The document discusses the author's personal experience with Reiki healing. It describes how the author was experiencing great pain in his hands that was not relieved by other treatments. After being introduced to Reiki by his massage therapist, the author's pain disappeared after receiving a Reiki attunement and learning Reiki techniques. The author then shares several examples of providing distant Reiki healing to others, which resulted in dramatic improvements to their conditions. The author believes our thoughts and intentions have strong healing power, and that Reiki allows transformation of pain and fear into love, light and hope.

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O
UR THOUGHTS AND OUR INTENTIONS are much
stronger than most people realize. I learned this fact
thanks to many distant healing opportunities that pre-
sented themselves to me shortly after becoming a Reiki Master.
But before that could happen, I had to go through my own heal-
ing. And it was great pain that brought me to Reiki, as it is for so
many others.
When pain leaves, everything changes. I know this from first-
hand experience, literally. Reiki found me at a time when I was
experiencing great pain in my hands. Typing was a real challenge as
was playing the guitar and doing simple things that required the use
of my hands. After having my hands x-rayed, the findings were stat-
ed as, “Significant degenerative changes seen most dramatically
involving the first carpometacarpal joint.” The bottom line is I had
no cartilage in my thumb joints and without nature’s cushion,
everything involving the use of my hands hurt. I was now con-
vinced that cartilage just couldn’t live in my body, as my hip degen-
eration had been similar: the cartilage disappeared and my hips were
rubbing bone on bone prior to my two successful hip replacements.
I wore hand braces during the day when I typed and then
wrapped my hands in ice bags at night to numb the pain. Even
without the ice bags, my hands were always ice cold. They ached
around the clock. As a traveling salesman, I shook a lot of hands.
I remember one day shaking hands with a man whose firm hand-
shake almost brought me to my knees in pain. I’m sure my usual
smile was more of a grimace at that moment.
The fear of the unknown moved in as I scheduled hand surgery
and prepared for a lengthy rehabilitation that would take me away
from my job for an extended period of time as the hands healed.
There were no guarantees that the surgery would completely elim-
inate the pain. But, I was running out of options as the pain lin-
gered and I found myself being pulled into that dark place where
pain flourishes while my well-being suffered. Those old dark feel-
ings of fear that I had lived with prior to my hip surgeries came
back with a vengeance. The date had been set for the first hand,
and I was looking for any relief I could find before that day.
Then, Reiki found me through Sonya, my massage therapist.
Before one of our sessions, she spoke about Reiki and offered to
do a full treatment for me. In her New Orleans drawl, she said,
“Now, don’t think I’m weird, Jeff, just because I stand in one
place for a long time and it doesn’t seem like I’m doing anything.”
She gave me an overview of Reiki and the whole idea seemed a
little far-fetched to me. However, I was in that place where I had
accepted what I didn’t want to accept. I had been told that sur-
gery on both of my hands was necessary.
After the treatment I felt so much better. I read all I could find
about Reiki as my interest had been piqued. Then, I met my
Reiki Master at about the same time. (How that happened is an
amazing story for another time.) After the Reiki Level I class and
attunement, the pain in my hands left almost instantly. I initial-
ly focused primarily on self-healing as my confidence grew and
my Reiki journey unfolded as my life transformed.
After I was attuned to Reiki and could offer distant healing, I
had many opportunities to use it. I am sharing several of them here.
I helped Linda, a woman truck driver who had a lot of trouble
sleeping while on the road. Every time she fell asleep she would
have a nightmare in which she saw herself sleeping in the back of
the cab while her partner drove them off of the road, resulting in
a tragic accident. Her mind was working overtime during each
tiresome day and restless night.
I sent Linda distant Reiki, which helped her sleep for the first
time in a very long time. I focused on sending her emotional and
mental healing to calm her down. I imagined that the Reiki was
preparing her for sleep by slowing down the wheels that were
spinning inside of her head. I could literally see the wheels slow
down and change as I sent Reiki to her. What were once large,
rusty, metal wheels, with sparks flying off of them, had now
become smooth, shiny golden circles that evolved into the power
symbol. I incorporated all of the symbols into her treatments.
Most of our fears and other problems originate in the mind. This
is why I begin each Reiki treatment by focusing on the person’s
emotions as the warm Reiki energy calms the person. Once some-
one is relaxed, that person will more easily accept and welcome the
healing energy, which then goes where it needs to go. When the
desire to receive Reiki is in alignment with the flowing love of
Reiki, the Universal Life Force, the results can be dramatic.
Long Distance
Transformation
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My daughter Sarah, who is at the Reiki II level, and I had
introduced Peggy, her mother-in-law, to Reiki. Pam had
reached that place in life where many of us find ourselves at
times. She had accepted something she did not want to
accept—she was going blind. When we asked her if she was
interested in receiving Reiki via distant healing, her response
was, “Sure. Why not.” We sent her double whammy Reiki,
which helped her eyesight dramatically improve. That’s how
Reiki works. It just does. Pam received distant Reiki roughly 15
times over the course of about 6 months.
Peggy had Retinitis Pigmentosa and was told by doctors that
she would eventually go blind after the steady deterioration of
her eyesight. I got to hear about the doctor’s reaction when she
went for an examination and the doctor found that her eye-
sight had actually improved after receiving Reiki on a regular
basis. She had even regained her peripheral vision, which had
been lost years earlier. The doctors had never seen anything
like this before with any of their patients who had this condi-
tion. She freaked out the first time she saw cars in the
rearview mirrors on her car. But, then she reveled in the return
of her peripheral vision.
Peggy’s first in-person session came about after we met one
day and she explained that she was suffering from a migraine
headache. On the day that we had our first in-person Reiki ses-
sion, after roughly 10 minutes on the Reiki table, her migraine
vanished. She said she could hear a “whooshing sound” in her
head during the session. I explained that Reiki’s new healing
energy was taking over the space that had been occupied by
lower energies where things like pain and migraine headaches
like to dwell. These lower vibrations cannot withstand the high-
er frequencies of healing energy. I could see Reiki’s light clearing
her head as the negative vibrations were released through her
ears. Peggy was now full of love, light, joy and hope rather than
pain, angst and darkness. It was a transformation. Prior to Reiki,
Peggy and I were just acquaintances. However, since our team
healing experience together we have become close like brother
and sister. Reiki is love.
Another time, my sister was visiting my dad at a very chal-
lenging time, and I offered to send her some Reiki. I focused on
sending her love. My goal was to bring love to the situation, as I
believe love can conquer anything. When she returned from the
trip, I asked her if she felt the Reiki and if she could tell me where
L O N G D I S T A N C E T R A N S F O R M A T I O N
she had felt any sensations. She immediately responded, “In my
heart!” I said, “Great! That’s where I was aiming.” As we become
more experienced with Reiki, our ability to achieve specific heal-
ing results improves. The more we use the gift of Reiki, the more
it expands.
Reiki has introduced me to people all around the world who I
have been able to help with their long distance transformations.
Pain is a universal issue but so is healing. With our intentions we
really can heal the world. Here are some comments from some-
one who I have never met face-to-face. We have only communi-
cated via email and Facebook.
“I met Jeff on a Reiki forum and asked for healing for a medical
condition. Jeff sent me healing on a regular basis and I was over-
whelmed by the difference it made. Literally minutes after he started
sending healing I could feel my pain easing. I felt the burning pain I
was experiencing melt away and when he sent Reiki to help me sleep I
would get sleep that night. I am so pleased I connected with Jeff and
can’t recommend him highly enough. Peace.”
—KAREN, UNITED KINGDOM
My intention to help others continues to grow every day. It’s
amazing how things happen and how people come into our lives.
We become like magnets as we work with the universe at higher
levels bringing hope and love to so many who suffer alone in the
shadows of pain and fear. We bring light to the situation. As a
result, we get to see the amazing transformation of a person’s life.
There really is no time or space. Our thoughts and intentions
affect others just as they affect us. How we use our energy deter-
mines our state of being as well as those who come in contact
with us. Remember this the next time you are thinking about
someone or giving someone Reiki. The amazing gift of healing
can improve lives beyond our wildest dreams. I never grow tired
of seeing the transformations that take place.
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Jeff is a Reiki Master Teacher and owner of Sunrise
Reiki and Baird Consulting. He is also author of
Messages: Book One. Jeff lives in Evergreen, Col-
orado and can be contacted by phone at (720)
250-8107 or by email at baird1982@msn.com.