Story Of Reiki

There are many books on Reiki and almost every book has a similar story.

Dr. Mikao Usui was the Dean of a small Christian University in Kyoto, during the mid 1800’s.

Japan had opened its shores for business development leading to an industrial revolution.

Christian missionaries also returned and created a new interest in Japanese societies.

Once when Dr.Usui was teaching his students, they asked him about the healing powers of Jesus Christ and asked if they were true.

Dr Usui answered in the affirmative.

Then the students asked them to teach those healing techniques.

As he could not answer the questions, he resigned his job, as it was the practice in those days.

He traveled to USA and began his study at the University of Chicago in the theology department. Even after a long period of study he did not find answers.

Dr. Usui believed that Budha also had healing powers and performed many miracles and so he traveled to India and Tibet, to continue his search.He learnt Sanskrit and searched the Buddhist texts.

He returned to Japan and began an investigation of several buddhist monasteries. But all the monks gave an answer that they were now focussed on healing the spirit.

With dogged determination Dr.Usui continued his search when ultimately he found the intellectual answers to the healings of Christ in the Tibetan Lotus Sutras.

Having found the key to healings,he wanted to know the actual process of empowerment.

Dr. Usui proceeded to a sacred mountain Mount kuriyama, close to Kyoto to meditate.

He took 21 stones with him to count the days of his meditation.

Nothing happened for 20 days.

On the 21st day, and it was new moon, it was quite dark.

Suddenly he saw a flicker of light appear in the sky and it started to move quickly towards him.

It got bigger and got closer to him.

Dr. Usui was srightened and wanted to run away.

But he thought that may be this is his answer.

The ray of light struck him in the center of his forehead. Usui thought he had died.

Millions of rainbow colored bubbles appeared before him. Soon they became white glowing bubbles and each one of them depicted Sanskrit characters, in gold color.

They would appear one by one, slowly and for enough time for him to memorize them.

When the process was over Dr.Usui was ecstatic and filled with energy and joy.

He knew that he now found the answers to his long quest.

Dr.Usui came running down the mountain and he tripped and fell down. His big toe was cut and was bleeding severely. He placed his hand on his toe and the bleeding stopped completely. This is the “ first miracle” of Reiki.

He came to a roadside eatery and ordered food. The owner of the eatery noticed the condition of Dr. Usui and said that as he has been of fast for 21 days, he must eat something light. But Dr. Usui said he wants to eat a full meal. After eating a full meal , Dr.Usui felt fine. The hotel owner was shocked and surprised. This is the “ second miracle” of Reiki.

Dr.Usui then heard the cry of a girl at the inn. The owner of the inn said that his grand daughter has severe toothache and local treatment did not cure her. Dr. Usui touched the girl’s cheeks and she was totally cured. This is the “ third miracle” of Reiki.

Dr. Usui went to the monastery where the chief was having severe knee pain. When Dr. Usui touched the knees , his master’s knee pain vanished. This is the “ fourth miracle” of Reiki.

Dr. Mikao Usui wanted to heal humanity and hence went to the beggar’s colony and started healing them.

To his surprise the beggars who got well, continued to beg.

He then realized that Reiki must not be done free of cost and there must be an energy exchange.

He then formulated the 5 principles of Reiki.

Dr. Mikao Usui then taught Reiki to Dr.Chujiro Hayashi, a Naval doctor and both of them healed thousands of people, traveling all over Japan.

Dr.Usui made Dr.Hayashi the next grandmaster with the responsibility to carry on the Reiki healing and teaching.

Dr.Chujiro Hayashi started the first Reiki clinic in Tokyo.

Mrs. Hawayo Takata, a young Japanese-American woman, came to Dr. Hayashi’s clinic for treatment.

She had various disorders and doctors suggested she go for surgery.

But her inner voice suggested trying alternative therapy.

Dr.Hayashi healed her through Reiki and taught Reiki to her.

She returned to USA and started her practice of Reiki. She trained 21 masters in Reiki.

There are only three grandmasters in Reiki , in the Usui Shiki Reiki Ryoho path:
Dr.Mikao Usui
Dr.Chujiro Hayashi
Mrs. Hawayo Takata.

Chronology

India

620 BCE - Birth of Gautama Siddhartha

543 BCE - Nirvana of Gautama the Buddha

2nd to 1st Century BCE - Tantra Lotus Sutra Written “Other Healing Texts Extent”

7 BCE - Historical birth of Jesus, when he travelled to India, he learnt the healing system of Buddha.

JAPAN

    Late 1800s - Mikao Usui’s quest for Reiki

    1925 - Chusiro Hayashi receives Reiki Master degree (Reiki III)

    1930 - Death of Mikao Usui

    Oct 1935 - Hawayo Takata goes to Japan for healing at Maeda Hospital Hayashi’s Reiki clinic. She is healed in 4 months.

    1938 - Takata receives Reiki III from Hayashi in Hawaii and is named successor to Dr. Chisuro Hayashi.

    1941 - Death of Chusiro Hayashi.

    Dec 1980 - Death of Hawayo Takata. She made 22 Reiki Grand Master from 1970-1980

    Dec 1989 - Reiki was brought to India by Mrs. Paula Horan.

    Jan 1991 - Dr.(smt) Syamala Durve and Mr.P.D.Patel, Ahmedabad started giving Reiki Training

    1999 -Dr. Rajeswari Gollakota started Reiki Teaching. She learnt Reiki from Shri. Chandran of Chennai.

    2010 - E.Jnana Dev started Reiki teaching.

LINEAGE OF REIKI / REIKI PARAMPARA

    1. Dr. MIKAO USUI

    2. Dr.CHUSIRO HAYASHI

    3. MRS. HAWAYO TAKATA

    4. BARBAR WEBER RAY

    5. MAUREEN O TOOLE

    6. KATE NANI

    7. PAULA HORAN

    8. MRS. SYAMALA DURVE

    9. MR. CHANDRAN .

    10. Dr. RAJESWARI GOLLAKOTA

    11. Dr. EMANI JNANA DEV

A WORD ABOUT REIKI

Reiki is not difficult to learn – it is the simplest healing method.

One of the greatest benefits of reiki is possibility of self-treatment. Self treatment is an extremely effective technique for total relaxation and stress release.

Reiki is not a religion. Indeed it is a very ancient science hidden for thousands of years, until Dr.Mikao Usui rediscovered this very old technology hidden in Tibetan Sutras.

Researchers at Stanford University using highly sensitive instruments measured the flow of energy entering the body.

Each person draws in just the amount of life force energy that he or she needs. Reiki not only can effect changes in the chemical structure of the body by helping to regenerate organs and build tissues and bones, but also helps create balance on the mental level.

It is not a belief system, therefore no mental preparation or direction is required to receive or send Reiki energy. It is a desire to accept the energy, that makes Reiki work.

It is a wonderful tool to help one develop conscious awareness, the very key to enlightenment.

Reiki doesn’t end after the first degree class. Each person must take responsibility to continue self treatments. You are indeed your own Master. Only you can determine your rate of progress, by your level of commitment to yourself.

Reiki is truly a gift to yourself.

EFFECTS OF REIKI TREATMENT

• Balances energy

• Increases creativity

• Helps release emotions

• Releases Stress

• Works on casual level of disease

• Amplifies energy

• Increases awareness.

REIKI

Reiki is a Japanese word for Universal Life force Energy- Reiki is universal, Transecendental Spirit, Mysterious Power, Essence.

Meaning:
Rei – Universal, Ki- Life Force energy.

• To heal oneself and others

• To contribute to the week being of others

• To dissolve blocks and struggles in life and make life smooth

• To manifest intentions and make things happen instead of struggling and achieving things in life.

Reiki is different from other healing methods.

It is the attunement process which the student experiences in the various levels of the Reiki classes.

FEATURES
Simplicity

One becomes a qualifies Reiki Therapist in one day. Reiki is taken and not given and hence there is no need to administer, monitor or control. For this reason Reiki cannot be used as a manipulative tool. Reiki flows to wherever required.

Reiki is a wholistic healing system and hence irrespective of the disease, treatment is the same obviating for the need for any diagnosis. Being a wholistic healing system it is also not necessary to have any ailment or mental upset for use of Reiki.

Reiki operates beyond thoughts, feelings, faith, belief system and religion.

One of the greatest benefits of Reiki is the possibility of self treatment. Once a person is attuned, he or she needs to only have the intention to Reiki on himself/herself or to others and the Energy is immediately drawn through.

Silken Smoothness

Reiki works with a high degree of silken smoothness, whatever comes up, comes up in an very appropriate way and gets healed.

Groups

Reiki can me made available effectively to groups as well.

Supports Other Therapies

Reiki can work together with other therepies and treatments

Animates and Inanimates

Reiki can me made available to human beings, animals, plants as well as non-living things.

HOW TO REIKI WORKS
Holistic Healing

Reiki works on the Aura Level, Physical Level, Emotional Level, Mental Level.

Energising and Balancing Chakras

Chakras are the superfine energy centers in our body. There are one hundred forty major and minor chakras in our body, Reiki activities all these major and minor chakras and establishes a balance between them.

Endocrine System

Out of the one hundred forty chakras, there are seven major chakras, which are located the along the spine. Closely linked to these major chakras are the endocrine glands, which generates hormones. Reiki activities these endocrine glands and establishes a balance between them..

Energy Equilibrium

Everything in this world is Energy and one of the characteristic of energy is to be in a state if equilibrium. When we have an ailment or mental upset we have a disequilibrium of energy.

Reiki practice brings back the equilibrium to the energy in the body and mind.

LAWS OF ECONOMICS OF REIKI

- REIKI WILL FLOW WHENEVER REQUIRED

- REIKI WILL BRING IN WHAT EVER ONE NEEDS AND NOT ONE WANTS

- REIKI WILL BRING OPPORTUNITIES – IT IS FOR ONE TO PICK THEM OR LET THEM GO BY.

SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF REIKI
Reiki is an energy medicine. It is a healing energy which permeates many areas of complementary care. There exists energy field around the human body.

Highly sophisticated scientific instruments have been developed to detect the minute energy fields around the human body.

In the 1980’s Dr. John Zimmerman began a series of important studies on therapeutic touch using a SQUID magnetometer at the Colorado School of Medicine in Denver. He discovered a huge pulsating bio-magnetic field emanated from the hands of a Therapeutic Touch Practitioner.

The bio magnetic pulsation frequency is same as the brain waves and is able to heal disorder in any part of the body.

James Oschman is one of the leading authorities on the scientific understanding of hands on healing. His book Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance, conveys a scientific basis for the hands of healing.

According to James Oschman the body emits light, sound, heat and electromagnetic fields. It has gravitational field also.

It is interesting to note that any intervention with living systems invoives the energy in one form or the another.

REIKI and other forms of hands on healing are another form of energy medicine based on scientifically measurable energy fields, emitted from the healer's hands.

Since, living tissues are conductors of electricity, the currents set up by the heart and other muscles, the brain and peripheral nerves, will produce fields in the space around the human body.

These are called bio-magnetic fields.

The energy therapies such as Reiki, are valuable for preventing and even curing some of the serious diseases.

HEALING AND THE PRINCIPLES OF HEALING
HEALING:

The words heal and whole are of the same origin and here to be healed means to become whole, complete, total. Healing means physical healing, mental healing and above all experiencing a sense of well being.

HEALING CRISES :

Healing Crisis or Physical Chemicalisatin or relapse of Toxins which causes disease is an unpleasant and yet favourable symptom. At this point explain the process to the patient and increase the number of treatments until the healing crises passes through. Also increase liquids consumption and give body rest.

ACUTE DISEASES:

They are of short duration. Acute diseases involve an immediate healing crisis – usually around 8-9th day. Continue Reiki till symptoms disappear.

ROLE OF REIKI THERAPIST:

All of us have the innate ability to heal ourselves. When we have an ailment or a mental upset, we have forgotten to get in touch with that faculty of ours. The role of Reiki Therapist is to act as a conductor and reactivate that faculty in the patient. Hence the true healer is the patient himself or herself. We are mere channels of energy.

Do not be attached to results. Patients take in as much energy as required and use it appropriately for them.

Don’t be a Doctor. Ensure you and your doctor are under proper medical care.

REQUIREMENT FOR REIKI TO WORK:

The only requirement for reiki to work is the willingness on the part of the individual to get well.

ENERGY EXCHANGE:

There is to be an exchange of energy for the Therapist’s time. It is not right to keep a person indebted for the services rendered.

The three grandmasters of Reiki

Dr Mikao usul

Dr Chujiro-Hayashi

Hawayo Takata

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