Within the system of Reiki we have primary practices and secondary practices. It is important to know what these practices …
If you can’t heal yourself, how can you heal others?
“If you can’t heal yourself, how can you heal others?” is the answer to a question by Mikao Usui in …
Earth, Heaven, Connection, and Emptiness: The Mystic Path of Evolution
Spiritual seekers like yourself constantly come across references to the cultural teachings of old: the Yogis, the Native Americans, the …
Echoes in the Mountains: Locating Usui’s Experience in the History of Japanese Mountain Asceticism
USUI Mikao臼井甕男 (1865–1926) is celebrated as the founder of Reiki. While the story of his reception of reiki 霊気 (literally, “numinous energy”) is well-known, …
What I am discovering from my Japanese Shugendo Training about Reiki
How my recent shugendo training has informed my understanding of the system of Reiki As some of you might know …
Frans Stiene’s Japan Journal
As some of you know I just spent a week in Japan deepening my own personal spiritual practice with a …
To DKM or Not to DKM
Lately, there has been some discussion in the Reiki community questioning whether the founder of the system, Mikao Usui, actually …
Invisible Armor
Invisible Armor Last week’s article Distance Healing Symbol? looked at the historical background of the so called “distance healing symbol”. …
Distance Healing Symbol?
Distance Healing Symbol? Within Okuden level II you will study something that many know as the “distance healing” symbol. This …
Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced Buddha
This lecture has been reprinted with permission from the Berkeley Zen Center. It is a lecture by a Japanese Zen …