The Origins of Reiki
He was healing only the body and not the spirit. Dr. Usui understood: not only must the body be healed, but also the spirit, and that the healee must have some responsibility in the process. Dr. Usui had taken away that responsibility by "giving away" the healing; therefore, an equal exchange of energy must take place between the healer and the healee, and it is the healee's responsibility to accept the healing energy. These lessons completed Dr. Usui's own enlightenment.
Dr. Usui trained sixteen teachers, one being Chujiro Hayashi. When Dr. Usui died in 1930, Dr. Hayashi became his successor. Dr. Hayashi divided the Reiki teachings into three degrees (I believe it is an important point here that Dr. Usui was not the one to do this). Dr. Hayashi had a vision of the second World War's arrival, and trained two women just in case all the men were called to the war.
Mrs. Hawayo Takata was a widow with two children. She became very ill with nervous exhaustion, many physical problems, gall bladder disease, a respiratory condition, and her health was deteriorating. She was told that she had to have surgery, but that the surgery might also kill her. While waiting for the surgery, she was diagnosed with appendicitis, gall stones, and a tumor. The night before the surgery, she heard a voice saying "The operation is unnecessary." She asked the next morning if there was anything else that could be done for her, and she was told of Dr. Hayashi's Reiki clinic.
Mrs. Takata was allowed to stay at the clinic and was completely healed... mind, body and spirit... in four months time. She wanted to learn Reiki, but was refused because she was a foreigner. Hayashi did not want Reiki to leave Japan; however, Mrs. Takata's original surgeon intervened on her behalf, and she was trained in 1936. In 1937, she returned to Hawaii, bringing Reiki with her.
THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF REIKI: 1) Just For Today, I Shall Trust - This principle teaches us to let go of worries and to think positively; 2) Just for Today, I Shall Do My Work Honestly - This principle teaches us not only to be honest with ourselves, but with others, and to live by what you tell others they should live by; 3) Just For Today, I Shall Accept My Many Blessings - We must be able to receive in order for the
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