Forgiveness Is An Aspect of Love
The Crux of the Matter
Forgiveness Reiki and JHS are intuitive practices with intellectual foundations. At the heart of JHS is a trinity: love, discipleship and the forgiveness of our interpretations. Both FR and JHS inspire the discipline of interpreting life as an act of love. Results are not guaranteed. At any time, practitioners can still choose to be fear-based. But on the other hand, those whom mentally and emotionally commit to the JHS/FR process may greatly increase the possibility of experiencing profound transformation.
JHS/FR Prayers of Assistance impact some more than others. That may mean being more aware of comments, innuendo in advertisements, emotional themes in songs, sensual stimuli, and memories. Depending on one’s issues, certain prayers enable one to feel emotional or to experience physical sensations and/or mental fatigue. Don’t be surprised by recalling people from long ago, noticing previously unrecognized associations, programming, or conditioning.
How will you interpret this?
Thoughts such as “I can’t take this job any longer;” “My partner doesn’t appreciate what I do;” or “I don’t make enough money” typically indicate clearing of old issues and should not be the basis for life-changing decisions!
How will you interpret this?
Recognize that the forgiveness process includes releasing old thoughts and emotions. Observe yourself. Listen to yourself. Remember not to project what is being released onto those around you. Avoid acting impulsively, be patient, exercise, and get more sleep. Listen to soothing music. Drink lots of water.
Sometimes people new to The JHS/FR Prayers of Assistance tell me they are feeling overwhelmed with memories. My first question: did you give or receive a hands-on healing session afterwards? My second question: do you still believe that prayer is just superstition and doesn’t mean anything... can you surrender your doubt and accept that something is happening as a result of prayer?
The first plateau of JHS/FR discipleship: being honest and admitting prayer impacted you.
People tell you that life’s tough and God’s grace is just sermon-speak. But stop for a moment and reflect: you asked and prayed to forgive emotions, and now you are experiencing physical, mental, and emotional shifts. This is where you can either say “I bought this book and wow, something is definitely happening...” or “I feel so cranky. This isn’t what I expected. Let’s quit.”
Don’t quit! When you can step back and actually perceive the loving results of your prayers, you are making a huge spiritual leap forward. Some might even call it a miracle. Your prayers have not only been heard, they have been answered.
We all experience life. Perhaps we all need to ask ourselves “how do I judge?” “How do I interpret my/ our experience?” The judgments determine our quality of life. If you expect life to be purple and life shows up orange, will you be disappointed? angry? delighted? grateful?
After my son died, I not only practiced JHS a great deal, but also Reiki. JHS produced many sensations, but Reiki felt better. This put me in an odd conflict as a Christian which led me to pray. Translated conversationally: “Jesus, this sucks. You have so been with me and I would not have survived this without you, but why doesn’t JHS make me feel as good as Reiki?” That question remains a mystery, but a small quiet voice said something like “Ask me for Forgiveness Reiki.” So I did and was blessed with the attunement. I’m grateful to be able to pray to forgive with both JHS and Forgiveness Reiki (I frequently follow JHS Prayers with Forgiveness Reiki treatments). Note that during my grieving that Emmanuel was with me even when I practiced Reiki.
The Bridge Across the Schisms
Many healing practitioners have refused my invitations to attend healing circles at churches. They felt very judged. Some said the congregation was only interested in people just like themselves. There was no room, they said, for those who wanted to utilize pre-Christian practices. One man asked me why Christians could use crystals in their computer microchips then call him a pagan for using crystals to hold and focus healing energy.
In the past, most of my classes occurred in the homes of students, not in churches. Pastors have told me that an ordained minister has to be present to administer sacraments and healing is a sacrament. Although people experience pain and illness throughout the year, some churches only offer an annual healing service. The pastor conveniently anoints with cooking oil rather than honoring the tradition of essential oils. Although hands-on healing was an important part of the early church, many modern pastors aren’t comfortable with it. One said it was just “too much of a risk, with too little potential pay-off.”
Even though Jesus and his disciples practiced hands-on healing, many mainstream church-goers don’t take it seriously., i.e., they prefer allopathic physicians. A Companions in Christ classmate was surprised when my laying hands on his head, neck and shoulders eliminated his headache.
Long ago, our church sponsored an Anglican Church program called Alpha to attract those who were interested in Christianity but didn’t know much about it. Most who signed up were already members who regularly participate in evening church activities. Serving as an assistant table leader, I was able to listen to people’s beliefs. None of my table-mates had experienced hands-on healing.
I also participated in The Walk to Emmaus, a Christian retreat-style program. Again, most there had never practiced hands-on healing. However, I was applauded during introductions for proposing “an America where every church might be a center for physical healing as well as spiritual healing.”
The Navigators Sunday School class is one of the blessings in my life. Average attendance is between 20 to 40. We have a wide variety of committed and articulate classmates who take turns facilitating the class and occasionally bring in outside speakers. I volunteered to teach “Hands-on Healing” on two consecutive Sundays. Never before had I presented it an hour at a time over two classes.
On class day, I arrived a few minutes early and set up two massage tables. We started with instruction on how to hold their hands, invoke JHS, and repeat “I love you and I forgive you” to clients during the session.
After instructions, we prayed The JHS Prayer of Forgiveness and Attunement to enhance our gifts and talents. In the silence following, I prayed and asked who would most benefit from treatments on the massage table then scanned the room visually. My stomach tightened when I looked at two women. It so happened that one had recently separated and the other had recently lost her father.
This was new territory for this class, but with a little prodding and encouragement, a half-dozen people started working at each table as practitioners. Those who weren’t at a massage table were asked either to sit in chairs, or to start practicing on a person seated in a chair. Soon everyone was either on a table, in a chair, or laying-on hands. As the class ended, I promised that we would discuss it the following week.
The following Sunday we shared experiences.
A man who had initially claimed to have felt nothing said he had always felt alone and on his own, and now he didn’t. He wanted more. A woman who had worked on him said his heart initially felt like a rock, then she felt it soften.
One man quit practicing for fear of being overwhelmed. He had “felt something black and solid” in the woman who had just lost her dad. His neck was pain-free for the next few days as was his wife’s.
The woman who had lost her dad began processing her grief. Monday she felt too sick to work, but on Tuesday, she was serene and peaceful and has been at peace regarding her dad ever since. The recently separated woman perceived herself as surrounded by angels. One man recognized that his needing to be in control had blocked healing. Two men said it was the best Sunday School class they had ever attended.
Driving home, I felt very blessed to be a bridge builder and prayed they would accept and utilize this method of loving one another along their Christian journey. I remembered Jesus’ words in John 14:12, “He who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these.” (WEB).
Experiencing my Sunday School class laying hands together strengthened my faith that even conservative mainstream churches can participate and benefit from incorporating non-traditional practices.
The Navigators class didn’t utilize Reiki. Rather, we practiced JHS and invoked God, Christ, and The Holy Spirit, then laid hands and utilized a specific mantra: “I love you and I forgive you.”
The JHS Aspects of Love
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