Reiki Healing with Rachel Carey

01/08/2026

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01/07/2026

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This is the art of living with balance...
🪷 Observe, but don’t absorb.
Notice what happens around you, but don’t let every word, mood, or opinion enter your mind. Awareness protects peace.

🪷 Love, but don’t depend.
Love deeply, yet remain whole on your own. Dependency turns love into fear. Wholeness keeps love free.

🪷 Want, but don’t need.
Desire without desperation. When wanting turns into needing, suffering begins. Contentment creates freedom.

🪷 Feel, but don’t dwell.
Emotions are meant to be felt, not lived in. Let them pass like clouds, without building a home in them.

🪷 Give, but don’t expect.
Give from the heart, not for return. Expectations poison generosity and steal joy.

🪷 Speak, but don’t hurt.
Truth can be spoken without cruelty. Kind speech leaves no wounds behind.

In Buddhist wisdom, this is the Middle Way — not numb, not attached; not cold, not clinging.

✨ Balance is power.
✨ Awareness is freedom.
✨ Detachment is peace.

Live fully,
but hold lightly.

01/07/2026

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01/07/2026

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01/06/2026

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"Slowly"

01/06/2026

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This one is particularly relevant to me today. You too?

01/06/2026

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🐕 Aloka: A Heart of Unwavering Loyalty - From the moment a spotty stray dog first saw our earthy yellow robes in Kolkata, India, something shifted in his heart. We named him Aloka—meaning "light"—and he walked beside us for over 3,000 kilometers across sacred Buddhist sites, through freezing winters and scorching summers, over mountains and through valleys.

Even when he got lost in crowds, injured by other dogs, or struck by a car on foggy mornings, Aloka the Peace Dog always found his way back to the monks. He would wait patiently, sometimes biting the cane to urge us forward, refusing to be left behind. His loyalty wasn't born from chains or commands, but from trust and connection—a bond perhaps forged across lifetimes.

Now, as we walk across America on our own journey for peace, we carry Aloka's spirit with us. His unwavering presence reminds us that loyalty, devotion, and companionship are languages every heart speaks. Like Aloka chose to follow the sacred footsteps across India, we too can choose each day to walk beside what matters most—peace, mindfulness, love, compassion, and unity.

May you and all beings be well, happy, and at peace.

01/06/2026

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100,000 Friends for Peace! 🐾 We have some amazing news to share—last night, Aloka the Peace Dog page reached 100,000 followers! What is even more incredible is that we reached this milestone in just 20 days since opening the page on December 11th. We are so deeply grateful for all the love and support you show for Aloka and our Walk for Peace.

Our clever boy should have a feeling that something special is happening; we guess he can sense all the extra love coming from so many friends around the world following his journey with the venerable monks! Thank you for being part of our peaceful family and for walking with us in spirit every single day.

May you and all beings be happy and at peace. 🙏

01/06/2026

Thoughts to consider ❤️🌟💨

✍️ Let there be peace on earth—and let it begin with me. Not with someone else. Not somewhere far away. Not when conditions are perfect or when the world finally changes. But here, now, with me.

Peace begins the moment we become mindful of our breath—that simple, sacred rhythm that connects us to the present moment. It begins when we bring awareness to our daily actions, to the way we move through the world, to the choices we make in each ordinary moment.

Let peace begin in the way I speak to myself when I make a mistake. In the breath I take before reacting. In the kindness I choose when patience feels difficult. In the forgiveness I offer when holding onto hurt feels easier.

Let it begin in my home, in the gentleness I bring to those closest to me. In my community, in the compassion I extend to neighbors and strangers alike. In my daily life, in every small choice to respond with understanding instead of judgment, with love instead of fear.

We often look outward, wishing the world would become more peaceful. But the truth is simpler and more challenging: the world becomes peaceful when we do. When each of us takes responsibility for the peace we carry—or fail to carry—in our own hearts.

One person practicing mindful breathing creates ripples. One person acting with awareness transforms their corner of the world. A family practicing peace becomes a refuge. A community practicing peace transforms a neighborhood. And slowly, quietly, persistently, the peace that begins with “me” spreads to “we,” and from “we” to all.

Let there be peace on earth. And let it begin with me—with my breath, my thoughts, my words, my actions, my presence in this world.

This is not passivity. This is the most active, courageous work we can do.

May you and all beings be well, happy, and at peace. 🙏

01/05/2026

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