes.

Again, these are not Reiki symbols, and like many others, do not require an attunement to connect to their energy. However, often an attunement to symbols can improve the connection to the energy. I hope this page has helped you to accept your own experiences more easily.

The 2 pictures were beautifully created from my personal symbols by C.J.van der Mark jr. (web site) or e-mail at cvdmark@xs4all.nl. Cees specializes in 3-D computer artwork.

Threshold Experience - Personal Symbol - Ankh

Ankh