By Reiki Master Marie-Dominique Rail

Every healer must understand that it is not enough to learn techniques, symbols, or rituals.

It is the soul that heals — but a contaminated soul can only transmit its own poison.

First, cleanse the heart; the rest will follow naturally.

The healer closed all doors for a while.

They learned to meditate, to ask for help, to face their own fears.

They learned to say “no” when exhausted, to charge a fair price, and to stop seeking admiration — choosing instead to be of service.

Little by little, the emptiness was filled, not with applause, but with a new kind of peace.

And when the healer returned to their practice, their energy was no longer just strong — it was clean.

Moral:

The true healer is not the one who knows the most, nor the one with the most followers, nor the one who gives endlessly.

It is the one who remembers that before laying hands on others, they must first cleanse their own soul.

Because a contaminated healer — even unknowingly — multiplies the very suffering they claim to heal.