In the time of Mikao Usui, it was very common for people to have different names. These might include …
Does History Help us to Embody the Precepts?
History is not the soil of happiness. The periods of happiness are blank pages in it. – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich …
Symbols and Mantras the Japanese Way
Many symbols and mantras are used within traditional Japanese spiritual teachings. By looking at these traditional Japanese spiritual practices, we …
Be Like A Lighthouse
On my recent teaching tour in the USA, I was driving with a student along the coast of California …
The Blooming Flower
Our spiritual practice is like a blooming flower. Often as practitioners we want to quickly have spiritual experiences because we …
More Than One Teacher
Many of the students and/or teachers of old had more than one teacher for their spiritual development. This is because …
Reiki. The transmigration of a Japanese spiritual healing practice
Abstract Reiki practice is a healing method that is best known by its technique of the laying on of hands. …
The Esoteric Teachings of Mikao Usui
Within the precepts we can find this phrase: 招 福 の 祕 法shou fuku no hi houpronounced: show fuku no …
Resting in Big Love
The other day I got an email from a student, Michael, who said he felt that, because of his daily …