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If there’s one thing I have learned from my spiritual development, and working with my angels, it is that trusting your gut instinct is paramount. However, it is all too easy to be swayed by the words and advice of others, especially if you feel like you can trust the advice being given. This was a mistake that I made, and paid the price for, in more ways I could have possibly imagined.

It all started when I was sent a link to a website by a friend of mine who had attended an angel evening event. I had asked her about any advice she could give me as I was about to start running my own angel workshops. However, as I looked at the website I was drawn to a page on Angelic Reiki. Now, I have never been drawn to Reiki, but being very much into the angels, this really appealed to me, so I looked into it further. It felt so right for me, I was very excited about what I read, and I contacted the lady who ran the attunements to find out more.

All that weekend I was so happy, I couldn’t wait to tell people. However, one friend I told, who had seemed quite positive at first, then had a change of heart, started to question it. My friend made some enquiries to a friend of theirs who was also into angels, one thing led to another, and a meeting with them was arranged. A few strange coincidences happened whilst with this lady, even a mention about the lady whom I was intending to have my Angelic Reiki attunement, and the fact that they had actually met before, and had exchanged differences on distantly attuning the Angelic Reiki. I soon came around to the idea that maybe I could have the attunement done distantly, still get the lineage and a certificate that I could use on a professional level, and save myself a few quid in the process, so I agreed to have it done.

It didn’t feel right to me, and I didn’t have the same enthusiasm as I did when I first saw that initial website.  I knew I wasn’t going to experience the hands on participation, or be with likeminded people, but went ahead nevertheless. I arranged to have the attunement done a week after our meeting. The experience itself I will never forget- I did actually enjoy it, as I was connecting with my angels. It was rather like a deep meditation. Initially after the attunement I felt elated, happy and contented; it was only the day after that I knew that something was wrong. I began to ask myself and my angels a few questions. I had, all of a sudden, become very sensitive.

My senses, particularly my hearing and sight were greatly heightened. When I asked the lady questions about how I was feeling, she sent me Usui Reiki manuals, explaining that I should learn the Reiki hand positions. This was just one of the odd pieces of advice I was given, as I knew that the hand positions were completely different, then she asked me to observe a friend of mine doing a healing session, of which this friend does Usui Reiki. This was all wrong to me, and along with the ever increasing feeling of being lost, I felt like I needed to delve more.

I started firstly with the lineage; this led me to an online course from the USA, costing $30! I was outraged. Luckily I hadn’t parted with any cash at this stage, so I delved some more. I found that when I asked more questions, she told me she had attuned me to all the Usui Reiki symbols, which was not what I had asked to be attuned to. This, along with the ever increasing physical and emotional feelings I was getting, was becoming hard to bear. I had this horrible pull on my solar plexus, was emotional, had a feeling of being lost and felt utter dread in the pit of my stomach. I felt like something had changed in me, but I didn’t have a clue what it was, or what to do with it. All I can describe it as, was like being given a driving license, handed the keys to a car and being told to drive, having no previous experience of a car or driving. I was totally lost. Eventually, after asking my angels and others for advice, and trying to shift the feelings I had, I was given an explanation that fitted for me, that made it easier to deal with.

I was told I had been given an overdose of energy. This was like lifting a weight off my shoulders, and from that point I began to understand what was happening to me, and that if it was an overdose of energy then the feeling would soon die down.

Over the coming days, I got myself back in order; I emailed the lady concerned and told her my thoughts and feelings about what had happened, I deleted all the emails she sent me including the certificate, which wouldn’t have been worth the paper it was printed on, and I also emailed the lady whom I originally had intended to attune me. She was very understanding when I explained, and has helped me enormously since.

I can only tell people my experience, but if people can learn from what I went through and stop them from making the same mistake, then that is great. Trust in your initial instinct and stay with it. Obviously, this was a lesson I had to learn, and in hindsight I have gained from it as now I can tell others about the dangers out there, and that if something’s worth doing, it’s worth doing properly. If you do decide to go down the route I did, please do your research, and make sure you know exactly what it is you are being attuned to.

By Jayne Gregory