The secret of Reiki

Realized or not we are program running automatically, our mind set the program and our body run the program, that’s how it works. Mind is kind of a mystery with many facets, but mind itself is a kind of vibration in truth. Our brain and nerve system is the seat of our mind; it works like a radio transmitter and receiver, capable of sending and receiving vibrations and waves.

We used frequency numbers to symbolized certain types of radio waves, as for Reiki we symbolized types of energies with shapes and sounds. With such symbols our mind can easily tune to its vibrations in no times.

The healing technique using symbols is called the ‘symbolized healing’; at level 2 you will learn how to use three kinds of symbols which each of them have certain characters of energy and use.

Shapes in Reiki-ho’s symbols are marks and letters and considered as “the antenna to tune into the universal energy: Energy comes out from some shapes or the wave resonant with certain shapes (such as pyramids and spirals).

As well as shapes, you will also learn certain sounds which corresponding to each shape. In Reiki-ho, the sounds are called Kotodama. Some Reiki schools, only use shapes as symbols and leave the Kotodama.

Kotodama are sacred voices and considered as the vibration resonating with the universal energy. Vibration created by uttering the Kotodama will draw the energy into the shapes, then the energy will receive a character which makes you easier to use for specific purposes. You’ll soon notice that the sacred voice of Om, the sound of a trumpet shell and the sound of clapping hands are kind of Kotodama though not use in Reiki-ho.

Although shapes and Kotodama are essentially two different things, they are to connect us to the wave in the higher dimension securely and quickly with the synergistic effects of them both. When you are experienced in the use of Reiki, you may perform fully with only one of them. (Shapes can be drawn with the eyes or the tongue instead of the hands, or you can just visualize it.)

There are three symbols used in Okuden (Level 2).

The first one, called as ‘the raising power symbol' and being used in a variety of ways as it holds superior power. It may used alone or with other symbols to amplify its effects.

The second one, called ‘the harmonizing symbols’ which have delicate and harmony feeling characteristics. This symbol is used with the first symbol as it is very gentle and fragile.

The third one is called ’the symbol beyond time and space’. Its maximum effectiveness will doubled when use with two other symbols.

I believe all of you who already take course on Reiki I (western Reiki) or Shoden level (Japanese traditional Reiki) feel empower with this wonderful healing art. However, your healing ability will not improve if you only rely on attunements alone. Even if you take a lot of attunements from many teachers or masters, your healing ability will not much improve unless you use Reiki for healing others.

After taking level 1(Shoden) attunement, I suggest you practice self-healing for 21 days. In a Reiki circles this practice help you cleanse your body energy path. Some Reiki masters say that this practice is trying to follow sensei Usui training and fasting for 21 days on Mt. Kurama.

In Japanese traditional Reiki (Usui Reiki Ryoho) self healing is done by placing hands on 4 positions on head alone. If you feel sick in a certain area on your body, you may place your hands to that area just after you treat your head.

Sensei Hiroshi Doi, gave self-cleansing techniques and self growing techniques to enhance level 1 (Shoden) energy flow. You may use those techniques to help you get in tune more with Reiki energy.

Do a lot of Reiki healing to as many people as possible to improve your healing ability. You will find your energy level improve a lot after treat min. 10 different people. I found something interesting book on Amazon for self healing guide try this The Japanese Art of Reiki: A Practical Guide to Self-Healing

I recommend you to find and join a local Reiki gathering, because you can practice Reiki circulation with them. Reiki circulation draws tremendous Reiki energy into your group and simultaneously increases Reiki energy level within you.

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A way to be an expert in every subjects of life is doing it everyday and every time. Being an expert in Reiki-ho is not lie on how many attunements you get or how many different styles you have mastered, but lie on how many times you used Reiki in your everyday life.

Here are some suggestions of what you can do with Reiki:

1. You can perform Reiki healing on anything like a bed, a cloth or a car. (Try it with the thought of cleansing and harmonizing the object with Reiki energy from the palm of your hand.)

2. On Mobile phone, do Reiki for cleansing objects technique then give Reiki, Your mobile phone now is protected for being stolen or it will protect you from bigger losses.

I gave Reiki to my mobile phones when I left it in my car’s dashboard in July 2008. Then somebody got in the car and stole my mobile phones. Fortunately, the thief did not take my laptop or my car, the thief just pass my notebook and took only my mobile phones. Otherwise I incur greater losses.

I believe my mobile phone is protecting me from larger losses because I gave Reiki to it before.


3. On your money and credit card, on your wallet, and all of your belongings.

4. On your proposal paper


5. The time to perform Reiki healing can be an instant. Try it in a casual manner.

6. Ms. Noriko Hujimoto of Kenko Kaihuku (Regain your health) center in Suminoe-ku, Osaka used to send the energy through a gold bar for healing. Now she performs healing effectively using the finger tips. Mr.Makoto Hurukawa of Hurukawa Acupuncture and Moxibustion Clinic in Kwachinagano City in Osaka says that “as you become skillful, your treatment itself becomes Reiki Ryoho.”

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For the first five years after receiving Reiki for the first time, I use Reiki for the benefit of myself. I am quite diligent for doing self healing everyday, but my healing ability and energy level seems lower than my friend whose doing healing work to other people everyday

It seems our body has certain capacity of storing energy, when it is already full it can’t store more energy until we increase the capacity first. When doing healing works to other people, our body does not store the energy, but works only as a medium. As energy pass from our body to our patients bodies, our energy paths get cleaned and our energy storing capacity gets enlarged.

I believe this as a wonderful character of Reiki-ho. In Reiki-ho, you can only gain maximum healing ability and healing if you heal others. There is no other way, if you only help yourself; you only slow your progress.

Another way to help your healing ability and energy increase is by practicing Reiki circle with your Reiki friends. Two or more people joining hands with the intention of circulate the energy within the group will draw a lot of Reiki energy. Those who join the circle will experience a tremendous increase in their energy level. Below is how you do the Reiki Cicle with your friends:

1. Every person holds the hands of the person beside them to make a circle. Or make a circle by putting the right hand facing down on the left hand facing up of the person beside you. By doing so, you receive Reiki energy from your left hand and send it out to the person beside you from your right hand at the same time. Reiki energy goes around from hand to hand by the speed of light. (Some people feel the energy with the hands apart more than holding hands.)

2. Many people who have not receive attunement feel Reiki energy when they join the circle. Even if they do not feel it, Reiki goes more smoothly being in the circle. Two persons can make the circle facing each other.

3. One other way is to hold the middle finger of the person on your left touching the tip of the finger with your thumb cushion to make the circle, and circulate Reiki energy.

4. To do this by yourself, hold your left hand facing down on your right hand facing up in front of your body and empty your mind and feel the energy. As you become skilled, you become able to meditate deeply by this way. ( I recommend you to find friends for Reiki circle, but if you can’t do this technique for yourself)

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Doing healing works in Gendai Reiki-ho is very easy, just follow the ‘ Basic 12 hands positions’ suggested by sensei Hiroshi Doi is all what you need to do. In most cases, just do the head positions are enough, especially for maintaining health or in a rush.

I suggest for you to do this self-healing everyday, after get up in the morning and before go to sleep at night. For maximum benefits, here are what you need to know about healing yourself:

1. Self healing is performed by putting (or holding up) the hands on the basic positions in order. For the hard-to-reach points such as the ones on the back, put the hands on the positions close by with the thought of “The hands are on the right position”. Reiki energy will go to the positions you are conscious of. Reiki can be contacted in an instant either when the hands are put on or the consciousness for Reiki healing is put towards the position. This is how it’s set up by attunement.

2. The time to send Reiki into the basic positions for those who completed (level 1) is basically five minutes (total of 60 minutes for all 12 positions). This is set from experience that this length of time shows the most effectiveness; however you are encouraged to adjust the time as it depends on each person’s skill. Only those who just completed (level 1) should follow the basic rules.

3. After sending Reiki into the basic positions, put the hands on the positions showing bad conditions. If there is not enough time, put the hands on the positions in bad condition after sending the energy into the Head area. There is no period of time set for it. Usually take the hands off when you recognize the feel of healing or lightening( the feel of some effect).

4. Think healing very simple and feel free to perform it anytime in any place. You can get some effect even with healing of only a few minutes on one point, If in rush. Although it is preferred for good balance to perform Reiki on all 12 positions at one time, they can be performed separately at different times. Performing it on a daily basis will help healing the mind and body, releasing you from unnecessary tension and raising your spirituality.

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In Traditional Reiki Ryoho, Reiki practitioner only use 4 hand positions. All of them are treating the head. But in western Reiki, i know more than 18 hand positions. That's quite different. It seems, the traditional Usui Reiki Ryoho depends on their diagnostic skill to locate the disease's source. So they only treat the head for creating mind equilibrium then directly to the disease source.

How about in Gendai Reiki-ho? Sensei doi formulated 12 hand positions, the head positions are the same as Usui Reiki Ryoho. He probably want to adapt western Reiki style treatment with is quite convinient for those who learn Reiki for the first time. Here are the 12 hand positions:

1. For Reiki healing for people, a body is divided into three parts such as “Head, Body Front and Body Back”, and each part has four points which makes a total of 12 points and they are called “the basic 12 hand positions for healing”. Reiki healing is performed on these points in order. ( I will call them the basic positions from now on.)

2. Each positions are numbered with a letter – H for positions in Head part, F for positions in Body Front part and B for positions in Body Back part, and numbers from 1 to 4. Following are the brief explanations of the effects with the hand on each position.

3. In Head part (H), the energy is sent into the brain from front to back and from left to right so Reiki goes into eyes, nose and the thyroid gland and gives a receiver relaxation and peace.

a. H-1 (Front of the face): Remove the pain in eyes, nose, teeth and chin. Improve concentration and balance. Relieve stress. Raise your spirituality.
b. H-2 ( Sides of the face): Balance in the pituitary gland and pineal gland. Adjust hormones in the brain. Remove headache. Balance the left brain and the right brain. Relieve stress. Improve your memory. Widen your consciousness. Improve your intuition.
c. H-3(Back of the head)L The lower part of the brain, the spine, the cerebellum. Improve your language ability, eyesight and colour sensation. Adjust your weight. Relax. Improve your creativity. Release from fear. Improve your penetration and widen your view.
d. H-4(Throat): Revitalize the circulation of blood, lymph, the throat, the thyroid gland, blood pressure, metabolism. Gain confidence, peace, stability, joy and happiness. Improve your creativity and communication.
4. In Body Front part (F), send the energy in from the upper thymus(the centre of immune system) to the bladder and the genitals through each abdominal organ to adjust the balance.
a. F-1 ( The upper thymus): smooth the blood’s circulation, the heart, the lungs and the thymus gland. Gain confidence and adjust the mental balance, release stress, improve your receptivity. Love, supreme bliss, stability and harmony.
b. F-2 (The upper belly): The liver, the stomach, the gallbladder, the spleen, the digestive system. Release from anxiety, fear and stress. Relaxation, peace, balance, tune to the energy in the higher dimension.
c. F-3 (Below the belly button): The liver, the pancreas, the gallbladder, the spleen, the colon. Reduce stress, release anxiety, and dissatisfaction, gain confidence. Receptivity, confidence and strength.
d. F-4 (The lower belly):The colon, the small intestine, the bladder, the ovary, the womb, the generative organs, the prostate gland, excretion. Heal the bad condition due to the disorders of sexual organs. Release anxiety, fear and tension. Improve the flexibility and widen your consciousness.

5. In Body Back part (B), the energy flows from the shoulders along the spine to the bottom of the womb through the kidney and the adrenal gland.
a. B-1 (Sides of the scapula): Same as F-1. (Including the following.) Heal the bad condition due to disorder in the neck, the mitral valve, the thoracic vertebrae, the lumbar vertebra, the spinal column and the nervous system. Relax
b. B-2 (The upper back): Same as F-2.(Including the followings.) Heal the bad condition due to disorder in the thoracic vertebrae, the spinal colm and the nervous system. Release the tension.
c. B-3 (The lumbar vertebra): Same as F-3. (Including the followings.)Heal the bad condition due to disorder in the kidney, the adrenal gland, the lumbar vertebra, the spinal column and the nervous system. Fulfill life internally.
d. B-4 (The bottom of the spine): Same as F-4. (Including the followings.) Heal the bad condition due to disorder in the bones of the lower body such as the bottom of the spine, the coccyx and the pubis and the nervous system.
6. By all of these, mind and body totally get well balanced in the brain(the nervous system), the excretory gland, the respiratory system, the digestive system, the circulatory system, the digestive system, the circulation system, the urinary system, the sensory system, the generate system, and the muscles and the bones.

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One thing to be remember, Reiki healing do not and never use concentration. What we need to do it as relax as possible with waiting attitude. Don't expect the good result or bad result, jut leave it to the providence.

Before i do Reiki healing, i always say in my mind " If God pleases, the patient will be healed". This will relax my mind and emotions.

Just in case you need a guideline, here are some guideline from sensei Hiroshi Doi, Gendai Reiki-ho founder:

1. The place should be clean, bright , quiet and well ventilated that you are able to relax. If this is not available, purify the energy of the place with Reiki before healing. Even when an ideal place is not available, do not feel nervous. Have a blanket or a bath towel ready as you may feel cool when you are relaxed. Have some healing music ready if necessary.

2. Try to wash your hands beforehand. It is necessary as you touch the receiver and it is also effective to wash off the low vibration energy on your hands. After washing, rub your hands to warm them up.

3. Remove a watch from both a sender and a receiver. It is because the energy may change the time on the watch. A sender should remove anything disruptive when touching a receiver. Glasses may be put on. A receiver should remove anything tight on your body such as a belt, a tie, a bra and unnecessary jewelry. A ring or earrings may be put on as they get charged with good energy.

4. A receiver should be in a comfortable position either laying or sitting down. In either way, you need to be relaxed. Do not fold your arms or legs and try to release the tension.

5. Hold the hand over a receiver when you are not able to touch him/her. For the areas that cannot be touched due to a burn or a skin disease, hold the hand three to five centimeters about it. Putting hands on the clothes or a blanket is the same as holding hands over the area and both are effective. If it is uncomfortable to touch certain area, a sender may put the hands over the receiver’s hands on the area, You may out a cloth or a tissue over the face of a receiver and put the hands on if necessary.

6. Explain the post healing changes. Sometimes the condition or the symptoms of a receiver get worse after healing. Some receivers have fever, have more excretion, get eczema or feel pain. You should not worry about this as it is the process of restoration to health called improving reaction. ( It is recommend you explain it beforehand.)

7. Reiki healing is performed in the following order.
a. Perform Reiki shower technique to revitalize your energy.
b. Relax the receiver and let him/her be in a comfortable posture.
c. Perform aura cleansing.
d. Put the hands on the basic twelve points for healing, for five minutes on each point. (When the feel of your hands have improved in the future you will be able to feel the places with bad condition and perform healing following the original Reiki Ryoho of Master Usui.)
e. Put the hands on the places necessary.
f. Perform aura cleansing after healing.

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