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Reiki is an ancient Tibetan system of healing and energy balancing that is done by touch. It was rediscovered in the late 1800's by a Japanese man, Dr. Mikao Usui, and brought to this country in the 1970's by a Hawaiian-American woman, Hawayo Takata.
Some believe, only through an alignment to the energy by someone in this direct Usui lineage that one can transmit the specific frequency of energy that Dr. Usui named Reiki. These are the same teachers that will charge up to $10,000.00 for this privilege. I believe honor should be given to the ancient practice but what happen to the dedicated Healers who spent their life healing for the sake of healing. In this day and age when Mother Earth desperately needs healing, shame on those who would put such a price on it or take the role of the Goddess in deciding who is worthy. I myself paid for all 3 levels of Reiki from a teacher who basically charged for the time it took away from her normal work schedule. I will always be grateful. I have attuned all that have crossed my path seeking Reiki, leaving their path up to them and their higher power.
So now that my opinion is stated, let me share with you the beautiful healing art of Reiki. Reiki (pronounced Ray-Key) is a method of natural healing based on the application of Universal Life Force Energy. Reiki practitioners channel energy in a particular pattern to heal and harmonize by a laying on of hands. Reiki energy has several basic effects: it brings about deep relaxation, destroys energy blockages, balances the Chakras, detoxifies the system, provides new vitality in the form of healing universal life energy, and increases the vibrational frequency of the body. Many come to Reiki as part of their "spirituality". We chase this up one side of the street and down another; we are "seekers". We seek union with the Spirit that we have conceptually created for ourselves so that it can save us as we seek our "path", we seek enlightenement. But I will tell you that this is a trap, for in seeking outside yourself you can never find. Enlightenment is where you are, where else could it be? Usui's Reiki was one of many, many ways of seeing the truth, and that is healing. This is Reiki. Reiki can heal, can releive pain, but don't expect Reiki to do the work of removing the conditionings that veil awakening. Attunements do not equal enlightenment. Your Reiki will be an expression of you, of your life, your BEing, and it will reflect the oneness and connectedness with all that you are. The more ego there is, the less it will reflect this. It has been said that Reiki works best when ego is least. Do not try to understand how Reiki works. Its explanation will elude you like sand slipping through clutching hands. Just be Reiki. It is often said that Reiki is driven by "intent". In being Reiki, our intent is pure. That is, it is untainted by goals, levels of Reiki, attachment to outcome, the need to prove that it works, need for the other to heal. In this our practice is pure, in this we are in the moment, in the now, without judging, comparing, attaching to outcome or measuring our "achievement" in healing. Our intent is pure, free of non-attachment to the process, to the outcome, to technique, or to symbols. Just *be* Reiki, in that moment. If you attach to Reiki as a concept, it is just as seperate and as limiting as any belief system. The Reiki principles are instructions to be mindful, to "be". They heal, as does the energy. There is a lack of control, of ego, in them. There is a lack of attachment and desire in them. "For today only, anger not, worry not. Be Grateful and Humble. Do your work with appreciation. Be kind to all beings." Some ask what my opinion of the so-called "add-on" techniques is. There is no right or wrong way, there is only what you do, or do not. You can really only BE Reiki, and in that moment respond to what is in that moment. The rest of this is ego, conditionings and speculation. Why get so involved with these that you argue? Keep in mind that Reiki is BEing Reiki. If you are focusing on your conditionings, attachment to outcome, opinions, desires and ego then might I suggest you refocus on simply being Reiki and letting it be as it is, in the moment. Respond in the moment, moment by moment in using Reiki. Reiki *heals*. Do not get so caught up in all the opinions that you forget this. Reiki is not so much something we do, it is something we are. In the moment, as the expression of what it, as love, compassion and kindness we reach out, we touch, we heal. In the moment when you stretch out your hand to heal where there is no self, no other, you *are* Reiki. We can cloud our minds with attachments, things, techniques, endless debates over right and wrong, but we have all been down that road before. We know exactly where it leads. And so in closing, I leave you with this. Simply place your hands together in gassho (prayer position), and say these words.
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