| There are many theories about how Reiki works. Most | | | | condition. The rest of the energy being used is wasted |
| Reiki practitioners view Reiki as a passive form of | | | | on that condition. |
| healing, much like spiritual healing. What this means is | | | | The frequency is varied not by mathematical |
| that they channel energy into the client without | | | | frequencies but the use of symbols (given to Mikao |
| consideration for the clients condition(s) as their intent is | | | | Usui on his 21 day retreat on Mount Kurama), which |
| purely to allow the energy to take it's own course | | | | narrow down the frequency range, and colour, which |
| through the body. Most Reiki healers say that the | | | | further narrows down the frequency range. |
| energy is 'intelligent' and will know where the individual | | | | This does not mean that an Active Reiki healer will |
| needs healing and the body will take as much energy | | | | work only on the physical condition being presented |
| as it needs. They do not believe they are in a position | | | | and not any emotional issues, just that different |
| to decide what needs treating or otherwise. | | | | energies will be used to treat the different conditions or |
| Many of those practising passive Reiki will put as little | | | | symptoms a person has. The predominant, most |
| input into the healing as possible and often follow a set | | | | serious problem will be dealt with first and then |
| series of hand positions, remaining for roughly the | | | | underlying causes and other issues will be dealt with |
| same time in each position, regardless of where the | | | | later. |
| injury or illness is. | | | | Where a presenting pain has no actual physical cause |
| The claim made by many of the Reiki healers who | | | | but is purely the result of an emotional trauma, an |
| practise in this way is that Reiki simply allows the body | | | | emotional healing will of course be given and once that |
| to heal it self, the energy does not actually heal directly. | | | | has been dealt with the pain should go. |
| The Truth About Reiki | | | | The Healing Success of Intention and Visualisation |
| The founder of Reiki Mikao Usui, treated conditions | | | | While an Active Reiki healer is treating either |
| directly. He never claimed that Reiki allowed the body | | | | themselves or a client they will always use intention |
| to heal itself and he would treat the body wherever | | | | and visualisation, which have been proven to speed up |
| the pain occurred saying in the Usui Reiki Hikkei (Usui | | | | the healing process dramatically. |
| Reiki handbook) "If brain disease occurs I treat the | | | | Dr Glen Rein PH.d. (Quantam Biology Research Labs) |
| head. If it's a stomach ache I treat the stomach. If it's | | | | has carried out research into healing tumour cells using |
| an eye disease I treat the eyes." Usui treated | | | | intention and visualisation. The most effective intention |
| whatever the condition was the healee presented him | | | | used was that the cells return to their natural order and |
| with, he never claimed that the energy would find it's | | | | harmony of the cell's normal rate of growth (i.e. before |
| own route around the body. If someone has a tumour | | | | they were transformed to tumour cells). This intention |
| and you treat their head with Reiki, the energy will | | | | combined with a visualisation technique provided 39% |
| work on healing their head. There will probably | | | | inhibition of growth of the tumour cells. Treating the |
| innumerable blockages between the head and tumour | | | | cells with the intention of letting God's will take place |
| preventing the energy from reaching it. | | | | only offered 21% inhibition and unconditional love |
| Reiki is as Usui Sensei said, unlike any other treatment | | | | offered no effect. This just goes to show that healing |
| in the world and original to Mikao Usui. He did not | | | | an illness with unconditional love will not work. By doing |
| re-discover Reiki, he discovered Reiki and we owe it | | | | this the tumour cells are being told that it's fine to stay |
| to him to teach and practise Reiki in the most effective | | | | just the way they are. |
| way possible. This is what Active Reiki healers are | | | | There were two visualisations used in the study. The |
| doing, healing their clients to the best of their ability, | | | | visualisation used that involved a decreased number of |
| offering the best service they can to their clients and | | | | cells in the dish gave 18% inhibition of growth of tumour |
| this is what all Reiki practitioners should be doing. | | | | cells. Where a visualisation was used of an increased |
| Why Active Reiki Works Best | | | | number of tumour cells, the cells increased by 15%. |
| With Active Reiki, variable frequency energy is being | | | | This study demonstrates that the most effective |
| used to heal conditions directly. As well as this intention | | | | method for healing is to combine visualisation and |
| and visualisation are used to maximise the healing | | | | intention and with the Reiki healing added on to this, the |
| benefits. If someone comes for a Reiki treatment to | | | | results are very often phenomenal. |
| help their bad back, that is exactly what an Active | | | | Reiki practitioners owe it to the clients that come to |
| Reiki healer will treat. | | | | them for help to treat them using all the methods and |
| By using Reiki in an active way energy is being | | | | tools they have at their disposal. This is not playing |
| channelled into whatever condition is being treated at | | | | God as some Passive Reiki healers claim, it is doing |
| the correct frequency needed by that condition. It has | | | | everything within your power to help that person. We |
| been shown that every part of the body vibrates at a | | | | were given the abilities we have for a reason and it is |
| certain frequency. If someone has a broken bone | | | | a terrible shame not to use them. A surgeon would not |
| channelling energy into the bone at 7 cycles per | | | | half finish an operation so why should a Reiki |
| second or hertz, stimulates bone growth. | | | | practitioner offer anything less than the best treatment |
| Passive Reiki healers channel the complete energy | | | | they can give. |
| healing spectrum into every condition that they treat | | | | Mikao Usui the founder of Reiki, used everything within |
| where as Active Reiki healers channel energy at | | | | his power to treat those that came to him for healing |
| specific frequencies. This means that all the energy an | | | | and we owe it to him, to God or the Universe, to |
| Active healer uses is working on the condition being | | | | ourselves and to those that we treat with Reiki to do |
| treated as opposed to passive healing where only a | | | | the same. |
| small part of the energy being used works on the | | | | © Copyright Dawn Mellowship 2005. |