I don't know how many of you have been in this scenario. After dinner and drinks with friends, the topic of discussion veers away from deep occult mysteries to all the things that you could do if you didn't have ethics. This is not a blog post about ethics and morals, though I may cover that topic in the near future. So during one of these less serious discussions, a friend pulled up a website on their laptop for distance Reiki attunements. One merely had to download a few PDFs and study them, schedule a Reiki attunement/initiation, and pay your money via PayPal. By the way the site in question offered these services up to the level of Reiki master. I have no way of knowing if the person who was offering these services was sincere or a charlatan, but for the purposes of this post it does not matter. After much fun was had with some of the cheesier elements of the website, it was solemnly declared that it seemed legit, and then we all cracked up. After the laughter, we proceeded with a real conversation about why this particular sort of long distance initiation doesn't work.
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Thank you for articulating this. I've always felt that distance attunements and initiations seemed off somehow, but have never bee
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You know I think I got ripped off on those "live" sea monkeys I ordered too.
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You know I think I got ripped off on those "live" sea monkeys I ordered too.
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Great Blog. I get one of these offers occasionally on my e-mail. I am blessed to be in a tradition that teaches us the right way.
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Initiation is an experience. It's something that needs to occur in person. You can teach some things online via pdfs, etc. I do, b