About Reiki

EXTRACTS FROM THE HISTORY OF HAWAYO TAKATA (Reiki Master)
Hers are the following concepts and thoughts:
This is so great that we cannot measure it, so deep that we cannot fathom it; hence the name Reiki in Japanese.

Do you have a radio in Hawaii? When the radio station is broadcasting there are no connections between the station and your home, however, when you turn on the receiver and tune into the station, you receive what they are broadcasting. As we are not radio technicians we do not know how. The principles are the same with Reiki. This energy travels through space without wires, and we know that we can contact this great force. Once we make contact, the energy flows automatically. It is universal and unlimited. When the switch is on "yes", the power is unlimited. When you want to stop, you just take your hands away, it is very simple.

There is always a cause and an effect; remove the cause and there is no effect.

The true healer is Reiki, and Reiki is Divine Energy, and this would determine how well he or she would respond to the treatment. When the teaching is over, the energy is always "on," so the only decision the student has to make is whether or not to undergo the treatment. The practitioner has no control over what will happen, as the responsibility for whatever happens rests with the person to whom the treatment is given. This is not a conscious mental decision, but it lies deep within and involves choices beyond the intellectual framework. It is the body's own wisdom that determines whether it will accept the healing energy, the amount and duration of the transmission, and what it will do with it. The practitioner does not create this energy, he or she is simply the channel through which it is transferred, and by accepting this role of carrier, there is no attachment to the results. One does not become a healer, for Reiki is the healer.

 

Mrs. Takata taught that Reiki is harmless and cannot harm anyone; it does not destroy, but rather builds and protects. It enlivens all forms of life—plants, animals, fish, poultry, and human beings from childhood to old age—and can only do good.

"Reiki is natural," she said, and nothing unnatural can occur during healing, although it can sometimes speed it up dramatically. When an organ or gland is not functioning well, the energy works to stimulate its natural functioning. Diabetics, for example, notice how quickly their insulin intake is reduced when Reiki is applied. Broken bones heal quickly, reducing the process from months to weeks.

Mrs. Takata emphasized many features that were distinctive to Reiki, telling her students: Everyone has this potential. We are all made of this Universal Energy and we can use it to heal. It is a matter of choice. You can treat yourself as well as others. When you treat others you are not depleted. When you give Reiki, you also receive and energize yourself, because you are working with Universal Life Force, not your own energy. You become a channel of healing and you do not have to take credit or responsibility for the results.

With Reiki there is always hope. As long as there is life and the desire to invest time in the treatments, there will be help. Recovery will happen inch by inch, like removing a layer of paint, but no matter how deep the cause is, Reiki will reach it and remove it. Let us not give up. As long as there is breath, we should try.