Advanced Reiki Terms for Adepts;

Some of the following information was information we pulled from Articles we found online by other people and adapted them for our school curriculum.

Advanced Reiki Terms for Adepts;

Reiki:

Reiki has been translated in the west to mean universal life force energy. But upon further inspection, while this meaning is an certainly an implied meaning; a more appropriate translation of Rei is universal or divine spirit or spiritual , and ki of course translates to energy or life force. So reiki could be translated appropriately as Divine Spirit Energy. Rei implies universal spirit; which means a spirit or spiritual energy that is omnipresent every in the universe at the same time, all at once. This is a direct reference to The Holy Spirit of God whether people in the east choose to recognize that or not. It is not a coincendence that Usui chose the name ReiKi for his healing Tradition. While there are many healing traditions in Japan with this name applied to them, Usui ReiKi is unique in several aspects of its nature. The most basic meaning we can apply to ReiKi is Spirit Energy. Usui was influenced by many things. This we can tell by the vary nature of his ReiKi teachings. He was influenced by Buddhism, shintoism, Christianity, Taoism, zen, Hinduism, and his Martial Arts training.

Reiki Benefits

• Restores the body's natural energy balance and support it's ability to heal itself more efficiently and quickly.
• Promotes a sense of inner-peace, deep relaxation, and well-being.
• Provides a holistic treatment which vitalizes the body and soul.
• Fortifies the immune system.
• Relives pain and stress.
• Re-establishes spiritual balance and emotional clarity.
• Compliments , and can be an adjunct with other modalities of healing including traditional medical treatment, massage, and psychotherapy.
• Reiki is non-intrusive, since its energy passes though clothing, dressings, space and time.
• Is adaptable , according to the needs of the recipient which can be infant, adult, or animal, plant, object, or situation.

Shinki; 

this word translates to God-Energy or source energy. This can be seen as the highest form of Reiki. 

Reiho;

is a shortened or abbreviated name for reiki ryoho or reiki ho. Reiho is the same as Usui do. A similar term is Usui Teate which means Usui hand application. Usui do simply means Reiki the way Usui did it.

En; 

 pronounced ee-n is the excess energetic connection formed between teacher and student. It should not be cut until after the final attunement ceremony; unless the student and teacher part ways before the third level and then it is appropriate to go ahead and cut the een. It is like an extra aka cord that is overly large. It serves a purpose for both the student and the teacher. The purpose for the student is to stay connected with their teacher and the energies that they are training to work with. The purpose for the teacher is to have a strong energetic link to their student in order to heal them, and to better read, evaluate, and asses the student. This can tell us how to better help the student grow and evolve. This can help us serve the students needs better. This can help us pass the energy in the attunements easier. And this can help us know when a student is ready to move to the next level or be released out into the world as a teacher themselves.

Kiko;

 is according to some sources the original name for the practice that has come to be called chi gong or chi kung. This art was practiced by a great many of usui’s students. It has a lot in common with the art that we in the modern west have come to know as tai chi. Kiko is also called kipo. It means Breath/spirit-cultivation; it also means remarkable effect or remarkable results! Also called the Kata  (the dance or the form). 

Gassho; 

this refers to both a prayerful hand position, and also the gesture one makes toward someone of bowing while performing this hand position. It is a sign of respect, and the equivalent of the Indian greeting of Namastei!

Gakkai; 

this is the abbreviated name of the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai. This is the name of the school that was kept going by some of Usui’s and Hayashi’s students. They are responsible for much of the misinformation distributed to reiki practitioners in the west. They do not like or trust westerners, and they are still on a mission to erase any ties between reiki and the west. Especially the ties that exist between Usui and Christianity. They actively discourage westerners from learning or practicing reiki. They even lie about certain aspects of reiki and Usui’s life in order to cover up the true history and nature of Reiki. They tell people that Usui didn’t use symbols in his attunement initiation ceremonies which we know is a lie. They also tell people that Usui did not know anything about the chakras. Again this is a lie. There is no way Usui did not know the chakras; as he was an avid student of Sanskrit teachings. I think their intent is to protect reiki from those who would misuse it; however they are wrong for trying to do this in the manner in which they are doing it. A tradition that does not change and grow dies! Usui knew this and that is part of the reason he taught everyone who wanted to learn! Having said this; this is all starting to change as more westerns travel to the east to learn from the Gakkai. It seems their attitudes towards us are finally beginning to change for the good. 

Reiji; 

 is reiki sensitivity that develops with time and practice of ones reiki. It is the ability or intuitive gift to feel imbalances in the body and other such things. It can be called the reiki sight!

Reiju; 

 is a reiki initiation attunement. Previously it was called other names like denju, kanjo, mikkyo, jikiden, etcetera. All of these really mean the same thing when you get down to it; they mean passing on the energy. This is a method to not only better attune us to the energies, but to open wider our chakras and meridians to be able to pump more power through us. All of this is meant to better connect us with the reiki energy or shinki which means God energy, or source energy!

We know that the process evolved over time, even during Usui’s lifetime. We know that he did use symbols in his reiju despite modern beliefs. We know that Hayashi’s Reiju’s were a little different, and that Takata’s reiju’s were a little different still. It was Hayashi’s and Takata’s students who really changed the reiju’s in a severe way. Hyashi’s students don’t use symbols at all apparently; and Takata’s students made up the sandwich symbol method, as well as creating the rainbow sphere technique, and the crescent rule of only working on the left side of the body during an attunement.

The term 'reiju' is commonly written: 霊授  - the 授 character implying: to give / grant / confer / impart etc.
However, the term Reiju is a 'two-sided concept'. 霊授 is one half of the concept.
The other, complementary half of the concept is written is 霊受 (also pronounced 'Reiju') - with the 受 character implying:
to accept / undergo / get / receive etc

Thus, Reiju implies: 'to confer/receive Spirit [or a Spiritual Gift]'.
The concept is all about 'Giving and Receiving' - the sharing of a Spiritual Experience

This word implies the reciving or giving not only a spiritual gift, but spiritual permission.

by the traditional Japanese understanding of the word "reiki" itself, reiki is the highest of 7 energies in the body, the one that connects the physical body to Shinki, God (divine, or source) -energy.... It seems to me, both of these definitions are getting at the same thing ... and the simplest, most literal examination of the word "reiki" confirms this. It is, most simply, the bringing together (unification) of Rei (Universal Spirit) and ki (the individual expression of that Spirit, as one's personal energy)! Some say that what Usui meant by "Usui Reiki Ryoho" was "Usui system for connecting with your ancestral self”. This is still not clear or certain, but it does fit in with what we know of Usui’s Japanese Shinto Buddhist upbringing before he converted to Christianity thanks to the efforts of missionaries when he was a young man!

Prayer, whatever form is used ... brings the one praying to a "realization" of God, a realization that all is well and that he/she is not alone in dealing with the situation.

~ Ernest Holmes                                                                                       

Some people, believe that the knowledge of how to perform the reiju procedure must be kept secret; that if the procedures become common knowledge, then anyone (even non-Reiki people), by learning how to perform them, will gain the 'power' to awaken the Reiki ability in others.

But this is Not the case.
"One cannot give what one does not have."
The reiju (initiation / attunement procedure) is a method for sharing the Gift that is the Reiki ability. This issue isn't having Reiki. Everyone has that. The issues is having the Reiju. If you have not had the Reiju, than you can not give the Reiju. If you haven't had the symbols permanently passed onto you and embedded into your Auraic field, than you can not do this for others. 

If you haven't 'received' the Reiki ability yourself through an in person one on one laying on of hands attunement, you cannot 'pass' it to another; you cannot awaken the ability in another - no matter how much you, as a Japanese person I once heard of put it: "wave your hands about, visualize shirushi, chant jumon, or 'intend' it to happen."

This is not to say that everyone doesn't have Reiki. Reiki flows through all living things. What this means is that, if you haven't been given the Reiju, than you haven't been opened up enough energetically to pass the attuements onto other people. In other words...you haven't had enough Reiki pumped through you to stretch your chakras to be bigger, that would allow you to pump enough through other people to initiate them into the practice of Reiki. A regualr person has a degree of Reiki energy flowing through them. A person who has been through the Reiju has Shinki passing through them, and so can pass greater amounts of Reiki to others. 

                                                                                  

It is not that the procedures must be kept secret as a way of hoarding power or knowledge. Keeping them secret (and they should be kept secret) is a way of honoring The God (the source), The Reiki energy, and tradition. Reiki attunements can’t be misused or misrepresented, if they are kept secret; And students should be concentrating on learning what they need to at each level instead of worrying about what they will learn in the future.

It is said that Reiju was also used to "attune" (to use western term) students into higher levels of Reiki channeling.
As with many parts of Reiki or Usui-Do (Usui Way) or Usui Teate (Usui Hand Application) there are unfolding versions as research continues. Usui Sensei no doubt developed his methods and understanding as he continued his life journey. He would then probably share different knowledge and techniques with subsequent groups of students. This is hopefully the situation with most masters.

What does Reiju do?

 Reiju strengthens the students energetic connection to the Reiki source, and thus enables deeper and stronger Reiki flow. It is the student that has most important role in his or her development. The Reiju also stretches open the chakras a little wider each time allowing the Reiki initiate to channel and wield more energy than the average person.

Reiju enhances the Reiki channel, but the student must keep it developing by practicing various Reiki techniques.

Reiju helps the student's progress in every aspect of their life, by enhancing the energy level in their bodies. This is also achieved by daily Reiki practice. Reiki also does a life cleanse and redesign.

Reiju is a technique that Usui really used to transfer initiations step by step. He did it by repeatedly energetically activating a person over many weeks so that she or he was lifted on a new energy level and in this way was attuned in the first, second or third grade of the traditional Japanese Reiki.
In the West Mrs. Takata made initiations a rigid institution out of necessity to a different culture. With Usui himself they were a more fluid process of slowly attuning the student into higher and higher energy levels. The technique that Takata developed and that is used today as the “Usui Reiki” initiation consists of a single  activation for each level. This is so that the “initiation” got faster and easier to use commercially. It was Hyashi and Takata who truly understood Usui’s teaching on Reiki attunements which led us to the truth; that Reiki that initiations last forever and need no renewal; though renewal is always welcome and good. You can’t loose your Reiki once you have it; just like in the Christian tradition we say that one can not loose ones salvation once they have received it. once saved always saved; and once attuned always attuned!

Contrary to popular new beliefs; the original Usui attunements DID use symbols; as symbols are what got Usui started using Reiki in the first place, we can be sure of this. He had studied Sanskrit. Contrary to popular new beliefs Usui did know and understand the chakras even though he didn’t focus on them he did teach a little about them, again he studied the Sanskrit of India; so there was no way he didn’t know symbols and chakras.