Rev. Melissa M Carlton LRMT

04/07/2026

04/01/2026

Reiki Myths Debunked ✨ We asked our Members to share some of the most common myths and misconceptions they hear about Reiki. These were the top 3:

❌Myth 1: Reiki is a Religion
💚Reality: Reiki is form of hands-on therapy. It is a powerful spiritual practice, open to all.

❌Myth 2: Reiki offers a cure
💚Reality: Reiki is a complementary therapy for relaxation and wellbeing, is is not a cure, nor does it guarantee any results of outcomes.

❌Myth 3: Reiki isn't real
💚Reality: Reiki draws on the same energy principles used yoga, acupuncture & Tai Chi, sound healing and meditation.

❌Myth 4: Reiki is dangerous
💚Reality: Reiki is a gentle, non-invasive therapy. It can do no harm.
Reiki isn't manipulative or a way of controlling, it is an ancient technique for stress reduction and relaxation. Regular contact with Reiki will bring the recipient's mind, body and spirit into balance. It is an excellent support to the overall physical, mental and emotional healing process.

03/29/2026

Someone hurts us, and we chase them. We turn the betrayal over and over, searching for the explanation that will make it hurt less. We convince ourselves that if we just understand why, we can metabolize the pain. Make it make sense.

But here's what I've learned the hard way: some people hurt you and there's no reason that will satisfy you. No explanation that will make the math work out. They hurt you because they were capable of it, because something in them was willing to do it, because in that moment your pain mattered less to them than whatever they wanted.

And you can spend years trying to reverse-engineer what you did to deserve it, or you can accept the harder truth: you didn't. It wasn't about you being good enough or careful enough or lovable enough. Sometimes people just bite.

The instinct to chase the snake makes sense. If you can figure out what you did wrong, you can avoid doing it again. You can protect yourself from future hurt by being better, smaller, more careful. But that's not protection. That's just shrinking yourself to fit around other people's capacity for cruelty. That's deciding you're the problem when the actual problem is the person who decided hurting you was acceptable.

And the thing about chasing snakes for answers? You're still in the grass. Still close enough to get bitten again. Still giving your energy to something that's already poisoned you once.

Moving toward safety doesn't mean pretending it didn't hurt. Doesn't mean forgiving immediately or deciding you're over it because you should be. It just means: you stop giving them more of you. Stop trying to convince them you didn't deserve it. Stop waiting for the apology that makes it all make sense.

You pull the venom out. You bandage the wound. You notice that it's healing slower than you'd like and you let it heal anyway, at its own pace, without rushing it.

And you keep going. But because staying in the woods with the snake, demanding answers it can't give and wouldn't give even if it could, isn't healing. It's just getting bitten over and over in your mind until the original wound doesn't even matter anymore, you're just stuck in the loop of trying to understand why you weren't worth protecting.

You were worth protecting. You are worth protecting. The fact that someone hurt you only means that you crossed paths with someone capable of harm, and they chose harm. That's on them. Not you.

So stop chasing. Stop trying to make sense of senseless cruelty. Stop turning yourself inside out looking for the flaw that justified the bite.

Move toward safety. Treat the wound. Keep going.
The snake doesn't deserve any more of your time.

03/29/2026

'In all of your relationships, if you can love someone enough to allow them to be exactly what they chose to be—without any expectations or attachments from you—you'll know true peace in your lifetime.'

03/29/2026

The Woman Who Walks With Source.

To the women in this space who have remembered who they are—

When someone crosses paths with you, understand this… they are not stepping into something ordinary. They are stepping into a threshold. A living gateway. A sacred invitation to evolve beyond who they’ve been.

They didn’t meet you by accident. On some level—beyond logic, beyond words—their soul recognized the call. The call to awaken. The call to experience more than the surface of life.

Your presence is not light in the way the world expects. It is truth. And truth doesn’t just comfort—it reveals. It dismantles illusion. It exposes shadows. It awakens what has been sleeping.

Not everyone can stand in that.

Some will be triggered. Some will walk away. Some will rise.

And that has nothing to do with your worth—only their readiness.

You were never designed to be palatable. You were designed to be real.

You don’t bend to systems that keep people small, silent, and contained. You move with Source. That alone sets you apart.

The strength you carry wasn’t given—it was forged. In silence. In pain. In loss. In the fires that were meant to break you.

But they didn’t.

You transmuted it all.

Grief into wisdom.
Pain into clarity.
Trauma into power.

You are the Phoenix—not once, but over and over again. Across this life and beyond it.

Ancient in knowing. Refined through experience.

You didn’t come here to fit into the world. You came to remind others they were never meant to be trapped by it.

And if you allow someone into your energy, understand the weight of that. You don’t open your space lightly. You never have.

You don’t chase.
You don’t convince.
You don’t shrink.

You offer.

And those who are ready will meet you there.

You will not lower your frequency to make someone comfortable in their stagnation. You will not return to cages you’ve already broken out of.

You’ve tasted freedom. There is no going back.

You walk with purpose that extends beyond yourself. You are in service to something greater—and anything that tries to block that will be cleared.

Not out of anger.
Out of alignment.

Your love is deep. Raw. Unfiltered. It reaches places people have spent lifetimes hiding from.

And that terrifies those who still wear masks.

Because you see through them.

You don’t attack—you reveal.

And in that revelation, people are left with a choice: rise… or retreat.

You will never betray yourself to be chosen.

You know your value. You know your depth. You know what your presence awakens in others.

You don’t settle for fragments, half-truths, or surface-level connection.

You move in truth, or you move on.

And the only ones who stay… are those willing to grow. Those willing to face themselves. Those who choose love over ego, truth over comfort, and faith over fear.

Not perfection—never that.

But honesty. Depth. Expansion.

That’s your standard.

To the men who walk beside a woman like this—understand what it requires.

You are being called into your own divinity. Into your own truth. Into the parts of yourself you’ve avoided.

Because standing next to her will either expose your weakness… or awaken your power.

There is no middle ground.

But for those who choose to rise—to face their shadows, to stand in integrity, to lead with truth—something within them activates.

A presence. A power. A frequency that cannot be faked.

And that is how the world changes.

Not through control.
Not through force.
But through awakened individuals who refuse to live asleep.

So to the women who refuse to shrink…

And to the men who are choosing to rise…

Stay the course.

You are not here to be understood by everyone.

You are here to remember—and remind
🌹❤️

03/14/2026

I AM THAT I AM
Is a very powerful tool
When you say “I AM” your asserting your existence & affirming your inner strength, self-awareness, and your spiritual connection. It’s very powerful for personal growth, self acceptance and manifesting.

03/12/2026

“People ask me, ‘How do I get tougher?’ BE TOUGHER.

‘How can I wake up early in the morning?’ WAKE UP EARLY.
‘How can I work out consistently every day?’ WORK OUT EVERY
DAY.
‘How can I stop eating sugar?’ STOP EATING SUGAR.

You have control over your mind.

Assert it. Decide that you are going to be in control, that you are going to do what you
resolve to do.

Weakness doesn’t get a vote.
Laziness doesn’t get a vote. Sadness doesn’t get a vote. Frustration doesn’t get a vote.

Negativity doesn’t get a vote.”

-John “Jocko” Willink

03/03/2026

As much as Reiki calms our system and helps us heal from sickness and disease, it also calms the system when it's time for transition making it easier to pass into Spirit. Not only does it calm the system, but helps relieve pain and discomfort for the one who is passing. It also helps to soothe and calm the loved ones of those who are passing and helps with grief ❤ xox

I was just learning about Reiki when my fiancé' was suffering with pancreatic cancer. Back in 2009 it was more difficult to find a Reiki practitioner in this area so he didn't get to try it. I think Reiki would have made a huge positive difference for him and for me as caregiver.

Sandy Evans Pullin
Holy Fire Usui Reiki Master/Teacher
Holy Fire Karuna Reiki® Master/Teacher
Lightarian™ Reiki Master/Teacher
Affiliate Member of The International Center for Reiki Training
Reiki Balance N Bliss, Knoxville, Tennessee

03/03/2026

🌿✨ How Reiki Feels ✨🌿
It feels like a warm, nurturing hug wrapping around your soul.
Like the noise inside you softens... and you remember how to breathe again.
Reiki is calm without effort.
Healing without words.
A moment where you feel completely supported, deeply at peace, and connected to something greater.
You don’t have to “do” anything — just receive.
The energy knows exactly where to go and what to do.
Come as you are — Reiki will meet you with love.

09/08/2024

Your higher self conceives

Your brain receives
Your mind perceives

08/28/2024

Reiki is not a religion and requires no spiritual belief system, and that is one of the most powerful things about it!

08/28/2024

REIKI ISN’T MAGIC…..
Every single cell in your body is at .07 milli volts of electricity, and you have 35 billion cells. Multiply that and your at 2.65 or so trillion volts of electricity in your 1 body. You’re a walking nuclear explosion!
This is where the chi energy comes from. This is where reiki healing energy comes from. It’s extracted directly from the cells in your body.
It’s not mysticism. It’s not a religion. There is nothing to believe as some would make one believe. It ain’t magic…..
No it’s real.
When you understand how to tap into the energy meridians in your body and extract the energy directly from the cells in your body and focus them. You now have healing powers.
Everything is energy 🌹❤️