| Reiki is a form of energy healing that requires no | | | | concentrated on Buddhism, and found himself at a |
| specific spiritual alignment. You do not have to be | | | | Zen monastery, back in Japan. He studied for |
| a member of any particular church to practice | | | | years, and was guided to perform meditation to |
| Reiki. It does not matter if you are Christian or | | | | find his answers. He went on a 21 day fast and |
| Buddhist; Reiki will work for you and will not | | | | meditation retreat to achieve enlightenment. At |
| offend your beliefs. In my experience, Reiki is a | | | | this time, after 21 years of study and seeking, |
| wonderfully simple, portable and non-invasive | | | | and then 21 days of fasting and meditating, it is |
| healing modality that requires no expensive | | | | said that he saw and was filled with a great bright |
| equipment and can be learned at home through | | | | light. The light surrounded him, and entered his |
| Reiki online courses and books. | | | | body through his third eye. This is thought to be |
| Treatments are not tiring to perform, nor do | | | | the universal life force energy, entering Usui and |
| they create wear and tear like, for example, | | | | opening the channels for healing with this energy. |
| massage. You can even perform a treatment on | | | | After this, he was filled with the universal life |
| a person that is in another city or country, once | | | | force energy and was able to channel it to heal |
| you have your second degree attunement! The | | | | himself and others. Through extensive practice, |
| possibility of distance treatments and distance | | | | Dr. Usui discovered the 5 principles of Reiki. He |
| learning made learning Reiki online a natural fit. It is | | | | also developed the Reiki symbols, which have |
| also easy to treat yourself with Reiki, enabling a | | | | been a controversy in Reiki online teachings and |
| long and healthy life. | | | | Reiki books. Some Reiki authors and Reiki Online |
| Translated, the word Reiki is made of 2 words; | | | | schools feel that the symbols should not be |
| "Rei" means universal life giving, and "Ki" | | | | revealed for free and others distribute them to all. |
| (otherwise known as Chi) means energy. The | | | | It is said that Usui learned through offering free |
| origins of Reiki are made up of stories that have | | | | treatments to the poor that the healing was not |
| been passed on from master to student over | | | | appreciated if it was not paid for. This is said to |
| many years. There are many discrepancies | | | | have come about as he was performing Reiki on |
| between the teachings of different Reiki masters | | | | the poor, and he recognized a man he had |
| and schools, but the bones of the tale remain the | | | | already treated. He asked the man why he was |
| same. | | | | still a beggar, and the man replied that he had |
| Reiki originated in Japan, and is attributed to the | | | | taken Usui's advice, and gotten a job, but it was |
| work of Dr. Mikao Usui, a professor at a Christian | | | | easier to be irresponsible and be a beggar. I think |
| university in Kyoto, Japan. Towards the end of | | | | that this may have contributed to the hefty fees |
| the nineteenth century, Dr. Usui attempted to | | | | charged by some teachers and some original Reiki |
| learn how Christ had performed healing, after | | | | online courses. Again, the truth behind this is |
| being asked this question by his students. It is said | | | | questionable, and may have been added to help |
| that he studied world religions to seek answers. | | | | justify the large fees charged by early masters |
| This part of the tale is questionable, but may | | | | and Reiki online schools. Saying that, remember |
| have become part of the "legend" when Reiki | | | | when you are treating others that your time is |
| began to be taught in America. | | | | valuable also, it is not against Reiki principles to be |
| Usui is said to have traveled through Asia and the | | | | compensated for your time. |
| United States seeking answers. Finally, he | | | | |