By Guest Writer: Maila Davenport PhD.

The places of our world are asking for healing, and Reiki is a compassionate power to answer the call. As I write this entry, I sit on my front stoop and watch four orange goldfish dodge under water lettuce in our above ground garden pond. Sometimes our pond gets cloudy from algae and waste grit; if I let it go too far we can no longer see the fish. But this attention is not about wanting things to look good.  Water debris interferes with the oxygen intake for both the fish and plants so no matter how healthy the creature, if its environment is debilitated, it cannot thrive. When I add two teaspoons of clarifier to this 100-gallon pond, it clears instantly and these aquatic beings can breathe free again.

Our lives are not so different from a goldfish’s life. We walk daily through a “pond water” of stories and events that are suspended in places: the street corner of a car accident, an illegal dumpsite, or the last place a missing child was seen.  These places can be cleared and healed so that the people, plants, and creatures living there can breathe free. Quite possibly the ratio two teaspoons per 100 gallons applies here as well—a little Reiki goes a long way.

Reiki taught me that the Long Distance Symbol HSZSN is the loving arc both to carry the painful stories away and align local places with natural places of power here on earth. The power places of the world are regions already highly charged (think about the Grand Canyon, the Artist Paint Pots in Yellowstone National Park, our own Mt. Hood).  With HSZSN we can clear the area and simultaneously join the renewed spot to a wilderness that is thriving.  Just imagine, rainbows of Reiki crisscrossing our planet. 

If this is a practice you feel called to do, ask Reiki to align you with a particular power place. This may be somewhere you have visited or a landscape you that draws you. You can also let Reiki choose this spot for you. Experiment sending Reiki to this site and notice what this spiritual connection brings into your work. Once you have an active relationship to this sacred place, you can begin this place-healing practice in your neighborhood and community.

From here go forth!  I figure if enough Reiki rainbows are lit, we shall all swim in the Light of Love right here and now, maybe we shall all be golden-fish too.  If you are interested in joining a community ceremony dedicated to healing the places of our world, I am starting Healing Places for Peace Reiki Circle in the Portland Metro area. We will send Reiki to local and global places of our world at the feet of a World Tree Altar. All Reiki lineages are honored. Please click the link below for more information.

Blessings, Maila
http://www.altarplaces.com/healing-places.htm


Bio: Dr. Maila Davenport is a shamanic Reiki practitioner, archetypal mythologist, and peace activist. Pairing her personal 18-year journey as a Shrine Tender with her PhD in world religion and mythic imagination, she weaves deep story with altar building for community action to heal the torn Places of our lives.