More and more attunements are being used as a means to self-heal
but they were never intended that way once you moved past Reiki 1. They were
the tool of the master practitioner of the healing arts, as it is only in
recent times Mikao Usui initiated a resurgence in energy healing that has so
captured the minds of westerners. It is to be noted Usui was no slouch, he was
a well educated and well trained individual holding a doctorate in theology
gained in Chicago he set about taking his spiritual beliefs and applying them
to health practices for the masses. As a devout Buddhist any assertion that
Reiki has Christian origins were introduced much later by Hawayo Takata, who
specifically wanted to expand the reach of Reiki practices into the western
world and in so doing gained many wealthy entrepreneurial spirit hunters who
were disillusioned with standard theological definitions and guidelines.
It is also a mistake to think this practice stemmed from a
Buddhists interest in the methods of Jesus in the recounted healing miracles of
the bible for obvious reasons, but let's add to that Shugendo, an ancient and
still used energy practice which likely forms the basis of modern Reiki. It is
believed that Usui took at least one mountain journey in which he developed the
ability to channel energy, the details are a bit sketchy but he would be well
aware of Shugendo, which incorporates Shinto and Buddhist practices.
Roles of Shugendo practitioners include offering religious
services such as divination, prayer ritual incantations and even exorcism. He
was an unfailing student of God but more, I personally believe he was an
unfailing student of belief and how it structures your life. In his lifetime he
attuned only 16 masters of Usui Shiki Ryoho but attuned over 2000 individuals,
he definitely saw a difference between attuning for healing and being a master
of healing others, unfortunately this distinction seems to be lost today.
The simple act of expanding is mind blowing for some, while
others have found it not to be such a big deal, usually this is determined by
the frequency itself. That is if you are using the frequency already, you won't
feel an appreciable expansion, you might miss that feeling of euphoria, the
wonderful dreams and that odd but satisfying feeling of wandering around with a
dumb smile on your face for no reason. I
felt these when attuning to Seichim to which I gained Master/Teacher status way
before I had enough experience to comfortably wear the title. In my Reiki attunements,
which came later, there was less of a buzz, but when the two were fused to
create Reichim it nearly blew my mind for a while. I was overwhelmed with
sensations, images, visions, recollections and a whole gamut of experiential
information, and so began what I have come to call my accelerated year of
learning. It is also the beginning of understanding the vibrant and incredibly
complex nature of vibrational medicine and the limitations bought about by
singular frequency practices.
