{"id":2455,"date":"2015-10-21T13:25:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T13:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kamaltolia.com\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2015-11-08T17:23:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T17:23:27","slug":"lhsg-10th-anniversary-celebrations-seva-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kamaltolia.com\/?p=2455","title":{"rendered":"LHSG 10th Anniversary Celebrations Seva 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Seva No. 7<\/p>\n

REIKI TO THE ELDERLY
\nby Monica Gokaldas LHSG Kenya<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Everything that I need is before me.
\nAlas! I know not how to receive it.
\nThe way to receive is, – to give.
\nGive what you have and you will get what you need!
\nThese words by the great spiritual Master Sadhu Vaswani turned true for me
\nvery recently.
\nThe date: 15\/10\/15, Thursday
\nThe venue: Nyumba ya Wazee, Little Sisters of the Poor,Kasarani The
\noccasion: Celebrating 10th Anniversary of the existence of the Lotus Healing
\nSeva Group.
\nThe date was finalized on the 1st day of August when I went to this Home for
\nthe Aged, with a donation of Eye Medicines on behalf of LHSG along with my
\ndaughter Harleen. We met Sr. Anthony there and handed over the medicines.
\nTalking about the several illnesses and ailments suffered by the elderly in
\nthis Home and the challenges they face in procuring medicines the sister
\nmentioned that the last time the group visited them to give Reiki while
\nconducting an Eye Camp, they felt very good for some time.
\nHarleen and I immediately decided to call up Kamal<\/strong> to ask if we could book a
\ndate in October to go and give healing to the elderly as part of our
\nAnniversary celebration.<\/p>\n

Early in August, I had not perceived that I would be going through
\nchallenges with my own health which might leave a question mark to my being
\npart of the group that goes there for the seva. As they say, “where there’s
\na will, there’s a way”. Two days prior to the Seva, I wasn’t doing so well.
\nThen on the 14th I was in much pain but determined to go and be of some
\nservice to the elderly. For me the auspicious Nine day festivity period on
\nour Hindu Calendar meant my own dedication to spirituality and seva rather
\nthan going to the temple to please others by my presence as a formality. I
\nhad a task of proving it to myself by doing the seva.<\/p>\n

On the morning of 15th I was all excited and in the spirit of seva. Having
\ndone my session of physiotherapy I moved towards Kasarani. Once there, my
\nheart bloomed at seeing all group members in their purple tops so
\naffectionately giving Reiki treatments. Without wasting much time, I just
\nbegan with an elderly gentleman. That’s when I realized that I hadn’t even
\nbothered to go and greet Kamal<\/strong>, but then, that was not what I had come there
\nfor.<\/p>\n

The moment I placed my hands on this man, I felt a release of sorts from
\nwithin me. It felt so good to be doing this seva after a few months of being
\naway that my soul felt uplifted. The Mzee (in my excitement I forgot to ask
\nhis name) kept saying something in Kiswahili but I couldn’t understand. I
\njust knew that he was enjoying the healing and felt the warmth from my
\nhands. It was a feeling like never before. Though I am not a new healer, but
\nhaving done some seva after a break, gave me back my identity of being my
\ntrue self, a healer. I asked Grace<\/strong> to communicate with him and she explained
\nto him what Reiki was when he mentioned that he felt warmth from you hands.
\nThen he started showing me his problem areas and guided me to give reiki in
\nthose areas. He suggested that his legs were fine and I need not give Reiki
\nthere. I felt so very grateful to the powers of Reiki that a person getting
\nit could be that wise about receiving it in the right direction.<\/p>\n

Very few among us get the opportunity to serve the elderly in this manner.
\nIt was a unique experience for the entire group. After having done reiki on
\nall the elderly, we gave healing to the Sisters who run the Home and all the
\nworkers over there. It was a very fulfilling seva.<\/p>\n

We got opportunity to give Reiki to the 95 year old Sister Louise who was on
\nthe wheelchair. While giving her healing on one of her knees, I silently
\nasked for forgiveness from her and that was a moment of realization for me.
\nAt that moment I was guided to ask forgiveness from all those, who have knee
\nand leg problems, those who walk with a limp, those who are imbalanced and
\nin my childhood in my innocence I might have made fun of them. I don’t
\nremember anyone in particular but I know that in childhood I did laugh at
\npeople who couldn’t walk straight. I asked forgiveness from all such people
\nin the world for their condition and for not having understood their pain.<\/p>\n

I felt super charged after completing the seva event. Kamal and Grace<\/strong> were a
\nbit concerned ref my health but I assured them that I was very fine. I know
\nmy limitations with my health conditions but whenever an opportunity
\nstrikes, I would love to be in my Healer Shoes again and again and be
\ngrateful to the society in my own way.<\/p>\n

It would be selfish of me to not acknowledge the entire LHSG<\/strong> group for
\nalways being with me in my trying times and making me see the daylight of my
\ndark nights. Without the support of LHSG<\/strong> I would not be standing upright as
\nI am today.<\/p>\n

** The Sevaks that took part in this seva were<\/p>\n

** The Sevaks that did this seva were: Yatinder, Kamal, Nalina, Jean, Shalini, Shariffa, Lata, Dee, Pratima, Hiral, Bindi, Nuri, Priya, Rashmeen, Sheela, Laveena, Monica and Grace.<\/p>\n

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