Back to Arizona for Sekhem-Seichim-Reiki

I am heading back to Arizona, this time to Phoenix, to followup on my earlier Master class in June for one of my students, Mike, who wasn't able to complete the full scheduled class then. Mike is assisting me at a Sekhem-Seichim-Reiki I-II class to follow his makeup session this weekend at his and his fiancee Andrea's house in Phoenix.

Arizona is like a breath of fresh air to me, the energy seems to lift me up, the sun cleans out all the East Coast mildew and my lungs seem to be twice the size they are here in Maryland. I definitely feel like it has become a second "retreat home" for me over the years, especially Sedona.

I am planning on driving up to Sedona tomorrow (I get in at 1:30pm and have some time to play). The mountains up there seem to be calling me to come back, take a hike, get some sun, and let some of the sadness of the past year go. Why the sadness? Well, let's just say that plans are like caterpillars, some of them become butterflies and some of them are just dead pupae. I have had a few dead pupae this year and need to focus on the butterflies that have flown, rather than those that haven't developed.

How to stay in a place of light? For me, sometimes the answer is to go within in meditation or healing or speaking with an inspirational friend or Master and sometimes...you just have to get out of town and go to a happy place. That, for me, is Sedona.

I call out to the guides and to God to be there with me and help me find my center once again, to spread my wings and be in a place of love, truth and light. Let me walk the path of Gratefulness once again....

I remember once again the Gokai or Reiki Principles:
Just for Today-
I release all anger.
I release all worry.
I am grateful.
I work hard.
I am kind to all.

Extending towards Enlightenment

I'm extending my stay in Minnesota to complete the packing for Mom and Dad. I'll be back in Maryland on Friday morning.

Over the past few days, we have accomplished an unbelievable amount: clearing 30 bags of books, going through hundreds of pictures, helping my parents to let go of the acquisitions of a lifetime. We still hundreds of outfits to go through, hundreds of small decisions that make this massive job a series of little ones.

I saw my cousin Suzanne Krupp again for lunch yesterday at a new restaurant in the West End of St. Louis Park (a mini-artificial downtown) called Crave. It's really got great food and a yuppie/artsy vibe. With her was my friend and student Tunie Munson-Benson. It was great to connect and have a bit of an escape. Last night, I dined at YUM!, a restaurant near my parents' house with my other student Pam Dehkes. We talked about her developments with Reiki since her SSR training last April.

I'm realizing how many things I have to learn from my family. Not just my parents with whom I have worked emotionally for many years, but my siblings as well. I still have to look at old anger that holds me to the past that comes to the surface at the oddest of times. I have visited that emotion more times than I really want to count which keeps me humble whenever I might think that I have reached the destination of Enlightenment Station on the Reiki journey. But being here makes me see why Buddhist monks continued to do the day-to-day stuff while they meditated towards enlightenment: it keeps you aware of the Earth and its lessons for you.