Freespirit Awareness Centre

 

Reiki is believed to have begun in Tibet several thousand years ago. Seers in the Orient studied energies and developed a system of sounds and symbols for universal healing energies. Various healing systems, which crossed many different cultures, emerged from this single root system. Unfortunately, the original source itself was forgotten.

Dr. Mikaomi Usui, a Japanese Christian educator in Kyoto, Japan, rediscovered the root system in the mid- to late 1800s. He began an extensive twenty-one-year study of the healing phenomena of history's greatest spiritual leaders. He also studied ancient sutras (Buddhist teachings written in Sanskrit). He discovered ancient sounds and symbols that are linked directly to the human body and nervous system that activates the universal life energy for healing.

Usui then underwent a metaphysical experience and became empowered to use these sounds and symbols to heal. He called this form of healing Reiki and taught it throughout Japan until his death around 1893.











Toshihiro Eguchi, studied with Usui in 1923. Eguchi was the most prominent of his students and he reportedly taught thousands of students before the war. It is largely through Eguchi that hands-on-healing has continued in Japan
 
The tradition was passed through several grandmasters of Reiki.








 
Dr. Chujiro Hyashi, studied with Usui in 1925, just a year before Usui's death. Hayashi was one of the first of Usui's non-Buddhist students. Hayashi was not a Buddhist, and had his own separate, and very strong beliefs, which were decidedly Christian. Usui eventually sent Hayashi on his way. Hayashi used the knowledge he learned from Usui to open a healing clinic in Tokyo. He readapted some of the format of Usui's teachings and developed a more complex set of hand positions suitable for clinic use. His clinic employed a method that required several practitioners’ work on one client at the same time to maximize the flow of energy. One of Hayashi's ways of getting practitioners for his clinic was to give the First Degree Initiation / Attunement in return for 3 months commitment as an unpaid employee. After this period he would offer the better students the Second Degree for a further 9 month commitment. Those who completed this had an opportunity to receive further training. After 2 years further commitment (which involved an apprenticeship under Hayashi) they were taught all the initiations / attunements and were allowed to begin to teach the first level.            
 

Hawayo Takata born in 1900 in Hanamaulu, Kauai.

Mrs. Takata once said “There's power in them palms.”  She also said when questioned about energy  “No, it's not a key to ease the energy crisis. "It's a cosmic energy to heal the ill, Reiki, which is applied by hand, goes to the cause and effect. When the cause is removed there will be no effect. It is not associated with any visible material being. It's an unseen spiritual power that radiates vibration and lifts one into harmony. This power is incomprehensible to man, yet every single living being is receiving its blessings.

"I believe there is only one Supreme Being - the Absolute Infinite - a dynamic force that governs the world and the universe. It is a universal force from the divine spirit and is available to anyone interested in learning the art of healing. "Reiki helps attain health, happiness and security which leads to the road of longevity." 1990- 1980.

(It is now said that she was a minister in a spiritualist church)

There are many forms of reiki being practiced now. The principal one being: "the Usui System of Natural Healing"
The Usui System of Natural Healing balances and strengthens the body's energy, promoting its ability to heal itself.

Reiki is useful in treating serious illnesses as well as others. Examples are: sports injuries, internal diseases, emotional disorders, cuts, burns, and stress-related illnesses.

Reiki was introduced to the Western world in the mid-1970s. Since then its use has spread dramatically worldwide.