A Brief
Overview
Reiki Healing
Life Force Energy
Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes
healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an
unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If
one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress,
and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.
The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's Wisdom or
the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy". So Reiki is actually "spiritually
guided life force energy."
A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around
you. Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating
many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security
and wellbeing. Many have reported miraculous results.
Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement
that everyone can use. It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness
and malady and always creates a beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction
with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote
recovery.
An amazingly simple technique to learn, the ability to use Reiki is not taught in
the usual sense, but is transferred to the student during a Reiki class. This ability
is passed on during an "attunement" given by a Reiki master and allows the student
to tap into an unlimited supply of "life force energy" to improve one's health and
enhance the quality of life.
Its use is not dependent on one's intellectual capacity or spiritual development
and therefore is available to everyone. It has been successfully taught to thousands
of people of all ages and backgrounds.
While Reiki is spiritual in nature, it is not a religion. It has no dogma, and there
is nothing you must believe in order to learn and use Reiki. In fact, Reiki is not
dependent on belief at all and will work whether you believe in it or not. Because
Reiki comes from God, many people find that using Reiki puts them more in touch
with the experience of their religion rather than having only an intellectual concept
of it.
While Reiki is not a religion, it is still important to live and act in a way that
promotes harmony with others. Dr. Mikao Usui, the founder of the Reiki system of
natural healing, recommended that one practice certain simple ethical ideals to
promote peace and harmony, which are nearly universal across all cultures.
During a meditation several years after developing Reiki, Dr. Usui decided to add
the Reiki Ideals to the practice of Reiki. The Ideals came in part from the five
principles of the Meiji emperor of Japan whom Dr. Usui admired. The Ideals were
developed to add spiritual balance to Usui Reiki. Their purpose is to help people
realize that healing the spirit by consciously deciding to improve oneself is a
necessary part of the Reiki healing experience. In order for the Reiki healing energies
to have lasting results, the client must accept responsibility for her or his healing
and take an active part in it. Therefore, the Usui system of Reiki is more than
the use of the Reiki energy. It must also include an active commitment to improve
oneself in order for it to be a complete system. The ideals are both guidelines
for living a gracious life and virtues worthy of practice for their inherent value.