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Dr. Mikao Usui
"rediscovered" Reiki in the late
1800s, in Japan. Reiki
"therapists" channel
Reiki, "universal life energy
power," through their bodies for
storage in the solar plexus, and into "dis-eased"
individuals for "rebalancing."
Reiki works simultaneously on
emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual
"levels" and does not have any
limitations. The Reiki system's postulate is
that activated "Sacred Universal
Symbols" evoke "healing
energies." The word "Reiki"
combines two Japanese expressions: REI,
which means "spirit" or
"soul," and qui
("energy," "life
force").
Reiki
is a safe, gentle, noninvasive form of hands-on
healing that increases energy, reduces pain,
produces deep relaxation and a general feeling of
well-being. Reiki initiation attunes a practitioner
to become a channel for the Reiki energy and is a
powerful, life-changing experience for growth along
your spiritual path.
The
Usui method of natural healing, as taught by
Hawayo Takata, involves three levels or
degrees. As soon as a practitioner has been
initiated, the healing energy begins to
flow.
- Level 1
Reiki connects the practitioner to the
Reiki channel.
- Level II
Reiki teaches the practitioner long
distance or remote healing.
- Level
III Reiki initiates the practitioner to
become a Reiki Master and teacher.
Each
level requires its own set of attunements.
Reiki initiations are for life. Come and
experience the awesome healing touch of
Stephen (a level III practitioner) who
incorporates the gentle power of Reiki in
each massage.
Stephen
offers Reiki Classes in
Dallas. See Rates
& Services.
Location:
8499 Greenville Ave., Suite 203
Dallas,
TX 75231
214.553.5978
Reiki
is one of the more widely known forms of
healing through direct application of Chi, or
a force very similar to Chi for it may be that
Chi is different from the energy used by
Reiki. Chi is the term used by the
Chinese mystics and martial artists for the
underlying force the Universe is made of.
Mystics in all cultures have talked
about the physical universe being made of an
underlying simpler form of something, much as
modern physics research is now coming to
understand the Universe is made of energy
which is subject to (or affected by) thought.
Just as modern physics says this
energy is affected by thought the mystics also
say this underlying form is affected by
thought, going so far as to claim we create
our own reality from our thinking and the
thoughts we share between each of us every
day.
Stop and reflect for a moment.
Imagine
the implications of the universe around us
made from energy which can be shaped and
manipulated by thoughts. This is the
implication of both Quantum Physics and
ancient Metaphysics. Might this make
some diseases easier to explain, especially
those which have no apparent physical cause?
Might this make miraculous cures easier
to explain? For example there was research
study done a couple years ago showing that
prayer improves the health of those who are
prayed for, the focus of intent in prayer
sends thoughts out in the form of "I
wish such-and-so to happen", so if
the world is energy subject to the power of
thought then prayers must work
(depending on how clearly and carefully you
hold and elaborate on the prayers or
thoughts). Remember this while reading here
about Reiki.
Reiki is very easily learned,
very simple to use, and beneficial for all.
It is one of many forms of healing
through the use of the natural forces which
were given the name Chi by ancient Chinese
mystics. Some forms of healing using Chi
energy forces are Chi Gong, Pranic
Healing, Chelation (as taught by
Barbara Brennan and Rosalyn Bruyere), and Polarity
Balancing. All (apparently) use the same
energies, with the difference being techniques
of application and an energy quality commonly
known as vibration. (This
term vibration is widely used in the "New
Age" community to refer to the
range in experience between the dense
or low vibration of the physical world
to the high vibration of the highest
spiritual expression; while the term is
inadequate to truly describe the differences,
and while Reality is probably not a simple
bipolar scale of experience, the term is
descriptive of how the energy feels). I'm
reluctant to definitively say Reiki
uses Chi because I am not an
expert on what the Chinese mean by this word.
To my eye the force referred to with the
name Chi is the same as Prana,
Orgone, Odic, they are all
names for the same force.
Since the word Reiki means Universal
Life Force Energy, it (strictly speaking)
refers to the energy and not the specific
techniques taught by Reiki Masters. The
techniques are more properly called the Usui
System of Natural Healing after the founder of
the system, Dr.
Mikao Usui. However as Reiki is the common
name, and a fine name at that, this is the
name we will use here.
A Reiki
healing is very simply performed. The
practitioner
places his or her hands
upon the person to be healed with the intent
for healing to occur, and then the energy
begins flowing. The Reiki energy is smart
since the Universe is a very smart place
indeed. The energy knows where to go, and what
to do once it gets there, or else is being
directed by a higher intelligence. The energy
manages its own flow to and within the
recipient. It draws through the healer exactly
that amount of energy which the recipient
needs. All this happens without direct
conscious intervention by the healer. The
healers
job is to get out of the way, to keep the
healing space open, and to watch/listen for
signs of what to do next.
Reiki's
Capabilities
Reiki is capable of healing anything because
it works at very fundamental levels of
reality. Even though the capability is
there, this is not what always happens. The
limits to Reiki seem to be in the recipients
willingness to cast off old habits and
patters, to accept change and to accept
healing. The level of reality where Reiki
operates is the underlying energy structure of
matter, as the physical matter we see around
us is a solidified form of energy (Remember Einstein's
famous equation which says that each unit of
mass is equivalent to a certain amount of
energy). At the level where Reiki
functions, anything
can be changed because all is fluid-like and
is very malleable. Or so is the theory and
so is the experience of Reiki practitioners.
Emotional difficulties are just as
healable as physical ones since emotional
issues are even more directly present in the
energy structures.
In this context, the word Healing
has a somewhat different meaning from the
widely accepted meaning. The widely
accepted meaning for healing seems to
be curing of symptoms, for that seems to be what
medical doctors and the like look to do in
their practice. The other meaning for healing,
used in the practice of Reiki as well as other
related areas, is the return to greater
wholeness. There is an ideal
form each of us has, this ideal form being
the highest and clearest expression of who we
are. Pain or disease comes from any
deviation between the persons current
form in the 3D physical world and this ideal
form. Healing, then, is to bring this
physical form into closer alignment with the
ideal form.
The way we acquire deviations
from our ideal form is to accept
limitations into our life. Most of this
comes from early childhood because that is the
phase of life where we are the most open and
inquisitive about life. A limitation may
be a parent yelling "BE QUIET!!"
enough times that the child learns to not
speak. Another limitation may be a limp
that continues longer after the physical
injury has healed, maybe with phantom pains.
These limitations are behavior patterns,
eating patterns, physical limitations,
imagined physical limitations, psychological,
mental, or emotional ways of being, living,
expressing or loving that is not in alignment
with our personal highest expression.
In any healing the goal is to
find the limitation, recognize the pattern,
recognize where it came from, and let it go.
Reiki accomplishes this by providing the
recipient enough energy to step above
(metaphorically) to see all that and have the
courage to let go. This usually does not
happen consciously as a result of Reiki,
but sometimes it does happen that Reiki gives
the recipient the conscious awareness of the
pattern and recognizing where it came from. Our
lives are a constant flow of patterns of
activity (such as the pattern used to
accomplish eating breakfast) and it is our
choice to have these patterns remain stuck in
limited expression, or to release the old
patterns and try on new and shinier ones.
Reiki is also a gateway shining
pure love into the universe. It is this
love which allows us to transcend our wounds
and help us remember our true nature.
Stephen
offers Reiki Classes in
Dallas. See Rates
& Services.
Location:
8499 Greenville Ave., Suite 203
Dallas,
TX 75231
214.553.5978
Copyright
© 1999-2009 Body Harmony by Dr. Stephen., Dallas
Massage Therapist
All
rights reserved. Revised:
01 Feb 2009 10:29:49 -0500.
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