Introduction to Reiki :-
Reiki is a Japanese form of healing
that is becoming increasingly popular worldwide. What makes
Reiki unique is that it incorporates elements of just about
every other alternative healing practices such as spiritual
healing, auras, crystals, chakra balancing, meditation,
aromatherapy, naturopathy, and homeopathy.
Reiki involves the transfer of energy from
practitioner to patient to enhance the body's natural ability
to heal itself through the balancing of energy. Reiki utilizes
specific techniques for restoring and balancing the natural
life force energy within the body. It is a holistic, natural,
hands-on energy healing system that touches on all levels:
body, mind, and spirit.
Reiki is a Japanese word representing universal
life energy, the energy which is all around us. It is derived
from rei, meaning "free passage" or "transcendental
spirit" and ki, meaning "vital life force energy"
or " universal life energy".
What is Reiki
:-
Reiki practitioners channel energy in a particular pattern
to heal and harmonize. Unlike other healing therapies based
on the premise of a human energy field, Reiki seeks to restore
order to the body whose vital energy has become unbalanced.
Reiki energy has several basic effects: it
brings about deep relaxation, destroys energy blockages,
detoxifies the system, provides new vitality in the form
of healing universal life energy, and increases the vibrational
frequency of the body.
The laying of hands is used in Reiki therapy
also as in spiritual healing. There is a difference though.
In spiritual healing, a person with a strong energy field
places his or her hands above a particular part of the recipient's
body in order to release energy into it. So, here the healer
is the one who is sending out the energy. In Reiki, however,
the healer places the hands above the recipient; however,
it is the recipient that draws the energy as needed. Thus,
in this case, the individual being healed takes an active
part in the healing process as opposed to having a passive
part in spiritual healing. The individual takes responsibility
for his or her healing. The recipient identifies the needs
and cater to them by drawing energy as needed.
Although there are a few positions in which
the practitioner is in contact with the patient (such as
cradling the head), most Reiki treatments do not involve
actual touching. The practitioner holds his or her hands
a few inches or farther away from the patient's body and
manipulates the energy field from there.
Reiki Energy :-
Reiki energy is regarded as life energy
at its most effective-with the maximum vibration. It is
considered to have an almost divine quality and as such
includes everything, in a world where problems and disorders
are deemed to be due to the feeling of detachment from the
world. There is no division of Reiki energy into positive
and negative forms but when a person undergoes a session
of therapy, they allow the energy to be taken into themselves
with beneficial effects. Essentially, those receiving Reiki
energy decide subconsciously just how much of the life energy
is taken in.
Those who use Reiki regularly often find they
are more joyful, lively and their own in-built energy is
enhanced-almost as if their batteries had been fully charged!
Existing conflicts within the person are broken down and
there is a greater vitality, leading to relaxation and a
stimulation of the body. As this improvement develops, the
natural processes of renewal and removal of toxins are enhanced
and rendered more effective, ultimately opening up more
of the body to the life energy.
Body organs such as the skin, and protective
systems such as the immune system are improved providing
the individual is prepared regularly to undertake Reiki
and in the first place to undergo an attunement or initiation
into Reiki energy. The initiation is merely a means whereby
the universal life energy is bestowed through the Reiki
master. The master acts as a channel and a link with God
to release the healing power.
An initiation is not absolutely essential but
it allows the individual access to the universal life energy,
which is used rather than their own life energy. Also, an
initiation conveys a greater capacity for using Reiki energy,
with no associated tiredness and further, it provides a
protective mechanism against any negative manifestations.
