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Directions: East
When you look East, you see the sun rising to brighten our lives and warm the earth. It is the start of our day. We set a special time in our calendars for it, it is called Sun Rise. Before alarm clocks people went to bed and rose with the setting and rising of the sun. The sun feeds all living things with energy and we certainly are living beings. It is all about our spiritual awakening, our soul continues with its karmic journey through life and experience.
There are so many gifts for us with each sunrise it is impossible to list them all. Just the fact that the sun rises in the morning and brings us a new day gives us confidence and optimism. Not to mention a small sense of relief that the sunset the previous day was not the last time we would see the sun.
The East speaks to spring, youthfulness, and fills us with curiosity and wanting to explore a brave new world of opportunity and hope. The rising Sun has a powerful meaning for all life, animals, plants, trees, fish and, of course, humankind. The shaman leads celebrations of the Winter Solstice from which the days grow longer, and warmer and he or she looks to the longest of summer days, Summer Solstice.
Our waking is another opportunity to step closer to ourselves and a higher level of awareness and enriching of our soul with wisdom. The sun pulls us from our sleep and embraces us with warmth and divine light.
When we look around, we see the unlimited potential in ourselves. Embrace that potential and decide to move forward. Accept change, accept that change will bring enrichment and evolution in our lives and our souls.
Because direction East contains the spirit of Spring, renewal, birth, and rebirth. It is the spirit of all new beginnings, new ideas and new plans. It is the gift of awakening as we live this life meeting challenges and surpassing them to move to a higher level of awareness and spiritual wisdom.
The sun is the sleeping soul coming alive and being embraced by warmth and light. It was common for the shaman to greet the new dawn by facing east and watching the sunrise while saying a sacred prayer:
Great Spirit who comes out of the East,
come to us with the power of the East,
We are thankful for the light of the rising sun.
Let there be light on the path we walk.
Let us remember always to be thankful that You give the gift of a new day
— Lakota Prayer of the Four Directions
Remember, Reiki helps release the energy burden of daily, ego work and mind. It helps you see the potential of you and the world around you.
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