Combining Hemi-Sync and Reiki Healing
by Carol Sabick-Quinn, MBA

Reiki is a natural healing method which works through laying on of hands in a prescribed pattern. The Japanese word means universal life force or universal energy. It has been used since ancient times and is natural to all human beings. The ability to use it can be learned through the system outlined by Dr. Usui, who rediscovered the possibility of teaching healing in the mid-1800s. Dr. Usui was dean of a small Christian college in Japan. His graduating students asked him why he didn't know how to heal, since Christ had said that we would "be able to do everything that he had done and even greater things." Their question inspired the dean to resign and seek the answer.

He studied old texts in the monasteries of Japan, earned a doctor of theology degree at the University of Chicago, and talked to many religious leaders in the United States. Then Dr. Usui learned Sanskrit and continued his search in India and Tibet, where he found a description of healing in ancient Buddhist traditions. Still, he could not do healing. Back in Japan, during a twenty-day fast and meditation, he received a vision containing the same symbols he had seen in Sanskrit documents and the inspiration of how to use them. Later that day he performed what he considered miracles by healing three different conditions. Dr. Usui worked in the beggars' district for seven years before beginning to teach Reiki throughout Japan.

Mr. Hayashi (Dr. Usui's successor) cured and taught Mrs. Takata, an American woman from Hawaii. She returned to Hawaii to practice and teach Reiki, thereby bringing it to the Western world. At her death in 1978 there were twenty-one masters. Now there are several thousand masters and millions of practitioners all over the world, as well as Reiki associations. In Spain, we have formed Reiki International with the intention of reinstating Reiki as a service to humankind.

There are several Reiki levels. The first level teaches how to work on the physical body. The second level addresses emotional healing and healing at a distance. The resemblance to The Monroe Institute's Dolphin Energy Club method is strong. The third degree, or master, involves working on spiritual levels and teaching Reiki. Since Reiki provides a channel for universal energy, doing Reiki is actually energizing. The practitioner receives healing at the same time and can easily use Reiki skills for her/himself.

A complete Reiki treatment is usually given with the recipient lying down and takes approximately forty-five minutes to an hour. A peaceful atmosphere with soft music is best. So, in our Reiki Center, Metamusic is always playing. Reiki effectively reduces stress and is a useful complement to other kinds of treatments. People receiving chemotherapy often get an extra boost that helps them adjust to and minimize the mental and physical side effects. Recovery from really strong treatments may take just a few hours instead of days, possibly because Reiki energy stimulates the body's elimination of excess toxins. Patients are encouraged to work closely with their doctors because Reiki may accelerate the healing process and reduce the need for medication, especially painkillers. Post-surgical healing may also be quicker.

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