Reiki Advanced Practice Series - Becoming a Reiki Master

Are you ready to be a Reiki Master?walk the walk and talk the talk to the best of
There comes a time in every Reiki practice whentheir abilities.
a Reiki practitioner considers taking the next stepThe second, more liberal definition of what
up the Reiki ladder by becoming a Reiki Master.constitutes a Reiki Master, is at present the more
There is a lot of confusion as to what exactly thisaccepted one, and that accepts as Reiki Master
entails and questions abound as to whether or notanyone who has a Reiki Master certificate. There
the practitioner is ready to take the plunge. Thisare courses where one pays a certain amount of
article is for those who are trying to decide ifmoney and a Reiki attunement is mystically sent
Reiki Mastery is right for them.off along with a Reiki Master certificate... and thus,
What's the difference between a Reiki Master andthe title of Reiki Master is bestowed upon the
a Reiki Teacher?recipient. By my reckoning, there is about as
Many people get the term Reiki Master confusedmuch chance of becoming a Golf Master as there
with the term Reiki Teacher (and vice versa). Inis of becoming a Reiki Master in such a way. Yet,
Traditional Japanese Reiki (as with most Easternfar be it for me to argue with the masses...
disciplines) one must master an art-form beforeWhat does a Reiki Master Certificate mean?
they can endeavor to teach it. In other words,This leads to the question of what exactly a Reiki
you've got to learn to walk, before you can learnMaster Certificate really means and the truth of
to run.the matter is, that it depends on who signed it.
In the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai (the Original ReikiMost of the certificates I've seen are worthless
Association set up by Dr. Usui) there are currentlyand merely indications that a Reiki attunement
members who have remained at Level Two inwas perhaps performed. There are some
their Reiki training for 50 or 60 years. And theyteachers who won't accept students for master
have no desire whatsoever to move up, evenlevel training unless they know they are truly
though they have been religiously practicing forready and their intentions are just. Those are the
most of their lives. They understand that Reikikind of certificates that have value... those are the
energy is not so easily mastered, and they are inkind of teachers you want to find... and those are
no hurry to learn the secrets of the mysterythe kind of teachers you ultimately want to be.
level(s) until they have achieved that mastery.So how do I know when I'm ready?
Most of those Reiki Level Two Practitioners knowOkay, you're still reading which means that you
far more about Reiki healing and Reiki energy thanhaven't been thrown off the scent yet and that is
the majority of the Reiki Masters in the West.a very good indication that you may very well be
Who is the real Master?ready for the next Reiki rung. the bottom line in
What does it mean to be a Reiki Master?regard to this question is that if you've done the
There are two currently accepted, yet conflictingtraining and done the practicing and developed
definitions of what constitutes a Reiki Master. I,your abilities to understand the subtle energies,
along with the more conservative camp, considerthen you have, no doubt, also developed the
a Reiki Master to be a person who has literallyaccompanying Reiki intuition. Development of that
mastered Reiki. They understand the theory andsixth sense comes naturally and it is that intuition
have put forward the time and effort necessarythat will tell you when you're ready and will come
to discern and appreciate the subtlety of the Reikiin the form of a persistent internal nagging that
energies. They also understand the spiritual pathjust won't give up... now all that remains is to
that Reiki is a part of, and are endeavoring toconvince a teacher!