History of
Reiki
The traditional
story of Reiki, told by Hawayo Takata, begins in the 1800s,
when Reiki was rediscovered and revived by a Christian monk by
the name of Dr. Mikao Usui. Reiki however, was an ancient method
even earlier. Dr. Usui was the Principal of the Doshisha
University, a Christian seminary in Kyoto, Japan. One day he
was asked by his students to demonstrate and explain the healing
method used by Jesus, he was unable to do so. This began a 10
year quest to find answer and learn the skill. He was told by
the Christian authorities in Japan that this healing method was
neither talked about or even known. Dr. Usui was determined to
find the answer searched the information through Buddhism but
was told by Buddhists monks that the ancient spiritual healing
methods had been lost.
Dr. Usui's quest then
led him to the U.S., but not receiving any further
information from Christians regarding hands-on-healing, he decided
to
attend the University of Chicago School of Divinity where
he received a
Doctorate in Theology. Being able to read Japanese, Chinese, English and
Sanskrit, Dr. Usui relentlessly searched Chinese scripts for an
answer and
eventually traveled to North India, where he was able to study
the holy writings.
As told by Hawayo
Takata. Dr. Usui began studying the Sanskrit. He studied
very
hard to master Sanskit and in doing so found a formula.
He was however unable to interpret the formula since it had been
written
2500 years, so he continued his quest. He traveled to the
Holy Mountain of Koriyama, Japan where he fasted and
meditated in solitude for 21 days, with the hope of gaining
contact with a level of consciousness as described in the
Sanskrit formulas. Upon his arrival at the mountain, he placed
21 small stones in front of him to count each day, throwing away
one stone at the end of each day.
During his time on
the mountain Dr. Usui read the Sutras and sang. On the
final morning of his quest, he saw a shining projectile of
light moving toward him at great speed. It became larger and
larger and finally struck his third eye. He saw millions of
little rainbow colored bubbles of blue, red, pink and all the
colors of the rainbow. A great white light appeared, as he saw
each of the symbols in front of him glowing in shining gold. As
he saw the symbols, he received information about each of them.
This was the birth of the Usui System of Reiki and the first
attunement of the rediscovery of an ancient healing method.
Before making his transition Dr. Mikao
Usui trained and attuned
several Reiki Masters including: Dr. Chujiro Hayashi who was an officer in
Japan’s Naval Reserve, Hawayo Takata, and Phyllis Lei
Furumoto. Dr. Hayashi established at least 8 Reiki Centers in
Japan.
There are many forms of REIKI, however, the 2 principal ones
are: "The Usui System of Natural Healing" and "The Radiance
Technique."
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