My Journey To Becoming A Reiki Grandmaster Healer
By: Ruchi Thalwal
Tags: Storytelling, Healing, Love, Empathy, Life

My Journey To Becoming A Reiki Grandmaster Healer

And how the process healed me

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Healing is a beautiful world that is connected to the Heart. Healing art is a gift to the healer, and a healer is a gift of existence to humans. Someone who brings the gift of empathy to this world inbuilt.

An intuitive healer can energetically connect with life and use Cosmic grace to heal a situation. ‘A situation’ can be a life form or space or time or anything that can be conceived.

This is the story of my life.

Since childhood, I used to be a sensitive person. The combination of playfulness and sensitivity made me an extroverted introvert, or in other words, an ambivert.

People loved talking to me. I liked interacting, but meaningless or fake conversations used to drain me. I hence preferred being alone in my own space. Just being and resting was always my thing.

I always had an untapped gift. I could easily detect the different vibes of people. I could feel their emotions. The news, the happenings around the world had a great impact on my emotional well being.

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It wasn’t something that I learned somewhere, but just an inherent quality that existed. The heart intuitively knew that people are not happy or satisfied.

I would be grateful for the small things I had and would share them with the less fortunate ones.

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I would always pray how I could contribute to bettering the lives of individuals in general. How could I help?

Hah! I never knew then, that it was going to be such an exhilarating journey in itself.

After my graduation, a troublesome period of struggle started.

I was preparing for my postgraduate entrance exams and had been diagnosed with the thyroid problem. The hormonal problem caused my body great trouble.

I suddenly started gaining weight. My eyes were weakening because of the constant pressure of studies. I had severe and persistent headaches that lasted for days.

I was constipated (a by-product of hypothyroidism), and because of this, my body developed anal fissures, and fresh bleeding happened every time during stool passage.

I was physically troubled and mentally in a log jam.

Nothing seemed to be working. I was not totally depressed or sad. But I was not in a very happy place either.

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I had a keen interest in spirituality and was meditating since ten years. I found solace in reading spiritual books. They opened my mind. They touched my soul.

The year was 2012; I was looking for a solution online when I first got to know about past life regression. The website had a couple of phone numbers of past life regression therapists.

I researched a bit on this topic. I had never given serious thought to it till then. But what was the harm in doing so, I thought?

Randomly I selected a phone number of a lady. The soothing voice on the other side calmed my nerves.

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I asked her about the regression therapy, how should I proceed. Do I actually have to meditate or something for better results? I was curious and excited to know what it really was.

She assured me in her same motherly tone and explained everything patiently. When I was convinced I asked for the address.

She explained the route to her home. The fact that I was going to a stranger’s home, that too alone did not bother me, not for once.

I reached her place and met her. I had never seen such a graceful, beautiful, and kind-hearted lady. Meeting her was a blessing in itself. She was a real-life angel.

At her place, I felt home. It was comfortable and that I felt no stress about anything. (Now, I call her ‘Maa’, it is a Hindi word for divine mother.)

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We had some snacks and started discussing my life. Without any hesitation, I told her whatever was happening.

I realized, not only her aura was soothing but her voice was also divine. It felt like the sweetest melody of the universe coming through her throat.

She explained the method of past life regression to me and told me that she would do the healing also during this regression session. Every word coming out of her was such a grace to listen.

We proceeded further without much delay. The experience was surreal. The revelations were an eye-opener. When it ended, it felt like as if it lasted for only 20 minutes, but in reality, 3 hours had passed. It was magic.

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It felt as if time didn’t exist. It was an extremely refreshing, and wondrous experience.

She guided me on the future sightings also, as I was worried about my entrance examinations. It felt so absurd that I almost forgot about them till sightings transpired precisely the same way I saw them. They were spot on.

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During our conversation, I discovered that she was a Reiki master too, and had an interest in metaphysics. I was naturally drawn to Reiki and was excited about the same.

Reiki is a well known healing art. I call it an art as it is much closer to heart than mind.

In this energy healing practice, healer taps into the energy of the universe to send the healing to a specific person, place, or situation.

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She told me that whenever the subsequent class would happen, I would be informed. She also started my distant Reiki healing alongside.

The class was scheduled after a couple of weeks. I was initiated into Reiki.

The experience was overwhelming.

I felt extremely close to the cosmos. It felt the universe is asking me to open myself up.

Existence was pouring all its secrets inside me.

At that time, I was initiated into Level 1 and Level 2 of Reiki.

Level 1 is for self-healing and Level 2 of Reiki is for distant healing, where healing of a person, place or situation can be done who is not in close proximity.

Words are not sufficient to put down the feelings that I had during those times. It was pure joy, bliss, satisfaction, and divine love.

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During the early period of initiation, we had to do self-healing continuously for 21 days, without any break. I loved it so much that I continued this for months!

It completely transformed my life - inside out, as if the caterpillar had metamorphosed into a butterfly.

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I could feel the transformation. My body healed miraculously, the pain vanished as if it had never been there.

The fissures healed, the bleeding stopped. The severity and frequency of headaches gradually diminished to totally nil.

The body healed and became resilient. New energy flowed within.

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My thoughts which used to weigh me down earlier were transmuted. I knew within that nothing could hold me down any longer.

The mind became a calmer place. Positivity exuded. My intuition developed further. I became more and more grateful for this beautiful body, and life.

I experienced the lightness of being. The surrender came automatically. I knew everything had been taken care of and everything was unfolding at its own pace in a very beautiful manner the way it is supposed to be.

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As for my entrance examinations, somewhere, somehow I knew I’d be within the merit list in the approaching year. I was so in sync with the universe that I knew it had to happen.

In the coming year, I secured 8th rank in AIIMS, Delhi (most prestigious college of the country), 2nd rank in my state, 160th position in All India PG entrance examination.

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I didn’t know how it happened. I didn’t have to change my preparation style to make this happen. But somewhere inside, I knew it had to happen.

Reiki changed my perspective. It opened numerous avenues in my life, within me. It connected me to this vast universe in a very intimate way.

This opening of the portal of the universe made me more empathic and also connected to everything.

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I noticed that many people, even strangers were beginning to open up easily to me. Space automatically opens up where they would find the solace in sharing.

They discuss their problems uninhibitedly. One of my close friends used to joke about how I attracted these people who were so confused and in dark phases of life. But deep down I knew they all required healing.

Well, don’t we all need it?

A hungry person does not think of anything but the food. Similar is the case with love and healing.

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Love is all around us. Healing is natural to us if we allow. Sometimes just a gentle nudge or reminder is sufficient for people to open up to their best possibilities.

Intrigued by the miraculous results, my journey continued. After practicing Reiki for 6 years, I was initiated into Reiki Master and Grandmaster Level.

I have been blessed to practice it since. I have used it in every aspect of life and it has touched many other lives too. I have witnessed its miraculous results.

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Sometimes, I am shocked to see the speed with which it works. After all, it is an intelligent energy and knows where it is required and accepted the most.

All I can feel is gratitude towards Existence and the gift of healing. Thank you for being a part of this life. Thank you!

Adios for now!

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Love and Healing to all,

Ruchi ❤