11. Betrayals, Adversity and Conclusions

Her mother makes Phyllis Furumoto go on a trip with the grandmother Hawayo Takata.

I felt betrayed by my mother ….

Besides the tension, the call to Reiki became evident. “Reiki comes first” was Takata’s credo to be carried on by the granddaughter.

Barbara Weber claims Takata’s succession and rejects cooperation with Phyllis Furumoto, who is recognised as successor by most of the original 22 Masters left behind after Takata’s death.

So another betrayal came about, but it was the greatest gift my grandmother had left me, because if somebody had not challenged all of us, then we would not have found this place in ourselves, the place of …mastery.

10 years of pain and struggle follow. Therapy and friends eventually help her to find her own placement.

If I didn’t feel a complete Yes in everything that I did, then I wouldn’t do it. That was, and still is my motto.

Adversity and confrontative relations continue to be part of Phyllis’ path. A severe test is the diagnoses of breast cancer. However, she focuses on the opportunity this challenge offers.

.....I feel that it was another gift that I have received, you know, in this life.