"I want to apologise," Mavis said. When one of my students apologises, it's always surprising but pleasing.
As a Reiki Master, responsibility is to ensure student therapists and teachers are professional enough.
It's wrong to teach students, give them a certificate, and abstain from responsibility if they teach and heal badly. I tread a difficult path, explaining to students why they may not be good enough, yet...
I look for three main negatives: ego, sexuality, and money.
Ego
I like students with lots of ego. They'll probably do bigger works helping people in need.
Too little ego means they may never do anything!
But too much ego, thinking they know more than their teacher when they're just beginning, can be damaging for their patients and students because of their ignorance and complacency of what they don't know.
Sexuality
Luckily this is rare. On one of my courses, an Australian priest said she'd been sexually abused by another student. When I asked him, he replied aggressively, "So! I'm Turkish. All the men do that in Turkey!" I returned his course fee, and of course, he didn't get a certificate.
Money
I like people who need money. Reiki's a profession like doctors or school teachers. So money should be earned!
Too little desire for money, wanting to share love for free, means help they offer others is limited by lack of funds. Some people even go bankrupt because they are so against earning money.
But, needing money without compassion or desire to relieve suffering, may damage their patients and students.
A kind heart and sweet soul is essential.
These thoughts came when Mavis phoned. Two years ago, I said she wasn't good enough yet to help my cancer patients. She strongly disagreed.
But in these two years, Mavis studied osteopathy at university. She realised I'd been right, that she wasn't good enough at that time to help patients with cancer.
Regularly, letters from ex-students apologise. One student, Jonathan, wrote, "Allan, I vehemently disagreed with you. But now I try to help my students like you helped me, and they vehemently disagree with me! I've fallen out with lots of my students because they don't understand. I'm sorry, and offer you any support you need."
Mavis and Jonathan are simply learning. They're both brilliant people, loving, kind, and caring. I'll meet Mavis in London soon, and laugh at the lessons of life.
As a Reiki Master, responsibility is to ensure student therapists and teachers are professional enough.
It's wrong to teach students, give them a certificate, and abstain from responsibility if they teach and heal badly. I tread a difficult path, explaining to students why they may not be good enough, yet...
I look for three main negatives: ego, sexuality, and money.
Ego
I like students with lots of ego. They'll probably do bigger works helping people in need.
Too little ego means they may never do anything!
But too much ego, thinking they know more than their teacher when they're just beginning, can be damaging for their patients and students because of their ignorance and complacency of what they don't know.
Sexuality
Luckily this is rare. On one of my courses, an Australian priest said she'd been sexually abused by another student. When I asked him, he replied aggressively, "So! I'm Turkish. All the men do that in Turkey!" I returned his course fee, and of course, he didn't get a certificate.
Money
I like people who need money. Reiki's a profession like doctors or school teachers. So money should be earned!
Too little desire for money, wanting to share love for free, means help they offer others is limited by lack of funds. Some people even go bankrupt because they are so against earning money.
But, needing money without compassion or desire to relieve suffering, may damage their patients and students.
A kind heart and sweet soul is essential.
These thoughts came when Mavis phoned. Two years ago, I said she wasn't good enough yet to help my cancer patients. She strongly disagreed.
But in these two years, Mavis studied osteopathy at university. She realised I'd been right, that she wasn't good enough at that time to help patients with cancer.
Regularly, letters from ex-students apologise. One student, Jonathan, wrote, "Allan, I vehemently disagreed with you. But now I try to help my students like you helped me, and they vehemently disagree with me! I've fallen out with lots of my students because they don't understand. I'm sorry, and offer you any support you need."
Mavis and Jonathan are simply learning. They're both brilliant people, loving, kind, and caring. I'll meet Mavis in London soon, and laugh at the lessons of life.
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