SHINPIDEN-REIKI MASTER VYTIS UZA

靈氣療法 レ イ キ・ ヒ ーリ ング

REIKI HEALING ART

神秘伝 SHINPIDEN (Teacher’s Degree)

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KOMYO REIKI < REIJU > The Reiju should be given in a separate room specifically set up for this purpose. If necessary, Reiju can be done in the same room where class is held as long as it is done in a space separated from the teaching area. It is traditional for Reiju to be done in complete darkness. A small candle in a corner of the room may be lit to provide illumination.

Instruct the student(s) to sit with their eyes lightly closed and their hands in Gassho. The student should relax, and lightly meditate if desired during this time.

Step away from the back of the student(s). Draw the 4th. “shirushi” (symbol) with a “Lotus Bud Mudra” above your crown. Hold your hands at the crown and feel the vibrations. Draw the 4th. “shirushi” at the third eye area (forehead) with a “Full Bloom Lotus Mudra”. Feel the vibrations. Draw the 4th. “shirushi” at the throat with an “All Buddhas Protection Mudra”.

Feel the energy of the 4th. “shirushi” in front of you, then take the energy from there and bathe yourself in it. Feel yourself become the fourth “shirushi”. Say to yourself “I AM DAIKOMYO” three times.

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At this time a prayer can be said. This prayer should be one consistent with the teacher’s beliefs. Some suggestions are to ask for God and your angels to be with you and help in the Reiju process. You can also ask for the spirit of the Usui Sensei and Hayashi Sensei to be with you and protect you and guide you during the Reiju.

Take a deep breath 2 to 3 times and tell yourself that as a Reiki teacher or a Reiki channel you are now ready to give Reiju. Say out loud “Reiju hajime masu” or “Reiju is beginning”. This lets the students know you are starting the procedure.

Draw the 4th. “shirushi”, and then bathe the student in the “shirushi”.

Step closer to the back of the student.

1) Draw the 3rd. “shirushi” over the student’s crown. and let the energy resonate. Place both hands over the student’s crown, connect to the Reiki energy. With index fingers together, make a sweeping motion down the back of the student, then out and back to over the student’s crown. Do this connecting to the Reiki energy three times, and Gassho

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< Note: if there is more than one student, move to the next student at this time. > 2) Place the non-dominant hand lightly on the student’s crown and draw the 3rd. “shirushi” with your finger(s) of the dominant hand over the back of your non-dominant. Place the hand on top of the other hand and let the “shirushi” energy resonate. Remove your hands. Gassho.

3) Move clockwise to the side of the student. Draw the 3rd “shirushi” at the student’s ear or temple. Cradle (sandwich) the forehead and the back of the head between your two hands. Slowly remove your hands and Gassho.

4) Move clockwise to the front of the student and kneel down with one of your knees touching the ground (floor). Take the student’s hands which are Gassho between your two hands. Moving your hands (together with the student’s hands), draw the 3rd “shirushi”. (If the teacher feels it necessary, the “shirushi” can be drawn more than once with the student’s hands.) Squeeze the student’s hands a little, relax the squeeze and cup (cradle) the student’s hands without touching for a while. Gassho to the student.

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5) Take the student’s hands, gently separate them from the little finger side, and place the hands palms down on the student’s lap. Dot the back of the student’s hands with your index fingers or middle fingers. Gassho and stand up and move clockwise to the back of the student.

6) Draw the 3rd “shirushi” above the crown. Let the energy vibrate.

Gently feel the energy as you pull it down around the sides of the head and shoulders to the waist area, and then rotate your hands three times up the spine so as to set Reiki energy in motion. Step back and Gassho.

7) With Gassho hands you say to yourself that Reiju is to finish. Give thanks to whoever or whatever you asked for assistance, guidance, protection, etc.

8) Place your hands on the student’s shoulders and quietly tell the student that REIJU is done.

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The “shirushi” (symbol) used for the REIJU at the different levels:

Shoden (First Degree) Reiju, use the 3rd “shirushi”. The Reiju is repeated four (4) times throughout the class at this level.

For Chuden (Second Degree), Reiju is given four (4) times. The first time Reiju, the “shirushi” drawn is the 1st. “shirushi”. For the second Reiju use the 2nd. “shirushi”, and for the third Reiju use the 3rd. “shirushi”. For the fourth Reiju, draw the 3rd., 2nd. and 1st. “shirushi” at each position.

At Okuden (Third Degree) The 4th. “shirushi” is drawn The Reiju is done twice.

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KOMYO REIKI [ REIJU – SIMPLIFIED OR SHORTER VERSION

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This simplified version can be used for the fourth attunement, as well as for existing Reiki Teachers .

Stand behind the student.

Draw the fourth shirushi with a “Lotus Bud Mudra” above your crown.

Feel the vibrations.

Draw the fourth shirushi at the third eye level with a “Full Bloom Lotus Mudra”. Feel the vibrations.

Draw the shirushi at the throat level with an “All Buddhas Protection Mudra”. Feel the vibrations.

Feel the energy of the fourth shirushi in front of you. Take the energy from there and bathe yourself in it. Feel yourself become the fourth

shirushi. Say to yourself “I am Dai Komyo” three times.

At this time, a prayer consistent with your beliefs can be said.

Breathe in deeply 2 or 3 times and tell yourself that as a Reiki teacher or a Reiki channel, you are now ready to give Reiju. Say out loud, “Reiju

hajime masu” or “Reiju is beginning”. The student will know that you are ready to start the procedure.

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Draw the fourth “shirushi”, and then bathe the student in the “shirushi”.

Move clockwise to the front of the student.

Gassho and bow.

Hold the tips of the student’s fingers with one hand and place your other hand above the student’s crown. (You may count to 10 if you wish.)

Draw the #3 shirushi over the crown of “Shoden” student, and of “Chuden” student in the order of #3, #2, #1 shirushi.

Kneel down with one of your knees touching the ground /floor.

In the case of Shoden student: Take the student’s hands which are

Gassho between your two hands. Moving your hands together with the student’s hands, draw the 3rd. shirushi. Gently squeeze the hands, and then relax your grasp.

In the case of Chuden student: Take the student’s hands which are

Gassho between your two hands. Moving your hands together with the student’s hands, draw the 3rd. shirushi. Gently squeeze the hands, and then relax your grasp.

Draw the 2nd. shirushi. Squeeze, and then relax.

Draw the 1st. shirushi. Squeeze, and then relax.

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Cup the student’s hands between your hands without touching them.

Gassho and bow.

Move clockwise to the back of the student.

Draw the3rd. shirushi over the student’s crown. (Gassho ) Draw the 2nd. shirushi over the student’s crown. (Gassho ) Draw the 1st. shirushi over the student’s crown. (Gassho )

Note: In the case of Shoden student the above is done only with the 3rd. shirushi.

Hold both hands over the student’s crown.

Feel the energy as you pull it down around the sides of the head and shoulders to the waist area and then, rotate your hands three times up the spine so as to set the Reiki energy in motion.

Step back and Gassho. Say to yourself that Reiju is to be finished. Give thanks to whoever or whatever you asked for assistance.

Place your hands on the student’s shoulders and quietly tell the student that Reiju is finished.

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Komyo Reiki OPEN REIJU (Reiju open to everyone) This Reiju can be considered a “booster”. It is given to students at Reiki Shares to raise their energy level. It can also be offered to the uninitiated as in their case, the effects are temporary.

Note: No “shirushi” or symbol is drawn..

Stand in front of the student, some distance away.

Ask the student to close his/her eyes and Gassho.

Bow to the student and step forward.

Gently grasp the tips of the student’s fingers with one hand and hold the other hand over the student’s crown (without touching it). (You may slowly count to 10.)

Slowly move your hands away and Gassho.

Without touching, hold your hands over the student’s temples. (Slowly count to 10.)

Placing one thumb over the other, make a triangle (a small Sun Mudra), and hold it over the student’s third eye area. (Count to 10.)

Without touching, cup the student’s hands between your palms.

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“REIHO CHOSO USUI SENSEI KUDOKU NO HI” Memorial of the merits of Usui Sensei, the founder of Reiho (Reiki Ryoho) That which is attained within oneself after having accumulated the fruits of disciplined study and training is called ‘Toku’ and that which can be offered to others after having spread a path of teaching and salvation is called ‘Koh’. Only with high merits and great virtues can one be a great founding teacher.

Sagacious and brilliant men of the olden time or the founders of new teachings and religious sects were all like that. Someone like Usui Sensei can be counted among them. Sensei newly founded the method based on Reiki of the universe to improve the mind and body. Having heard of his reputation all over, people crowded around to seek his teachings and treatments. Ah, how popular it is!

Sensei, commonly known by the name ‘Mikao’, with an extra name (pseudonym) ‘Gyohan’ is from Taniai-mura (village) Yamagata-gun (county), Gifu-ken (prefecture). He is descended from Chiba Tsunetane. His father’s name was Taneuji, and was commonly called Uzaemon. His mother was from the Kawai family.

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Sensei was born on August 15 of the first year of Keio (A.D.1865). From his youth he surpassed his fellows in hard work and endeavor. When he grew up he visited Europe and America, and studied in China. Despite his will to succeed in life, he was stalemated and fell into great difficulties. However, in the face of adversity he strove to train himself even more with the courage never to yield.

One day, he climbed Kurama-yama and after 21 days of a severe discipline without eating, He suddenly felt One Great Reiki over his head and attained enlightenment and he obtained Reiki Ryoho. Then, he tried it on himself and experimented on his family members. The efficacy was immediate. Sensei thought that it would be far better to offer it widely to the general public and share its benefits than just to improve the well-being of his own family members.

In April of the 11th year of Taisho (A.D.1922) he settled in Harajuku, Aoyama, Tokyo and set up the Gakkai to teach Reiki Ryoho and give treatments. Even outside of the building it was full of pairs of shoes of the visitors who had come from far and near.

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In September of the 12th year (A.D.1923) there was a great earthquake and a conflagration broke out. Everywhere there were groans of pains from the wounded. Sensei, feeling pity for them, went out every morning to go around the town, and he cured and saved an innumerable number of people. This is just a broad outline of his relief activities during such an emergency.

Later on, as the ‘dojo’ became too small, in February of the 14th year (A.D.1925) the new suburban house was built at Nakano according to divination.

Due to his respected and far-reaching reputation many people from local districts wished to invite him. Sensei, accepting the invitations, went to Kure and then to Hiroshima and Saga, and reached Fukuyama. Unexpectedly he became ill and passed away there. It was March 9 of the 15th year of Taisho (A.D.1926), aged 62.

His spouse was Suzuki, and was called Sadako. One boy and one girl were born.

The boy was named Fuji and he succeeded to the family. Sensei’s personality was gentle and modest and he never behaved ostentatiously. His physique was large and sturdy. He always wore a contented smile. He was stout-hearted, tolerant and very prudent upon undertaking a task. He was by nature versatile and loved to read books. He engaged himself in history books, medical books, Buddhist scriptures, Christian scriptures and was well versed in psychology, Komyo Reiki Kai

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Taoism, even in the art of divination, incantation, and physiognomy. Presumably sensei’s background in the arts and sciences afforded him nourishment for his cultivation and discipline, and it was very obvious that it was this cultivation and discipline that became the key to the creation of Reiho (Reiki Ryoho).

On reflection, Reiho puts special emphasis not just on curing diseases but also on enjoying wellbeing in life with correcting the mind and making the body healthy with the use of an innate healing ability. Thus, before teaching, the ‘Ikun’ (admonition) of the Meiji Emperor should reverently be read and Five Precepts be chanted and kept in mind mornings and evenings.

Firstly it reads, ‘Today do not anger’, secondly it reads, ‘Do not worry’, thirdly it reads ‘Be thankful’, fourthly it reads, ‘Work with diligence’, fifthly it reads, ‘Be kind to others’.

These are truly great teachings for cultivation and discipline that agree with those great teachings of the ancient sages and the wise. Sensei named these teachings ‘Secret Method to Invite Happiness’ and ‘Miraculous Medicine to Cure All Diseases’; Notice the outstanding features of the teachings.

Furthermore, when it comes to teaching, it should be as easy and common as possible, nothing lofty.

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Another noted feature is that during sitting in silent meditation with Gassho and reciting the Five Precepts mornings and evenings, the pure and healthy minds can be cultivated and put into practice in one’s daily routine. This is the reason why Reiho is easily obtained by anyone.

Recently the course of the world has shifted and a great change in though has taken place. Fortunately with the spread of this Reiho, there will be many that supplement the way of the world and the minds of people. How can it be for just the benefit of curing chronic diseases and longstanding complaints?

A little more than 2,000 people became students of Sensei. Those senior disciples living in Tokyo gathered at the dojo and carried on the work (of the late Sensei) and those who lived in local districts also spread the teachings.

Although Sensei is gone, Reiho should still be widely propagated in the world for a long time. Ah, how prominent and great Sensei is that he offers the teachings to people out there after having been enlightened within!

Of late the fellow disciples consulted with each other about building the stone memorial in a graveyard at Saihoji Temple in Toyotama-gun so as to honor his merits and to make them immortalized and I was asked to write it.

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As I deeply submit to Sensei’s greatness and am happy for the very friendly teacher/disciple relationships among fellow students, I could not decline the request, and I wrote a summary in the hope that people in the future shall be reminded to look up at him in reverence.

February, the 2nd year of Showa (A.D.1927) Composed by:

Okada Masayuki , Doctor of Literature Ju-sanmi (subordinate 3rd rank), Kun-santo (the 3rd Order of Merit)

Calligraphy by:

Ushida Juzaburo, Navy Rear Admiral, Ju-yonmi (subordinate 4th rank), Kun-santo (the 3rd Order of Merit), Ko-yonkyu (the distinguished service 4th class)

< Translated by Hyakuten Inamoto >

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臼井先生の「戒名」Usui Sensei’s Buddhist name(posthumous)

Reizan-in shuyo tenshin

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靈山院秀譽天心居士 俗名 臼井甕男 Secular name: Usui Mikao 大正十五年三月九日没 Deceased, On March 9th, 15th Year of Taisho (A.D. 1926)

靈山院 =

Reizan-in (Holy Mountain Temple)

秀譽 天心 居士

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Shuyo (Excellence & Honor) Tenshin (Heavenly mind) Koji (Male Buddhist )

(Note: a posthumous Buddhist name is customarily given a person upon death by a Buddhist priest of the temple where the deceased used to belong in. Usui Sensei’s Buddhist name is typical of Jodo-shu (Pure Land sect of Japanese Buddhism.)

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