Reiki and Service

Phyllis Furumoto recently interviewed Sister Carol Wirtz, a Nun from the Order of the Sisters of Charity, on her Radio Talk Show, Reiki, Balancing Form and Essence. Sister Carol, lives outside of El Paso, Texas in a small community of other nuns who administer several charitable missions in the surrounding area. Dedicated to a life of service, Sister Carol is able to weave Reiki into their mission rather easily and speaks about  how serving the poor, the less fortunate becomes a motivating factor in her life.

When one serves God, one serves from the heart and not the mind. When the mind drops into the effulgence of the heart, then service becomes selfless. God moves in and takes over, conducting a bigger plan that is freeing to all involved. It becomes a two way street, the giver and the receiver are equal players, each receiving love from the divine source. Both are fed and nurtured by the divine source.

Reiki, in all its wonderment, is so simple. Reiki immediately removes the do-er, for the first time in our lives, we know we are not doing Reiki. Reiki is doing us, the source is providing Universal energy to bring balance to all living things, their systems, glands and organs. To quote Helen Haberly, my Reiki Master, "you can't do Reiki wrong, you can't do Reiki right, because you are not doing it." Reiki gifts us non do-ership. We, along with our egos, step aside and let this benevolent energy do its work. We can't make it better, we can't make it less, we can't change it, and all that is asked of us, is to sit with it and become the witness. Reiki becomes the Grand Master. It teaches us every time we reach out with our empty hands and place them on ourselves and others.

In contemplating service in my lifetime, which has taken many forms, serving in the military for my country, serving my Guru, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, serving the poor and infirmed, and serving myself, I have learned many lessons. The first question in contemplation arises, is how well do I serve myself? If I can't serve myself, how then, can I effectively serve others. When I offer service, what is my intention? Am I serving out of a wounded place within myself, causing me to let pity orchestrate my service or have I healed that wounded place within me, therefore allowing me to have compassion orchestrate my mission for the suffering masses? Do I stand from the pulpit of duality or do I see everyone as one? Is my ego orchestrating the mission or am I able to serve with compassion and out of love? Can I step aside and let the universal energy do the work?


I always refer to Mother Theresa's reply, when asked many years ago, about how she could bear to take care of the poor, the infirmed masses of her mission? Her reply, profound and simple," I only take care of one. I feed Jesus, I bathe Jesus, I clothe Jesus." She only sees one, and that is her beloved. She treats everyone as though they were Jesus. When we serve with that one-pointedness, then we are free, free from duality, free from all that binds us. Serving with single vision that is non-dual in nature.

With Reiki we can pull our chair up to the treatment table and sit back and relax. God steps in and ministers the treatment. When we draw our sacred symbols into the air, someone out there is listening and seeing and immediately answers our call. The treatment starts. There are no treatment hours on God's master board. Call anytime, night or day, God says, we are always open and ready to serve humanity.

Remember to call  God, step aside from your intention, always be in your heart, so that you can serve selflessly...