RANDOM
THOUGHTS 4
Copyright © 2009 James Deacon
# 'Energy' or 'Spirit'?
Reiju,
Hatsurei ho, and Reiji ho are
believed by many to be three of the most important practices within
Reiki Ryoho.
So,
if Reiki Ryoho and its associated
techniques are ( as perhaps a great many Reiki Folk tend to believe)
about working with 'energy', why is it that these primary
practices
are named the way they are:
reiju ....靈授 ....-
"giving spirit"
hatsurei
ho ....發靈
法 ....- "invoking/generating
spirit"
reiji ho ....靈治 .... -
"indication of spirit"
Why
do they refer to 'spirit' [rei:
靈] rather than to 'energy' [ki:
気]?
# 'Gokai: Moral Admonitions and...
Most
Reiki folk, it seems, tend to view the 'gokai' - the Five Reiki
Principles or Precepts - simply as a set of Moral Admonitions.
However, in my opinion, the gokai are also a set of very practical instructions, intended to be applied as basic 'preventative medicine'....
Don't get angry
(anger can harm the liver and gall-bladder)
Don't worry
(worry can impact negatively on the immune system)
Be Grateful
(the emotion of true gratitude has therapeutic benefits)
Work hard
(bringing mindful focus to the task at hand is a primary key to inhibiting worry)
Be Kind to others
(a key to counteracting anger)
# "Reiki can do no harm"?
There is a much-repeated belief that: "Reiki can do no
harm"
So, what does this statement actually mean? Do we take it to mean that: "Reiki can
do no harm to any one or any thing"
To whom or what is Reiki
harmless?
If Reiki assists an individual to
overcome a viral or bacteriological infection which, prior to
intervention with Reiki, the individual's bodily defenses were
failing to eradicate - would it not be fair to say that Reiki was
(perhaps indirectly?) responsible for causing harm to the
bacteria or viruses - which are, afterall, living organisms?
And if Reiki can thus be seen to
cause harm to a living organism, albeit submicroscopic in the
case of a virus; how far can we take this?
If we apply Reiki treatment to deal
with intestinal parasites such as Nematodes (round worms) or Cestodes
(tapeworms) etc.; is not Reiki at least assisting in the
destruction of these lifeforms?
Is there a 'cut-off point' at which
Reiki ceases to cause harm to a living entity?
Perhaps it is that Reiki can do no harm to sentient life?
Then again, different cultures,
philosophies and individuals have differing views as to what is or is
not sentient...
