Western And Japanese Reiki Masters And Practitioners
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We know that the numbering of the levels in Japan is reversed, so what we would call the first level, Sho-den, is their sixth degree, which is divided into four parts: Loku-To (Sixth Degree), Go-To (Fifth Degree), Yon-To (Fourth Degree), and San-To (Third Degree). This is most likely why the conventional Western teaching style Reiki has four attunements.
Anyone can learn Sho-den, but Oku-den, which is split into two segments, Okuden-Zenki when the symbols are studied, and Okuden-Koko when distant and mental healing methods are taught, is only given to students who can prove that they are accessing an appropriate amount of Reiki healing energy and are proficient in the techniques, which can take ten years or more.
Students are expected to perform Reiki regularly, follow the five Principles, and make an effort to live by those principles in their everyday lives, promoting mental and emotional development. They must also practice Hatsurei-ho daily for self-cleansing and spiritual strengthening and pursue their spiritual growth, which includes attending daily training seminars and receiving Rei-Ju attunements.
Receiving these Rei-Ju attunements regularly helps students enhance their intuitive abilities, allowing them to detect better and treat physical diseases. This is known as Byosen, which is the ability to sense energy from a cause of illness and determine a symptom and the number of days of healing required; or Reiji, when the hands intuitively move to troubled places and begin sending Reiki. Even after many years of practice, very few persons in Japan ever attain the advanced level of Shinpi-den, the equivalent of a Western Reiki Master.
Where Does Reiki Develop?
Reiki has developed differently in the West because we do not share the same spiritual foundation or cultural understanding of energies, necessitating the necessity for a self-cleansing practice. Although certain Masters did regularly meet their students to practice Reiki, no Rei-Ju empowerments were given because we didn't know what they were until 1999. There has also been less emphasis on cultivating awareness in the hands with Reiki, which explains why we use a method that involves holding 12 or more hand postures for five minutes each. Reiki may now freely move throughout the body, allowing each person to receive Reiki whenever required.
Numerous Masters have changed the way Reiki is taught since Mrs. Takata's death, and there are currently more than 30 different styles of Reiki being taught in the West. Some are very similar to Takata's approach. In contrast, others have included a slew of additional "channeled" (getting insight from spiritual sources) symbols, attunement procedures, and other rituals, with no doubt more to come. However, now that we've discovered Dr. Usui's original procedures, we may incorporate them into our Reiki practice, giving us even more tools.
This goal is to demonstrate the immense potential of combining these two healing systems, which have their origins in Eastern philosophy and wisdom but are expanding with the understanding of many Western and Japanese Reiki Masters and Practitioners. The following chapter delves deeper into Reiki as healing energy and its interactions with other energies, such as those that make up the human energy body.
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The Traditional Karuna Reiki Attunements
Karuna is typically only taught to Usui Reiki Master practitioners. There are four levels of Karuna instruction. There are four levels of mastery in this system: two for practitioners and two for masters.
Original Karuna Attunements - The Sai Baba Reiki Attunements
For those wishing to view the original Sai Baba attunement process in order to compare it to later attunements, these are included for informational purposes only. You will notice a resemblance between these and the attunements developed later.
