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THE ORIGIN OF REIKI HEALING

 

Although humankind has known natural healing since ancient times, it was Dr Mikao Usui of Japan who established Reiki healing, as we know it today.  Dr Mikao Usui was a principal at the Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan and he was known as a Christian preacher and missionary.  One day his students questioned him and asked if it was possible for them to learn to heal the way Christ did, as it was explained in the Bible. Dr Mikao Usui did not have any answer to them, but became interested in the concept of healing by hand.  He gave up his position at the University, and traveled to USA to receive training in Christianity at the Universe of Chicago. He was there for seven years, but no one could teach him healing. He also studied other religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism etc. He heard that the Buddhists might have the answers to healing, so he returned to Japan to study and search for options there. As he did not find what he was looking for he went to China, likewise without any result.  Later he studied Sanskrit language as he had found that many original Buddhist texts were written in that language. Eventually he came across some texts explaining about healing. However, he found no explanation on how to access the healing energy.  Upon returning to Japan, he consulted with a monk who advised him to do a retreat. Dr Mikao Usui then went to Mt Kyoto, where he fasted, meditated, and prayed for 21 days.  At the end of his retreat, revelations poured in, and he was shown how to activate the healing energy.  From here on, he started healing and had many miraculous results. 

 

Dr Mikao Usui started to teach and attune others into the art of USUI SHIKI RYOHO, and it is from here that Reiki healing has spread to most countries in the world.  So many people have discovered the wonderful blessings of Reiki healing.  As well as creating inner peace and harmony in body, mind, emotion, and spirit, Reiki healing is well known for its ability to release latent potentials.  With its soothing, calm and loving touch Reiki pacifies obstructive energy, allows the body to return to its optimum function capacity, and thereby promoting good health.  Furthermore, Reiki brings out the root courses of our obstructions so they can be transformed in the light of wisdom, love and clarity.  Reiki takes us into close unity with the universe and ourselves, melting boundaries and giving a sense of oneness.  It is widely accepted as a spiritual practice, but it is not a religion, not a ritual, not black magic, nor superstition.  In its pure tradition, it is taught only in the spirit of goodwill, harmony, and peace, never for selfish purpose, harming people, or gaining reputation or power over others.