What is ReikiWhat is Reiju? Usui Reiki Ryoho vs. Usui Shiki Ryoho
Reiki is a Japanese Healing Art. It means ‘Universal Life Force Energy’ whereas ‘rei’ means ‘Universal Energy’ and ‘ki’ (chi, prana, energy) means ‘Personal Energy’. Reiki can also mean ‘Enlightenment’ since you are joining together the Universal Energy with someone’s Personal Energy. Reiki orginates with Mikao (me cow) Usui (oo sue ee) many years ago. He was a Martial Artist, Kiko (Chi Kung) Master, and possibly a Shinto Priest. He channeled the Reiki energy from the Universe and began giving healing treatments to people. He taught his method, which was initally called “Method to Achieve Personal Perfection” to people. Depending on the student is how he taught it. So many students could learn differently. He used Reiju (which means ‘give/receive spirit’ as ‘ju’ can be written two ways: ‘to give’ or ‘to receive’ and ‘rei’ of course means ‘Spirit’ or ‘Universe’). Reiju is an Empowerment of passing the gift of Reiki onto someone else and/or to strengthen their connection to Reiki.
Usui trained a Japanese Navy Medical Doctor named Hayashi who created his own form of Reiju which was a four stage “attunement process”. It is also believed that this medical doctor, and some of Usui’s last students who were also from the Navy, had trouble grasping Usui’s usual training techniques so Usui, in all his wisdom, adjusted his teaching so they could understand it the best. Which meant he taught these students to use Symbols for giving Reiki to others as a way of focus. Hayashi, in turn, trained a Hawaiian Japanese woman named Takata. Takata learned Hayashi’s translation of Reiki and she brought it to Hawaii, and, in turn, America. American then learned this way of Reiki which follows her lineage called “Usui Shiki Ryoho” or the “Usui System of Natural Healing”. Takata and her lineage then learned to use attunements instead of Reiju and to incorporate the Reiki symbols and keep them hidden and sacred.
It is worth noting that my idea of the symbols is simply this. If two people are standing next to each other loutside at night and person 1 says, look up, do you see that star. Person 2 looks up and points to the sky with their hand and says ‘yes, I see it.’ They both are observing the same thing, but just differently.
Usui and his lineage from Japan is “Usui Reiki Ryoho” or the “Usui Spiritual Energy Healing Method”. Around the time of Usui’s death a Reiki Society was created in Japan called the ‘Reiki Gakkai’. It is said publicly that Usui himself created this society and was founding President. This is mentioned in the history of the Gakkai and on Usui’s tombstone. However, it is believed that Usui never created this Society and that Hayashi and the three naval officer students created it in honor of Usui and to continue his lineage. Either way, it exists but only in Japan.
It is also worth noting that in Japan Reiki can mean many things. So you would call Reiki in Japan as Usui-Do (Way of Usui) as it is common to name a system after the founder’s name. Usui is usually referred to as Usui-Sensei since he was a teacher (as what ‘sensei’ means). Most of these things are common knowledge to people in the Usui Reiki Ryoho lineage. People in the Usui Shiki Ryoho lineage know things that they were taught from Takata and are less aware of the true beginnings and live more out of a ‘story’ of Reiki as they are told. Reiki is Universal Life Energy that a practitioner can channel or focus onto a certain person, time, or event. You can send the energy to yourself or to someone at a distance (different room, state, country, etc.) and also send it to a past event in time or to a future event. The energy can be sent to cars, objects, things, rooms, spaces, etc. It is used in healing people at hospitals and works on four aspects of your body-temple. Mind, body, emotions, spirit.
Vern 19:20 on November 18, 2009 Permalink |
Nice – I liked the video – I like spontaneous stuff and I secretly crave videos in which people are unaware they’re being filmed – and then get caught! Nice… Hey, is that your g/f walking in front of you?