By
Roger F Marlow
I began to study and practice Reiki several years ago, the reaction
at that time I might say was "interesting" as to stay on a positive
note. During the following years, and as my study and knowledge
progressed, the benefits to myself and close family became very
noticeable. Needless to say I am indeed pleased with the progress it has
made in regard to the acceptance and understanding of this beautiful
and powerful healing modality....
Reiki which is an ancient form
of healing art was rediscovered by Dr. Mikao Usui, a Japanese monk
in1920. Dr. Usui was an eminent scholar who did an endless research in
the field of psychology, medicine, spirituality and religion.
Story
goes like this- Dr. Usui had been to the top of Mt. Kurama in Japan in
the year 1922 on a three-week trip. While meditating at Mt. Kurama, he
had a vision on the 21st day where he was adjudged as a healer himself
in an ancient healing system. On his way back to his home, he could
realize he was in a position to heal injuries of people including his
own with amazing perfection and speed.
Thereafter, he began a
clinic in Tokyo and treated many patients. He also trained many people
to be Reiki practitioners. After the devastating earthquake in Kanto in
the year 1923, Reiki as a form of healing art had proved its worth. For
his healing service Dr. Usui was awarded by the Japanese government.
During 1930s a Hawaiian woman of Japanese origin named Hawayo Takata
developed Reiki in the United States. Takata herself gained great
benefit for her health problems on account of Reiki application.
After
her personal healing experience, she began to learn, practice and then
teach Reiki in Hawaii. She imparted Reiki for several years until her
death in 1980. Thereafter, Reiki spread to various other countries where
Reiki clinics and Reiki Masters played their part to provide healing
touch for various ailments through this ancient system. Eventually,
Reiki has gained acceptance, recognition and prominence being an ancient
form of healing technique. Though the Reiki treatments offered these
days are bit different from the ancient ones, yet they are basically
they belong to the same form of healing energy of Reiki.
Reiki
adopts the technique of energy healing for stress relaxation and
reduction. Despite advancement of medical sciences, Reiki is being
increasingly used as a complementary therapy to resolve various health
problems. In Reiki everything is a miracle because in this form of
treatment holistic, intangible, invisible delicate form of energy is at
work. Reiki employs the energy to promote harmony in living things that
facilitates the healing of the mind, body and spirit. In short Reiki
heals at the physical, emotional, and spiritual level of an individual.
With
increased level of awareness amongst masses, people started expecting
providers of health care provide benefits through different natural
healing processes including Reiki. Keeping in view the demands of the
patients needing natural health care benefits, the popularity of Reiki
has been growing day by day with its increased application of Reiki in
various clinics and hospitals. Initial Reiki training programs are now
being imparted in Hospitals. These classes facilitate in preparing the
physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals to use this natural
healing technique while interacting with patients.
Several
hospitals, Clinics, medical institutions have been researching on the
effectiveness of Reiki Healing. There are over one hundred facilities in
the U.S. that use Reiki and or other complementary/alternative
modalities (CAM) plus several hundred more worldwide. Additionally,
research is being conducted in partnership with the National Institutes
of Health at a growing number of well-respected facilities. There
currently Reiki programs at Sharp Memorial Hospital - San Diego, St.
Joseph Medical Center - Stockton and Hearst Cancer Resource Center - San
Luis Obispo to name a very few.
Reiki techniques provide healing
through energy, reduces the stress during a diagnostic procedure,
controls emotional reaction to a shocking diagnosis, relaxes the body
and mind and improves the quality of sleep and calms down helpless
parents of children who are seriously ill. As per the Reiki, life energy
enters into the Chakra where its requirements for healing energy are
the most. Babies and children often get effective result as they don't
have any mental block in receiving energy through Reiki. For example, a
crying baby gets quick comfort when he is touched or picked up.
Similarly, while dealing with elderly people in the hospitals, unlike
touching babies for healing, Reiki uses two fold benefits one is
providing energy and relaxation and the other one is emotional
nourishment.
The results coming through such studies are
encouraging and the same has tremendously increased the faith and
reliability of the masses on Reiki as an alternative form of treatment.
You need to remember the fact that the life force is based on the energy
and Reiki philosophy is based on energy and energy only. Reiki has
passed through a long journey providing health and healing to its
practitioners and beneficiaries equally well. Reiki is becoming more
widely accepted in the current systems of Natural medicines including
Allopathic, Homoeopathic and Acupuncture. We should take careful note
that the use of Reiki is vital as a supplementary if not complementary
form of treatments and its popular use will ensure that Reiki unfurl its
importance, acceptance and prominence as a totally legitimate form of
natural healing therapy.