Skeptical and practical, that’s me. There is no doubt, after having met me that the oft-trendy California lifestyle things might cause me to scratch my head in confusion. Sure, I’ve heard the word Chakras, but don’t really understand what it is exactly. Reikki, hypnosis, tuning fork healing; all a mystery.
When I first arrived in California on a visit, I went to the big Psychic Fair in San Francisco with my sister and one of her friends. I had my fortune told. I was told that I build boats near the water and that a man would enter my life that would change my life forever. Since they gave no timeline on this, I suppose that could still be looming for me, but so far, no boatbuilding, no water, and no man (and I have to say “Amen” to the last). I decided to try again, so stood in line and watched the various psychics “read” their victims customers. I edged to the front of the line where the psychic wrangler directed everyone to the next psychic. I requested the guy on the left, but was told that if I requested him, it would skew the results (even though the psychic didn’t have a clue I had requested him—but, if he was good, I suppose he would have known, huh?), so was directed to a middle-aged cowboy psychic who then told me I would give birth and live in the mountains. Well, medical science told me long ago that I wouldn’t be birthin’ no babies and as far as I knew, Omaha had neither mountains, water, nor boatbuilding, so I considered it a folly.
Once living here, I met Reikki masters, and healers of all sorts. My future was told by crystals, stones, and stars. However, what struck me today is that so many of the people in my life whom I value highly are all very spiritual and believe deeply in alternative methods of living. So, what’s that about?
Today, my darling friend from Oakland and her new lover came to visit me bearing chicken soup for my soul, her massage chair, and a tuning fork clearing for my Chakras. When my day was done, my tense muscles were relaxed, my Chakras were cleared (or so I’m assuming, because while I still don’t know what the hell it is, I felt better than I had since before the “incident”). Blessings and healing come in all forms, and I for one, though skeptical, have opened my heart, and my mind to whatever those who love me have to offer.
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us. ~ Epicurus
Published on: Nov 26, 2006
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