The secret of Reiki

When i read Sensei Usui's admonitions, i thought it was the same as many good advices available everywhere and i didn't give it a second thought. Everybody knows, that anger and worry are the best stress related illness producers. On the other hand, gratitude, work hard and kindness are the best positive thinking we can generate to make our life meaningful. I never thought before, that those admonitions are the key to understand Reiki practices, and how Reiki works. You may call that it is the utmost secret of Reiki, though it is not a secret(available to everyone). Among those 5 admonitions, the hardest one to follow might be "don't worry", worry stem from our fear of something bad will be happened to anything we dear. Our life, our family and our belonging are all possible sources of fear and worry. However, it is not meant that by discarding everything we own, we will not worry anymore, because many ascetics, who already free from worldly things, often sti...

When the first time i receive DKM "Dai Ko Myo" Symbol, i was curious that it might have some connection with figure Amitabha Buddha in Mahayana Buddhism. DKM symbol is made of 3 Japanese Kanji characters Dai means Great , Ko means Light, Myo means Very bright. If you connect all those 3 characters, you may find " The great light which shine very bright ". Now, how about Amitabha Buddha, they say, Amitabha Buddha was once a human being, then he made 18 vows to liberate all sentient beings from samsara. In his vows, he will take everyone who chants his name to his Sukhavati heaven where everyone can practice dharma easily toward liberation. So what is the connection between Reiki and Amitabha Buddha? Amitabha Buddha, also known as "The Buddha of infinite light" and also as Amitayus " The buddha of infinite life". Buddhist practitioner especially from Mahayana lineage and Tibetan honored and pray to Amitabha Buddha, so they can be born in h...

In Sensei Usui'time, learning Reiki was intended to deepened spiritual insights within. Therefore what Sensei gave to his students probably rich with spiritual practices such as meditations, chantings, and prayings. His religion was not Christian, and whoever said that he was a Christian were probably trying to hide Sensei identity to make Reiki practices better accepted in the west at that time. When Sensei Usui, learned that in the universe exist Reiki, he was in the middle of practicing Zen meditation with fasting on Kurama mountain. Undoubtedly, what he taught to his pupils was based on what he learned in Buddhism.Even, his motivation to teach Reiki was helping people to reach enlightened state, a state of perfect harmony with the universe-a Buddhism term. So, what i learned from Buddhism and its connection to Reiki? First of all, when we get attunement for the first time, we are told that we are connecting to the universal energy. In fact, we are just being reminded that...

Living in this world, for so many people are not easy. Therefore, "The Law of Attraction" teachings are something which people loved and can not be missed, as it promises change and improvement in our life. There are so many proves out there, any outstanding success figures in the world use the principle of " The law of attraction " consciously or unconsciously. The more success they are, the more they are willing to go for more success. Unfortunately, there are people who feel being left behind. While they see many people had success, their life seems has no improvement, still broke and miserable. They said " Why law of attraction don't work on me?" I've tested the law, and here are my findings Though it seems easy to change life based on the teachings, but in reality we need more than just courage, but also determination to break down any barriers. We talk about habits here. Our present conditions were created by our old habits, especi...