Sunday, March 9, 2025

 Sunday, March 9, 2025

      The parking lot was jammed again for Sunday Mass.  I suspect people are flocking to church for comfort amidst this unnerving political situation.

     A woman sitting on the lanai glanced at me with a questioning look.  I recognized her as someone who was there last week when Claire was taken to the hospital by ambulance. I had heard nothing. I texted TJ to ask for an update. She only said Claire's speech was still slurred. It seems pretty clear she had a stroke. I've never been particularly friendly with her. I didn't want to visit her if it was inappropriate. Come to find out, her husband was still alive. She wouldn't be alone.

    After Mass, the woman I worked on with the back problem last week approached me. She usually says hello and gives me a warm hug. She's the one who invited me to Christmas dinner at the last minute and saved me from being alone. She wanted more information about Gokhale. I had sent her links to Esther's videos on stretchinglying and stretchsitting. The woman told me she was feeling much better. I asked if she wanted me to do more work on her.  She said yes.

   I put my hands on her shoulders and left them there while I sent energy. She felt resistant.  There wasn't much I could do. She asked me what I was doing. I told her Reiki, but it could be any form of energy work, Therapeutic Touch, Cranial Sacral, etc. She said the church was specific about disapproving of Reiki.  She looked quite upset.  I told her I had asked a deacon in the church about doing it in the church. He said it would be fine. Boy, she didn't look like she thought so.  The loving warmth that she always showed me was gone.  It was sad to think I lost another friend over a difference. Oh, well. I guess I'll be alone again for this Christmas.

   I went over to Unity Church for the crystal healing. There are three Reiki healers there.  I gave the young woman who asked me to do a healing on her the name of one of them. I asked the second for her contact information. I know one of them is judgmental. I've seen it in her already.  I can imagine her giving me hell for saying I saw a possible problem the newly married couple might have.  I think I can stay calm now and listen. Amazing! That doesn't mean I want to spend much time with someone who feels she can dictate right and wrong to me.

   Although today's crystal healing session had less than a dozen participants, it was still amazing. I get more out of every session.

    I had fourth-grade MH at 3 pm. I pursued the question of a room not having a floor if it had wall-to-wall carpeting. From what she said, she did understand there was a hard floor underneath.  Then, I did an exercise in IXL. It required understanding an analogy; I can't remember the details. She didn't have a clue. When we worked on the dictation/spelling exercise, I labeled Phase III,  she continued to rewrite the sentence but kept the meaning. Frankly, her sentences are better than the original. However, she will still encounter a problem when someone talks about something she doesn't already know about. She won't be able to convert the words into an image because she doesn't have the information. Everything has to be taught explicitly.