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 Reiki
"Reiki
is the Japanese phrase for "Universal life energy" or, in
Takata Sensei's words, "God-power." The word
"Reiki" is sometimes used to refer to the Usui System of
Reiki Healing. The word "Reiki" is often used
interchangeably for the energy and in speaking of the System without
distinction. This causes confusion for students and public
alike." - Phyllis Lei Furumoto
Hypnotherapy
and Reiki have similar roots. Around the time Dr. Makao Usui
re-discovered Reiki from 2500 year old Tibetan Sanskrits (see
article below), Dr. Franz Mesmer (the father of hypnosis) was
successfully using similar energetic healing methods. These methods
are referred to as Mesmerism or Magnetism. Even though most
Mesmerists enjoyed greater successes than hypnotists, scientists
denied the energy aspects, and eventually the terms Mesmerism and
hypnotism became synominous. Reiki is an excellent means of reviving
this healing art.
Roger
Webb is an attuned Reiki Master and offers training, attunements,
and treatments in Reiki.
Usui
Reiki:
Spiritual Healing Mystery
Usui Reiki (RAY Kee)
is a hands-on healing art. It is the transference of the universal
life energy (Ki or light energy) through an attuned Reiki
practitioner to a person needing to regain health or well being.
A Reiki practitioner
must be attuned to the Ki energy by a Reiki Master. The attunement
process involves training in the history and proper use of Reiki,
along with a traditional ceremony conducted by the Reiki Master to
pass on the Ki energy to their student. Some spiritual healers have
associated this attunement to the healing energy with the awakening
of the Holy Spirit in Jesus's disciples, when he passed on to them
the ability to heal the sick. John 20: 21 and 22, "Again Jesus
said, 'Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending
you.' And with that he breathed on them and said, 'Receive the Holy
Spirit'."
There are three
levels of Reiki attunements: Reiki 1, Reiki 2 and Reiki Master.
Reiki 1 and 2 are practitioner levels and Reiki Master is an
instructor level. The Reiki Master is entrusted with the passing on
and upholding the Reiki lineage.
The tradition of Reiki dates back to the mid 1800s, although it's
essence and use date much further back, most likely to the dawn of
time. Reiki, as we know it today, found its start with Dr. Mikao
Usui, a philosopher and businessman. He was fluent in many languages
and was an instructor of religion in Kyoto, Japan.
It has been said that
while Dr. Usui was teaching a class in the Christian faith, a
student challenged him, questioning him for evidence of the miracles
of hands-on healing. Dr. Usui's inability to provide the student of
such proof led him on a quest to find the hard evidence of
miraculous healings that permeated not only Christian but also
Buddhist traditions as well.
He searched the
Christian ministries and found little information on how to do
spiritual healing. He searched ancient Chinese mysteries and found
no answer there either. Dr. Usui did find some answers from the
ancient Sanskrit provided by the Buddhist Sutras--promising
information describing various words and symbols. However, to prove
the existence of hands-on healing, he himself must be able to
perform it, and he could not.
Dr. Usui's searching drew near to its conclusion with the discovery
of a set of Tibetan scrolls found in the Himalayas of India. The
scrolls documented the travels of St. Isa, who many scholars feel
was actually the historic Jesus of Nazareth. Whether he found these
same scrolls or others recording information on healing is not
certain. It is known, however, upon completion of his studies of the
Tibetan Lotus Sutras, Dr. Usui felt he had found the answers solving
the mystery of the healing powers of Christ.
Dr. Usui, with his
newly found information, journeyed to the top of the holy mountain
of Kuiyama. It is here he would meditate and gain consciousness and
understanding of the ancient scrolls. On the holy mountain he
decided to fast and meditate for 21 days. To make a calendar, he
gathered 21 stones, and with the passing of each day Dr. Usui would
throw away one stone.
On the 21st day, just
before dawn, he threw away his last stone. Looking after the stone
he had just thrown, he noticed a small bright light on the horizon
rapidly closing and heading directly toward him. As the light hurled
toward him, his fears urged him to run, yet something else
encouraged him to stay. The light struck him unconscious, hitting
him in the forehead. While unconscious, Dr. Usui saw the symbols of
which we now know as Reiki, each one floating in a brilliantly
colored bubble before him, golden and glowing. Then a great white
light entered through his brow, and he heard the words 'remember,
remember, remember'. Later, 'Yes, I remember', would be the first
words Dr. Usui would say when regaining consciousness.
In this way Dr. Usui,
now Master Usui, gained the understanding of the symbols, mantras,
and attunement process of Reiki. He himself became attuned through
this experience and brought back this wisdom for others. Master Usui
knew his searching was complete and that he would continue his life
as a great hands-on healer, with the first three miracles of Reiki.
These were: Dr. Usui
was strong and vital the morning of his attunement, after fasting
for so many days; he stubbed his toe on the way down the mountain
and stopped the bleeding and pain by placing his hands on the
injury; he healed the infected tooth of the man's daughter who first
gave him food after leaving the mountain. Reiki is an example of the
wonderful gifts that our Creator is willing to share with all of us.
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