Learning About Reiki
What is Reiki?
Reiki is a Japanese natural form of healing used for stress reduction and relaxation. It is a technique that also helps promote healing either for self or for other people. It is characterized as a practice of "laying of hands". The healing powers of the technique are based on using the unseen "life force energy" that flows through and around all life. When one's life force energy is low, then people are likely to get sick or feel weak. If the life force is high, people fell healthy and happy. Reiki is also used as a type of therapy for treating physical, emotional, and mental diseases.
The name Reiki is taken from two Japanese characters that describe energy itself. The word "rei", which means "unseen" or "spiritual" and "ki" which means "energy" or "life force" is combined to become Reiki. In English, its meaning is usually given as "universal life energy".
It was Mikao Usui who was known to have rediscovered Reiki in 20th century Japan. Story has it that Usui received the ability of healing after going through three weeks of fasting and meditating on top of Mount Kurama. Practitioners of Reiki use a technique similar to that of the laying on of hands.
This action is said to promote the channeling of "healing energy" to another person. The energy flows through the palms and brings along with it healing powers that can be used for self-treatment as well as for treating others. Reiki is a simple, natural as well as safe method of dispensing healing and self-improvement. It is said to be effective in providing alternative treatment for virtually every known illness and malady. Reiki also helps spiritual healing. This method is combined with other medical or therapeutic techniques to help relieve side effects and promote recovery.
Reiki, although seen as a very powerful healing technique, is an amazingly simple to learn. Reiki and the ability to use it effectively cannot be taught in the usual sense. This ability is not merely learned but is passed on by a Reiki master to the student during an "attunement". After the ability has been passed on, it allows the student to tap into an unlimited supply of "life force energy" that can then be used to improve one's health and enhance the one's quality of life.
Reiki is not considered a religion. There are no set of beliefs that one should learn about before learning to practice the technique known as Reiki. The practice does not depend on any form of dogma. It will work whether the student believes it or not. But it is said that the practice of Reiki helps people to keep in touch of their spiritual selves rather than the intellectual concept that it provides.
The practice of Reiki also aims to develop and promote living in harmony with others. Aside from practicing Reiki and its principles, the founder of the Reiki system, Mikao Usui also recommends the practice of simple ethical ideals that can lead to peace and harmony among people.
Getting to know what Reiki is may help people not only become a healing channel but also a tool to promote peace among other people.
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