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The Healing Power of Love
Perhaps, by now, you've heard the saying, “Love heals all wounds.” After having spent over 12 years doing hands-on healing work, I would say that is very true. When doing hands-on healing, the healing practitioner becomes a channel for life force energy. It is this life force energy that animates us and gives us life. Without it, we can become ill. Time after time, I have seen people make a turnaround in a challenging health situation. Sometimes it is very quickly, sometimes it takes a bit longer. This life force energy is the same as the quality of love. The healing practitioner holds a very high frequency or vibration of this life force energy, or love and the person needing the healing begins to match this frequency of love, like a magnet, and that is how the healing occurs. Every one responds to the power of love, no matter who they are. It is only when we are lacking in love for ourselves that illness can take hold. Of course, it is up to the person receiving the healing as to whether they accept or reject the loving, healing energy being offered. But, most times, people respond very well and healing occurs. The more loving we are towards ourselves, he healthier we will be. Try for one day having nothing but loving thoughts, when ever possible. As you do, you will find that life will flow much easier for you. Instead of being a struggle, life will flow with ease and grace, as it was meant to. Become a channel for love in your own life and see what a difference it makes. Managing Stress with ReikiOne of the biggest health factors we all face is how to manage stress. Many years ago when I started attending a Reiki healing circle I noticed something very special happening. During the healing circle, someone would get on the Reiki table to have a 15-minute treatment from two to three practitioners. What I noticed happening is that at the end of the 15-minute session, the person on the table had such a glow about them. The effects of stress they may have been experiencing seemed to all dissolve away, in a short period of time. This happened time after time. The person receiving the Reiki treatment also had a big smile on their face as well. While I was a very new Reiki practitioner at that time and I may have initially questioned what effect the Reiki was having, those doubts quickly subsided. What I found was that Reiki was an excellent way to relieve stress. So, if someone asks me how to deal with stress, I suggest they experience Reiki. Having been a Reiki practitioner and teacher for over 12 years, I have learned first hand the value of what Reiki can do with stress. At our healing circles, the Reiki practitioner loves to receive a treatment as much as giving one. After all these years of receiving Reiki, I call it “15 minutes of bliss!” Most recently, one gentleman who had been attending one of our healing circles called it a “religious experience.” But, it is important to understand that Reiki is not affiliated with any religion, but for many it can be a wonderful spiritual experience and practice in addition to learning how to relieve stress for themselves. I believe that everyone has innate healing ability. Many times, someone will take a Reiki class to further understand this healing ability and to, perhaps to give it a name. Once you learn to tap into this wonderful, loving energy, you’ve tapped into a wonderful relaxation technique that you can use on yourself at any time. Even hospitals are drawing upon the healing power of Reiki. According to the American Hospital Association, Reiki is used in over 800 hospitals and clinics in the U.S. alone. It works very well along side conventional medicine and helps to reduce anxiety and stress. So, if you want to learn to relax and manage stress, learn Reiki. I call it one of the “essential tools for life.” The Father Of Reiki Mikao Usui, the founder of Reiki, was a spiritual and philosophical man. There is a great deal of controversy regarding the history and origins of Reiki. To understand this history, it is necessary to understand the man behind the healing. Usui-Sensei was born on April 15, 1865 in the small village of Taniai, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. At the age of three, it is reported that Usui was sent to a Tendai Monastery School. When Usui was 12, he began to study martial arts. This was the beginning of a longstanding appreciation for martial arts and training. He studied ‘Yagyu RyuÂ’, a martial art incorporating Samurai swordsmanship (Ken-Jutsu) and unarmed combat (Ju-jitsu). Usui went on to earn ‘Menkyo KaidenÂ’ in his 20s, this being the highest level of mastery in weaponry. As a child and young man, UsuiÂ’s life was difficult. He did not come from a wealthy family, was regarded as an eccentric and had a number of jobs. He married Sadako Suzuki and had a son, Fuji, in 1908 and a daughter, Toshiko in 1913. While working in diplomatic service, he had the opportunity to travel to China, Europe and America where he learned about Western cultures. Usui has been reported to have practiced as a Tendai Buddhist Monk (not living in the monastery) and in 1922 studied Zen Buddhist training for three years. Reiki has its roots in the religions Usui had studied, Tendai Buddhism and Shintoism. A form of mystical Buddhism, Tendai nurtured spiritual teachings and Shintoism incorporated manipulating energies. Usui, as a swordsman and proficient in kiko (the Japanese word for the Chinese art of Chi Gung), combined his martial arts skills and spiritualism studies and training to create his vision of Reiki Ryoho. This term, literally translated, is Spiritual Healing and the term was used by other therapists of the time. Usui- Sensei, as he is known (meaning master), was teaching at this time and had some loyal students. In 1921, it is believed he employed the five principals/precepts (‘gokaiÂ’) as adopted from the 1915 book “ Kenzen no Genri” (Health Principles) written by Dr. Bizan Suzuki: “ Just for today, do not anger, do not fear, work hard, be honest and be kind to others” into his teachings. In March of 1922, Usui-Sensei climbed Mt. Kurama to perform fasting and meditation. On the last of his 21 days, it is said he experienced enlightenment in the form of a ball of light that spoke to him, giving him the opportunity to accept this light into his body, which could kill him but give him the energy to heal others. This is where Reiki was born. One month later, he opened a training center in Harajuku, Aoyama, Japan. “Unity of self through harmony and balance” was the motto for his teachings. Usui-Sensei administered his teachings to his students during a time of great modern change in Japan and it was important for people to retain historical spiritual teachings. It was here that he began his healing techniques. One of his students, an Imperial Naval Officer by the name of Dr Chujiro Hayashi, was responsible for bringing Reiki to the United States after Usui-SenseiÂ’s death from a stroke in 1926. Eric Hartwell oversees "The World's Best Homepage" intended to be a user-generated resource where YOUR opinion counts. Anybody can contribute and all are welcomed. Visit us to read, comment upon or share opinions on health and visit our associated site articles for free. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Dr._Mark_Clayson Reiki Healing Benefits Reiki is the Japanese word for "universal life energy" and pronounced "ray-kee." It is a form of healing based on tapping into the unseen flow of energy that permeates all living things. It is believed that reiki originally evolved as a branch of Tibetan Buddhism and that knowledge of its power and how to use it was transmitted from master to disciple. At some point in the intervening centuries, the secrets of reiki were lost. They were rediscovered in the late 19th century by a Japanese minister, Dr. Mikao Usui. He spent 14 years seeking the ability to heal, which he believed could be discovered thiough studying Buddhism, learning Chinese and Sanskrit to help his research. It is claimed that he eventually found the knowledge he sought in an Indian sutra, or sacred text. Then, after a three-week meditation on a mountain top, he had a vision of four symbols that could be used to enable healing energy to be passed to others. The ability to channel the healing power was achieved by attunement to each of these symbols. Before he died in the 1930s, Dr. Usui initiated 16 others into the secret of reiki, teaching them the master attunement. One of these reiki masters was Dr. Chujiro Hayashi, who undertook to preserve reiki and pass it on. He brought scientific training to bear on the method, noting down the results of healing sessions, codifying the sequence of hand movements in a reiki session, and establishing a reiki clinic in Tokyo. Treatment by a reiki practitioner is intended to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Clients lie fully clothed while the practitioner's hands are placed on specific parts of the body, starting with the head. Some reiki practitioners do not touch the physical body but transmit healing into the surrounding aura. Reiki can be used to heal the self or someone else, and reiki energy can be projected into the future or directed to a distant place. It can also be used on pets or plants. Anyone can learn reiki because it is not taught in the strict sense of the word, but transferred from teacher to pupil. This transferral is made though a series of "degrees." The first degree usually takes a weekend and four initiations by a reiki master. It does not involve changing religious beliefs. These initiations impart the ability to transmit healing energy to oneself and others. The second degree deepens participants' experience and enables them to give distant healing. The third degree is taken by those wishing to become reiki masters, able to teach others. The results of treatment can be dramatic, or more gradual, showing themselves in general improvements in health and well-being. Reiki healing energies can have lasting results only if the recipient accepts his or her responsibility in the healing process and takes part in it. Daily self-treatment is regarded as preventive, supporting emotional and spiritual growth. There are more than 200,000 reiki practitioners and centers in North and South America, Europe, and Australasia. The word "reiki" is a generic term in Japanese and is not exclusive to Dr. Usui's healing method; this is more formally known as Usui Shiki Ryoho or the Usui system of natural healing, and is preserved by the international Reiki Alliance, which has agreed professional standards and a code of ethics. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Robin_Brain |
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