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 Sonja
Poeltl-Cernik
Reiki Master/Teacher
Traditional Usui System
Homeopathy and Flower Essence Consultations
REIKI LEGEND
Mikao Usui was a minister
and a principal of a Christian school, Doshisha
University, in Kyoto, Japan in the mid 1800's.
His students continually questioned why Healing was not part of their
missionary education. Usui could not answer their
question and decided to leave the University to educate himself about it.
He
searched through ancient Chinese Holy writings and eventually made his way
to Northern India where he continued his search. He returned to Japan and
continued his studies. After many years of learning and research he
discovered some ancient symbols in the Buddhist Sutras which appeared to
contain some of the answers to his questions.
He
discussed the matter with the abbot of the monastery in Kyoto where he
lived at this point and they decided that he had to go up the nearby Holy
Mountain of Kuriyama just outside Kyoto to fast
and meditate for 21 days. He laid out 21 stones as some kind of a calendar.
Each day Usui picked up one stone, praying and
asking to reveal an understanding of the Sanskrit symbols n the Buddhist Sutras.
On the last day of
the fast Usui finished his meditation, opened his
eyes and looked up into the dark sky. Suddenly he saw a beam of light
coming towards him and it burst upon him. It struck him in the middle of
his forehead and knocked him to the ground. He felt at that moment as
though he had died. Then he saw millions of colored bubbles of pink, blue,
lilac and all the colors of the rainbow. The Sanskrit symbols appeared to
him in gold in front of his eyes. This was the beginning of the Usui method of natural healing which we know as Reiki.
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