Reiki, Japanese for Universal Life Force, is a form of energy healing based upon a science of calligraphies or geometric patterns, which are found in the Sanskrit Sutras. It was developed in the 1800's by a Japanese theologian, Dr. Mikao Usui. He found calligraphies in the Sutras that are inherent in the forms of Tai-Chi and Kung Fu (and also others of the most traditional of martial arts, based on kata).
As he did not understand that the drawings he was seeing were actually pictorial representations of movements of the physical body, Dr. Usui created a process whereby he could attune an individual to these symbols through a ritualistic process of implanting the calligraphies in an initiate's energy field using the symbols in specific sequential order. He called this process Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki the Usui System of Natural Healing with Universal Life Force.
These Reiki symbols, which up to now have not been studied by traditional martial artists, have been identified in the forms of the most traditional martial arts systems and thus are now an integral part of the study of the higher order of martial arts. All of these symbols have been considered sacred secrets of martial arts and Reiki, as they are teachings of the ancient mysteries (hence the symbol for mystery).
When Usui developed the attunement process, which is the most integral part of Reiki, he altered the structure of the Universal Life Force (the Tai-Chi) he accelerated it. A century plus later there are hundreds of thousands of traditional Reiki practitioners who are working with this energy at an accelerated rate, and hundreds of thousands who work with it at the slower rate in traditional martial arts forms. Our responsibility actually becomes quite clear: If we choose to study one level of this energy we must study the other. The interdependency of these art forms cannot be denied for they are, in both form and substance, one and the same.
Traditional Reiki, as taught by the multitude of masters (American Reiki Master Assn., The Blah Blah Reiki Assn., The Blah Blah Touch Assn., etc.), is a valid art. So are the traditional martial arts. However, without using the complementary martial arts forms and all of the symbols inherent therein, practitioners of the discipline of Reiki will continue to find themselves challenged beyond their ability to heal themselves or to maintain their health. Likewise, if martial artists do not begin to accelerate their energy through Reiki initiation and attunement to all of the symbols in their accelerated form, they will spend their lifetime attempting to master a discipline that has grown far beyond their grasp owing to the acceleration of the Universal Life Force.
It is the alchemy of these disciplines that will enable us to maintain our health, our youth, our vitality and everything else, and to accelerate our energy to accommodate the changes that are coming our way.
In martial arts, we study ch'i to embrace its physical empowerment and thus fuel our body with the energy that is the Universal Life Force. In Reiki, we study ki to embrace its spiritual empowerment and thus fuel
our spirit with the energy that is the Universal Life Force. What a world this will be when we, as Masters of the higher order of these disciplines, finally choose to grasp the compleat power inherent in their alchemy. What a world this will be.
Thank you.
As he did not understand that the drawings he was seeing were actually pictorial representations of movements of the physical body, Dr. Usui created a process whereby he could attune an individual to these symbols through a ritualistic process of implanting the calligraphies in an initiate's energy field using the symbols in specific sequential order. He called this process Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki the Usui System of Natural Healing with Universal Life Force.
These Reiki symbols, which up to now have not been studied by traditional martial artists, have been identified in the forms of the most traditional martial arts systems and thus are now an integral part of the study of the higher order of martial arts. All of these symbols have been considered sacred secrets of martial arts and Reiki, as they are teachings of the ancient mysteries (hence the symbol for mystery).
When Usui developed the attunement process, which is the most integral part of Reiki, he altered the structure of the Universal Life Force (the Tai-Chi) he accelerated it. A century plus later there are hundreds of thousands of traditional Reiki practitioners who are working with this energy at an accelerated rate, and hundreds of thousands who work with it at the slower rate in traditional martial arts forms. Our responsibility actually becomes quite clear: If we choose to study one level of this energy we must study the other. The interdependency of these art forms cannot be denied for they are, in both form and substance, one and the same.
Traditional Reiki, as taught by the multitude of masters (American Reiki Master Assn., The Blah Blah Reiki Assn., The Blah Blah Touch Assn., etc.), is a valid art. So are the traditional martial arts. However, without using the complementary martial arts forms and all of the symbols inherent therein, practitioners of the discipline of Reiki will continue to find themselves challenged beyond their ability to heal themselves or to maintain their health. Likewise, if martial artists do not begin to accelerate their energy through Reiki initiation and attunement to all of the symbols in their accelerated form, they will spend their lifetime attempting to master a discipline that has grown far beyond their grasp owing to the acceleration of the Universal Life Force.
It is the alchemy of these disciplines that will enable us to maintain our health, our youth, our vitality and everything else, and to accelerate our energy to accommodate the changes that are coming our way.
In martial arts, we study ch'i to embrace its physical empowerment and thus fuel our body with the energy that is the Universal Life Force. In Reiki, we study ki to embrace its spiritual empowerment and thus fuel
our spirit with the energy that is the Universal Life Force. What a world this will be when we, as Masters of the higher order of these disciplines, finally choose to grasp the compleat power inherent in their alchemy. What a world this will be.
Thank you.
