I have experienced what Pete mentioned about people around me changing. I just tried something that I hadn't done before, regarding something that has been done at the clinics. Master Lin tells people to invite family members, friends, whoever you want, in to the meditation/healing session. This is a visualization on an individual basis.
My mother has beginning signs of alzheimers. The past 3 months have been very difficult, as she seemingly lost alot of simple mental skills. Although it moves in cycles, it has been steadily downhill. It has made for a very trying relationship with her. Regardless of my qigong work, on myself, her condition has declined, and our relationship has gotten very difficult, involving misconceptions, frustrations, etc. I am ok, I stay aware, am aware, but my relationship with her has been tough, and not improving due to her illness. I brought her into a few of my meditations, visualized her sitting right in front of me, in a full lotus, smiling and filled with light. Whatever I did for myself in those meditations I did for her. I also did a L2 healing on her, in my meditation. The days after this, I talked to her on the phone, and she was completely intact, and better than I have experienced her for some months. She remembered things she had previously forgotten. I previously had gotten her a big desk calendar to write down things. She couldn't figure out that simple task, or read this simple calendar. She put it away , as it frustrated her. On the phone, after these meditations, one of the things she brought into our conversation, along with her sounding very clear, was that she understood the calendar. This was a big deal for her, and for me, a wonderful thing to hear. I have since done this with other people, and noticed changes in the outcomes of "their" issues. Taking an active role in doing healing "for them" has made a key difference that has helped my relationships with them on an emotional level. If I was just doing work for myself, in a more passive role,,,I benefit, my space benefits, and people in my space benefit, but I am finding this active role in purposely doing some work for someone else seems to be an additional step in effecting "that" person's experience, and inturn my relationship with them, and positive emotional results. Their gain is my gain, we share some joy that doesn't have to be acknowledged in terms of its source.
In one meditation I brought in a dozen people and did the small universe meditation with them/for them. The one thing I am working through, though, is I find I need to retreat sometimes and give myself my own space. I haven't found a balance there yet. If I do work like this, involving other people, without spending time by myself, I eventually feel alittle out of whack. It isn't a tired energy level feeling,,,something more emotionally draining. Something about feeling other peoples issues as you bring them in???
I have a hard time staying separate from their difficulties.
