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REIKI
WHAT IS REIKI?
REIKI/Energy healing is an alternative healing method, or rather, a collection of alternative methods of helping people heal by sending them universal energy. These methods are done by laying of hands or by channelling the energy over any distance. While this may sound weird to more traditional people in the West, these methods are based on principles that have been in use in the East and in other forms in the West, for thousands of years. The essence of Reiki as experienced by humans is love and grace. Reiki allows us to offer ourselves and others this essence in a non-intrusive and profound way.
Reiki is spiritually guided Universal Life Force Energy. The word Reiki is Japanese in origin and literally means:
Rei
= Universal (in the sense of spiritually guided or from the Divine);
[pronounced "RAY"] ki
= Life force energy (the same as chi or prana).
[pronounced "KEE"] To "use" Reiki is to channel this energy
through one's body to one's self or another for healing purposes.
ENERGY HEALING (see note 1 below)
"This approach to healing is based on the view that a special energy moves through all living things--a life energy that is the creative impetus for the universe, for all matter, and for the moment to moment feelings of each human being. This energy moves in pulsating rhythms that make up the seasons, the stages of the life cycle, the developmental phases of growth, the tidal rhythms of breath, the drumbeat of the heart, and the vibratory dance of the smallest particles inside each cell. Seen in terms of energy, the body consists of
o energy centers (chakras),
o energy pathways (meridians), and
o energy fields (auras).
According to this school of thought, when energy circulates freely,
people are healthy, happy, in touch with themselves, in direct
energy-level communication with one another, and in tune with the
universe. This energy has been called many names--"magnetism" in the
early 19th century by Mesmer. The Yogic name for it is "prana." In
Taoism and acupuncture, it is known by the Chinese term "chi" or "qi"
(Japanese "ki"). Wilhelm Reich called it "orgone."
Each theory of healing has an explanation for the nature of human difficulty and disease. In this theory, for a multitude of reasons, life-energy readily becomes blocked in human beings. The channels through which it flows can be stopped up, weakening the energy in one part of the body, building it to excessive levels in another.
Each healing system also proposes a cure: When life-energy is blocked, it must be freed in order to bring about a healing of the problems caused by that blockage--problems that include acute and chronic diseases, personality disorders, mood afflictions, psychological aberrations, anger, frustration, depression, cruelty, addiction, anxiety, indecisiveness, and all the adaptations we make to these conditions.
Life-energy may be released and rebalanced through a number of means.
Acupuncturists use needles, pressure, and the precise application of
heat to balance the flow of "chi" through elaborately mapped pathways
called "meridians."
Reiki manipulate and moves energy with the hands, not to remove muscular
tension in a mechanical sense, but to clear the deep energy pathways of
the body. The "healing hands" movement among holistic nurses uses touch
and also works with the energy field that surrounds the body.
In the ancient method of the laying on of hands, healing energy is transmitted from one person to another by touch, to reenergize or rebalance the afflicted part. When the energy of healing hands is transmitted to others at a distance, it is then called Distance Healing."
Note 1: The above "Energy Healing" paragraphs have been excerpted from Gerald Crow’s article "Healing and Teaching: Three Forms of Alternative Healing and their Implications for Teaching"- School of Journalism, Media & Graphic Arts, Florida A&M University, FL.
Reiki is both powerful and gentle. In its long history of use it has aided in healing virtually every known illness and injury including serious problems like: multiple sclerosis, heart disease, and cancer as well as skin problems, cuts, bruises, broken bones, headache, colds, flu, sore throat, sunburn, fatigue, insomnia, impotence, poor memory, lack of confidence, etc. It is always beneficial and works to improve the effectiveness of all other types of therapy. A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance and has many benefits for both client and practitioner, including altered states of consciousness and spiritual experiences. If a client has a health condition, and wants to be treated with Reiki, it is recommended that they do so under the supervision of an enlightened medical doctor or other health care professional. Reiki will improve the results of all medical treatment, acting to reduce negative side effects, shorten healing time, reduce or eliminate pain, reduce stress, and help create optimism.