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The
Basics of Reiki
Hands-on healing
Increasingly, people are turning
to alternative holistic methods for dealing with the stress and pressures
of daily life. Even doctors are recognizing that it will take more than
a few pills and surgeries to treat diseases like hypertension and blocked
arteries. They realize that changes in lifestyle will be required to supplement
medical treatment, for it to really work.
In keeping with this new trend, Reiki
has shot into the limelight in recent years. Reiki is based on the premise
that energy is the fundamental nature of existence and that the human body,
its thoughts and emotions, can all be expressed in terms of energy oscillating
at different frequencies. Dense vibrations indicate discomfort and disease.
Freer vibrations are a sign of health, beauty, satisfaction and well being.
Thus, Reiki can be said to be a form of energy medicine, which uses a simple
hands-on healing technique.
The origins
The concept of Reiki originated in
India, but it was rediscovered by Dr. Mikao Usui in Japan in the late 19th
century. Dr. Usui was a Shingon Buddhist priest and a physician. He read
about an ancient healing art in an 1100 year old Buddhist Manuscript and
made a brief synthesis of the essence of this seven level Tantric teaching
as Reiki. Dr. Usui shared his knowledge and experience with many people,
but the subtler aspects were only taught to 19 close students.
The healing process
According to Dr. Usui, Reiki is the
Universal Life Force Energy that heals by calming the mind and raising
a person's life force. This Universal Life Force Energy is the underlying
basis for everything. As a result of our identification with our bodies
and the five senses, our perception is limited and we cannot seem to go
beyond the physical. Reiki helps us to become more open and aware and re-establishes
the connection with the Universal Life Force Energy.
Negative thoughts, emotions, and
judgements like rage, anger, grief, resentment, etc.get stored in the body
in the form of a physical and/or emotional block. This disturbs the natural
frequencies of the energy flow in the body, which in turn, can be manifested
as headaches, stomachaches, ulcers, rheumatoid arthritis, or even tumours.
According to the Reiki technique,
all the blockages in the body's energy flow can be removed by the simple
laying on of hands in certain positions over the entire body. The laying
on of hands brings the body in touch with the higher vibratory frequency
of the Universal Life Force Energy, which penetrates into the body and
dissolves the blocks.
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