The Importance of Being Earnest Jack reaches to retrieve his cigarette case in The Importance of Being Earnest. Jack reaches to retrieve his cigarette case in The Importance of Being Earnest. Still photograph from Act 1 of the original production (1895). The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is a long-time favorite for me. I first came across it in late middle school/early high school when I did a scene from it for an acting class at the Civic Theatre in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Having read it and seen productions multiple times, there came a time when I sat in the back of a theatre and consistently laughed when I remembered the punch line that was coming up–I was laughing about ten seconds ahead of everyone else in the theatre throughout the …show more content…
We search out the verifiable history, authentic practices, and historical philosophies. One of my teachers, one I occasionally respectfully disagree with, explained to me that the Japanese notion of truth is not that of our western, analytical mind. In the eastern culture, the idea of truth is less about the verifiable and more about the inner truth. What we call “right” on the Eightfold Path of Buddhism, but which actually means whole, complete, perfect. Anything that verifies, separates. Something being right implies something that is wrong. And the stipulation of truth necessitates falsehood. The practice of Reiki is the practice of oneness, unity, being usurped by the Divine. Sincere means free of differences. A sincere practice, even done incorrectly, is more likely to arrive at the center of our moving target than all the verified, double-checked, approval-stamped processes those who teach the verifiable prescribe. Reiki Ryôhô, sadly for teachers, is not about technique, which can be done properly or not, but about connection, which simply is. The Importance of Being Truthful When I start a Reiki class, I open by quoting the Tao teh