Reiki: The True Story An Exploration of Usui Reiki

by BECKETT, DON

• ISBN13: 9781583942673
• ISBN10: 158394267X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-07
• Publisher: Frog Books

Summary

Reiki: The True Storyis a comprehensive investigation of Reiki as both a healing practice and a lifelong path of spiritual awakening. Author and Reiki expert Don Beckett weaves together a new story about Reiki's origins and its founder's true vision. The foundation of this book is the teachings of a group of Reiki founder Makao Usui's original students, who held their master's knowledge in secrecy for more than seventy years. After a general introduction to Reiki, Beckett presents a thorough history of the discipline (including the testimony of some of Usui's students) as well as an in-depth manual for practice. The author rounds out his exploration with material from world renowned, contemporary Reiki Masters, Beckett's own insights into the nature of Reiki energy, as well as information about the chakra system, yin and yang, and the Five Transformations. The book concludes with a chapter entitled "Beyond Reiki," which bridges knowledge of Reiki with the lesser-known practice of Johrei. Thorough explanations coupled with cutting-edge discoveries about Reiki's past make this a compelling volume for novice and experienced practitioners alike.

Author Biography

Don Beckett, born and raised in Colorado, has also lived in Arizona, Oregon, Utah, Mexico and Bali. He currently calls Hilo, Hawaii home. He has been practicing Reiki since 1991 and has initiated others since 1999. He has also practiced various kinds of formal meditation for more than twenty-five years. A member of the Johrei Fellowship, Beckett maintains a complete website at www.johreiki.net that attracts thousands of teachers and students of Reiki.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Author's Note to the 2009 Edition	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Introduction	p. xxiii
The Entrance (Shoden)	p. 1
Beginnings and History	p. 3
What Is Reiki?	p. 3
We Are All Healers	p. 4
Usui Reiki Ryoho	p. 5
Japan in the 1920s	p. 10
"A Method to Achieve Personal Perfection"	p. 11
Mariko's Memories	p. 13
Three Reiki Students in the Year 2001	p. 14
The Usui Gakkai	p. 16
Dr. Chujiro Hayashi	p. 18
Reiki Goes West: Hawayo Takata	p. 19
Precepts, Concepts, Empowerment	p. 23
The Reiki Precepts or Concepts	p. 23
Reiki Empowerment	p. 28
What Is True Healing?	p. 32
The Importance of Intent and the Danger of Ego	p. 33
Different Approaches to Reiki	p. 36
Degrees or Levels	p. 38
Doing-Without-Doing	p. 41
Giving Reiki	p. 41
You Are The Universe!	p. 43
Treating Others	p. 49
General Procedure	p. 49
The Tanden and the One Point	p. 50
Finding the One Point	p. 53
Sitting Treatment	p. 53
Reclining Treatment	p. 60
Seven Positions	p. 60
Twelve Positions	p. 63
Seventeen Positions	p. 66
Treating Chakras via the Hands	p. 69
Techniques and Training	p. 71
"Traditional" Usui Techniques	p. 71
Hand Positions	p. 71
Byosen Reikan-ho	p. 73
Reiji-ho	p. 75
Nentatsu-ho	p. 76
Jakikiri Joka-ho	p. 77
Shuchu Reiki	p. 78
Renzoku Reiki	p. 78
Reiki Mawashi	p. 79
Usui Shoden	p. 79
Kenyoku	p. 80
Joshin Kokkyu-ho	p. 81
Hatsurei-ho	p. 81
An Energy Exercise of My Own	p. 82
Selecting a Teacher	p. 89
Usui's Benevolence, and the Nature of Reiki	p. 93
The Usui Memorial	p. 93
Ki, the Energy of Life	p. 97
The Deep Inside (Okuden)	p. 103
Usui Sensei, Usui Society	p. 105
Usui's Okuden	p. 105
The Gakkai's Okuden	p. 106
Zenki	p. 106
Hatsurei-ho (generating-spirit method)	p. 106
Uchite Chiryo-ho (patting-with-hands method)	p. 107
Oshite Chiryo-ho (pushing-with-fingertips method)	p. 107
Nadete Chiryo-ho (stroking-with-hands method)	p. 107
Koki-ho (breathing method) and Gyoshi-ho (gazing method)	p. 107
Heso Chiryo-ho (navel treatment method)	p. 110
Tanden Chiryo-ho (de-poisoning technique)	p. 110
Kuki	p. 111
Receiving Three Symbols	p. 111
Seiheki Chiryo-ho (mental technique)	p. 111
Hanshin Koketsu-ho (half-body blood cleansing)	p. 111
Zenshin Koketsu-ho (full-body blood cleansing)	p. 112
Enkaku Chiryo-ho (distant healing)	p. 113
Emails from Dave King	p. 113
Symbols and Kotodama	p. 117
The Inner Aspects	p. 117
Reiki Symbols	p. 118
Tatsumi's Version	p. 119
Hiroshi Doi's Version	p. 121
Drawing the Symbols	p. 127
Cho Ku Rei	p. 127
Sei He Ki	p. 128
Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen	p. 129
Reiki Kotodama	p. 130
Kotodama Pronunciation	p. 131
How to Make the Sounds	p. 132
Using Kotodama and/or Symbols	p. 134
Other Effects	p. 137
The Legacy of the Symbols	p. 137
More Techniques, and Usui Contemporaries	p. 141
Distant Treatment	p. 141
Asking Permission	p. 145
Usui Stone Method	p. 146
Usui Contemporaries	p. 149
Jigoro Kano	p. 149
Omoto Kyo, the Deguchis, Mokichi Okada and Johrei	p. 150
The Mystery (Shinpiden)	p. 153
Great Bright Light	p. 155
Dai Ko Myo	p. 155
Usui's Master Level	p. 156
Empowerment Symbol and Kotodama	p. 157
Drawing the Symbol	p. 159
What Really Happens in a Reiki Empowerment?	p. 159
Empowerment Procedures	p. 163
Usui Reiju	p. 164
Using Reiju at Each Level	p. 165
My Own Variation	p. 166
"Distant" Reiju	p. 167
"Healing" Attunements	p. 169
Alternative Energies	p. 171
Energy Concepts	p. 171
The Chinese System	p. 171
What about the Greeks?	p. 174
My Own System	p. 175
"You Are The Universe!"-An Empowerment	p. 178
Reiki and Theta Waves	p. 184
How to Achieve Theta	p. 185
Heal Yourself, Heal the World!	p. 187
All Hands Report for Duty!	p. 189
Beyond Reiki	p. 191
Johrei	p. 193
Purifying Spirit	p. 193
Johrei Energy	p. 199
Other Voices, Other Rooms	p. 201
Glossary	p. 203
Notes	p. 205
Index	p. 219
About the Author	p. 227
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