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By Rebecca Holton
Lineage
in the Reiki community is one of those tenacious subjects that never
really goes away. Many Reiki students first hear about their own
lineage from their teacher and, from then on, it can become
increasingly relevant to them.
In many traditions, lineage is
used as a kind of validation that the practices, methods and teachings
taught in the tradition really do stem back to the person who first
created them. This means that, within some of the more competitive
corners of our Reiki community, lively “my lineage is shorter than your
lineage” discussions flourish abundantly. There is often an unspoken
belief lurking quietly beneath this kind of discussion, that a shorter
lineage can make a teaching more relevant, stronger, or even more
directly transmitted from Mikao Usui although, if we examine this view
rationally, it is impossible to find any logic or common sense in it.
However short their lineage is, any teacher can make changes to the
practices they teach.
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By Trish Edwards
When
I was growing up in North Carolina, I was exposed to some interesting
expressions of worry. I learned that you could “worry someone to
death”, that I could be “worried sick” about something, and that a dog
“worries a bone”. Someone could be a “worry wart”, while someone else
“fussed and worried” over the preparation of a meal.
I grew up
to find that people carry “worry stones” as a way to focus their
nervous ticks. Some cultures create “worry dolls” as a place to store
their fears and cares.
So what is worry - and why do we do it?
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