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Reiki is a very personal practice where every Reiki healers have their own different experience. In the beginning for some people it may be difficult to accept because it seems you need to to believe it but in the end it gives a wonderful experience.
The origins of the ReikiEnergy:
The universe is energy. Out of energy everything is created. The energy unites the universe.
Universal Life force:
The concept of a universal life force can be found in a number of Eastern Traditions. In Indian Ayurvedic medicine and in yoga it is called Prana; in traditional Chinese medicine, which is based on Taoism, it is called Chi or Qi, which then became Ki in Japanese. In the Christian tradition, it is accepted by some that references to Light allude to the same notion. It is the activation energy of the universe. When this energy is removed from a body or a plant, life has departed.
How Reiki began
Reiki is an ancient healing practice as mentioned in the Vedas but later it was developed in Japan by a monk called Mikao Usui, who drew on a number of significant influences, and it was taken to the west where it evolved further.
What does Reiki means?
Reiki means Universal Life Energy, Rei mean Universal or Trancendental sprit, Ki represent Life force Energy.
Mikao Usui
He was born in 15 August 1865 in a village Miyamo Cho in Japan and he left his body in 1926. His family was Hatomoto Samurai, which is a high rank within the Samuari system. He had two brothers and a sister. He studied with Tendai Buddhist monk and studied martial arts. He was interested in everything from medicine, history and psychology to the more esoteric arts and divination. He travelled to Europe and America and studied in China. He married a woman called Sadako Suzuki, and they had two children. His daughter Toshiko died in the age of 22 and his son Fuji died in the age of 38.
