Reiki: A Spiritual Healing Energy
Among the ever growing accepted fields in alternative healing
today is that of Reiki (pronounced "Ray-key"). Reiki is a
Japanese word that means "universal life force." This healing
energy is the universal life force energy that has been around
forever, but was "re-discovered" in the late 1800's by Mikao
Usui. Usui sought to understand the nature of how to heal others
by laying on of hands as was taught in the holy scriptures. His
journey eventually took him to a mountain top in Japan where he
meditated and fasted for 21 days hoping to unlock the key to
this healing power.
Through a mystical experience at the end of the 21-day period,
the symbols that "attuned" one to the Reiki energy were revealed
to him. Thus began the modern-day era of Reiki.
Today, people all over the world practice this form of healing
energy. Once attuned by a Reiki Master, the practitioner becomes
a channel for this energy that pervades everything. In essence,
the practitioner becomes like "cosmic jumper cables" providing a
boost of needed energy to those requesting it.
The person receiving the Reiki energy can be lying down or
sitting in a chair. The practitioner simply places his or her
hands on the individual and thus begins the transference of the
Reiki energy.
Most usually the person receiving a Reiki treatment will feel
very relaxed. A 15-minute Reiki treatment is equivalent to an
hour's sleep. When a person becomes relaxed they allow their own
natural healing abilities to take over and healing can occur
very rapidly.
Hawayo Takata, who brought Reiki to the western world had a
Reiki clinic in Hawaii. On a daily basis, she and others
practiced Reiki and claimed it to heal everything from leukemia
to headaches to arthritis.
Reiki will help bring the body into balance. Due to Reiki making
one feel relaxed, I have found that Reiki is great for reducing
stress. Reiki is wonderful for helping one fall asleep. It is
like a natural sedative.
>From my own experiences, after several Reiki sessions, one lady
attributed the power of Reiki to helping reduce the lymphatic
cancer she had been diagnosed with. Her doctors could not
understand how the cancer could have diminished so rapidly. They
dubbed her their "miracle child." Another person I had the
opportunity to working with along with other Reiki
practitioners, credited Reiki for helping to stop his headaches
after several sessions. It is quite rewarding to see the smiling
face after a Reiki treatment if nothing else.
If one desires to learn how to do Reiki, one must contact a
Reiki Master that he or she feels comfortable with and arrange
for a class. Typically, Reiki is taught in three levels, with
each level allowing the practitioner to channel more and more of
this universal life force energy. The student is "attuned" to
the Reiki energy by the Reiki Master. Once attuned, the
practitioner will have this energy available the rest of his or
her life.
Reiki can be used for mental and emotional healing as well. The
person receiving the energy will only do so to the extent he or
she is ready to begin the healing process. It is generally
regarded that the Reiki practitioner is just the facilitator of
this life force energy which allows the subject's mind and body
to relax to a deep level so that it's own innate healing ability
occurs. The Reiki practioner receives healing as well, while
giving a treatment, thus keeping his or her energies in greater
balance on all levels.
I have used Reiki on plants as well. One year I used Reiki on my
tomato plants and had the biggest plants I had ever grown. Reiki
is used in over 100 hospitals in the U.S. and has been used in
some hospitals before and after surgery to help accelerate the
healing process. One story I read was of a practitioner that had
broken a bone and immediately began giving himself Reiki. Once
he got to the hospital, the bone had begun to heal much more
rapidly than it would have otherwise.
Reiki is a wonderful tool to help anyone help to facilitate
healing in others or in themselves. In this millennium, we may
see Reiki and other more accepted forms of alternative practices
be used more and more along side the medical practioners of
today.