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The ALPHA and OMEGA
by Vickie Penninger
We all began our spiritual journey back
home at the Source, perhaps many lifetimes ago. Will this
be the lifetime I get it right?
I have always been interested in philosophy,
religion and subjects of a metaphysical nature. My interest
peaked in high school in the late 60s during the "hippie
era," but I was diverted in another direction by drugs,
sex and rock 'n' roll. It was years later that I consciously
began to re-explore my interests. I completed my college degree
in English Education, but Spirit arranged for me to become
a geriatric social worker instead of a high school English
teacher. This allowed me to see the value in service to others
and provided a very rewarding career.
My father was not a warm, embracing man
when I was growing up. He lived through the depression, was
in the Navy during WW II and Korea, worked hard, was a do-it-yourselfer
and was able to retire from his job at age 58. He was then
able to do many of the things that interested him, and he
was continually taking classes and reading books, learning
something new at every opportunity. His whole personality
changed and he became a man with heart, warm and generous.
He passed unexpectedly from a heart attack 10 years later,
in the prime of his adventure of self-exploration. His death
was a catalyst for my own spiritual awakening. It hit me very
hard that life is way too precious to fritter away and that
every moment should be maximized to experience its sweetness.
I think of my father every day of my life and I thank him
for this incredible gift he gave me, this realization of the
fragility and wonder of life. So began the exploration into
Reiki and Healing Touch and the journey to re-alignment with
Spirit.
I took my First Degree Reiki training
in February of 1995 and it totally changed my life. I was
propelled into a world of opening to energy and intuition,
with increased psychic insight and vision. I continued my
Reiki and Healing Touch training and am now honored to crack
open the door into this world for others to enter by teaching
Reiki. I think Spirit arranged for me to have professional
training as a teacher and provided me the insight that being
of service to others is the essence of true spirituality.
In 1999, my daughter and I went skydiving
for her 18th birthday. We both did tandem jumps
and hers went without a hitch. After I landed, I was informed
that my jump was complicated by the fact that my primary parachute
malfunctioned and that the instructor had to pull the secondary
chute. My angels were definitely with me that day, and I was
given an awareness of the fine line between life and death.
One of the most important turning points
in my journey occurred when I was brutally assaulted. I was
pulled by my hair down a hill, beaten with angry, clinched
fists and thrown into the floorboard of a pickup truck where
I was struck in the head and chest time and again. I was in
shock. Then the most incredible thing happened to me. I saw
myself surrounded by pink light and a beautiful, calm feeling
of love poured forth from my heart to my assailant. Fear left
me and I felt secure and protected despite the very real physical
pounding I was enduring. I later felt that I was shown a glimpse
of another dimension, another reality, something very profound.
This feeling welling up in my heart was so pure and sweet,
permeating my whole being, enveloping me like fog, and comforting
me. I was enfolded by this love and now know exactly how it
feels to totally surrender to Spirit, to be without fear,
to be complete within myself.
Despite the fact that the lessons keep
coming, I feel that I am living my bliss, in faith and trust,
in service to others. But I reflect back to my father's death.
What if my service to others is not the ultimate gift? What
if the big plan is that my sudden death will be the catalyst
for others' awakening, as his death was for me? Interesting
thought. My solution is to continue to live each day as if
it is my last and to welcome whatever is in store for me with
open arms, surrounded by that pink light of unconditional
love, knowing that all is as it should be. Knowing that each
and every day is a spiritual journey in itself.
Knowing there is no beginning and there
is no ending. Life is good!
Vickie Penninger is a Reiki Master/
Teacher and Healing Touch Practitioner, teaching Reiki since
1997. She also teaches classes in Crystal Healing and energy
work. She is the co-founder of the Center for Quantum Clearing,
a healing technique that shifts the multi-dimensional energy
structure of the client back to perfect balance. Visit www.TheReikiChannel.com
for more or call (919) 828-0876.
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