It is useful at this point to define disease and health. When a person lives in harmony with the environment on all levels - spiritual, mental, emotional and physical - that person is said to be in a state of health. When discord prevails, the person becomes ill: "disease" makes its appearance. Our ancient forefathers defined health and disease thus, and so do we even today.
The key concept is harmony. To be able to cope effectively with the world we live in, to be "at ease" in it, we need to maintain a harmonious balance between the world and ourselves at all times. Sounds difficult? Indeed it is, and that is the reason we spend so much of our lives in a state of dis-ease.
The history of man is replete with countless attempts to establish and maintain that harmony which determines a state of health. Every religion, every philosophy, every system of medicine, is an endeavour to reach that elusive goal, but none of these explorations has succeeded because none has addressed the need to establish harmony simultaneously in all the essential levels of life - spiritual, mental, emotional and physical. In Reiki, mankind may have taken one of the biggest single steps in all its history in reaching a state of harmony with the world in which it lives - a state of health.
As already mentioned, Reiki means Universal Energy, and the Usui system uses this power by channelling it into the recipient's body by the laying on of hands. Reiki, working through the chakras, dissolves the knots of clotted energy that block natural channels, re-distributing and balancing the force that pervades all existing things. The diseased body is detoxified, relaxed and restored to a state of comfort - in short, healed.
Unless you, the Reiki practitioner, are a registered medical doctor, do not attempt to diagnose an illness, or prescribe any medication. Also, you should not provide any guarantees about the outcome of Reiki sessions. Reiki is not created or controlled by the practitioner, it is only drawn by the recipient, and it is always drawn in amounts appropriate to the situation. All healing is self-healing and the sole determinant of the result of Reiki sessions is the person receiving the energy.
We have had many personal experiences of the spectacular effects of
Reiki in many areas of our lives including in severe cuts, burns and broken
bones. In channelling Reiki for broken bones it must be ensured that the
broken ends are properly aligned before channelling, since the bones set
so fast that they could set crookedly.
The use of Reiki before and after operations is increasing apace world-wide. Used prior to surgery, it greatly reduces the stress of the procedure. Anaesthetic induction is smoother, bleeding is lessened and hypotensive episodes and ventilation problems are fewer. Recovery is faster, with much reduced nausea, vomiting and post-operative infection. Wound healing is more rapid and scarring is minimized. Surgeons who use Reiki consider it to be one of the best adjuncts to surgery they have ever found. However, Reiki should not be channelled during the surgical procedure as patients may emerge from the anaesthesia prematurely.
Reiki administered during pregnancy protects against miscarriages. It also helps to smoothen the course by reducing or eliminating first trimester nausea and vomiting and pre-delivery toxaemia. The delivery is smoother and easier.
For the individual, Reiki puts the relief of pain and illness and the maintenance of good health into his own hands, quite literally. Regular practice of Reiki, whether on oneself or to help others, always results in increasing the well being of the practitioner. Regression in age results: while chronological age advances as usual, the physiological age regresses by as many as twelve years. Additionally, the practitioner experiences greatly increased creativity and intuitive ability, while stress levels are lowered. Interpersonal relationships improve dramatically, and the families of practitioners cohere more closely and happily. Reiki has also been proven to curb compulsions and, in many cases, control addictions to alcohol, drugs and gambling. Today, an ever-growing number of organizations and individuals are experiencing the enrichment that Reiki brings.
To its amazement (and delight), Industry is discovering that Reiki
All this contributes to a vastly better looking bottomline. Reiki also brings unlooked-for abundance into the lives of those who practice it regularly.