People all over the world
practice Reiki healing using the universal life force energy
Reiki: A Spiritual Healing
Energy
by Dave Lappin
Among the ever growing
accepted fields in alternative healing today is that of Reiki
(pronounced "Ray-key"). Reiki is a Japanese word that means
"universal life force." This healing energy is the universal life
force energy that has been around forever, but was "re-discovered"
in the late 1800's by Mikao Usui. Usui sought to understand the
nature of how to heal others by laying on of hands as was taught in
the holy scriptures. His journey eventually took him to a mountain
top in Japan where he meditated and fasted for 21 days hoping to
unlock the key to this healing power.
Through a mystical
experience at the end of the 21-day period, the symbols that
"attuned" one to the Reiki energy were revealed to him. Thus began
the modern-day era of Reiki.
Today, people all over the
world practice this form of healing energy. Once attuned by a Reiki
Master, the practitioner becomes a channel for this energy that
pervades everything. In essence, the practitioner becomes like
"cosmic jumper cables" providing a boost of needed energy to those
requesting it.
The person receiving the
Reiki energy can be lying down or sitting in a chair. The
practitioner simply places his or her hands on the individual and
thus begins the transference of the Reiki energy.
Most usually the person
receiving a Reiki treatment will feel very relaxed. A 15-minute
Reiki treatment is equivalent to an hour's sleep. When a person
becomes relaxed they allow their own natural healing abilities to
take over and healing can occur very rapidly.
Hawayo Takata, who brought
Reiki to the western world, had a Reiki clinic in Hawaii. On a daily
basis, she and others practiced Reiki and claimed it to heal
everything from leukemia to headaches to arthritis.
Reiki will help bring the
body into balance. Due to Reiki making one feel relaxed, I have
found that Reiki is great for reducing stress. Reiki is wonderful
for helping one fall asleep. It is like a natural sedative.
From my own experiences,
after several Reiki sessions, one lady attributed the power of Reiki
to helping reduce the lymphatic cancer she had been diagnosed with.
Her doctors could not understand how the cancer could have
diminished so rapidly. They dubbed her their "miracle child."
Another person I had the opportunity to working with along with
other Reiki practitioners, credited Reiki for helping to stop his
headaches after several sessions. It is quite rewarding to see the
smiling face after a Reiki treatment if nothing else.
If one desires to learn how
to do Reiki, one must contact a Reiki Master that he or she feels
comfortable with and arrange for a class. Typically, Reiki is taught
in three levels, with each level allowing the practitioner to
channel more and more of this universal life force energy. The
student is "attuned" to the Reiki energy by the Reiki Master. Once
attuned, the practitioner will have this energy available the rest
of his or her life.
Reiki can be used for mental
and emotional healing as well. The person receiving the energy will
only do so to the extent he or she is ready to begin the healing
process. It is generally regarded that the Reiki practitioner is
just the facilitator of this life force energy which allows the
subject's mind and body to relax to a deep level so that its own
innate healing ability occurs. The Reiki practitioner receives
healing as well, while giving a treatment, thus keeping his or her
energies in greater balance on all levels.
I have used Reiki on plants
as well. One year I used Reiki on my tomato plants and had the
biggest plants I had ever grown. Reiki is used in over 100 hospitals
in the U.S. and has been used in some hospitals before and after
surgery to help accelerate the healing process. One story I read was
of a practitioner that had broken a bone and immediately began
giving himself Reiki. Once he got to the hospital, the bone had
begun to heal much more rapidly than it would have otherwise.
Reiki is a wonderful tool to
help anyone help to facilitate healing in others or in themselves.
In this millennium, we may see Reiki and other more accepted forms
of alternative practices be used more and more along side the
medical practitioners of today.
Dave Lappin and his wife
Brenda have been teaching Reiki for 9 years. Dave and Brenda are
Reiki Masters and teach other spiritual classes as well at the
Center for Intuitive Development and Healing in Springfield, MO. You
can visit their website at:
http://www.reikimissouri.com or reach Dave by e-mail at:
dlappin@intuition2.com
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