Energy and intention

QUESTION: Masters, could you share your thoughts concerning Reiki, the so-called Universal Energy? Is it correct that so many people can suddenly give it for healing after being initiated? Can we be sure that this energy is pure and from the light? I have the same questions about Deeksha, or Oneness Blessing, from India.

ANSWER: There are many recognized forms of energy healing and many practitioners of healing arts. We will talk of each separately.

Energy is everywhere. Everything that you can comprehend and everything that you can imagine is energy. The way you, as a human, see something is based on the energy signature it chooses to possess. The workings of the human body are energetic and sometimes need assistance to get back into balance or to stay in balance. The free energy, that which is not contained in a physical format, is called universal life-force energy and functions as a balancer.

This energy may be directed by intention. Different labels have been assigned to the process of directing energy by people who have found a procedure that works for them. They will then teach others how to do their procedure, calling it Reiki, Deeksha, Qigong, Therapeutic Touch, or any one of a number of titles. The commonality between them is the direction of universal life-force energy to free blockages within the body.

By itself, the universal life-force energy is intelligent. It knows where to go and what to do when directed to enter into a body, and will do just that unless the intention of the director pushes it to do something more than balancing the body. And, by itself, the energy will do no harm and is always “of the Light.”

We shall now speak of the practitioners. Since the energy is directed by the intention of the healers, their intention holds the key to the workings of the energy. Most healers hold the intention that everything they do is for the highest and greatest good of their clients. If the practitioners have an agenda of making clients dependent upon them, they will put restrictions or negativity within the energy flow. They will also believe that they are doing the healing, when in fact, any healing done is the work of the universal life-force energy and they are merely the conduit for that force.

When becoming involved with energy healing, it is always imperative that you determine the intention of the healers. Talk with them and see if they are controlled by their ego or by the pure intention of helping others. See if they are talking about bringing you into balance or if are they setting up a prolonged business for themselves requiring many treatments before they even begin. If so, it is not the energy that is not of the Light but the practitioners.

Your final question about being immediately able to conduct energy after an initiation has to do with the students. Many forms have ritualistic practices that are intended to prepare students to be healers. When students think this is necessary, they will not believe they can direct energy until they have gone through the process. Once they have been inducted into the practice, they finally activate their intention and the energy flows. Even if you have never taken a single energy class, if you have the intention to heal with energy, you have the ability to do so. The next step is what the client’s intention is for the energy-but we will not discuss that here.