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forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.
Luke 23:34 World English Bible
FORGIVENESS REIKI
Hands-On Healing,
Distance Healing, and Prayer
With Both Reiki and The Holy Spirit
First Edition and First E-Book Edition Copyright 2017 Michael S. VanHecke
Second Edition and Second E-Book Edition Copyright 2021 Michael S. VanHecke
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ISBN: 978-1-09-836825-8
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Preface
I have been writing about and teaching forgiveness, hands-on healing and prayer for twenty years. My brother Charlie expressed interest in reading my newest manuscript, so I sent him an electronic version. When he called to discuss it, his initial reponse was polite but unexcited. Then he spoke passionately; You were at the lowest point of your life. You had your cajones kicked in the dirt and yet you were able to lead your congregation in forgiveness at your sons funeral. I want to know how you got to the place where you could do that. To tell that story, and to teach Forgiveness Reiki, I must address traditional Reiki, The Jesus Healing System and especially the JHS Prayers of Assistance which have opened my intuition, enhanced my healing gifts and empowered both my prayer life and my compassion. This book is structured as a response to my brothers comment.
My Writing Style
This book meanders like a mountain road. Theres scenery and points of interest and long view vistas. Be prepared for some steep hills and tight turns. While modern American dialogue frequently appears to be a spontaneous stream of consciousness, this book is much more than a conversation. Convergence and divergence illustrate many spiritual ideas with real life-lesson experiences. Pull over occasionally to stretch and practice what were talking about.
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The author does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly, and assumes no responsibility for the readers actions.
Introduction to The Second Edition
I received a request from my then-pastor, Rev. James Howell, to share a story from the heart for a Lenten Devotional Book at Davidson United Methodist Church. My entry is as follows, but with the Post Script added.
Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these John 14:12
Jesus said follow me. For me, following means to pray unceasingly, practice hands-on healing, and think with Christ consciousness. But do I think the way He thought? Why not?
Without Unloving, a poem, (2001)
I draw and hold a slow breath well inside me
As I pray for assistance in forgiving all aspects of my life
And does it best serve God for me to... and you can fill in the space...
But I think you get the picture how I feel The Holy Spirit
And very loved and cared for, but somehow out of place
Squeezed between the perfection of Gods grace and
The karma and the struggles of running in my human race.
Pulled between trust and faith and exertion of my will,
Can I live a life without unloving anyone
In word or thought or deed yet continue to feel my emotions?
Ever more mindful and grateful of the extent of Gods grace,
I continue to do the best I can loving and living today
Standing in front of Gods fan and praying,
Requesting for my ego to be blown, blown away.
Post Script: Should the ego be blown away? Forget Freud. Forget Jung and archetypal definitions. Ego is that aspect of humanity that believes more in the reality of the physical world than the soul. We are spirits having a physical experience the Word made flesh. We can hide our thoughts and our emotions, but not our actions and words. We learn from the consequences.
Thomas Mertons often-quoted I believe the desire to please You does in fact please You encourages me to believe that practicing forgiveness and hands-on healing pleases Jesus, and always will. Wouldnt He also be pleased that Forgiveness Reiki practitioners focus their attention by quietly repeating to themselves I love you, I forgive you, and I bless you during hands-on healing sessions?
In the parable about the man who needs bread for an unexpected, late-hour guest, Jesus teaches us to keep knocking on the door until God answers our prayers. Praying the JHS/FR Prayers of Assistance is continuing to knock, learning by repetition, contemplating what these forgiveness prayers are requesting, forgiving the collective unconscious, and spiritually cleansing the physical body.
While mainstream congregations have been shrinking in the US, millions have been learning Reiki. JHS offers these churches a Christ-based hands-on healing program and something Usui Reiki doesnt healing with forgiveness. As a lifelong Christian, and as a hands-on healer since 1996, I can attest that the spirituality of JHS and FR greatly enhances my religion. Perhaps too unorthodox for the church of my grandparents, I believe JHS and FR will be common practices for the church of my grandchildren. The world needs more voices advocating love, forgiveness, and compassion. Reiki practitioners please note that both The Jesus Healing System and Forgiveness Reiki complement Usui Reiki with forgiveness energies.
The Unleashed Pouring of Gods New Wine
In late spring of 2018, a dear friend suggested I attend a class on Blessing. John Rice, a former director of the Order of St. Luke (Christian hands-on healing) was teaching a workshop drawing from The Grace Outpouring, Becoming a People of Blessing by Roy Godwin with Dave Roberts. John is now the Director of The Blessing Place at High Pastures in Burnsville, NC.
There has always been a Blessing Aspect of The Jesus Healing System; however, after our sons passing, my focus was more on forgiveness and healing. Blessing seemed more like an add-on than an essential.