| Born in Japan 1865, Dr. Mikao Usui was the | | | | oxygen but obviously less potent to the senses. |
| founder of a natural system of healing called Reiki, | | | | Put the two together and we have, |
| involving life force energy and the laying of hands. | | | | “Universal Life Force Energy.” |
| All his life, Dr. Usui searched for a channel of | | | | In 1923 the great Kanto earthquake struck |
| subtle energy that would allow a healer to give life | | | | Tokyo, killing over 140,000 people and injuring |
| force energy without his own depleting. As a | | | | countless others. Guided by compassion, Dr. Usui |
| Buddhist monk, he meditated on top of a | | | | traveled to Tokyo and opened a Reiki clinic where |
| mountain for 21 days. On the 21st day, a beam | | | | he treated thousands. The Japanese government |
| of energy shot through his crown chakra. He | | | | presented Usui with the Kun San To award for |
| discovered the miraculous channel. | | | | his honorable work. |
| Reiki can be broken into two words—Rei and | | | | The doctor’s healing society, Usui Reiki |
| Ki. Rei means universal—omniscient or | | | | Ryoho Gakkai—meaning “the Usui |
| everywhere. Ki, like the Chi in Tai-Chi, refers to | | | | System of Reiki Healing”—still exists |
| the subtle life force energy flowing through all | | | | today in Japan. In fact, all over the world, including |
| living things, sustaining them, quite similar to | | | | in the United States, people practice Reiki. |