I decided to start a thread on my level 1 attunement a bit early but since I want to share this experience with you all I felt the need to share a little bit with you as to how I got to this place in my life.
I'm 34 and married. I also have a wonderful son who will be turning 1 shortly. My husband is wonderful and very supportive but does not understand where I am spiritually. My husband does not have a belief in God or any kind of higher being. However he never mocks how I am feeling or what I believe. I also live in a very small town where the average age is 70 yrs old. Although I have lived here for 3.5 yrs I still do not know anyone in town. I grew up outside of Toronto and moved west to Calgary 3.5 yrs ago. I have no family here except my mother in law, Husband and son. I have 3 close friends here but they live a ways away from me. As much as we try and chat or get together it doesn't happen very often as we all have busy lives.
About 15 yrs ago I started searching for a new belief system. I was raised in the Catholic church but as I got older I started to question some of the pratices and beliefs the church stood on. It's taken me 15 yrs of searching, reading and looking for answers to put my very strong belief system in place. This path has been a lonely one as I have yet to meet a single person that I feel I can speak to open and freely about my spiritual path. No one I meet seems to be in the same place as I am. The few people I have spoken to about God, Religion and Spirituallity just kind of pat me on the head like someone is on the way with a straight jacket. When I have mentioned Reiki to those closest to me they always ask what it's about. As I try and explain I can see that indulgent look come on to their faces and I get a lot of "Un-huh's" and "Mmmmm Really". My path continues to be a lonely one.
I found Reiki about 3 yrs ago when my horse was ill and the people on a Animal Communications forum were striving to help my horse and myself. At that point I started reading all that I could get my hands on. Twice I was booked into a course and both times it was cancelled. Once by the instructor from lack of intrest and once by myself due to morning sickness complications. Recently while browsing the book store I came across a book called Reiki a Comprehensive Guide by Pamela Miles. At that point I joined a Yahoo Reiki group I had belonged to before that offers first and second level attunements for free. However I never felt like I belonged there and was unsure about how much support I would get from the Reiki Master doing the attunement. That brought me to SRI. After spending time reading many, many threads I have asked Divine Light if she would attune me and she graciously said that she would. She has also offered to support me though the journey I am about to take and answer any questions I may have.
My attunement will start Monday and end Thursday. I am going to write down everything that happens or that I feel as soon as I can afterwards and I will post my experiences on here the next morning.
If you made it this far then Thank You very much for sharing this journey with me. I am sure in the coming moths I will have many questions
Namasté
Jennifer
