The Alchemy of the Everyday: The Feeling Self ( 7) Reiki Healing Art

The Feeling Self

With this holiday season now on us, the lessons of the 7th Archetype, the Feeling Self, color everything. I learned recently that I had taken for granted the difference between Emotions and feelings. For some this might seem a bit obvious a difference, but not to me. They always seemed to come together. Having learnt the difference, just in time to go through it with my eldest. She and I are a great deal alike. Just ask my husband. And she mirrors my everything. So she too had a Feeling week. She informed me that she didn’t want to go to high school any more as it was making her head explode. ??? she is 4. But this is the world of four year old feelings. And it was high time I reminded myself to BE the parent in this department, and help her understand how to handle the two aspects of herself. A LOT of talking, and follow through. But it’s the talking the sharing of the situation that helps her to process what she is feeling vs how she is reacting.

It’s a work in progress. It was fuel for my creative fire. In anticipation of being a profile artist at OurPsychicArt among great company, I have been fine tuning my raison d’être, Reiki Healing Art.

I found an outlet for what makes me tick, yay! Combining Reiki healing and Art. I would love to be able to blow it up poster size and donate images to dentist offices, doctor’s offices, hospital waiting rooms, clinics, the children’s hospital, you name it.

It helped me to process my own strong feelings this week, about who I see myself to be. The Feeling Self (7) is a reflection of its diagonal opposite of the Restrained Self (5) on the Tree of Life. So it has some very revealing type of signature to its experiences. We can learn with this archetype to identify when we are projecting our ideals, wants and desires onto the shoulders of another, generally those we have strong feelings for, loved ones. I have known my husband for 10 years now. And we have grown and learnt a great deal about shattered illusions of preconceived ideas. LOL. Parenthood is truly a great mystery one is initiated into. But this also applies to feelings about one’s place in the world, even world peace. The true meaning of these things can be very raw in a certain way. Beauty is a glittering bright light. It shines through nature and man, in Art, Music, Poetry, Song, and Rhyme. We all resonate to what moves us, what inspires strong feelings in us.

In the pursuit of betterment of self, learning to find balance between the Thinking Self and the Feeling Self is an important personal lesson. It is symbolized best by the Tarot card the Tower. Finding the right balance to channel that inner light. For me it’s the combination of daily channeling via Reiki into my artwork. I use all of my own imagery. I don’t cut from anyone else.

The process begins with prayer and invoking the Universal light energy present in all reality. Then bringing it in, I take up the camera and go outside. Of late my garden Buddha has been very inspiring! And the AHA moment that came when I made the first RIGHT image, was pure VICTORY! (Very Netzach) And I can’t stop, I think I am making them in my sleep, but it’s a good rhythm, not excessive. Tempered by the healing that happens to me while I work. It’s also been a complete joy as parent to have a child request energy healing 3 nights running. I know it’s just my Time she is after, but I can’t think of a better way to spend some down time.