A personal view on Reiki by Stephen Floyd

The Beginning (my first encounter)….

I closed my eyes and lay back on the bed, my body covered in a warm blanket, as the sound of some kind of ethnic music, maybe Chinese, drifted

across the room. I felt very warm, comfortable and relaxed, I lay there waiting for the massage to start, I waited, no hands on my body yet, no touching,

but something was moving inside me. Words cannot explain this feeling, I later came to know it as the Reiki effect, it was as though something had

grabbed hold of me, and pulled me back toward the centre (of myself). From then for the next 30 minutes hands were placed on various parts of my

body, for several minutes at a time, the hands felt very warm, even hot at times, but never uncomfortable, in fact quite the opposite.

I am sure we all have those moments when we wish that time would stand still, that how we feel could last forever, but everything has an ending, and so

it was with this, reluctantly I had to open my eyes at the end of the session, and find my way back to the real world, reality as we call it. After several

minutes silence we started to talk gently, Sue and I about what we both felt, how the session went and also about other things she had found in me, but

that is another story, this story in about Reiki, and this was my first taste of it.

Sue Luffman was the Reiki practitioner that day, and she was later to become my teacher and friend, I think if I could use one word to describe Sue it

would be sparkling, she is full of life, energy, wit and vitality. She also has that look, again this is difficult to describe in words, it’s a connection you

make with certain people, as though you have known them all your life, it can happen with strangers you pass in the street, never to meet again, but it is

something that goes very deep, anyway I digress.. back to Reiki….

The History…

Once upon a time in Japan, a long time ago (about 150 years) there lived a Dr Mikao Usui, he was a very good doctor but was also a very curious man,

he wanted to know how he could do his job better. His curiosity led him down many paths, and was fascinated by the Christian religion and the stories of

Christ’s miracles, in particular the ones where people were healed, he wanted to know where these powers came from, and if he could access them. He

also knew something of the teachings of Buddha, and the stories relating to him regarding healing, so he inquired of various sects as to what methods

they used to heal, but found them all to concentrate on the mind and spirit and no methods or practices for healing the body (apparently they had been

forgotten centuries ago) which being a Doctor was the thing he wanted. Despite this he studied Zen Buddhism for seven years, in those years he dug

deeper and deeper, learned Chinese to read the original Buddhist texts (although Buddha being an Indian Prince the texts were written in Chinese).

From there he went on to learn Sanskrit (the root of all languages) to read texts from ancient Tibetan Buddhists, here he found what he thought to be the

keys for learning healing techniques. After some meditation on this it came to him that he should go to a holy mountain (Kuri Yama, near Kyoto) and

meditate for 21 days, so this he did, taking with him 21 stones to count the days off. Each day he awoke before the sun, threw a stone away, and

meditated and fasted for the rest of the day, and each day nothing happened, no revelation came to him. On the morning of the 21st day, as he cast

away his last stone, a light grew in the sky, and four coloured bubbles came to him, each one containing a Sanskrit character. To cut a long story short

he found that using these characters greatly enhanced his healing powers, but after a while only concentrating on healing the body he had another

revelation that told him to heal both spirit and mind, and gave him the five principals of Reiki, and here they are…

· Just for today I shall not worry

· Just for today I shall not get angry

· Just for today I shall work honestly

· Just for today I shall respect all life

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BIO:

Reiki is one of the most popular forms of healing in the world and many thousands have trained to be Reiki healers and many thousands more have felt

its benefits. In this article, Stephen Floyd a practitioner from England introduces us to this powerful healing art. This article was first published at http://www.bluewatermusic.net

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