What Is Reiki... Really?
Published in the August 1998 issue of "The Messenger"
We are often
asked questions about Reiki, and more often to explain what Reiki is.
We have come to understand that Reiki is so much more than a "healing
technique", if fact, we are not sure that it is a healing technique.
We have read many of the books that are written on Reiki, and in fact,
we too sat down for countless hours and input enough information to
write our own book. But, as we read back through the material,
especially with a few weeks or months allowed to pass, we found that
we were limiting potential readers of truly understanding the scope
and breadth of the system. We saw that we continued to gain additional
understanding, and that the book froze our earlier concepts of Reiki,
as if Reiki were limited by the words we used to describe it.
Needless to say, the book sits in the hard drive of two computers,
accumulating "cyber-dust". It seems that our understanding is growing
daily with our continued self-treatments, reading newly published
books, and the practitioners we communicate with, and teach. Every
class we teach, every person we chat with on-line, every article we
write seems to expand our awareness of what Reiki is. In this article,
I will try to put down our overall understanding...... to date.
We
had the good fortune to have some cyber-friends call and say they were
in Sedona, and that they wanted to meet us, so we joined them for
breakfast. The conversation soon centered on Reiki, and we were asked
to define it. And these concepts rolled out of my head, over my tongue
and out my mouth. I said, "Reiki is usually said to be a "healing
technique", but we have come to know that is so much more. When we
humans were created and we decided to incarnate into dense physical
bodies, we were fully connected to the Universal life-force that
animates all living form. We could easily remember that we chose to
experience solidity only temporarily, and that we could move between
solid form and Spirit Essence. But over eons, we decided that it was
fun to experience all the emotions, drama, and intrigue of forgetting
our Spiritual side, and to stay fully immersed in the "playing of
roles". As we moved our consciousness more deeply into the physical
realm, we began to forget the Source of our creation/energy, and we
began to become more out-of-balance to what we truly were. We spent
more time "thinking" about material things, competition, money, power,
control, and eventually we cut off our own conscious connection to
Source. Add to that the loss of "vital Chi or Ki" through our
addictive sexual appetites, our perception of servitude to work/jobs,
our fascination to mind-numbing substances, and our struggle to
survive in 3rd dimension. It is easy to see why we are developing
dis-eases, imbalances, and conditions that are literally killing us."
Reiki is a subtle energy discipline that can replenish our bodies
with the "life-sustaining" energy of Source. It is known to purify and
eliminate everything toxic to our total being (all energetic levels
holding our physical body in solid form). When we have more of the
Diving Essence flowing through us, we are more filled with the "Love"
of the Creator for his/her "creations", and with the "Light" that is
the vibration of pure energy from which we come. When our bodies are
filled with this vital life-sustaining energy, we will come back to
balance/vibrant-health/wholeness. There are many ways/tools available
today to accomplish this state of being, but one of the easiest is
Reiki. All one has to do is to become attuned and lay their hands on
the body for a minimum of one hour daily. That is all.... just one
hour a day; while we awaken, fall to sleep, rest, eat, drive, work,
watch television... etc. What could be easier? Basically, we can talk
about Reiki, or we can do Reiki.... the proof of its effectiveness is
in the state of our body/mind/spirit. What are you waiting for? If one
hour could do this, imagine what two or more could accomplish.
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