In human society we too have lions and lambs: those who make the rules and those who obey them. The lions are the strong ones, if not physically then financially, mentally or politically: the individuals who control corporation, communities or families. The sheep follow them . . . or have become 'victims' to the excessive power all to prevalent in the global economy or homes of today.

At the international level this has become all too visible since Sept 11th 2001: The Taliban in Afghanistan (and other oppressive regimes) seek to control their subjects, the 'ordinary people' suffer. Where the Americans fit into the picture I'll leave you to decide!

In offices and homes, in towns, villages and cities all around the world, terror exists: the bully in the school playground, the abusive parent, the hen-pecked husband, the wife without a life of her own. The lions that know only attack, the lambs that know only submission. No wonder so many diseases are on the increase! No wonder there is so much unhappiness!

But it doesn't have to be like this! Not all lions are over-bearing. Not all lambs lie back and take the punishment!

As a Leo I know only too well (at least now . . I didn't until my 30's) that the leading, roaring, lion has another side: the cuddly, playful cub. All lion types have an inner child. Often their rough, abrasive, ways are just a show . . . merely hiding a soft interior.

Likewise all 'lambs' have an inner strength that, with encouragement, can enable the more gentle amongst us to stand up for themselves.

To be healthy and happy we need balance, we need to feel whole - by expressing both the lion and lamb natures within us. Reiki is a great way of assisting this process.

As we get into the 21st Century so more and more of us know that there has to be a better way of living - both for our individual health and well-being and for our planet and species. Deep within we feel this - and are thus drawn to those techniques that help us access this higher truth . . . and inner peace. This is exactly what Reiki, as a form of self healing, does! It reconnects us to Reiki - the energy of life - our true, divine self. At this level of being, lions do lay down with lambs . . . for we are all one interconnected universe.

When we practice Reiki, at whatever level, and allow it to become part of our way of life, so we are able to switch from having the divine authority of a lion one minute, to the meek acceptance of a lamb the next. And, what's more, we have sufficient wisdom to know which we need at any given moment!