New Years Eve is close by.

What does New Years Eve mean to you? Do you have a three-steps-New Years rocket like I have?

Step one
First step of my New Years rocket is a reflection on the year, which has passed.

Which positive experiences did I have?
Which “negative” experiences did I have?
In which did I succeed?
Where did I do “wrong”?
Who made me happy?
Whom needs to be forgiven – or the other way around – or both ways?
Who – what………..

Do you wonder, why I put all the “negative” words in question-marks?

The more “negative”-loaded words have a kind of a built-in opportunity for self-development. Words, enabling us to look deeper into ourselves and thereby maybe releasing the emotions, which made us use the words in the first place. Remember that we are all mirrors to each other.

Upon having reflected on the year, which has passed – I go on to step two of my News Years rocket. Here I “decide” what I would like to bring with me to the new year of the same adventures/experiences/words.

I ask myself:

What would I like to work further on?
What would I like to release completely now?
What would would I like to “invent” of new initiatives and beliefs for the new year?

The most important now is to let go of everything, which has been burdening you through the year, which has passed. If this is difficult, you might find the ballon method useful.

When you sense that you have let go of the the heavy stuff, you may imagine that you have a nice bag, which you fill up with all the light, fun, fantastic and loving, which have made you happy during the year. When the bag is complete full, you close it carefully. Like this, you are able to bring in a happiness bag into the next year. A happiness bag, which you can open and have a look into, every time you need an encouragement.
If you need something more physical, you can write everything on small notes and put into a real bag – or you can write the words in a nice book.

The same applies for all your new ideas and plans for the new year. In this case, it might be an advantage, if you do write everything in a book, so you won’t forget anything.
Tak for alt, der har fået mig til at gro som menneske – på vej til at blive den bedste udgave af mig selv
Tak fordi der nu kommer endnu mere af lette, sjove, fantastiske og kærlige

Step 3
On step three of my New Years rocket – I say thank you:

Thank you to all the persons I love and care for
Thank you to all the persons, who have been part of giving me insights
Thank you to ……..
Thank you for all adventures and experiences, which have been part of making me stronger
Thank you for all I achieve in life – both materialistically as well as in my “inner world”
Thank you for everything which has made me grow as a person into a better version of myself
Thank you for more of the fun, fantastic, loving, and light stuff

Ready
Finally – at last – my New Years rocket is ready to be launched:

One – Two – Three:

Happy New Year!

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Just for today, I will be without worry
Just for today, I will be without anger
Just for today, I will be grateful
Just for today, I will be honest to myself and others
Just for today, I will show love and respect to everybody and every living thing

Today and for the next 4 fridays, I will talk about each of the 5 Universal Principles of Mikao Usui. The Universal Principles of Reiki. Briefly, Mikao Usui is the person, who “refound” the Reiki method by the end of the 18th Century on the top of the Japanese mountain KURIYAMA. Most of my readers are probably aware that I both teach Reiki healing as well as use the method on clients.

Mikao Usui invented some simple principles, which can help us living our lives in harmony with ourselves and others (if we remember to use them).

Just for today I will be without worry
Many people worry in advance – very often for no reason. Worries breed more worries, and we might be so worried that we can hardly handle life. There are almost no limits to, what we can choose to worry about (please notice that I wrote “choose”).

• Now he will be angry with me
• I hope they didn’t have an accident
• What if I do not have enough money for …..
• What if, this happens ……..
• Etc. etc…..

One day at a time
In fact, it is only your imagination, which sets the limits. The reason for writing “imagination” is that most of our worries are imaginary ones. When we worry, we are not present here and now – but somewhere in the future. Mikao Usui suggests that we “just for today” choose not to worry. When tomorrow comes, we can choose again. This way, we take small steps – one at a time.

Practise – based on Mikao Usui’s Universal principle

• When you get up tomorrow – you think of something, which worries you
• In the same way as you “chose” to worry about this “problem”, you choose to avoid worrying about it
• After this, you imagine a balloon, into which you blow your worry. While the baloon is growing bigger, you let go of more and more of your worry
• When your balloon is totally blown up and very big, you tie it with a knot – and let it god
• Watch your worry balloon, flying up into the Universe
• Watch your balloon getting smaller and smaller – until at last – it has totally disappeared,
• Trust that the Universe will take care of your balloon, so your worry is no longer anything for you to worry about
• All is good – right here – right now

A little variation might be that you let the balloon “explode”, when it is very far away from you in the Universe.l

How many balloons do you choose to let go of?

Have a fantastic weekend – Life is waiting for you!

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Just for today, I will be without worry
Just for today, I will be without anger
Just for today, I will be grateful
Just for today, I will be honest to myself and others
Just for today, I will show love and respect to everybody and every living thing

This is the next chapter of my little series about Mikao Usui‘s 5 Universal Principles, which we can use to accomplish a harmonous life with ourself and others. 

Showing gratitude
Showing gratitude – maybe just for one day – might turn out to be the best choise you have ever made. Start already in the morning by looking around in your bedroom. Are you grateful of your surroundings/furniture/stuff? After this, feel the gratitude towards all the wonderful human beings in your life.

Continue like this for the rest of the day showing gratitude towards everything you see or experience. And before you go to sleep at night, you show gratitude towards everything, which has happened during the day. See my previous blog: Say thank you

What happens next?
By showing gratitude towards everything and everybody in your life (even if only for one day), you will be able to experience even more to be grateful to. And that is worth craving for, right?

The Secret
On all my Reiki one courses, I tell my Reiki students about Mikao Usui and his Universal Principles of Reiki. Everytime, we talk about being grateful in advance. Mikao Usui was ahead of his time, as his philosophy is mirrored in the famous book “The Secret”. So in fact – it might work ;-).

Being grateful in advance
It might seem a little strange saying thank you for something, before (apparently) for we have received it. We are so used to (trained to) saying thank you, AFTER we have received anything. So why showing gratitude in advance? We need to do this, because there is no “time and space” in the Universe. This means that everything happens right now and right here on all levels.

If we really wish for something (with or without any substance), we need to pretend that we have already received, what we wished for. If we wish for something to happen in the future, we continue pushing the wish ahead of us – and then nothing will happen.

Try saying: “I am so grateful that I have now received ……”
Sense the feeling of having received, what you wished for
See it happen
and the magic will start.

What about you? When will you start being grateful for everything and everybody in your life?

Have a fantastic weekend – Life is waiting for you!

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Do you know the kind of people, who always know exactly, what is best for YOU? “No, you should do this instead”. “Don’t eat that. It is not healthy for you”. “Why don’t you”…… etc. etc.

It can be enormously irritating being the person, who is always told by others that he/she should do things differently.

Good and well-wellmeant advice
Maybe you are the person, always getting “good” advice.

Maybe you are the person, always giving “good” and well-meant advice. “It is working so well for me. I can see that she/he will feel better, if…….”

Or maybe you gossip with other persons in your inner circle: “It is really stupid that she does this. She knows that it is bad for her”.

Although, you might sincerely mean that “you know better” than the other person – it is important to remember that just because something feels good for you, the other person doesn’t need to feel the same way.

A unique journey through life
No human beings are completely alike.  We are all unique and have our own personal journey through life. Sometimes, life is speaking less nicely to us – but there is a purpose with this, which we might not recognise immediately.

And other people should not interfere with this.

As I have previously written, life is full of challenges – both huge and small. We meet them in order to grow and learn from our own experiences.

But, I only want, what is best for her
Yes – I know: You really do want that he/she has a good life. That is why you try giving good advice. Maybe your advice is in fact usefull for the other person – but he/she is just not ready for it yet.

Let the things unfold by itself for the other human being. Unless – of course – he/she asks your for help him/herself. Then it is a quite different matter.

As to you, who keep receiving all the “well-meant” advice. Remember that you are entitled to refuse to receive the advice. Of course, you can always ask for help, if you need it. This is your choise – your Life – your Journey – and you are the only one in charge.

All of us need to keep in mind that Life is a journey for each one of us. And we don’t follow the same path all the way.

Have a fantastic weekend – Life is waiting for you!

NB – NB – NB – Watch the above photo (from Peru). This journey by bus is leading to “LOVE”

PS: By the way – Most of us own both sides of this issue.

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Life is full of challenges
Yes – life is full of challenges. Small as well as huge ones. From a punctured tyre to serious illness and death. Obviously, some people har tortured more than others. They may experience illness and death a lot of times.

It is no competition
Do you know the kind of people, who seem to listen to another human being’s problem – but is busy taking over as soon as possible to tell about their own problems? Some times, it is like a competition, in which they need to show that they are a little more sick or unlucky than other people. Why is this? Could it be the Danish “Jantelov”, ruling on this very obscure area as well.
My problems are more important than yours:

• I am more ill, than you are
• I have less money, than you have
• I have had more narcissistic partners than you have
• Loosing a job is worse for me than for you
• or……..

Respect and acknowledge the Universe of another human being
Nobody avoids challenges and worries. There is something for everyone.

Yes – your challenges might seem to be more serious than other those of other people. But it is important to understand that in exactly this Universe, his/her challenges are huge and might feel unsolveable. Even though you don’t understand this.

Strong persons
I know some persons, who are very seriously ill. In spite of that, they are positive and optimistic.

What is even more admirable and beautiful: Despite their own very big challenges, they are always ready to listen to other persons. They listen without being in a hurry to tell about their own challenges. They have understood the important lecture that all of us experience challenges – which now and then feel just as serious as e.g. serious illness.

The degree of the challenges are changing
Perhaps, one of the secrets is that these strong persons previously have had “minor” challenges, which have filled up their lives. Now the degree of the challenges have changed, so they no longer let themselves be influenced by this like before. Now they could choose to compete with others. But instead they remember, how their lives used to be before, so they know that even small challenges might feel big.

Or maybe, they are present and listening, because they need to get distracted from their own challenges. Or maybe it is a combination.

To be present
Practise in being present and listening. Stop yourself, next time you are just about getting into a competition as to who is feeling the worse.

If you know someone, who going through some rough times – please call her/him. Listen and be present 100%.

Do not wait, until he/she calls you. Maybe, this humble peson has down-graded his/her problems, so you do not realize, how bad it is. But it doesn’t mean that he/she doesn’t need you.

By making space for others – you will discover that you get much more in return.

Maybe you already are this person. The person, who is always there for other people – and who always listens.

If so, I just want to say: Thank you for YOU! And thank you for teaching me to be like you!

And maybe you’ll be so lucky that other people start listening to you too. You deserve it.

 

Have a fantastic weekend – Life is waiting for you!

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