Reiki Master in Fife 2

March 2006

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Learning Usui Reiki

Reiki is not taught like any other methods of medicine or healing. We are all born with Reiki in us, for Reiki is the power of life itself. The ability to learn Reiki cannot be learned from a book or by instruction. The ability to channel Reiki is passed from a trained Reiki Master/Teacher to the student through a special initiation which attunes them to the Reiki energy.

The Reiki attunement is a sacred spiritual initiation which connects the initiate with higher levels of consciousness and the unlimited source of healing energy. It opens the crown, third eye, throat, and heart and palm chakras for their use in channelling Reiki. Reiki is a gift, which comes directly from the highest spiritual source, and as such a gift should be treated with the greatest respect. It is unique in that there are no requirements of spiritual purification necessary in order for it to work and in order for a person to receive the attunements.

Reiki is simple to learn and to use. One is empowered into being able to channel the Universal Life Force Energy. Through several empowerments we are taught to use Reiki for healing and personal growth through discussion and hands on practice.

There are no prerequisites for Reiki. It is available to anyone at any age, regardless of race, creed or religion. The desire to learn and the empowerments by a Reiki Master are all that is needed.

There are three degrees or levels of the Reiki Ray. Each possesses a unique radiation of energy set forth for a specific purpose in healing.

Reiki I Shoden

Reiki II Okuden

Reiki Master Teacher Shinpiden

The Reiki Principles

First Degree - Reiki Level I (called Shoden in Japan)

This degree is a permanent attunement to the Reiki Ray. Once initiated it allows a person to channel Reiki energy for healing oneself and others. It requires no specific invocation or alteration of the thinking process to "turn on" the flow of Reiki. Simply by placing hands on and opening the heart up to love, one automatically brings in the energy.
The first degree is the foundation of all three degrees and must be mastered thoroughly before taking Reiki II.

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Second Degree - Reiki Level II (called Okuden in Japan)

The second degree requires further initiations for attunement to the keys utilised in this level. These keys are three of the Sanskrit symbols of empowerment. The first key allows for a greater amount of energy to be drawn and each student to experience a greater sense of the power within. The second key allows each student to tap in to the Universal Consciousness. The third key allows each student to go beyond the physical limitations of time and space to promote absentee healing, to send healing energy into events of the past, present and future, and to help the healing of Mother Earth.
Prerequisite: First Degree

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Third Degree - Reiki Level III (Master Teacher Level) (called Shinpiden in Japan)

This degree designation is the level of Reiki Master, a Teacher of Reiki. The student is attuned to the full Reiki Ray, and for those guided, the path of Teacher begins to unfold. This empowerment introduces the remaining three keys. These keys allow the student to affect a shift in consciousness in them.

The student learns to work with the energy of the Master's symbol and learns the Advanced Reiki Techniques.

The student also learns the skills and knowledge so as to attune and teach other people. Training consists of working with the Master/Teacher, learning what to teach, the empowerment on all levels and assisting them in their experience of Reiki.

For those who would like to learn the Advanced Reiki Techniques and work with the Master's symbol and have no desire to teach, then a Reiki Master Practitioner course is available.

Prerequisite for Reiki Master Teacher: First and Second Degree with a commitment to service, teaching and passing on the knowledge with integrity and purest of intention.

Prerequisite for Reiki Master Practitioner : First and Second Degree