Hi,
I regularly see people in the 'spiritual and paranormal community' who seem afraid of admitting the fact that there are differences between people on a spiritual level. Generally people have no difficulty with confirming differences on other aspects of life, but when it comes to spirituality people suddenly seem to be unwilling to see differences.
Not always of course, yet I do see it quite often.
Milarepa wrote:is there really a 'true' or 'real' way to confer a Reiki blessing, in 2010?
As I said in this topic before, the outward ritual of Reiju is not that important in the end. What is really important is what happens on the inside of both the giver and the receiver of the Reiju.
The one giving a Reiju needs to create a very special and profound energetic space along with a specific level of consciousness.
(There are several kinds of Reiju, with each requiring its own kind of energetic space.) If the giver can create these energetic circumstances (and consciousness), then it's Reiju.
If he or she can't create it, then it isn't Reiju.
It depends on one's spiritual development (lifestyle, thoughts, actions, attitude towards life and other beings, level of insight, consciousness, emotions...) what energies one is able to pass on and what energetic circumstances one can create.
Therefore it depends on one's spiritual development whether he/she can give Reiju or not.
There are people without any knowledge of Usui-sensei's teachings, who could give Reiju. (I am very positive that the Dalai Lama, for instance, would be perfectly able to give Reiju)
And there are people who are attuned to Reiki 3, who cannot give Reiju.
That's all because it's not about the physical ritual, but about creating certain energetic spaces and a level of consciousness.
Milarepa wrote:
I'm kinda curious and a bit confused Frank. you're into Chris Marsh's stuff. The Tendai avenue. has this 'camp' not been suggesting that Reiju is only a blessing, and not something that is an empowerment via transmission?
As far as I understand Reiju, it is a blessing and an opportunity created by the teacher (giver) for the student (receiver) to raise their consciousness and to receive (or to take in) what they need on their path.
It is not a ritual in which the teacher gives anything to the student.
It's merely an (energetic) opportunity created by the teacher. The teacher creates a special energetic space and the rest is up to the student.
But Reiju is more than that. And I can't describe that bit very well.
It is overwhelming and incredibly humbling. There is so much compassion involved that I would love to call it "heavenly compassion" or "divine love and mercy" (although I do think it sounds a bit too "new-Age-ish").
Lambs-Wool wrote:if a person initiated at masters' level can confer attunements, it is technically slightly myth-ridden to say that he needs to be developed something higher or more in order to confer a reiju...? does this suggest that giving reiju is a higher spiritual act than giving the attunements.... again face value suggests, that it might be, and this is where i say i m still myth ridden
Okay, I think I understand what you mean.
I do not want to suggest any technique/meditation or whatever to be more, better, higher than another.
The only thing I would like to say is that in order to give a Reiju, one needs to be able to create a certain energetic space and a certain level of consciousness.
That's all.
Yet I cannot deny the fact that generally most people have to begin at the beginning (Shōden) when they want to start with Usui Reiki Ryōhō (and among them are also people who have been attuned to Reiki 3 before). This is also my own experience.
Within Usui Reiki Ryōhō a technique or meditation is only taught when the student is ready (when he/she can show that he/she masterd the previous step).
Reikijim wrote:I`m curious...what might that be Frank?
If I have learned anything in the last five years, it would be...to beware of anyone who claims to have the..."ONE TRUE PATH"...to anything.
I do not claim to know the truth, to be enlightened or to know the only true path.
You are right, you do need to beware of the people who do.
Considering Reiju, there are various physical rituals. It doesn't really matter which one you take. There are several ways of doing it, several ways of giving it.
Yet, the inner component is what Reiju makes a Reiju. If one meets the requirements to create that inner component, then it's okay. It doesn't really matter how.. if you create the inner component, you create the inner component.
That special inner component that is required to give Reiju is not exclusive to Usui Reiki Ryōhō. People might find it by following Usui Shiki Ryoho, Christianity, Buddhism.. or whatever.
The only thing that matters, is that the one giving Reiju creates a specific energetic space and level of consciousness.
Usui Reiki Ryōhō just teaches -a- way. Not -the- way.
(And yes, within URR there are a several variants, with different energetic spaces that create different opportunities for a student, yet the level of consciousness is the same.)
I hope I answered all questions.
This is just written from my own experiences and from the things I learned walking the path. And I'm still walking
*Gasshō*
Frank