11/11/2025
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Hello, Friends!!
For some of you, silence tends to bring a certain level of emotional discomfort. Silence means you might hear the thoughts or memories in your heart that you'd rather not think about or relive. So, you keep yourself busy...sometimes, too busy. The chaos of life brings a distraction to those unmentionables, bringing a peace to the simmering emotions that you may or may not share with others...or even yourself. Unfortunately, avoiding unhealthy emotions will only bring more pain to your mental, physical and spiritual health in the long run.
The beauty of working with Reiki energy is that it brings to the surface those emotions that need attention. Instead of avoiding or feeling frightened of those things we'd rather not think about, it helps you work through those emotions which leads to a deeper healing and understanding of those experiences. You cannot hear or honor what you need if you constantly drown out silence with distractions and worldly noise. With a little practice, you might find that silence helps you relax and feel more present in those moments of stillness.
I challenge each of you to take 10 minutes today to sit in silence. No phones. No TVs. No internet. No music. Just you. Are you brave enough to try it? Are you curious enough to see if you can do it? Some of you will easily spend 10 minutes scrolling through things every day. Some of you drive more than 10 minutes to get a cup of coffee on the way to work. Can you spend 10 on just yourself? See where your mind goes. See what thoughts arise, if any. Pay attention to how you feel. Is it hard for you to relax, or do you feel refreshed in the end? If it's hard for you to relax, you might want to explore why. If you feel refreshed, you might question why you don't do this more often.
Silence can open the doors to a wisdom and creativity that might take you on a completely different journey than you ever imagined. Every 10 minutes you spend in silence can write a new chapter about the things you ponder and/or avoid...or open your mind to thoughts and places you never dreamed existed. Place a hand on your heart, ask your Higher Power for guidance and enlightenment and see what surprises await your attention. If it's a difficult memory or emotion, remember that it cannot hurt you anymore. It's an imprint of something that has already occurred and is not happening in the moment. You are safe to explore how and why that situation affected you so deeply and allow a deeper understanding to bring peace to your body, mind and spirit.
So many of us have questions, but avoid doing what might bring us the answers we need... Are you willing to listen to the silence?
Wishing you love and peace on your journeys...
Shelley
Reiki Master Teacher
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