Reiki - Purist or Innovator? What is best practice?

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One of the biggest things I want to impress on my reiki students is this – open to Source, and trust what comes through you, even if it doesn’t look or sound like what comes through others.  Even if it doesn’t look or sound like what is written in the text books.  And I think I impress this so deeply because it was not my reality for the first almost-decade of my reiki practice.

Tradition.  Doing things the way they were done in the past.  Walking in the steps of the people who came before us.  Is there value in this?  Yes.  But it’s only as valuable as it is effective.

Let’s set aside the fact that there are conflicting accounts of how Usui actually practiced – did he touch or not?  Did

I can’t help but wonder would Dr Usui practice in the same way – same techniques, same processes, same approach today as he used in the late 1800s and early 1900s?  I would venture to guess that he wouldn’t because the North Americans of today are an entirely different being than the Japanese people of the 1800s.  We are facving different kind of crises – working with different tone of nervous system, different toxins and global crises, over fed, chemicals - and I believe it needs a new approach.

When you look at the teachings, the second pillar (learned in reiki 2) is Reiji-Ho and is a method of placing the hands in a prayer position and asking for guidance. This is the ultimate practice in reiki – to attune yourself to Ki, Spirit, Prana, Chi – and let it move through you and guide you.  It means that when practiced correctly, you set aside your thinking mind and allow yourself to be a vessel of the Divine.

Now I don’t take this idea of straying from traditional paths lightly, I have deeply contemplated it.  It’s not for everyone.  There are purists out there and that works best for them – I am not disputing that.  I am however just exploring the idea.  The other day I was purchasing a book from a spiritual shop called reiki shamanism – I hadn’t seen anyone specifically marry these practices so I was curious about it.  When I went to pay, the man behind the till commented that he is a purist and doesn’t think it’s a good idea to cross paths, and to just pull from different lines.  He pointed out how Yogananada broke from tradition to come to the West and teach tens of thousands of people the practice of yoga.  He ntoed that Yogananda’s teacher had taught numerous ascended masters while yogananada didn’t guide any of his followers to that level.  But I personally don’t think that the goal of a spiritual teacher is neccesarily total liberation.  Maybe some of us are here to simply guide people towards less suffering and more love.  Maybe it’s just to ease the burden of suffering enough to get people back on the spiritual path… maybe that is a win too.  Not everyone is here in this lifetime in pursuit of total liberation. 

Here is an example – in traditional reiki there is a technique whereby the practitioner holds his or her hand above a single point to remove poison.  You are supposed to hold this point for 30 minutes.  You need a very specific client to be able to find mental and physical rest for 30 minutes.  Most people I see are living full lives with jobs and families and deadlines and anxiety and monkey mind.  If I just stand there for 30 minutes holding one spot, most of them will spend that 30 minutes lost in thought and struggling.  Likewise, the people following Yogananada’s teacher need to live a very specific lifestyle in order to follow the teachings precisely.

I’m not saying there is not value in purist teachings.  But I do think that we need a variety of options for a variety of students and practitioners.  For me personally, I am going to strive to meet the unique needs of the person infront of me at that particular moment in time, and allow myself to be guided by Spirit, rather than commit myself to follow the steps laid out by someone else over 100 years ago – likely errors in recording and then errors in translation.

 

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