Q&A: Healing for Calamities vs. Individuals

When you are sending Reiki to people who are hit by floods or any natural calamity why is that fine ,why can’t we send Reiki to a individual without his/her permission? Because when a calamity happens, there is a severe…

'Mind'ing The Right Business

Sometimes I see a lot of ‘what if someone else is doing this’ sort of questions and I have something to say about this. The spiritual path is not easy, it has its traps and falls, and one big trap…

Q&A: Self Love

These questions came up from different people after a meditation on love, where everyone was asked to simply remember what love felt like and to allow that feeling to spread to every cell of their body. Can I share my…

Q&A: Self-Respect, Ego & Pride: The Difference

Ashwita, is there any difference b/w ego (pride, arrogance, superiority complex, over confidence), self esteem and self respect.  I am not sure whether the words which I have put in brackets are one and the same.  These are the things…

Q&A: Does Non-veg Interfere with Reiki/ Spiritual Growth?

Does non veg affect our capacity to channel Reiki? I don’t really believe it does. Maybe ‘heavy’ non-veg like pork or beef, or even something like mutton if the person is sensitive and not strongly grounded. Ultimately it is a…

Q&A: Can I do Vipassana as well as Reiki?

I recently went to a Vipassana meditation camp, where they told me out there that it is very dangerous to practise Reiki with Vipassana as both are very strong energies and there may be chances that it may collide with…

Q&A: Handling Teenagers as a Reiki Parent

Are our moral values of any use at all? What we learned in childhood and followed all our lives seems obsolete today. Now a days people do everything and get into all kinds of relationships. Marriage is just a custom…

Q&A: Why do people fast?

Why is fasting, abstaining from non vegetarian food, bathing and  praying early on few auspicious days important? Is it a way to show penance? I have friends who reluctantly observe fast as they HAVE TO , as per their religion…

Q&A: Is Positive Thinking a Substitute for Reiki?

I’m not practicing Reiki From long time but always in a positive mindset and also accepting my negative side too. I mean definitely fear, anger strike but i regain my energies quickly. Is this fine or do I have to…

I was recently asked about someone who wasn’t at all spiritual but was quite intuitive, and the person asking was confused and intrigued as to how this could happen. Here’s my response. Why do we associate purity and intuitive ability…