Reiki is believed to have begun in Tibet
2500-3000 years ago and was rediscovered in the
mid 1800’s by Dr. Mikao Usui, a Japanese
Christian educator in Kyoto, Japan.
In the mid 1800’s, he was the Dean of a
small Christian University in Kyoto. One day his
students challenged him as to how Jesus
performed hands on healing. They wanted to know
why there weren’t many healers in their time
performing the same acts as Christ. Dr Usui‘s
students reminded him of what Christ states in
the Bible, "You will do as I have done and
even greater things". Usui was stunned and
resigned his position, determined to find
answers to this question.
His quest brought him to both western and
eastern philosophies. He began an extensive
twenty-one-year study of the healing phenomena
of history's greatest spiritual leaders. He also
studied ancient sutras (Buddhist teachings
written in Sanskrit). He discovered ancient
sounds and symbols that are linked directly to
the human body and nervous system, which
activate the universal life energy for healing.
Usui then underwent a metaphysical experience
and became empowered to use these sounds and
symbols to heal. He called this form of healing
Reiki and taught it throughout Japan until his
death around 1893.
Usui passed on Reiki to Dr. Chujiro Hayashi
who became the second Grand Master in line. Dr
Chujiro Hayashi ran a private Reiki in Tokyo
until 1940, where unusually severe illness and
disease could be treated with Reiki. This clinic
was where Hawayo Takata of Hawaii first received
Reiki treatments that would later lead her to
study with Dr Hayashi. Takata returned to Hawaii
after her studies and was made a Reiki Master by
Hayashi when she visited the island in 1938. On
his death in 1914, she succeeded him as Grand
Master. She lived and healed in Hawaii for many
years. She first began to train Reiki Masters
when she was about seventy-four years of age. On
December 11, 1980, Hawayo Takata passed on,
leaving 22 Masters in USA and Canada. From the
22 Reiki Masters, Reiki has spread dramatically
worldwide including Europe and Ireland.
My own goal as a Reiki Master is to assist
each of my students to "fine tune" the
vibratory level of his or her physical and
etheric bodies, which in turn facilitates the
development of higher consciousness. As more of
use take the responsibility to raise our
conscious awareness, the earth in turn will also
be fine tuned to higher levels of eminence
