Reiki is the Japanese word for universal life force energy. When the rei and ki are broken down into their two component parts, the kanji definition for rei is universal, transcendental spirit, mysterious power, essence. Ki is described as the vital life force energy very similar to the chi of Chinese acupuncture, light to Christians and bioplasmic energy to Russian researchers.
We all have Reiki energy for it is our birthright. What makes Reiki different from other healing method is the attunement process which the student experience in the various levels of Reiki classes. Anyone can lay their hands on another person and help accelerate the healing process by transferring magnetic energy. A person who has been through the process of Reiki attunement however has experienced a very ancient technology for fine tuning the physical and etheric bodies to a higher vibratory level. In addition certain of the energy centers, also known as chakras, are opened to enable the person to channel higher amount of universal life force energy.
Reiki is never sent it is drawn through the channel. For example if I lay my hands on you to do a treatment, you will draw appropriate amount of energy to which ever areas of your body need it. I am never drained in the process as I too am treated as I give a treatment. The energy enter at my crown chakra and passes through the upper energy center to my heart and solar plexus. The rest then passes through my arms and hands to your body. I am thus never drained in the process, as a certain amount of energy is stored in me. However at the same time you do not take on any of my stuff as the Reiki passes through a purified channel in my body, opened by the attunement.
One of the greatest benefit of Reiki is the possibility of self treatment. Once a person is attuned, he or she need only have the intention to do Reiki on him/herself or other and the energy is immediately drawn through.
Self treatment is an extremly effective technique for total relaxation and stress release. It amplifies the life force energy in our body which then helps create balance in the physical and etheric bodies. Treating oneself also helps to release withheld emotion and energy blocks.
Reiki is not a religion, as it holds no creed or doctrine. Indeed, it is a very ancient science hidden for thousand of year until Dr. Usui rediscovered this very old technology hidden in the Tibet an sutras. Researchers at Stanford, using highly sensitive instrument, which measure the flow of energy forces entering the body, determined that Reiki energy enter the healer through the top of the head and exits through the hands. The energy forces comes from a northerly direction but from the south activated it seem to flow in a counter clock wise spiral motion much like the double helix in DNA.
The amount of energy emanating from the hands definitely increase during treatment. Dr. Bara Fischer, of Santa Fe, new Mexico a well known researcher who has developed an ingenious technique for doing life energy interpretation with Kirlian photography, tested the author before and during the sending of healing displayed a marked increase of radiation when compared with the photo taken before the treatment, which had displayed a definitively smaller range of emanations.
The evidence to data shows very clearly that there is indeed a plasmatic streaming- a release of energy through the bodily system- when blocks are released. All outcomes are different for every treatment, the healee being the determining factor in the net result. Each person draws in just the right amount of life force that he or she needs to release, activate, or transform the energy of the physical and etheric bodies. Reiki not only can effect change in the chemical structure of the body, by helping to regenerate organs and rebuild tissue and bone it also helps create balance on the mental level. Reiki is not a belief system therefore no mental preparation or direction is needed to receive a treatment only a desire to receive and accept the energy. On the other hand from the standpoint of the practitioner, since it is not a belief system, once the intention is clear to start a treatment it will always be activated when used as instructed.
Reiki is a wonderful tool to to help one develop conscious awareness, the very key to enlightenment. As in most things in life, Reiki must be experienced to be appreciated. May your exploration of Reiki be a joyous one. |
