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Issue 37 - Tse Qigong Centre

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Reiki (pronounced Ray-Key) is aJapanese word meaning simply ”energy”. Reikialso refers to a system of natural healing whichwas discovered and developed by a Japaneseman named Mikaomi Usui, of Kyoto, Japan,towards the end of the nineteenth century.Reiki&<strong>Qigong</strong>It is thought Mikaomi Usui was apractitioner of Ki-Ko, the Japaneseversion of <strong>Qigong</strong>, and that he waslooking for a way for Ki-Kopractitioners to transmit Ki(Japanese for Qi) for healing withoutdepleting their own energy when hediscovered Reiki.Frank Arjava Petter in his book”Reiki Fire” states that Reiki is one of themany methods that stem from theChinese family of <strong>Qigong</strong>. He goes on tosay that Reiki is one of the Buddhistoffshoots of <strong>Qigong</strong>, with a lot of Shintoinfluence. Shinto is the native religion ofJapan, andPetter says thatJapanese Shintoand Buddhismareso intricatelyi n t e r t w i n e dthat it isimpossible toseparate them.His research inJapan has ledhim to believethat even the word ”Reiki” itself is anancient Shinto mantra for protection, andhasbeen passed down from Shinto Masterto student by word of mouth forcenturies.Mikaomi Usui travelled to severalcountries to study, including China. Heliked to read, and had a vast knowledgeof many subjects, including medicine,psychology and religionsof the world. Heused to meditate regularly at MountKurama, and one day went there on a 21-day retreat to fast and meditate. At theend of this period he suddenly felt theReiki energy at the top of his head andfrom thenceforth was able to transmit Qithrough himself without depleting hisown energy. He spent the rest of his lifehealing others and attuning them to theReiki energy.Reiki is learned by being attunedto the energy by a Reiki teacher. Thesepeople are usually referred to as ReikiMasters, but westerners do not in generalunderstand the concept of the student/Master relationship as it is understood inthe east. A Master is someone who hasmastered him/herself, whose life is aconstant example to others, not someonewho has paid $10,000 and completed aweekend workshop or trained for one“It is not a rephilosophy, neitdepend on intelor special abilityear. In the east, the Master title is not soeasily available. Either the teacher is calledMaster out of respect by his/her students,or the student is given the title Master byhis/her Master after having masteredQi Magazine 42

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