How To Make Do--In Spirit

I felt the urge to chant...and I forgot my mala at home! Here I was in the OB Anesthesia call room, faced with a dilemma: chant or give up? Spirit was giving a 'nudge'. How can I do this? How can I do this? I wondered.

Then I remembered my rosary. I bet some of you are wondering how in the world I ever managed to say the rosary and drive to counteract my fear of driving on the freeway to my work when I was twenty-three, aren't you? You can't drive with beads! Not with a stick shift!

Well how about one of those little rings with ten bumps and a little cross on it, a 'finger rosary'?

Nope.

I used my fingers! There are ten Hail Marys in a decade, and five decades in a Rosary. I would say Hail Marys and press lightly on the finger where I was at. In between I would say Our Father and Glory Be. I would do one decade for each digit on my right hand. Of course, at the start of a Rosary, we say the 'I believe in the....' big prayer, followed by three Our Fathers. And at the end of the Rosary (I alternated Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries each day), I would say one special prayer I was taught to say.

I did that every day on the way from Berkeley to Pleasanton! For years! (the fear went away somewhere in the middle of those years, but I said it still just to let Blessed Mother know how much I appreciate getting over my fear.)

Today I did similar: ten times ten plus eight. <3

It felt really good to chant!

We can't all have the quiet spa music and incense! I went to a Buddhist ceremony once. A student of mine had a brother who was going to be a monk for one month. He shaved his head and had a robe and a rice bowl. I was invited because I was spiritual. It was a Thai monastery. I meditated with them. I walked in circles saying intentions around a money pit they had to raise funds for some building thing. I dropped big bills in just to be nice, even though I was a single mom on an academic, part-time salary.

I was so jealous! I was SO jealous of those monks! Imagine, having the time to think and pray and connect with spirit? That would have been a total luxury in this life!

I have to LIVE! I have to work to support our tiny household! I barely get time off!

So how do I 'make do'?:

• I layer my prayers into what little time I have. As a result my power of concentration goes up, and I can pray in increasingly discordant environments. Yes, I can meditate in a bus station. Make that Grand Central Station. It's beautiful there, too...
• The more you layer, the more you can flip back and forth from 'here and now' tasks and meditation's 'Here and Now'. It gets easy, it really does.
• When you pray with your heart center, you allow for 'little mistakes'. It doesn't have to be perfect. Spirit will correct for it when the intention is good.
• Today was eight in the morning and I was at work. There was something happening. But I really wanted to join my energy with the cause for Egypt! Eight was the proper time in my time zone. While I was holding an airway in place while the surgeon put in a trach at the bedside, watching the monitors, and being fully present 'here and now', I set the intent to join up with the others too, and I Let Go of my idea 'you can't do this'. Just like listening to a song at work, I had the memorized meditation going, more or less, through my mind too. It wasn't like I was totally concentrating on Egypt--just enough for my energy and Light to go without putting anything at risk. Sure there were interruptions (turn up the propofol! LOL) but I felt my energy join with the group. There were no visions, there were no arm movements or spinning. It was all in my mind. But I did it and did just enough as best I could.

Make Do with your Spiritual practice. I cannot emphasize the importance of it enough. Jump in, and connect to Source! Any way you can! 

What's holding you back? C'mon! You can do it!!! Go For It! Dude---you are made for it!

Love and Light,

Mahalo and Aloha,

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Have Grace

When you are aligned with Spirit, you have Grace.

Grace brings you fortitude and right-thinking when the going gets rough.

Sometimes you can ask for help--Divine Intervention--and it is given.

I know. I ask for Grace every time I take to the keyboard--that I will serve.

Who do you serve? That is a very important question. Undoubtedly, for all my life, to the best of my knowledge, I have served the Light. 'Make me an instrument in thy hands, Lord' I would pray. As an Intuitive, I always knew the right word to say at the right time, or the right gift to give, my whole life. But Reiki gave me a foundation to do work with Spirit in an interactive way. I allow Healing to pass through me, and to make everything right. 

That is not to say, 'Everything right the way I want it at this time'.  Reiki has NO placement of intent on outcome. There is acceptance of what constitutes 'Highest Good'. And Reiki practitioners learn, in time, that Reiki takes time to accomplish great things. Because sometimes the Highest Good is accomplished on a different Time Frame that anyone would anticipate.

I got to do Meditation Uphill today at work. Unhealthy patients in a not-so-used-to-dealing with them outpatient setting. I carried my weight and much of the weight of the team. It takes work to make it look easy. And today, I did not have the steadiness of schedule to factor in that prep time to make it look easy! Today, I just made it look like work. I had a lot of difficult patients, health-wise. It was a struggle.

Underneath that struggle, I found a Test. Have you felt them? Something is really trying to get at you, and you sense it, and you do not want to give the satisfaction of giving in to anger, frustration, and despair. I call that tug-of-war a Test. Today, I decided to hold my own within that test. And to stay pleasant while keeping patient safety intact. A patients spouse said a great big, 'I appreciate what you did for my loved one.' today when I explained to her specifics about what I actually did to stabilize the patient. I said, 'There is much more to giving anesthesia than giving anesthetic'.

Who do you serve?

Today, I saw the teacher who is serving Tomorrow (taking care of the children today)

I saw nurses serving their financial obligations and families by working, and doing well.

I saw schedulers serving the needs of many by coordinating the OR cases for the next day.

I saw a colleague serving justice, possibly not Divine Justice, but their version of it.

I saw sushi chefs and servers serving the hungry with a smile.

I saw my son serving himself, by reaching into the cupboard and pouring a glass of milk for the first time.

I serve patients, people who want to get better. I serve family, friends. You don't get to see all that. But know in my heart, I do my best to give a service to you. And I enjoy it so much, I do it for free!

Today we talked about five important things:

1) Understanding whom you serve and why. Ultimately it will be either a Light or Non-Light based thing.

2) Who we serve and why leads to connection. We are family, interconnected in Light.

3) God wants us to have FUN being alive. Things that aren't much fun for us often indicate our misalignment with Source.

4) Always take the time to acknowledge and love one another in our Work. Much as I love all of YOU.

5) Grace is always there for the asking. Ask, and know it is being sent right away. Whether you acknowledge it or not, it has been SENT to give you extra Grace to Overcome Something.

Namaste,

Reiki Doc