What is Reiki? It is a system of spiritual evolution by which man can access the universal source of energy. In all existing systems, currently, on Earth people talk about this energy, or call it Light, or Prana in Hindu or Chi in Chinese or Ki in Japanese, it is the same. The difference between systems is how to take this energy and how to use it. In qigong, tai chi, tao, it is taken from the atmosphere, the stars, etc; in Christianity is taken through prayer, sacrament, the holy water from the priest who has direct access to the universal source and through Reiki one has also direct access to the source. There is another difference, that of vibration of Light, and in this chapter Reiki is on a very high level; Reiki Masters have a higher vibration than other practices, except the priests, by emphasizing that there are Reiki masters who have high vibration than priests.

You will become a pure channel for the Reiki vibration and you will use Reiki for healing body and mind and for own spiritual growth.

Reiki will lead to what you really are.

What is not Reiki?

- It is not a religion, a cult, a sect, a dogma, spiritualism, a doctrine, a form of mind control, hypnosis, psychic healing, imagination, psychotherapy, self-suggestion, a mental technique, a diagnostic technique, an universal panacea, an alternative medicine (even if often is framed here for practical reasons).

Benefits of Reiki

It is a system accessible to anyone who wants to grow spiritually regardless of gender, race, religion, profession, nationality, philosophical belief. It is superior to radiesthesy as access to energies, and superior to access to energies of mystics as number of entities of light.

Reiki History

The founder of this system is Mikao Usui (1865-1926).
Mikao Usui brought this practice back to Earth through an experience from 1919-1920, the year when he climbed Mount Kurama (Kuriyama, Koriyama, Kurama Yama) located 12 km north of the imperial palace in Kyoto, and kept black fast 21 days, after the first attempt to learn the mystery of healing done by Buddha. Mikao Usui found mentioned this method of healing in a monastery, in ancient manuscripts of about 2500 years, written in Sanskrit. On day 21 he receives this energy, as a bright white light, very strong, which he called Reiki.

About Reiki Ryoho (Reiki Art to heal) and the founder, Usui Sensei
REIKI RYOHO is the art of healing with the hands by channeling the energy of universe, is both an art of healing and a spiritual practice.
USUI Mikao Sensei (1865 - 1926), founder of Reiki Ryoho (art of healing or method), achieved lighting and an ability of healing in a moment that something sent from God stopped on him in 1922, at the age of 57 when he fasted and meditated on Mount Kurama in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan.
The art of healing is called 'USUI REIKI RYOHO to improve mind and body', and is an art of healing created by Usui Sensei, not the product of his research, or the discovery and rediscovery.
Usui Sensei felt that this wonderful gift of healing ability should be shared with people, not kept

for himself and / or his family. So he opened the 'Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai' in Aoyama, in Tokyo in 1922.

Note1: In western countries, was incorrectly stated that Reiki method of healing was rediscovered by Usui Sensei after the research of Buddhist scriptures.

In 1925 he moved to Nakano, a suburb of Tokyo to expand his work of healing. Due to this national fame, he was often invited to teach Reiki Ryoho in different locations such as the Hiroshima area, Saga, Kyushu.
On March 9, 1926, died on the road (while traveling) in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. The grave and memorial stone are at the temple of the Jodo-shu Saihoji or Pure Land Sect of Japanese Buddhism in Tokyo.
Note 2: In the West, Usui Sensei is known to be a Christian minister and president of the Christian Doshisha University in Kyoto. It is really a story. He was from the beginning a Buddhist.

HAYASHI Chujiro (?? ??) Sensei (1879-1940), a captain of the Navy of Japan, joined in the 30th class of the Naval Academy in December, 1899, and graduated in December 1902. It was initiated in Shinpiden (The Teacher level) in 1925 after the withdrawal of the Navy, and opened his Reiki clinic at Higashishinano-cho in Tokyo. He was one of the directors of Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai. His wife, Mrs. Hayashi Chie, was also a member of the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai. In 1931 he left the Gakkai and founded 'Hayashi Reiki Kenkyu Kai'. He made 13 Shihan (Teachers), and two of them were women - Ms. Hayashi and Ms. Chie Hawayo Takata. In 1940 he died by suicide.

Mrs. Hawayo TAKATA (1900-1980), an American- Japanese born in Hawaii, was diagnosed with a serious gall bladder disease. She traveled to Japan where she was treated with Reiki energy by Hayashi Sensei. She healed completely in just four months after which she worked for Hayashi Sensei as a Reiki student for about a year before returning to Hawaii.
Hayashi Sensei visited Mrs. Takata in Hawaii in 1938 and has initiated her in Shinpiden (Reiki Shihan or Teacher). Mrs. Takata has established her Reiki clinic in Hawaii. Subsequently, she
created 22 Teachers - Reiki (the so-called Reiki Masters in the West). Because of her devotion, the Reiki healing hand method became widespread in the West.

In 1984, Reiki Art of healing returned to Japan, the birthplace of Reiki Ryoho. Also now in Japan many Western Reiki systems are taught and gain popularity while traditional Reiki system like [Usui Reiki Ryoho] practiced in Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai existed incessantly, and it lives today.