3/24/2020 Anya van Til The Corona virus crisis is letting us see where we are exactly at this point of our lives and practices. Are we still having fears and worries? If yes, then this situation is providing us a powerful opportunity to keep practicing to streamline and strengthen our practice and bring it into …
3/1/2020 Anya van Til Last night I brought my 12 year old daughter to bed and had to comfort her. She was upset about some critique she got from her brother. Even though the critique was valid, she felt too upset to fall asleep.I had to help her out “It’s not about what someone says”, I …
2/5/2020 Anya van TIl “One of the essential messages of the Buddha is that it’s really important to get to know the experience of dukkha, or dissatisfaction. Not to know it intellectually, not to write a thesis about it, but to get to know it by meeting this experience directly. Until we know dukkha, we …
6/3/2018 Anya van Til I flew this week. Took a plane to Moscow. Family visit combined with administrative issues.The moment I sat in the plane I knew I would film taking off.I used to fly a lot and the comparison between a meditation and taking off has formed itself a long time ago. I visualised …
10/26/2017 Anya van Til Aikido and Reiki are the two opposite ways of training in my opinion, which in the end teach you the same:Do not anger,do not worry,be true to yourselfshow compassion to yourself and others.Reiki teaches you to integrate these precepts through a calm meditation.And if something arises you have the choice to …
5/14/2017 Anya Van Til Would you like to study the precepts in a simple way to get a better idea of how Reiki or our True Self is depicted in the precepts? The translation of the precepts used for this purpose is the following: Do not bare anger for anger is an illusionDo not worry, …
12/9/2013 Anya van Til The precepts of the System of Reiki form its basis.They are the material to contemplate upon and to eventually embody. Therefore they provide the intellectual aspect of the System as well as the practical method of how to get an insight into our true nature (reiki).The statements of the precepts are interconnected and …
6/30/2012 Anya Van Til Have you ever closely watched the life of the plants, animals, fish, birds or insects? If yes, then you have probably paid attention to how they are content with what they are? However all they are busy with is sustaining their own lives and giving a chance to new life continually. …
