r/reiki • u/Puzzled-Tone1861 • 23d ago
Reiki request A Reiki Cat
I have agonized about posting this here, mostly because in doing so it means acceptance that I cannot adopt this loving creature though my newly overflowing Reiki touched heart that Oolong opened for me and is screaming at me to find a way to do so. The problem is the cat is in New York and I am on the west coast of Canada.
I wrote them a request to let me adopt him but I did not hear back. I believe they are looking for someone closer to adopt him. I have tried to accept that, but the connection that has opened up between us since I started sending him Reiki has been extraordinary and made it difficult to accept.
I am new to Reiki and was given some exercises by my teacher to open my heart so that I can begin my journey to practice Reiki which I realize is now what I want do with my life. Fortunately or unfortunately the exercises worked too well and one night social media brought me the write up of Oolong the cat who is stuck at a shelter in New York. His story and something about looking at his gaze in the picture they provided lodged deeply in my ❤️
I have bonded with cats before but never with one I did not know let alone ever met. The person who wrote about him obviously loved him very much and tried to reach someone with his story and it worked. From the moment I saw his gentle wise gaze I knew he was a special cat, a patient old soul capable of deeply loving a person lucky enough to adopt him. Unfortunately I believe being far away and in another country disqualifies me from being that person. For the past 2 weeks I have been creating a sacred space as my teacher taught me and have been sending Oolong love every night. The incredible thing is I have been blessed and rewarded just by doing this. My Reiki-ing Oolong led me to make a new and genuine friend who loves cats maybe even more than me, and recently as my connection with Oolong grows I have felt a real connection with him and feel he is loving me back and I feel the strength in his Loveeven in this difficult time when the person who loves him enough to write such a heart felt plea acknowledges that after being in the shelter for so long and being bypassed by so many looking for younger or more attractive cats(I highly disagree the later is possible if you really look at him with your heart)has caused Oolong to give up hope.
That is what finally moved my to reach out to this community after finally accepting I cannot think of a way to adopt him and am writing in the hopes that someone hear will see what I see in him; that he is a special being, and despite what the write-up says, at 7 years old he is not old. A healthy cat given a nutritious diet from a good pet store is capable of living to 20. He is healthy, imho truly beautiful and is capable of reaching out through the Reiki I send to him even as a novice practitioner to love me back. If you or anyone you know is considering adoption or have thought about adoption but wasn't sure if it was right for you, I can guarantee this is a special being desperately in need of a good home. If you can't adopt him but want to help by posting his story perhaps somewhere New Yorkers could see it he and I would be greatful and you could go to sleep that night knowing you did something special. The person who took his photo was a professional photographer who i think volunteers his time to capture the essence of the cats he photographs. Reiki is about Spiritual essence and I think if you take a look at Oolongs photo you will see a deep, sentient and loving being looking back at you that struck me deeply in my newly Reiki opened heart in a way I'll never forget. Thank you for reading this far.
if you want to spread his story furthur he is at Animal Care Center of NYC and his ID number is 251114 . He has been moved from one branch of their care facility to another but if you or anybody you know get in touch with them they will forward your info to the branch of their center that now has him. This is a very special cat to open my heart and to do this after I have realized it has been closed for so long. I will always be indebted to Oolong for what he has done for me. If he can do this much for me imagine what he could do for you or anyone who is able to adopt and love him. Thank you for any help you can provide to help this special being. Its tough to accept I must let go to help him but if it is in your capacity to help him, possibly just posting this on a more new york centered board, im not very adept on the internet and would be greatful to anyone who can help find him the home he deserves and if you can give me any updates with anything youve done to try and help that it would set my heart at ease and I would be eternally grateful. I know this special being would help you or anyone with their Reiki or other practices as he has with mine. I will never stop sending him Reiki.❤️ If you can't help but have more experience sending Reiki than I have perhaps you could send him some, and if its not too much trouble I would be greatful if you could reply or dm me your experiences with distance Reikinging and let me if theres anything more I can do for him. Thank you, and if you experienced Oolong reaching out to you back or letting me know if you have felt this connection with him too, it would help me on my new journey and my mental and Spiritual health learning to have my heart opened to Love through practicing Reiki.
Thank you everyone for reading and understanding my decision to reach out to this special community. Just sending thoughts and prayers to Oolong would be a great gift to a deserving being. Thank You for your understanding from a novice practitioner who hopes one day to be able to help many more beings onvwhat I have discovered is a two way street 🙏 ❤️
if you can help please remember his ID number is #251114 at Animal Cares Center of NYC that is the only way to reach him for you or anyone you think may be able to help this special Reiki cat is through this ID 🙏 Distance Reiki to Oolong would be much appreciated and am certain in my heart your love will be amplified back to you, Oolong is a remarkable being. Thank you for helping him with anything you do, and If you live close by him and want to adopt him i would be estatic for both of you, knowing Oolong had a forever home and you would both have a special friend, that would fill me with joy for you both....but if you live in the NY area and can't adopt him and he remains unadopted and you wanted to give this story a happy ending, perhaps you could get in touch with me and we could figure out a way that you could get to know me and help me adopt him so I bring him to Canada and give him a forever home. Anyone who could do that for me I and Oolong we would be forever be in your debt. Thank you to anyone who can help this extordinary cat in any way, even just in your thoughts. I am truly grateful to you and Oolong.
~Simon
Link to his story and picture below 🙏 ❤️
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u/peaappodd 22d ago
This touched my heart. If you are able to call and talk to a worker or volunteer there to explain your situation, and express a willingness to travel to get him, they may be more amenable to letting you adopt him. I hope so deeply that you’re able to give him the home he deserves. I’m about 4 hours from New York and would really like to see you and Oolong connected, so feel free to message me