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THE
MEANING OF "LEIKI"
Dec.
10 1935
"Meaning of "Leiki" Energy within oneself,
when concentrated and applied to patient, will cure
all ailments. It is nature's greatest cure, which requires
no drugs. It helps in all respects, human and animal
life. In order to concentrate one must purify one's
thoughts in words and in thoughts and to meditate to
let the "Energy" come out from within. It
lies in the bottom of your stomach about 2 in. below
the navel*.
Sit in a comfortable position, close your eyes, concentrate
on your thought and relax, close your hands together
and wait for the sign. Kindly and gently apply the hands
starting from head downward. The patient who is about
to receive this treatment must purify one's thought
feel comfortable and a desire to get well. One must
not forget to feel grateful. Gratitude is a great cure
for the mind. In all cases, the patient could be diagnosed
just by the touch of hand."
*an
"Energy within oneself"
we must "meditate to let the "Energy"
come out from within"
"It lies in the bottom of your stomach about
2 in. below the navel."
This would seem to be a very different view of
Reiki from that commonly held by many people today...
SHINPI DEN, KOKIYU-HO & LEIJI-HO
May
1936
"... to them, it makes me feel good and very encouraging.
What was more than pleasing was that Mr Hayashi has granted
to bestow upon me the secrets of Shinpi Den, Kokiyu-Ho
and the Leiji-Ho, the utmost secret in the Energy Science.*
Know one can imagine my happiness to think that I have
the honor and respect to be treated with this gift --
a gift of a lifetime and I promised within me to do my
utmost in regard to this beautiful wonderful teaching
that I just received. I shall promise to do what is right
thru sincereness and kindness and shall regard and respect
the teaching and its teacher with utmost reverence and
respect."
*This
one sentence is somewhat problematical. 'Shinpiden'
- or 'Mystery Teachings' - is the term for Level III (Master
Level) in some versions of the Reiki Grading system, yet
apparently it was not until 1937 that Hawayo Takata took
her Master level training, receiving formal authorisation
and certification of her Reiki Master status from Hayashi-Sensei
in February, 1938.
Could
the term have had a subtly different meaning in Hayashi's
teachings?
'Kokiyu-Ho':
'Breath
Method' refers to the 'breath empowerment method' (and
generally to breathing techniques for development, strengthening
and purification of ki) - nothing strange here; but Hawayo
Takata then goes on to speak of "the Leiji-Ho, the
utmost secret in the Energy Science."
Leiji/Reiji-Ho
or 'Indication of the Spirit' - is the process of receiving
Spiritual guidance in the placing of your hands to give
treatment.
Now, while Leiji/Reiji-Ho (whether known by this name
or not) is indeed a recognised as a valuable skill or
technique in both 'Japanese' and 'Western' schools of
Reiki, surely it could not be said to constitute "the
utmost secret in the Energy Science."?
If
anything, rather than Reiji would not the utmost
'secret' of Reiki be the Reiju - the 'Spiritual
(Rei) Gift (Ju)' - term for the original form of Reiki
Attunement-Empowerment?
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