Staying Spiritually Awake

By K. Scott Teeters - Reiki Master

There’s an interesting new phrase that is spreading around the metaphysical community. The term “LightWork” is being embraced my many who are actively involved in teaching and practicing one or several of many modalities involving Energy. But first, a little story.

I Wasn't Getting It
   In 1978 I was in an informal, psychic development class offered by Jim and Debbie Ramey. Their organization was called “Alpha Transfer” and I must say that not only was it a very interesting series of classes, but it also attracted a very interesting, and colorful group of people. I brought to the attention of the group that yoga teacher, Ram Dass was giving a talk in New York City, titled, “Nothing New, From Nobody Special.” So a group of us piled into someone’s large car and made the two hour trip to NYC.

   I’ve never been a “big city” person, I just prefer the slower pace of the suburbs and the country. When we got to the city, I vividly recall one person in our group getting VERY excited. She had her head out the window, exclaiming, “WOW!!! Can you feel the ENERGY?!? It was Summer, the car was packed, and all I felt was sweaty. I remember thinking, “WHAT in the world is she TALKING about? It smells here!” The impression I had was, “What energy? I don’t feel any energy.” Jim, the leader of our little band was always talking about “energy.” We used to tease him by hoding our hands up and saying, “Hey Jimmy, did ya feel that?” He was a good natured guy and would just smile his squinty-eyed smile and chuckle. That night Jim was smiling, as usual, and enjoying the sights and “busy-busy” energy of the Big Apple.

   Years later, after I had read, studied, and thought deeply about “sensing energy”, I began to become more aware of my intuition, and what city energy “feels” like. Naturally, along the way, I had to learn the hard way on many occasions what can happen when you don’t listen to that “still, small voice within.” After a several minor-league traumas and two “YOU ARE IN REAL DANGER HERE!!!!” kinds of experiences, I now “listen” and trust.

Getting Up To Speed and Seeing a Bigger Picture
   As I was beginning to fine-tune my perception skills, what I didn’t realize was that I was beginning to tap into a “sense” that we all have, but don’t take seriously most of the time. We tend to think of having five senses: 1. Seeing, 2. Hearing, 3. Smell, 4. Taste, and 5. Touch. Our ever so subtle Sixth Sense, is our sense of “knowing.” The higher “knowing” energy is subtle and fleeting. But once you begin to tune into your sense of “knowing,” it is as obvious as a blinking stop sign on the road.

   Paying attention to your intuition is one of the early steps to Waking Up because it involves trusting that what you are sensing is a genuine massage from your Higher Self, and not a “thought” based on a previous negative experience. We’ll cover the distinguishing characteristics of what I call the “Radio Voice and the Deep Inner Voice” in the chapter titled, “The Deep Inner Voice” later in the “Inspirational Tools” section.

   To further illustrate what I’m talking about here with regard to “energy” and this term “LightWork”, lets look at the Light Spectrum Chart below.

   “Light” it turns out is more than meets the eye. Literally! The full range of Light Energy runs from AM & FM Radio Waves, Radar, Infrared, Visible Light (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and violet) Ultraviolet, X-Ray, and Gamma Rays. What’s interesting and clearly illustrated the graphic, is that within the full spectrum of light, humans are only able to perceive a thin slice of the Light Spectrum. The reason for this is that the rods and cones in our eyes are only able to perceive what we call “visible light.” All the rest of the Light is there, all the time, we’re just not hard wired to perceive it. So if your model for understanding is, “I’ll believe it when I see it.” you’re missing out of a lot of what is going on.

   A brief personal story that relates to what I just mentioned. About a month after my father passed on, my mother say him in a dream. She said to him, “ken, what are you doing? You’re supposed to be dead.” He then replied, “Marty, don’t believe everything you see, and only about half of what you hear.” Could it be that the view from “the other side” looks VERY different from the way it does here because your experience is no longer filtered through your human senses? Based on the documentation of NDEs, near death experiences, that is a distinct possibility.

   Within every moment, we are literally swimming in an ocean of Light Energy with all the radio and TV station broadcasts, background radiation, microwaves, gamma rays, etc. It’s obviously “real”, all you need is the right receiver. Microwave oven cooks food even though there’s no flame to “see.” Radiation from nuclear fuel is a silent killer. Madam Curie died of radiation poisoning from handling uranium rocks without protection, because at the time, no one knew how dangerous it was because in was invisible. They couldn’t “see” it, but it WAS there.

   “Ki” is the essence of Reiki. “Rei”, meaning - “the flow of”, and “Ki”, meaning - “Life Force Energy.” Ki is mailable to our thoughts. Actually, we are broadcasting our Ki all the time. That is why if people have been fighting or arguing, and you can walk into the room and “feel” the negative energy. That’s because the fighters had been broadcasting, or pulsing out their negative energy. It’s VERY obvious!

   Just the opposite is true as well. James Allen said it beautifully in his book, “As A Man Thinketh” in the chapter titled “Serenity.” He wrote,

“Strong, calm people are always loved and revered. They are like shade giving trees in a thirsty land, or a sheltering rock in a storm... Who does not love a tranquil heart, a sweet-tempered, balanced life.”

   The closest person in my life that I had this experience with was my grandmother, Mary Huntsman. “Mame” as most of us knew her was such a sweet and serene person. Everyone loved her, or at least enjoyed being around her. There was a specialness about her that nearly everyone couldn’t help but feel. I asked her about this close to the end of her life, and she calmly said, “Well honey, I just try my best to be like Jesus, and love everyone.” She didn’t know that she was a master, but she was.

Our Call To Action
   There are many “energy” modalities. These subtle energies are REAL, make no mistake about it. An invisible field of energy is pulsed out into your surrounding areas and everyone feels it to one degree or another. Double-blind studies on the effects of Prayer have shown conclusively, that directed prayer thought energy is real and can have a powerful effect on the recipients. We feel “calm” when we are around calm people because of the quality of the thoughts they pulse out.

   Lightwork is a call to awareness. If you’re in your head, dwelling on the past and fantasizing about the future, you’re not in the moment. Our lives are always in the eternal moment of NOW.

   There’s a wonderful little piece of dialog in the beginning of the “Star Wars - Phantom Menace” movie where young Obi-Wan Kenobi says to his Jedi Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, “Master Yoda says that we should trust our feelings.” And Qui-Gon Jinn replies, “Yes, you should. But not at the expense of the moment.”

The best definition I have yet to find on the term “LightWork” is this;

Lightwork

Living consciously in every moment.

Working with Light and Love in daily-life.

There are many ways to integrate subtle realities,
and finally All-That-Is.

Lightwork may be one of them.

Lightwork is a spiritual life-style.

An integration of the rational mind and intuition in a supportive way.

It can be considered to be a modern mystic-school,
based on the roots of ancient teachings
without the dogmatic limitations.

Lightwork includes the deep interest in consciousness,
other dimensions,
and the multi-dimensional-self.

   We all live and work with Light Energy, all of the time. We all get hits of Intuition all of the time. The reason for this is because we are all one, and are all interconnected. There is NOTHING that isn’t God... God is EVERYTHING... And since “we” are part of the EVERYTHING...

Get the picture?

   We can walk through life asleep or awake. There’s no “better” or “worse”, just varying degrees of awareness. If you are Awake, you can consciously use your Intention to begin living at the “cause” of the effects in your life, not the other way around. If you are Awake and consciously working with Ki, or Light... then you are a LightWorker.

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K. Scott Teeters is a Reiki Master and author of" It’s Time To Wake Up: Reiki & Other Essential Tools For Spiritual Awakening" published by Llumina Press. Scott’s website is a metaphysical candy shop loaded with essays, insights, awakening tools and tips, amazing images, and fun, conscious living gift items.

Scott lives in Medford, NJ with his wife and business partner Karen, Spudz their new beagle dog, Mittins the tuxedo cat and Twiggy the tabby cat. Their website address is: http://www.itstimetowakeup.com/

Scott & Karen also have a new website, the “Free Spirit Gift Shop.” Here’s the address: http://www.freespiritgiftshop.com

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