Reiki: myth or real healing?

Reiki is a healing method that promotes stress reduction and relaxation and is based on the idea that energy flows through us and gives us life. Like many Asian systems, it has undergone changes and has taken on many identities. Some of those names include: Mikao Usui Reiki, Gendai Reiki Ho, Celtic Reiki, Siechim Reiki, Kundalini Rekei, Karuna Reiki, Western Reiki, also spelled Rekai, Raiki, and Reke. Regardless of the name and system, the basic belief is that if a “life force energy” is low or blocked, a person will get sick. If it is high, which is the goal, a person’s life would be fulfilled; happy, healthy and able to work, contribute to society and love family and self unconditionally.

In Japanese translated rei means “wisdom of the universe” and ki is “life force energy”. Applied by a practitioner with their hands, a channeling energy treatment provides a wonderful glow that treats the person as a whole: mind, body and spirit benefit through relaxation, a sense of peace and well-being: the value is complete satisfaction.

Contrary to popular belief, Reiki is safe and simple. Effective in relieving illness and disease, it works in conjunction with Western medical therapeutics. Although Reiki has provided healing methods, practitioners caution anyone not to replace treatment by trained medical professionals and facilities with this method. In some Reiki schools, the techniques are not taught but are passed from one to another, a transfer process. This is called attunement which supposedly allows the student to tap into an unlimited supply of “life force energy” to improve health and improve quality of life. It is not necessary to be a doctor, lawyer or any person with a high intellectual formation. Any and all different age groups and backgrounds can learn this through proper training.

Although Reiki is spiritual in nature, it is not a religion. It has no dogma except the belief and understanding of true wisdom, energy flow and compassion. That said, Reiki is absolutely not dependent on belief and will work whether you believe it or not. Because Reiki comes from everywhere – the earth, the moon, the universe, outside of us, inside of us – many people find that using Reiki puts them in touch with the experience of their religious belief rather than an intellectual perspective. her.

Dr. Mikao Usui, a Christian minister and teacher, brought Reiki to Japan after spending time in China learning healing techniques from Asian monks. From it he discovered the difference between spirituality and religion. Many have leaned towards the idea that Reiki is a religion. The Catholic Church forbids the practice in any of its facilities, although nurses have used it to treat patients in Catholic hospitals. It is not a religion, it is still important to live and act in a way that promotes harmony and natural healing. Since it addresses simple ethical ideals to promote peace and harmony (five basic principles), this is universal across cultures.

Ideals developed to add spiritual balance, the main purpose is to open the spirit of healing by consciously deciding to improve oneself by accepting responsibility for and taking an active part in healing and including an active commitment to improve oneself to complete the process system to live a graceful life, virtues worth practicing for their inherent value.

As a martial artist for 40 years, I have trained both the Japanese and Chinese systems. Reiki has precepts that I understand. The Five Basic Principles is similar to Gichin Funakoshi’s Dojo Kun. The concept of strength and channeling of ki or “chi” is similar to what is trained in HsingI, baguazhang, zhan zhuang, qigong and taijiquan. The principles of kindness and compassion are similar to those of Falun Gong.

Although I have not seen anyone heal from this practice, I have hard, believable and plausible stories. In my years of practice, I have met and had the pleasure of learning from Shihan-dai and great teachers with their wise words. The martial arts are in love with the insight of such masters, now available on the internet at the push of a button. Either way, knowledge is gold, and how a person interprets the information is entirely up to him or her. Reiki, with its subtleties and simplicity, provides a host of benefits to anyone who practices it, as well as to the energies that are transmitted.

There is a true story of one of my students. He was frustrated that he trained so long in the dojo with the intention of winning a trophy in a competition, but lost 3-0 very quickly in his match. He came to me complaining that his training was inadequate.

So I asked him if he ducked, swung, or dodged when his opponent attacked. He answered “no”.

I asked him if he shifted his weight from one position to another to avoid being hit. He answered “no”.

I asked him if he tried any blocks when his opponent punched or kicked. He also answered “no”.

During practice, I learned that he learned the techniques of kihon, kata and kumite because I personally instructed him.

I asked why?

He said he didn’t know why. He said that in the dojo he trusted my instructions to carry out his training. During a tournament competition, I wasn’t there to instruct him on what to do.

And therein lies the problem.

In other responsibilities in life, he was able to behave responsibly, but during a competitive fight, even after receiving months of training in the dojo, the action demeanor was not there.

Reiki, Zhan zhang, qigong, taijiquan, baguazhang, Hsingi and any other martial and inner healing art requires deep, primal intention, beginning with a willingness to go beyond creativity and imagination and evolve into a new realm of odds.

Channeling energy to heal requires a person to step out of the comfort zone of reality and become the universe. How can a sane person made of skin, bones and matter become something as esoteric as the universe? One of my instructors told me that without “chi” or the life force energies that God gave us when we were born, the actual attunement or energy transference from our mother that brought us into this world, we would be a mass of chemicals ascending aa about $15 of raw material and a lot of water.

It is this focus, as simple as giving birth, that a healer must draw wisdom and energy from before they can attempt to channel. My practice method is qigong and taijiquan. It may have created the spark that puts me in that realm. At this time, I have not achieved that goal, although from a personal point of view, I am at peace with the exercise. I recommend that you take the time to research and read on the web, in books, or in whatever way you find your own source of information. Either way, you will discover the same packets of information that will lead you to conclusions and hopefully give you the benefit you are entitled to.