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Question by carolyn: What is the distinction between Japanese Classic Reiki and the Western type of Reiki?
Does any person know the differences? Are you conscious of Japanese Reiki becoming named Flaky Reiki due to the alterations to this wonderful power balancing?
Do you know how to speak the terms /symbols/words properly. One of my Reiki friends from 10 years ago was telling me to say several points that were fundamentally incorrect according to a recent friend from Japan. Does anyone else have this expertise
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Answer by Mantra
There are several diverse schools of Reiki. The most widely identified is the Usui Reiki. The discipline around this form was created by a Japanese priest by name of Usui Mikao. In the Usui school, the symbols and their meanings are regarded as sacred and are only to be employed by a practitioner that has had the right training. Regrettably, in Northern America there has been a vaste bastardisation of the original Usui Reiki. This has brought on a lot of confusion around the symbols, their meanings and their application.
Evidence of Reiki can be identified in sanscrit texts dating back four,000 years. It has been in existence for a lengthy time. Reiki is thus not dependent on a specific school of thought. It is given to us at conception and can be utilized for the good of mankind at any time.
The finest way to confirm the symbols and information behind the Usui symbols is to consult a reputable Reiki teacher who can prove a link between his / her training and the original Usui school of Reiki.
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Western Reiki tend to promote a defined set of hand positions for the various healing and balancing treatments, whereas Japanese Reiki leaves it more to the intuition of the master as to the correct hand position. That is one difference I know about. To the extent that “Flaky” is referring to the fact that the hand positions are not clearly defined, then I could understand that reference. There are many schools of Reiki, and there are certainly differences between Western and Japanese, so that anybody trained in one would probably notice the differences. To say that they are incorrect is probably too strong. Take English for example – in the US there are some spelling differences and pronunciation differences compared to in England. Neither is correct or incorrect, they have just evolved differently!
Reiki is a spiritual and healing modality founded in 1922 by Sensei Usui. Contrary to popular belief, Usui was not a priest, and Reiki is not a religion. One of the differences between Usui Reiki Ryoho and Western Style Reiki is that Usui Reiki Ryoho focuses on the Gokai, or Five Precepts, which are a guide to living a happy and fulfilling life. Another difference is that Japanese Style (Usui Reiki Ryoho) focuses more on energy exercises and incorporating those Five Precepts into every day life. Another difference is that Japanese Style does not place as much emphasis on the Reiki Symbols as much as Western style Reiki. The symbols are just a tool for focus. There are only 4 symbols in Usui Reiki Ryoho, whereas many Western forms have incorporated other symbols. And in fact, the symbols actually were devised by Hayashi and Takata, not Sensei Usui. Usui Reiki Ryoho had many more steps (6 Levels) to become proficient, and students moved up based on their skill to feel byosen and hibiki. Western Style Reiki does not focus on sensing byosen and hibiki as much. In addition, the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai still pretty much is a secret society in Japan, and they are not as open about sharing Reiki to the public. Any Reiki that is practiced in Japan now is really Western style reikiho, as many Japanese still are not comfortable with the concept of “ghost energy”, since Rei can also mean ghost. Japanese Style Reiki uses reiju, not attunements to pass on the energy an open energy channels. Sensei Hiroshi Doi is a Japanese Reiki Master who combined both the Traditional Japanese Reiki with Western Style and made his own form, Gendai Reiki.