Julien Joly, Reiki Master and Teacher.

Reiki is a Japanese technique that promotes healing and is used for stress reduction and relaxation. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through and around 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. If this life force is high, we are more capable of being balanced and healthy. Reiki treats the person as a whole including body, emotions, mind and spirit.

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. It creates beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and well being. It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness and malady and always creates a beneficial effect. Many have reported miraculous results. It also works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.

Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use.  It is an amazingly simple technique to learn. 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 "initiation" given by a Reiki master. This  allows the student to tap into an unlimited supply of "life force energy" to improve one's health and enhance the quality of life.

The use of Reiki is not dependent on one's intellectual capacity or spiritual development and is therefore available to everyone. It has been successfully passed on 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/the universe, 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.

It is 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.

In order for the Reiki healing energies to have lasting results, the client must accept responsibility for her/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.
During a meditation several years after developing Reiki, Dr. Usui decided to add 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 realise that healing the spirit by consciously deciding to improve oneself is a necessary part of the Reiki healing experience. The ideals are guidelines for living a gracious life and virtues worthy of practice for their inherent value.

Origins of Tera-Mai Reiki: The Development of Tera-Mai Reiki: Kathleen Ann Milner.

Copyright of Barbara Ann Brennan's "Hands of Light"

 

Reiki Principles

The secret art of inviting happiness,
The miraculous medicine of all diseases.

Just for today, do not anger
Do not worry and be filled with gratitude
Devote yourself to your work
Be kind to people
Every morning and evening, join your hands in prayer
Pray these words to your heart
and chant these words with your mouth

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