Reiki Healing - Questions Answered.
Dr. Usui passed the Reiki onto his students by a method known
as "attunement" which is a ceremonial procedure
where the Master attunes the student to the symbols and energy
of Reiki. Dr. Usui passed the attunements on to his students
as he received them (all at one time), and Dr. Hayashi broke
the Reiki healing attunements down into three levels: 1) Reiki
Level I - this level is attuned to the symbols and energy
for physical healing; 2) Reiki Level II - this level is attuned
to the symbols and energy for mental healing and remote healing;
3) Master Level - this level is attuned to the symbols and
energy for spiritual healing, and at this level you are able
to attune other students and teach Reiki.
Who can learn Reiki?
Anyone. Reiki is practiced by people of all spiritual backgrounds
and beliefs. Reiki is not limited to any particular religion
or philosophy. Atheists are as free to practice Reiki healing
as any other group of people. Reiki can be passed on to people
in comas, children, or even to animals. As long as you are
properly attuned to Reiki, anyone can have the Reiki activated
in their hands, as it is already a part of us all.
There are different schools of Reiki healing.
Some practices say the student must wait a 21 day cleansing
period between attunements, and some practice the "unlimited"
system where the attunements are given over a weekend period.
There is a great amount of price difference between the different
schools. Reiki I usually costs from about $150 for the first
attunement, Reiki II usually around $450, and the Master Level
can cost up to as much as $10,000 or more, while the classes
given over a weekend are usually $500 - $1,000 for the weekend,
and all three attunements. Others still will allow spiritual
gifts as part of your payment. Another difference is that
some schools teach the symbols should never be written down
under any situation, and other schools don't think that is
absolutely necessary.
What IS Reiki?
Reiki (RAY-KEE) is a healing energy that channels through
the hands of the practitioner and into the body of the client.
The word Reiki is Japanese and means "universal"
or "including all" (Rei) and "vital life force"
(Ki) which flows throughout our very being. Once you have
been attuned to Reiki, you will never lose it... you will
have the ability to channel Reiki energy your entire life.
I firmly believe that anyone who practices Reiki must hold
the principles close to their heart and live the life of a
Reiki Practitioner or Master in everything you do.
How does Reiki work?
The Reiki energy changes the frequency in the body's energy
(and it is a scientifically proven fact that the body has
an energy field called the Aura), healing the body first,
moving to the mental and the emotional levels, and then to
the spirit. Reiki is "hands on healing" but also
allows energy to be transferred remote or across distance.
The universal energy fills the practitioner and flows out
through the hands and into the client's body, thus giving
every cell, all the way to the DNA, the proper energy and
balance it needs to heal, harmonize and balance.
The client must allow the Reiki energy to work. Before performing
Reiki on the client, the practitioner must first ask the client's
spirit for permission for this healing and then ask the Reiki
energy to flow if it is for the client's highest good. The
energy is started by rubbing the hands together and drawing
the symbol either in your hand, possibly the roof of your
mouth, or in the mind... and then the hands are placed on
the body (or just above the body) of the client.
The practitioner does not have to know what
is wrong with the client, nor does he/she have to know how
to heal what may be wrong with the client. The Reiki energy
instinctively goes where it needs to go. Sometimes, the Reiki
client will not be healed of what they went to the practitioner
for because the Reiki energy goes to the thing that your body,
mind or spirit needs most. Frequently after your first Reiki
treatment, you will go through a few days of cleansing...
you may develop a slight cold, you may cry out something you've
been holding in, you may work through some type of problem
you've been trying to, or not to, deal with.
What does Reiki feel like?
During a treatment, the practitioner and client usually feel
a sensation in the hands of the practitioner: possibly a warmth,
tingling, pins and needles, cold, or static/electrical feelings,
though sometimes, there is no noticeable sensation whatsoever.
Also, the Reiki practitioner and the client may feel completely
different sensations. Reiki is said to increase or decrease
it's level of intensity by the need of the client... this
is how the practitioner instinctively knows where to move
their hands during the healing session.
The uses of Reiki?
...are unlimited. One of the things I really love about Reiki
is that you can treat yourself. Many forms of spiritual healing
also drain the practitioner because they use their own energy
in the healing. With Reiki, the practitioner is constantly
recharged during the treatment of themselves or another person,
so you actually feel better after treating a client than you
did before you started.
Reiki can be used in conjunction with any
other healing therapy. My teacher said, "Reiki is brilliant
at promoting the rapid healing of cuts, even large ones; however,
if you amputate a limb, you should be seeing a surgeon."
Serious illnesses such as AIDS and Cancer for example, still
need to be treated with conventional medicine, but Reiki will
increase your overall health, vitality, and ability to recover.
Reiki also reduces the negative effects of chemotherapy and
medications. There are no harmful side effects from the use
of Reiki.
Besides the healing effects of Reiki on human beings, Reiki
can also be used to treat animals, plants, or anything else
that has energy (I have Reiki'ed my car while driving down
the road). Lots of practitioners Reiki their food before eating
it. Reiki healing practitioners all over the world have times
when they send the Reiki energy out into our universe to help
it heal. I have used Reiki to charge the crystals that I use
for healing, to charge the water I give to my plants, to clear
a house of negative energy, and much more than I can possibly
list here.
Why do I recommend everyone use Reiki healing
in their lives? Reiki is a powerful form of healing. It is
effective, convenient and fulfilling. Not only does Reiki
heal the body, but it calms the mind and nurtures the spirit.
Not everyone will be called to be a Reiki healer; however,
I believe that everyone should at least allow themselves the
experience of Reiki's healing and loving energy at least one
time in their life. I believe when you experience Reiki, you
are experiencing the touch of everything on the planet simultaneously,
and the experience is rich and lasting.
Just for today, I shall trust... Just for
today, I shall do my work honestly... Just for today, I shall
accept my many blessings... Just for today, I shall be at
peace... Just for today, I will respect the rights of all
life forms.
