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The
History and origin of Reiki
The
origin of Reiki can be traced back to ancient Tibet, thousands of years
ago. This technique was rediscovered in the late 1800's by Dr. Mikao
Usui of Japan.
The tradition of Reiki was an oral one, and was passed on by master to
master and student to student by word of mouth. The story most likely
has been dramatically embellished by each storyteller over the years to
emphasize the wonder and beauty of the legend of Dr. Usui. The following
story is the one that was told to me, and I now pass it on to you.
In the year of 1822 in the city of Kyoto, Japan, Dr. Mikao Usui, ( a
Christian Minister), was giving a sermon. After the service two seminary
students asked him to explain how Jesus did the miracles of healing, and
furthermore, whether or not he could perform those same miracles. Dr.
Usui was not able to give the students an answer of yes. He felt that he
understood the Bible intellectually, but he did not understand how Jesus
healed.
This marked the beginning of Dr. Usui's lifelong quest to uncover the
source of ancient healing techniques. He left Japan, came to America and
studied at the University of Chicago. During his stay in the United
States he earned a Doctorate degree in Theology. He searched the
scriptures to try and uncover the secret of how Jesus and his disciples
healed the sick and performed miracles, but he did not find the answers
he sought during his time in the United States.
Upon his return to Japan, it occurred to Dr. Usui that the Buddha had
performed the same type of miracles as Jesus. He too had healed the sick
and had a great control of energy. He channeled the power of God and the
Universe. Dr Usui began asking the different Buddhist sects if they
could perform the miracles that Buddha performed. Could they heal the
body? The Buddhists felt that healing of the Spirit and healing of the
body was not always directly connected. They concentrated on the Spirit,
and not the body. They left the healing of the body up to those in the
healing arts.
Finally, Dr. Usui went to a Zen monastery. He asked the same question of
the head monk. "Do the Zen know how to heal the body?" The
monk explained that they were concentrating heavily on healing of the
Spirit, and there just was not time to teach the physical healing of the
body.
Dr Usui requested that he be admitted to the Zen monastery so that he
could study the Buddhist scriptures, the sutras, in search of the key to
healing. He was admitted, and so began his study.
Dr. Usui first studied the Japanese translations of the Buddhist
scriptures but did not find the explanation he sought. Then he learned
Chinese so that a wider range of Buddhist writings were available to
him, but still without success.
He was guided, through his meditations, to learn Sanskrit so that he
could read the original Buddhist writings and have access to those
writings that had never been translated into another language. After
mastering the language of the Sanskrit he began reading the teachings of
the Tibetan Buddhistic Sect. From those writings Dr. Usui discovered
what he felt to be the keys to healing. Dr Usui found the symbols,
formulas, and description of how Buddha healed.
And so, at the end of his long search Dr. Usui had found what he
sought..............but not quite. Although he believed he had uncovered
the knowledge, he still did not have the power to heal. He discussed
this with his old friend the monk, and they meditated upon the path to
take. They were told that Dr. Usui should go to a designated place upon
the holy Mount Kuri Yama. There he was to fast for twenty-one days and
meditate, to seek the power to heal. During this time he would receive
enlightenment and Spiritual clarity.
Dr. Usui climbed Kuri Yama to a certain level and found a place that
faced east. Since he had no calender, he gathered twenty-one small
stones and placed them before him. Every morning he awakened before the
sun rose and would throw away one of the twenty-one stones to keep count
of the days.
Each day he meditated and fasted. On the twenty-first day, Dr. Usui
awakened to a darkened morning. It was like a new moon day, when no
light shone in the heavens before the breaking of the dawn. When he
awakened he could not even see his hand in front of his face. He found
his way to his meditation spot and picked up the last stone. Dr. Usui
prayed before throwing the last stone off the side of the mountain. He
asked God for confirmation of his findings and asked to be given the
enlightenment of how to use it.
As he threw the stone off the side of the mountain, a light appeared far
off in the east. It began getting brighter and coming closer to him. It
frightened him and he wanted to run away. He thought to himself,
"You have searched for years and years, and you have meditated and
fasted for twenty-one days. You have asked for enlightenment and
confirmation, and now you want to run away from it?" So Dr. Usui
quieted his intellect and said "No, if that light is for me, I
accept the enlightenment!"
The light became very bright and streamed across the heavens and hit him
directly in his third eye! For a moment he thought he had died and
ascended into heaven, because he had never before been in such a
euphoric state. He saw many, many bubbles in all the colors of the
rainbow. Then came the powerful bright white light, followed by golden
Sanskrit letters..................the secret formula of the Universal
Life Force and how to contact it! They came to him one by one,
commanding him to memorize and preserve them. Finally the bubbles, the
light and the Sanskrit letters had come and gone. Dr. Usui felt rested,
and full of life and energy.
Dr. Usui jumped to his feet. He wanted to hurry back and tell the monk
of his exciting news! In his rush he stubbed his toe on a rock. He
reached down to comfort the pain and to stop the bleeding. He found that
the pain and the bleeding quit very rapidly! He realized that something
was different about the energy in his hands........................they
had become very hot! After healing his toe, Dr. Usui continued his
pilgrimage down the mountain.
Soon he began to feel hungry, so he stopped at a home that served
travelers and ordered cold rice and cold tea. In a few moments a
Japanese girl with a bandage wrapped around her jaw brought Dr. Usui his
meal. She told Dr. Usui that her tooth had been aching for days.
Encouraged by his own phenomenal pain relief Dr. Usui asked, "May I
give you a healing?" She accepted his offer gladly. He put his
hands around her jaw and within a short period of time the pain and
swelling started going down. She was very happy and went to tell her
father!
Dr. Usui ate his meal and then went to pay the Papa-san. He reached into
his pocket to get some coins, but the Papa-san said, "Thank you,
sir monk, but I cannot accept the money. You have rendered unto my
daughter a service for which I do not have the money to pay. Please
accept the food in exchange for the healing services that you have
rendered." And Dr. Usui accepted the food in exchange for his
services as a healing channel.
Upon returning to Kyoto, he went to tell his friend the monk what had
happened. He asked for advice on what he should do, now that he had
received the keys and the energy of healing. He wanted to learn more
about it's use and how to develop it. Dr. Usui was directed by the monk
to meditate on this.
From his meditation, Dr. Usui was guided to go to the beggar kingdom in
Tokyo. This kingdom was controlled by a beggar king. So Dr. Usui went to
see the beggar king and asked if he might live there to heal the sick
and the afflicted. The beggar king admitted him, but did not believe Dr.
Usui would succeed in healing the beggars.
For the next seven years Dr. Usui worked on healing the sick in beggar
kingdom. He worked from daylight to dark, healing the young and old
alike, and saw many beautiful results take place! He began to understand
how Reiki flowed through him into the healee, and how the body became
well.
One afternoon Dr. Usui took a walk to the edge of the beggar kingdom. He
saw a young beggar who looked familiar. Dr. Usui asked if the beggar
knew him, and the beggar said, "Of course, Dr. Usui! I know you! Do
you not remember me? I am one of the first beggars that you
healed!"
Dr. Usui said, "I healed you and you are still a beggar?" The
beggar looked back at him and said, "Oh, Dr. Usui, yes! And I did
just what you told me! I went out to the temple to receive a new name. I
went into society and began dealing with my Karma, doing just what you
told me to do. I even got a job and soon married! But, it was too much
responsibility. So, I decided that I would rather be a beggar. That way
I wouldn't even have to be responsible for myself."
Dr, Usui was greatly upset, and thought "What a terrible thing I
have done! Perhaps the churches were
right,...........................the physical is not
enough..............the Spiritual has to also be healed! Never again
will Reiki be given away! Always there will have to be an exchange of
energy!" He decided to immediately leave the beggar kingdom.
As he walked back to the monastery, Dr. Usui was greeted in Spirit, by
the teachers who had greeted him on Kuri Yama. At this time he was given
the Five Spiritual Principals of Reiki by the Teachers. These five
principals created significant changes in the subsequent healings of Dr.
Usui. He realized that he had been giving healing away without requiring
the healee to take any responsibility whatsoever! Also, there had not
been an exchange of energy for the services rendered. The new teaching
provided Spiritual concepts to be integrated with the physical aspect of
the Reiki energy.
Dr. Usui got a torch and lit it, and went walking in Kyoto. He was
stopped and asked why he was carrying a lit torch in the middle of the
day with the sun shining so brightly? He replied that he was searching
for people with a heart full of love and with enlightened hearts, but
who are sad and sorrowful and do not know the true light. He invited the
people to come and hear about Reiki. In this way he started teaching
Reiki throughout Japan, and gathered a following of sixteen teachers.
Dr. Usui made his transition about 1893, after asking Dr. Chujiro
Hayashi to see that the Reiki teachings were preserved.
Dr. Hayashi continued in Dr. Usui's tradition, traveling, teaching, and
dedicating his life to Reiki. He trained two Japanese women. One of
these teachers stayed in Japan; the other, Mrs. Hawayo Takata of Hawaii,
was made a Reiki Master in 1938, prior to Dr. Hayashi's death. Mrs.
Takata was instrumental in spreading the teachings of Reiki to the
United States and Canada.
Today there are many, many Reiki Masters in the world. These individuals
dedicate and commit their lives to living, being and perpetuating this
Universal Life Force of Reiki. The honor of assisting in the harmony and
balance of the Universe and providing others with a means of balancing
their body, mind and spirit is what Reiki Masters are ordained to do.
With almost six billion beings on this planet, there is a vital need for
more Reiki Masters in service to mankind and to this Universe, so that
all who desire Reiki training may receive it.
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