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Introduction
of reiki
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Reiki is a Japanese form of healing that is
becoming increasingly popular worldwide.
What makes Reiki unique is that it
incorporates elements of just about every
other alternative healing practice such as
spiritual healing, auras, crystals, chakra
balancing, meditation, aromatherapy,
naturopathy, and homeopathy.
Reiki involves the transfer of energy from
practitioner to patient to enhance the
body's natural ability to heal itself
through the balancing of energy. Reiki
utilizes specific techniques for restoring
and balancing the natural life force energy
within the body. It is a holistic, natural,
hands-on energy healing system that touches
on all levels: body, mind, and spirit.
Reiki (pronounced ray-key) is a Japanese
word representing universal life energy, the
energy which is all around us. It is derived
from rei, meaning "free passage" or
"transcendental spirit" and ki, meaning
"vital life force energy" or " universal
life energy".
What Is Reiki?
Reiki practitioners channel energy in a
particular pattern to heal and harmonize.
Unlike other healing therapies based on the
premise of a human energy field, reiki seeks
to restore order to the body whose vital
energy has become unbalanced.
Reiki energy has several basic effects: it
brings about deep relaxation, destroys
energy blockages, detoxifies the system,
provides new vitality in the form of healing
universal life energy, and increases the
vibrational frequency of the body.
The laying of hands is used in Reiki therapy
also as in spiritual healing. There is a
difference though. In spiritual healing, a
person with a strong energy field places his
or her hands above a particular part of the
recipient's body in order to release energy
into it. So, here the healer is the one who
is sending out the energy. In Reiki,
however, the healer places the hands above
the recipient; however, it is the recipient
that draws the energy as needed. Thus, in
this case, the individual being healed takes
an active part in the healing process as
opposed to having a passive part in
spiritual healing. The individual takes
responsibility for his or her healing. The
recipient identifies the needs and caters to
them by drawing energy as needed.
Although there are a few positions in which
the practitioner is in contact with the
patient (such as cradling the head), most
reiki treatments do not involve actual
touching. The practitioner holds his or her
hands a few inches or farther away from the
patient's body and manipulates the energy
field from there.
History of Reiki
Reiki is believed to have begun in Tibet
several thousand years ago. Seers in the
Orient studied energies and developed a
system of sounds and symbols for universal
healing energies. Various healing systems,
which crossed many different cultures,
emerged from this single root system.
Unfortunately, the original source itself
was forgotten.
Dr. Mikao Usui, a Japanese Christian
educator in Kyoto, Japan, rediscovered the
root system in the mid- to late 1800s. He
began an extensive twenty-one-year study of
the healing phenomena of history's greatest
spiritual leaders. He also studied ancient
sutras (Buddhist teachings written in
Sanskrit). He discovered ancient sounds and
symbols that are linked directly to the
human body and nervous system which activate
the universal life energy for healing.
Usui then underwent a metaphysical
experience and became empowered to use these
sounds and symbols to heal. He called this
form of healing Reiki and taught it
throughout Japan until his death around
1893.
The tradition was passed through several
grandmasters of reiki such as Dr. Chujiro
Hyashi, Hawayo Takata, and Phyllis Lei
Furumoto.
There are many forms of reiki being
practiced now. The two principal ones are:
"the Usui System of Natural Healing" and
"the Radiance Technique."
The Usui System of Natural Healing balances
and strengthens the body's energy, promoting
its ability to heal itself.
Reiki is useful in treating serious serious
illnesses as well as others. Examples are:
sports injuries, cuts, burns, internal
diseases, emotional disorders, and
stress-related illnesses.
Reiki was introduced to the Western world in
the mid-1970s. Since then its use has spread
dramatically worldwide.
Reiki energy
Reiki energy is regarded as life energy at
its most effective-with the maximum
vibration. It is considered to have an
almost divine quality and as such includes
everything, in a world where problems and
disorders are deemed to be due to the
feeling of detachment from the world.
There is no division of reiki energy into
positive and negative forms but when a
person undergoes a session of therapy, they
allow the energy to be taken into themselves
with beneficial effects. Essentially, those
receiving reiki energy decide subconsciously
just how much of the life energy is taken
in.
Those who use reiki regularly often find
they are more joyful, lively and their own
in-built energy is enhanced-almost as if
their batteries had been fully charged!
Existing conflicts within the person are
broken down and there is a greater vitality,
leading to relaxation and a stimulation of
the body. As this improvement develops, the
natural processes of renewal and removal of
toxins are enhanced and rendered more
effective, ultimately opening up more of the
body to the life energy.
Body organs such as the skin, and protective
systems such as the immune system are
improved providing the individual is
prepared regularly to undertake reiki and in
the first place to undergo an attunement or
initiation into reiki energy. The initiation
is merely a means whereby the universal life
energy is bestowed through the reiki master.
The master acts as a channel and a link with
God to release the healing power.
An initiation is not absolutely essential
but it allows the individual access to the
universal life energy, which is used rather
than their own life energy. Also, an
initiation conveys a greater capacity for
using reiki energy, with no associated
tiredness and further, it provides a
protective mechanism against any negative
manifestations.
Initiation or Becoming a Reiki Master
Through a series of attunements, part of the
initiation process for new Reiki
practitioners, a Reiki master employs the
ancient sounds and symbols that attune an
individual's nervous system to a higher
level of energy. A level is reached in which
the students , neither highly trained nor
especially gifted, can experience more
energy flowing through their hands, giving
them the power to heal themselves and
others.
Reiki is taught in three levels or degrees.
In Level I or First Degree, the participant
receives attunement or initiation to the
Reiki energy by the Reiki master. This
permanently guides the person to greater
healing power. The student learns how to do
full body treatments on self and others.
In Level II or Second Degree, the
participant receives attunements which
increase the strength of the practitioner's
Reiki energy. This primarily involves
learning the sounds and symbols which are
used in advanced Reiki bodywork and absentee
healing.
In Level III or Third Degree, the
participant receives third-level empowerment
and the ' final symbol'. It is taught mainly
for personal growth. A person who has
completed the third level is able to give
the Level I Reiki attunement.
Who Does It?
Practitioners study with reiki masters to
learn how to access ki and become a channel
for its transmission. Students learn basic
healing patterns and the "laying on of
hands" for themselves and others. More
advanced practitioners may use absentee
healing-which involves practicing reiki on
someone from a long distance, such as a
different part of the country- or
goal-oriented healing to address specific
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