For me discovering reiki was part of my journey to discover who I really was - and reiki is actually all about personal growth, which can only happen when you know who you truly are. The hands on healing is only one small part of it.
Totally agree. Reiki & Reiki Jin Kei Do for me was an awakening to myself, a journey of self discovery, through the times of self discovery conditioned blockages were being released, still growing,learning and continue to learn living a life of compassion and wisdom in turn becoming the person I am today.
At the very beginning of Reiki I thought the hands on healing was the ALL of what Reiki was and just wanted to look to give healing to anyone who would let me. Over a time of growth I now see this was no where near what I felt Reiki was at the time. I came to an awareness that the hands on healing side of Reiki was a sort of side effect, a sort of a perk of the Reiki journey so to speak.:)
Just to clarify, I chose to become a moderator to help the forum and its many members to have somewhere that they could come and chat and help each other, that choice has not changed, which is why I am still here helping to maintain the forum as a safe place for like minded people to connect with each other and share ideas and tips relating to health, healing and wellbeing.
As for my personal perceptions, if I chose to work as a traffic warden, then I would have to personally perceive that a vehicle was parked somewhere that the preset rules said that it should not be, or have it brought to my attention before I would perform the action of applying a parking ticket, a perception is not in itself a judgement, though we can apply a judgement to the things that we perceive.
Yes, I was pointing out this to you yesterday. Only, if you were a traffic warden, your alter ego would be be donning a traffic warden's hat on instead of a moderator's hat.
Now as long as I utilised my personal perceptions to apply the rules to everyone indiscriminately then I would not have a problem with my personal authenticity, which is the way that I moderate on this forum, if I personally perceive something or the matter is brought to my attention by a member reporting a post, then I have another look and then make a choice to act or discuss the matter with the other moderators to see what they think and what if any action needs to be applied, or sometimes when we are still not sure what the best cause of action is, we then we pass it to the admin and their decision is final.
The point is WildStrawberry, as I said in an earlier post the roles that we choose to do, does not define what we are, I personally do not change or create a different persona when I choose to perform the many different roles and functions that I choose to do, I am the same person all of the time irrespective of what I am doing or who I am interacting with, I am always in full expression of the fullness of myself, which is what I personally understand being authentic to self and being real to be.
The reality is that I do not walk the talk, I talk the walk. 😉
I'm not convinced - what do you mean by this?
Hi WildStrawbery
Yes, I was pointing out this to you yesterday. Only, if you were a traffic warden, your alter ego would be be donning a traffic warden's hat on instead of a moderator's hat.
No, you were saying it as you perceive it would be for you if you chose to perform the role of a moderator, but as we are talking about me which is a completely different thing, then the reality is that I do not have any need for an alter ego at any time or to do anything, I am happy to just being myself at all times. 🙂
I'm not convinced - what do you mean by this?
I am not quite sure which part of the post you are not sure about, I thought that it was self explanatory myself, as I have just said, as I am happy to be myself all of the time, I do not require an alter ego, what you see is what you get, what I do I say, that is the way I am!
Yes, I was pointing out this to you yesterday. Only, if you were a traffic warden, your alter ego would be be donning a traffic warden's hat on instead of a moderator's hat.
Ah, I think I can see where there's a need for clarification.
Alter Ego relates to someone's personality.
Personality (from the latin persona, meaning "mask") can vary in different people at different times or in different roles (and I know you've probably heard this before WS, but for clarification let's just go with it :D) People have their work personality, and their home life personality, and their 'out with their mates' personality etc. The conflict caused by ego (ego being the cause of personality) can be easily recognised in many people when they are in situations where they find they need more than one personality at the same time, e.g. when people have a "works do" and their partners are invited along... all of a sudden they want to act with one personality mask in front of their partner, but they also want to act with another personality in front of their work colleagues, and this can create various levels of awkwardness for them. (Shakespeare was correct when he wrote "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players", what with all this acting out personalities going on).
Behind all these masks is the true Self; the observer; the one thing that doesn't change, and doesn't come from ego.
What Paul is saying therefore, is that regardless of the 'label' put up to him, whether it's 'moderator', 'traffic warden', 'HP member', 'person wearing a blue shirt' etc. he doesn't wear the mask of personality, but his actions are from his true self, not changing to meet some personality idea from the ego based on the label. Putting on the moderators hat on the forums isn't to say "Look at me, I'm now big and important and you should fear me", but rather to say "The following message is being given to you in the capacity of the forum rules". There's no need to take on any personality to meet the needs of the moment. A label doesn't create a personality (alter ego), only the person can do that if they become attached to some "role" they want to play, rather than being authentic to their true self.
All Love and Reiki Hugs
I do not require an alter ego, what you see is what you get, what I do I say, that is the way I am!
As his OH I can vouch for this 🙂 apart from when he puts his underpants on the outside of his trousers when he is healing someone 😉 😀 (just lightening the mood!)