Post by sidney33 on Mar 11, 2011 4:22:21 GMT
"Healing is a thought by which two minds perceive their oneness and become glad." -
A Course in Miracles
Reiki is a very simple, gentle and effective system of transmitting universal life-energy through hands-on-healing or distance sending. It is used for healing in a broader sense: the healing of the body, emotions, mind and spiritual healing and growth.
The word reiki is composed of two Japanese characters: rei and ki.
Rei can be translated with 'universal'.
Ki means life-energy or light in the sense of information.
The two characters together express the coming together of divine force and the human being, or the unification of body and soul.
Universal life-energy, also known under names as Chi, Prana, orgon, animal magnetism, spirit, Archaeus, Ruach, vital force or simple substance, is the mysterious energy which enlivens all and everything. It is the activating energy of the universe. In biblical terms we could call it the breath of God. Universal life-force facilitates life, growth, healing, transformation, manifestation, balance, inner peace, oneness and the light in which we recognize the truth. And when your time has come it will make the transition peaceful.
In itself reiki is nothing special; everyone disposes to a certain degree of reiki. You will instinctively put your hands on an injured body-part; mothers kiss or caress the place where their child is hurt; animals will lick their wounds, and if you have a close bond with your pet it could even lick your wounds. The amount of innate life-force however is often weak and unfocused. Now this is where the healing system reiki comes in: through a system of attunements, symbols, simple techniques and some principles you can make this spiritual power of the universe so much more useful. Anybody can learn how to do this and after having taken a course you can immediately practice healing.
Benefits and applications of reiki:
physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing
strongly connects you to the source of spiritual energy
heals the causes, not only the symptoms
develops compassion and respect for life
healing of acute and chronic diseases
speeding up of all healing processes (operations, etc)
pain relief
greater joy and inner peace and balance
healing of bad habits and addictions
greater energy
stress management
diminishing or canceling side effects of medicines
reducing or canceling the amount of needed medicines
compliments all other medical or paramedical practices
increases spiritual awareness and progress
strengthens the immune system
detoxification of the body and cleaning of the chakras
enhances clear thinking and creativity
clears energy blockages
helps to make a calm, peaceful and smooth transition
healing of animals, plants and planets
aiding in peace processes
cleaning of crystals and energetically cleaning of spaces
improvement of situations
achievement of goals
manifestation of your desires
charging of sigils, amulets, talismans, (magickal) tools, etc.
protection against harm
anything else you wish to send positive energy to. It has been used to make broken engines work in emergency situations.
What does it not do:
It will not bring you instant enlightenment. You will get disposal of a significant amount of spiritual and healing energy to help you walk your path, but the choice and hard work of surrendering your ego is still something only you can do yourself.
It will not bring you a new religion or belief system. It is a spiritual practice that can and has been used by members of all kinds of religions and a-religious people.
It does NOT relieve someone of the responsibility of seeing a doctor or other medical specialist, and it does NOT make any reiki practitioner a medical specialist either.
It does not make you a special human being, although having reiki can be used to blow up your ego if that is your wish.
Reiki will never violate one's free will. If a receiver does not want the reiki energy and refuses healing for some reason, the energy will simply be bounced back to the sender.
It can not be used for negative ends like curses or destructive spells; this energy is too highly vibrational to be used for negative workings.
________________________________________
"The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes."
The Dalai Lama
The traditional story of the discovery of reiki is as historically correct as the biblical report of the life of Jesus - it is molded and adapted to suit the needs of a lot of people.
What really matters is this:
A Japanese Buddhist, Dr. Mikao Usui, went fasting and meditating for 21 days on the holy mount Kurama in 1914. During this period he experienced a satori, a realization of enlightenment. He describes his discovery as follows: "While I fasted I touched an intense energy and in a mysterious manner I was inspired (I received the reiki energy). As in a coincidence it became clear to me that I had been given the spiritual art of healing. Although I am the founder of this method, I find it hard to explain all of this more precisely."
About reiki Dr. Usui writes in his manual: "My Usui Reiki Ryoho (ryoho means 'healing method, therapy') is an original, it's nothing like this in the world. So I would like to release this method to the public for everyone's benefit and hope for everyone's happiness. My Reiki Ryoho is an original method based on intuitive power in the universe. By this power, body gets healthy and enhances happiness of life and a peaceful mind."
Usui uses the word 'intuitive' to describe this energy, because this energy seems to have its own intelligence which guides it to where it is needed: to body parts or life issues which need healing. He worked several years on the development of a system to teach and pass on his reiki to others. The Reiki Ryoho he taught consisted of:
meditation techniques
breathing exercises
spiritual cleansing
the reciting of spiritual poetry
the reiki principles
regular empowerments which gradually opened up the student for reiki, later on the attunements were introduced
hands-on healing with several techniques
distance healing
also the breath and the eyes were used to heal with
later on symbols and mantras were introduced
The techniques he used were all very simple to apply. He taught in regular group meetings. For those who had difficulty with developing an intuitive style of working he later on introduced symbols and mantras to help them focus, and a manual with hand positions to be used with several symptoms. Usui himself usually used his intuition to sense which body parts needed healing after having treated the head of the patient first.
Dr. Usui spent the rest of his life teaching and giving reiki. He strongly desired to help improve people's lives by freeing them from illness, emotional and mental suffering. He founded a reiki training school in Tokyo and a reiki society named the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai, of which he was the first president.
The Dalai Lama
A Course in Miracles
Reiki is a very simple, gentle and effective system of transmitting universal life-energy through hands-on-healing or distance sending. It is used for healing in a broader sense: the healing of the body, emotions, mind and spiritual healing and growth.
The word reiki is composed of two Japanese characters: rei and ki.
Rei can be translated with 'universal'.
Ki means life-energy or light in the sense of information.
The two characters together express the coming together of divine force and the human being, or the unification of body and soul.
Universal life-energy, also known under names as Chi, Prana, orgon, animal magnetism, spirit, Archaeus, Ruach, vital force or simple substance, is the mysterious energy which enlivens all and everything. It is the activating energy of the universe. In biblical terms we could call it the breath of God. Universal life-force facilitates life, growth, healing, transformation, manifestation, balance, inner peace, oneness and the light in which we recognize the truth. And when your time has come it will make the transition peaceful.
In itself reiki is nothing special; everyone disposes to a certain degree of reiki. You will instinctively put your hands on an injured body-part; mothers kiss or caress the place where their child is hurt; animals will lick their wounds, and if you have a close bond with your pet it could even lick your wounds. The amount of innate life-force however is often weak and unfocused. Now this is where the healing system reiki comes in: through a system of attunements, symbols, simple techniques and some principles you can make this spiritual power of the universe so much more useful. Anybody can learn how to do this and after having taken a course you can immediately practice healing.
Benefits and applications of reiki:
physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing
strongly connects you to the source of spiritual energy
heals the causes, not only the symptoms
develops compassion and respect for life
healing of acute and chronic diseases
speeding up of all healing processes (operations, etc)
pain relief
greater joy and inner peace and balance
healing of bad habits and addictions
greater energy
stress management
diminishing or canceling side effects of medicines
reducing or canceling the amount of needed medicines
compliments all other medical or paramedical practices
increases spiritual awareness and progress
strengthens the immune system
detoxification of the body and cleaning of the chakras
enhances clear thinking and creativity
clears energy blockages
helps to make a calm, peaceful and smooth transition
healing of animals, plants and planets
aiding in peace processes
cleaning of crystals and energetically cleaning of spaces
improvement of situations
achievement of goals
manifestation of your desires
charging of sigils, amulets, talismans, (magickal) tools, etc.
protection against harm
anything else you wish to send positive energy to. It has been used to make broken engines work in emergency situations.
What does it not do:
It will not bring you instant enlightenment. You will get disposal of a significant amount of spiritual and healing energy to help you walk your path, but the choice and hard work of surrendering your ego is still something only you can do yourself.
It will not bring you a new religion or belief system. It is a spiritual practice that can and has been used by members of all kinds of religions and a-religious people.
It does NOT relieve someone of the responsibility of seeing a doctor or other medical specialist, and it does NOT make any reiki practitioner a medical specialist either.
It does not make you a special human being, although having reiki can be used to blow up your ego if that is your wish.
Reiki will never violate one's free will. If a receiver does not want the reiki energy and refuses healing for some reason, the energy will simply be bounced back to the sender.
It can not be used for negative ends like curses or destructive spells; this energy is too highly vibrational to be used for negative workings.
________________________________________
"The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes."
The Dalai Lama
The traditional story of the discovery of reiki is as historically correct as the biblical report of the life of Jesus - it is molded and adapted to suit the needs of a lot of people.
What really matters is this:
A Japanese Buddhist, Dr. Mikao Usui, went fasting and meditating for 21 days on the holy mount Kurama in 1914. During this period he experienced a satori, a realization of enlightenment. He describes his discovery as follows: "While I fasted I touched an intense energy and in a mysterious manner I was inspired (I received the reiki energy). As in a coincidence it became clear to me that I had been given the spiritual art of healing. Although I am the founder of this method, I find it hard to explain all of this more precisely."
About reiki Dr. Usui writes in his manual: "My Usui Reiki Ryoho (ryoho means 'healing method, therapy') is an original, it's nothing like this in the world. So I would like to release this method to the public for everyone's benefit and hope for everyone's happiness. My Reiki Ryoho is an original method based on intuitive power in the universe. By this power, body gets healthy and enhances happiness of life and a peaceful mind."
Usui uses the word 'intuitive' to describe this energy, because this energy seems to have its own intelligence which guides it to where it is needed: to body parts or life issues which need healing. He worked several years on the development of a system to teach and pass on his reiki to others. The Reiki Ryoho he taught consisted of:
meditation techniques
breathing exercises
spiritual cleansing
the reciting of spiritual poetry
the reiki principles
regular empowerments which gradually opened up the student for reiki, later on the attunements were introduced
hands-on healing with several techniques
distance healing
also the breath and the eyes were used to heal with
later on symbols and mantras were introduced
The techniques he used were all very simple to apply. He taught in regular group meetings. For those who had difficulty with developing an intuitive style of working he later on introduced symbols and mantras to help them focus, and a manual with hand positions to be used with several symptoms. Usui himself usually used his intuition to sense which body parts needed healing after having treated the head of the patient first.
Dr. Usui spent the rest of his life teaching and giving reiki. He strongly desired to help improve people's lives by freeing them from illness, emotional and mental suffering. He founded a reiki training school in Tokyo and a reiki society named the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai, of which he was the first president.
The Dalai Lama
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