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Reiki 'universal life force' is an energy that has existed for thousands of years. Much of the history has been an oral tradition and some of the versions availabel do have variations. We will tell the history of Reiki as it was told to us and others in our lineage.
Dr. Mikao Usui Reiki 'universal life force' is an energy that has existed for thousands of years. Much of the history has been an oral tradition and some of the versions available do have variations. We will tell the history of Reiki as it was told to us and others in our lineage.
Reiki has been described as the 'Intellingent Energy' and was re-discovered by Dr. Mikao Usui in Japan. Dr. Usui was born in 1865 and in adulthood was believed to be an ordained minister whose students asked him about healing
Dr. Mikao Usui
methods used by Jesus and he could provide no answers. He asked church elders but they did not have the answers. He became focused on finding the answers to the students questions that now he realized that these questions had become his own.
he approached Buddhist monks who told him the only way to aquire healing methods was through enlightenment via Buddhist teachings.
In 1914 Dr. Usui climbed Mount Kurama to meditate and fast for 21 days, in hopes of gaining enlightenment. On the 21st day he saw a light coming to him from the horizon and he was struck by the light in his forehead. When he resumed
Dr. Chujiro Hayashi
consciousness he saw different colored lights and some report bubbles containing the Reiki symbols. Upon leaving the mountain he discovered that he had been given a great gift of healing and he called it Reiki.
Dr. Usui only practiced and taught Reiki for about 5 to 10 years before he died. He trained 2000 sutdents and 16 Masters. One Master was his successor Chujiro Hayashi. Dr Usui was perplexed in the early days of his healing with Reiki.
Dr. Chujiro Hayashi
He found that giving the Reiki energy without asking for something in return made it under-appreciated. Dr. Usui discovered when he charged for the Reiki and combined the five Reiki Principles into everyday living that the power of the Reiki was accentuated.
Mrs. Hawayo Takata
In the late 1930's Mr. Hayashi trained Hawayo Takata the first female to be taught Reiki. Mrs. Takata brought Reiki to Hawaii and eventually to the mainland U.S.A.
Between the 1940's and the 1970's Mrs. Takata trained hundreds of Reiki 1 and Reiki 2 practitioners, but she didn't train a single master. In the 1970's she had a change of heart and trained 22 Reiki masters in the last 10 years of her life.
Mrs. Hawayo Takata
 
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