'Rei' - not 'Ki'...

Reiju, Hatsurei ho, and Reiji ho are believed by many to be three of the most important practices within Reiki Ryoho.

So, if Reiki Ryoho and its associated techniques are ( as perhaps a great many Reiki Folk tend to believe) about working with 'energy'

why is it that these primary practices are named the way they are:

reiju 靈授 - 'giving spirit'

hatsurei ho 發靈 法 - 'invoking/generating spirit'

reiji ho 靈治 - 'indication of spirit'



Why do they refer to 'spirit'[Rei: 靈] rather than to 'energy'[ki: 気]?



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This is an excellant topic! It comes at a timely manner for me, and something that is wrote is a great help to me personally. Many thanks for this James, .

take care
Wayne

Rlei_ki wrote:Reiju, Hatsurei ho, and Reiji ho are believed by many to be three of the most important practices within Reiki Ryoho.

So, if Reiki Ryoho and its associated techniques are ( as perhaps a great many Reiki Folk tend to believe) about working with 'energy'

why is it that these primary practices are named the way they are:

reiju 靈授 - 'giving spirit'

hatsurei ho 發靈 法 - 'invoking/generating spirit'

reiji ho 靈治 - 'indication of spirit'



Why do they refer to 'spirit'[Rei: 靈] rather than to 'energy'[ki: 気]?



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Spirit is indeed the thing. That said, does that mean that ki is unimportant? Hardly! It is by working with and strengthening our ki that our CNS becomes clear enough to allow us to clearly perceive and work with Spirit. Spirit is normally drowned out of our perception by the issues we have in our physical/emotional/mental being.

YMMV, of course.

Love and Light,

Garry