This commercialization of Usui Reiki does not dilute the healing power of Usui Reiki, just the practitioners that are inappropriately trained. I spent 5 years studying and practicing Reiki before I received my 3rd level Degree (master/teacher). I spent 3 years with my 1st level Degree (self-healing/student) before I was comfortable to obtain the 2nd level Degree (practitioner). The self-healing was the most challenging and I managed to heal my long suffering migraine headaches. I had suffered from migraines for 30 years (2 or 3 attacks per year). I have not had any since 2002 when I received my 1st Degree. It was after 2 years of practicing with the 2nd Degree before I felt I was ready for the final 3rd Degree.
In the commercialization of Reiki, Reiki has often been portrait as a quick and miraculous healing modality. Reiki has always followed the HEALING PROCESS and has never been a quick-fix type of healing. Ms Hawayo K. Takata was the master that brought Reiki to North America in the 1940s. When Ms. Takata first learned of Reiki in Japan she received 2 Reiki sessions every day for over 30 days in order to heal her health issues. Reiki follows a process that all healing requires. Each Reiki session works on the last session and this builds over time. Ideally it would be nice to follow Takata’s experience of 2 sessions every day for a month. In today’s environment this would be both costly and time consuming. I have found having a session with no more than 2 days between sessions over 2 or 3 weeks produces substantial results. This is what I recommend to my clients, and I do not do single or a quick-fix type of service. In my opinion such quick-fix service is a waste of my time and the client’s money.
There has also been considerable discussion on the ‘attunements’ and ‘healing symbols’ used in Reiki. The ‘attunements’ and ‘symbols’ have always been a little on the mysterious side and somewhat secret within the Reiki group. In the last few years these traits of Reiki have been misunderstood. I find both to be of value and I will explain why.
Attunements:
There is nothing mysterious about these attunements; they do not connect the individual to any special source of Chi. There are other forms of ‘Energy Healers’ and Reiki is just a form of Energy Healing. All Energy Workers channel the Chi from this same source. All Energy has a vibration frequency and physical items have a lower frequency than non-physical items. As we are physical beings our Energy (Chi) is at a lower frequency than the Energy of the Source. The Reiki attunement raises the Energy frequency of the individual in order for the individual to more effectively connect and channel this source. An experienced Energy Worker is able to connect and channel this source as effectively as I can with the attunements; it is the experience that produces this ability. The student of Reiki with the attunement will also be as effective at channeling this source as the experienced Energy Worker.
The other component to the attunements is the Healing Symbols. The attunement also installs the Healing Symbols into the Energy Body of the student. I will explain more about the Symbols shortly, but for the Symbols to be effective they must be imbedded in the Energy Body of the Reiki practitioner. I have been requested by Reiki practitioners to re-attune them as they sense their Reiki is not working properly. This is usually when a student has only received a single attunement from their teacher and the connection to the symbols has eroded. It is a popular belief that a single attunement is adequate, I do not. I give 4 attunements over 4 days. In this way the Symbols are more deeply embedded in the Energy Body. I often give single attunements to individuals that may be attending a Reiki Share with no Reiki experience. This single attunement will allow the individual to practice Reiki in a temporary situation such as a Reiki Share, but it will wear off over time. Ms. Takata also received 4 attunements when she was attuned to Reiki and she gave multiple attunements to her students. I do not know where the idea of a single attunement being adequate originated from, it sounds like another example of the impatience of our modern times.
Healing Symbols:
The Healing Symbols are not as mysterious as they are made out to be, they are very simple. The Symbols are first taught in the 2nd Level and consists of 3 Symbols. One Symbol works primarily on the Mental Body, another works primarily on the Emotional Body. The 3rd Symbol assists the practitioner with ‘Distance Healing’. I find these Symbols to be very powerful and effective. There is no prescribed method for using these Symbols and I use them in a very intuitive manner. They are strange in one way, I find when I am teaching them or discussing them I have to really focus on the right pronunciations and how they are correctly drawn. However, when I am working with a client a specific Symbol will appear to me with the correct pronunciation and correctly drawn. When this happens the symbol is very strong in my AWARENESS and I can actually hear the pronunciation and the symbol draws itself. It is this Symbol that I will use with the client. The Distance Healing Symbol is used in conjunction with the other 2.
In the 3rd Level there is one other healing symbol taught and it is the Master Healing symbol. This symbol works with all the Energy Bodies and is a very powerful healing tool. Many that have learned this Master Symbol will use it all of the time and they tend to forget the other two. This I find to be a lazy way of healing, I do admit of falling into this practice at times. Most of the time I will start a Reiki session with this Master symbol and then part way through the session either the Mental or Emotional symbol will come to me and I will switch to that symbol for the majority of the session. The last few minutes of the session I will switch back to the Master symbol to conclude the session.
There is one other symbol taught in the 3rd level and it is like the Distance Healing symbol, this symbol is not really used in healings. It is used to cut Energy Cords. Normally it is used at the end of an attunement to disconnect the energy of the teacher and the student. It is also used for ‘grounding’ purposes.
Many Reiki master have developed their own versions of these symbols or will add their own to these. If these work for them it is great, I find the traditional symbols enough for me to work with.
The commercialization of Reiki is very sad. I do not belong to any of the associations as I do not fully support any of their positions. The Canadian Reiki Association created the 4th Level that is not necessary and only serves the ability to charge more money. The Reiki Alliance I would have more support of, except they do not permit the use of Crystals or other tools to be used, which I do. I also have a problem with any association as it adds a layer of bureaucracy to the Healing Process. I am not a lover of bureaucracy.
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