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REIKI
O-Sensei Dr Mikao Usui. Father of modern day Reiki healing.1865-1926.
What is Reiki?
The term Reiki (pronounced RAY KEY) is a Japanese word used to describe a system of healing originally known as Usui Shiki Ryoho, or The Usui Way, so titled by its founder Dr Mikao Usui.
REI: Japanese for God, Creator, or Spirit. The term used to describe the creative mind and the creative expression of God, 'all that is', the manifest and unmanifest. The awesomeness of being conscious in a human body and being able to look at space and marvel at the fact you are looking at the past right back to your origins, to 'the big bang'. Everything is 'Rei'; all that you see, smell, taste, touch, feel, and hear. Rei is creation and simultaneously you know within your heart that you are part of it; that goes some way to defining Rei.
KI: Japanese for Energy or Power. This is the term used to define life force energy, the vital force that fuels creation. Ki powers the motion of the Universe. It is the force that animates everything in and including the Universe. It is also known in other systems as Prana or Chi. Ki flows through Nadis or channels in our electromagnetic bodies supplying us quite literally with our life force energy. Using Aura photography it is quite possible to record Ki on film as the auric field which surrounds our body is an expression of Ki in motion.
It naturally follows then that Reiki is a system of Life Force Energy Healing.
Benefits of a Reiki Treatment
Some of the many beneficial effects of Reiki treatments are:
* Balancing the energy levels
* Increasing awareness
* Healing the whole person, body, mind, and spirit
* Working on all levels of disease
* Releasing negative emotions
* Increasing confidence and creativity
History of Reiki
| The origins of Reiki go back some 2,500 years to the Tibetan monasteries where it was used as a system for spiritual enlightenment. We are told that there was a special room, which had highly polished brass from ceiling to floor. There was a stool or bench on which the student sat and behind him the teacher would draw in the air—so that they were reflected on the brass walls—what we have come to know as the Reiki Symbols. The student would then study and work with them for enlightenment. A by-product of the symbols was their healing properties, which the monks were not overly concerned about using unless a student developed a pain or physical problem that kept attention from his spiritual work. Then the healing properties of the symbols were used. Since the monks did not travel out into the countryside doing healing, the symbols and their healing properties stayed in the monasteries and were almost forgotten. Now we move into the late 1800’s to Kyoto, Japan, where Dr. Mikao Usui, a Japanese Christian educator at a Christian school had just given a talk to a graduating class. After his discussion several of his students asked him if he believed, as he had said, that they all could go forth and heal as Jesus had done. Dr. Usui said he did. At that point, his students asked him to show them how. Dr. Usui could not show them, but he felt in his heart there must be a way. Dr. Usui decided to come to America because it was a pre-dominate Christian country. He felt we would know how to do the healing of Jesus. We are told he came to the University of Chicago to study Theology. Every chance he got he went around to the different religions and asked them, “Do you know how to heal the body”? They all answered, “No, we heal the spirit.” Finally, while studying some Sanskrit texts he found mention of Buddha who also had healed. That sent him back to Kyoto, which even today is a city of many monasteries and shrines. At each monastery, he asked, “Do you know how to heal the body”? The answer was always, “No”. That is until, as the story goes, he came to the last monastery, which was a Zen Buddhist monastery. After he had asked his question, the reply was, “Well, we used to, but we don’t any more”. With that reply Dr. Usui asked if he could live in the monastery and study their texts. Permission was given and Dr. Usui studied the texts, many of which were written in Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, and Japanese. In studying the texts, Dr. Usui found the symbols he was searching for, but there wasn’t any further information on them (to put it into day’s language, there wasn’t any user manual). Consulting the head monk, Dr. Usui asked his opinion and was told that when the Zen had a question they always meditated on it and prayed. So he did. In his meditation, it came to Dr. Usui that he should go to Mt. Kurama-Yama, a holy mountain some 25 miles away, and do a 21-day fasting prayer and meditation to seek understanding about the symbols. He made arrangements that if he did not come back after 21 days, that someone should come and “collect his bones”. He said that because he felt he was either going to find the meaning of the symbols—his life’s quest—or perish and make his transition. At the top of the mountain, there was a small cave that was used by the monks on their silent meditation retreats. Since he would be fasting and could loose track of the time, Dr. Usui made a pile of 21 stones. Each day, we are told, he would remove one stone from the pile when he awoke so he could track the days. On the last day, as he was sitting on the mountain at dawn, a great light appeared in the sky. It got bigger and bigger and started coming right towards him. He was afraid, ran into the small cave, and remained there until suddenly it dawned on him that this is what he had been asking for. So he emerged out of the cave, faced the light, which came to him, and struck him in the forehead. He fell backwards and lost consciousness for awhile. Some time later, he awoke and saw the sky filled with thousands and thousands of beautiful rainbow colored bubbles. And then he saw a golden bubble which got bigger and bigger until it stopped in front of him. Inside the bubble was one of the symbols he had discovered at the monastery and the meaning of that symbol was revealed to him. Then another golden bubble appeared with another symbol and so on until he had been told about all the symbols. As he looked up into the sky he saw written in gold letters, “Remember this, Remember this, Remember this,” three times in all. Sometime later, he decided to go back down the mountain. He was wearing open toe sandals and stubbed his toe. It started to bleed and he put his hand down on his toe. In a few minutes, the pain was gone and the bleeding had stopped. The First Miracle! At the bottom of the mountain was an inn that had a red blanket on the bench outside. This meant that food was available for travelers. Dr. Usui was very hungry after his 21 day fast and he went inside and ordered hot tea and hot rice. The Innkeeper noticing his monk robes and gaunt appearance was afraid that after his fasting he would be sick if he ate too much hot food. But Dr. Usui insisted and the man went away to fix his food. The Innkeeper had a daughter who appeared with a rag tied around her hear and a distended swollen jaw. Dr. Usui asked her what was wrong. She told him that she had a toothache, but could not leave the inn to travel the 25 miles into town to have it treated. At that point he asked her if he could gently put his hands on her cheeks. When he did, his hands got warm, the swelling went down and the pain went away. The Second Miracle! She ran to get her father who asked Dr. Usui, “You aren’t a regular monk are you? What is that you do? What do you call it?” At that moment Dr. Usui gave this healing method the name of Reiki. |  | |
What happens during a Reiki treatment?
Before any client contact, the healer will prepare the room where the treatment is to take place in order to make it as comfortable as possible for the client and facilitate a healing atmosphere. This will include the healer making certain preparations not involving the client, such as lighting candles and insense, saying prayers to prepare the space, playing soothing music, etc.
It is then quite normal for the client and the Reiki healer to sit down together before any Reiki treatment is given and discuss any concerns or questions that the client may have. During this informal chat the Reiki healer will seek to address any issues and generally put the client at ease, likewise informing the client of what to expect during and after the Reiki treatment.
The client will then be encouraged to lie down on a treatment couch provided with a pillar to support the clients head and a blanket to wrap around the body. A glass of water will also be made handy. Following this, the client will be encouraged to close their eyes and to do nothing more than relax and enjoy the treatment.
The client will then be aware of the Reiki healer moving around them during the course of the treatment, and may even feel the healers hands being placed upon them at various stages. At no time are the healers hands placed on any intimate area of the clients body at all, in fact you may request that the healer doesn't make any physical contact with any area of the body as physical contact is not necessary in order to complete a Reiki treatment. A healer may intuitively feel that he or she may be drawn to a particular place on a clients body in which case they may lightly place their hands on that part of the body, but again if you do not wish this to happen then please inform the healer beforehand.
Whilst the healing is being transmitted to the client, the client may experience feelings of warmth or colour being given to them from the healers hands. The client may also detect more than one person in the room or the feeling of more than one pair of hands around them. This is very normal if the client is very intuitive as they are quite simply feeling the healers spirit or Angel guides as well as their own. They may also detect either a drop or increase in the room temperature whilst this is happening. This is nothing to worry about and is more proof that your healing is divinely guided. If the client does not detect these issues then again this doesn't mean that the healing is any less effective, but be assured that you are in fact receiving healing no matter what. The healer may also speak or make sounds during the healing. Again this is very normal and is usually information or vibration channelled to the healer to assist in the healing from the Reiki spirit guides.
Reiki healing is very powerful and as such it works on the physical, mental, emotional, and etheric bodies of the client. Reiki clears any blockages found present in these bodies and the client may therefore feel the need to express an emotion or mental state, ie laughter, sadness, anger, sleep etc, etc. This is very normal and by bringing these issues to the surface the healing is working. For example stored emotions of sadness may cause dis-ease which may fester into something more serious, by releasing these issues will heal them. The client may also visualise past life memories positive or negative which will remind the client in this life what their life purpose or blocks to their current life purpose may be. All these things and more may be experienced during a Reiki treatment.
At the end of the Reiki treatment, the healer will gently rouse or wake the client and encourage them in their own time to sit up and drink water. This process helps with the flow of Ki and is a way of inducing cleansing into the body. The client may then discuss any issues or experiences with the healer and detected during the treatment.
A typical treatment may last up to 1 1/2 hours from start to finish. If the client so decides then he/she may book another healing session in the near future or not. No pressure is given to facilitate this. A healer may recommend that a client sees them again in order to strengthen the healing already given, or just as a means of ensuring that the clients wellbeing is catered for in the future. The client may also wish to learn how to give Reiki themselves as a healer, in which case discuss this with the healer in order to find out how to be attuned to Reiki energy.( See Therapies and Courses page)
How to obtain a Reiki treatment?
Reiki treatments can usually be found by reading Mind, Body and Spirit magazines classified sections, visiting a shop/salon specialising in healing or therapeutic practice, or contacting a reputable organisation such as The Reiki Association http://www.reikiassociation.org.uk/ and requesting a list of Reiki healers in your area (This latter will normally incur a small charge).
It is important to note that all reputable Reiki practitioners will hold a certificate qualifying them to act as Reiki healers and those accepting paying clients will have public liability insurance indemnifying them against third party risks.
Reiki Master Teachers will also hold certificates as proof of their training and right to teach Reiki. Please do not be afraid to ask to see certificates before accepting healing or teaching.You are very much encouraged to follow your intuition and seek that which you feel is right.
For further info about Reiki healing, or should you wish to book a healing session or Reiki course, contact Alan Payne, Reiki Master Teacher (Ascension Reiki and Angelic Hosts of Light at email alan@iamhealingwithangels.co.uk
The Gokai
The Gokai are the 5 precepts, or principles that every Reiki healer must learn and recite daily. These are the standards by which we aim to teach by example and to heal.
The westernised version
"Just for today I will not worry
Just for today I will not anger
Just for today I will honour my parents, teachers, and elders
Just for today I will earn my living honestly
Just for today I will show gratitude to everything in my life"
The Japanese Version
"Kyo daki wa (Just for today)
Ikaru na (Do not get angry)
Shin pai suna (Do not worry)
Ka sha shite (Be grateful)
Gyo o hage me (Work hard)
Hito ni shin setsu ni" (Be kind to others)
