Here they are, first, the few tenets upon which Reiki is based:

The First Tenet

The first fundamental tenet of Reiki is that this universe is made up of pure energy. You and I, and this entire world that we can perceive with our five senses, are tangible manifestations of this energy.

Energy vibrates at specific frequencies, and we can detect certain frequency bands. Now, there are energies that are beyond what we can perceive and experience with our “normal” senses and scientific instruments.

These are the frequency bands that we cannot detect, and they simply drop off our radar. This energy flows freely in ether, swirls around us, and even passes through our bodies without our being able
to detect it.

The air that we breathe in is yet another manifestation of this universal energy. As long as we are alive, it is the air that we breathe in and breathe out that connects our soul to the universe. Our mouth, windpipe, and the lungs are all elaborate mechanisms meant to channel this one form of energy to our soul.

When we exit our body (you know what I mean by “exit”, I am sure!), the elaborate mechanism of
breathing through lungs becomes redundant, for this mechanism is relevant only for the body.

Sounds very obvious? Indeed it is. Now read further ahead.

Without the limitations of our body, we are nothing but pure energy ourselves.

Yes, we are that same energy that flows freely in ether, is swirling around us, and passing through our body perpetually. Only, we are not conscious of it.

Now, so long as we are living within our body, we have to follow the body’s orders, and obey its rules and regulations. And very simple rules and regulations they are.

For example, breathe normally. Drink clean water. Eat healthy food. Take exercise regularly. Lead a healthy lifestyle. Avoid risky behavior and lifestyle. Be rooted in happiness.

When we follow these rules, the energy that flows within us and through us, does so freely. Especially the energy that flows within us. The physical body’s physical pathways are always open and always available for this energy within.

There is perfect balance between us and the universe. The communion between the soul and the rest of the energy is total. And we are a happy, healthy human being.

And when we default on any of these rules, what happens? You know the answer to this already.

The physical body’s physical pathways become blocked and become obstructive, and the free flow of the divine energy within us is blocked and obstructed. An imbalance is created between us and the universe.

The communion between the soul and the rest of the energy is disrupted. And we are an unhappy, diseased human being.

The next, obvious, question is: how do get back from disease to health ? If we can somehow get the help of the energy that is outside the body to assist the energy inside, in removing the blockages and the obstructions, we shall be able to progress from to in double-quick time.

Considering that there is such an infinite abundance of energy around us, and available free, too, this shouldn’t be a difficult job!

See, I told you, there is no medical mumbo-jumbo here! Just simple common sense. Coming back to the procedure for soliciting the assistance of the energy that is outside the physical body, despite the energy available all around us, we still need some way to “channel” this outside energy through to us, in order for it to be effective.

Imagine that your hand has been dirtied, and you need to wash the dirt away. If you go jump in the swimming tank, how long do you think it will take for the dirt to dissolve itself on its own, while you are lying patiently in the water?

And, if somebody directs a hose pipe of pure, clean water towards your hands, and the water is falling on your hands with a high force, how fast do you think your hands shall clean themselves? You get the point?
Reiki does just this.

The “somebody” who directed the hose pipe of high-force water on your dirty hands in our example is the Reiki practitioner. This practitioner is the “channel”. The “dirty hands” in our example is the general area where the disease in our body is the most predominant. (If the general area is the entire body, then so be it.)

The problem with us is that our hands keep getting dirtied every now and then! So, instead of relying on the “somebody”, if it were possible to pick up the hose pipe ourselves; and direct the high-force water towards the “dirty hands” on our own, whenever we feel like it? And, after having cleansed ourselves thus, direct the same divine force to our near and dear ones? It would be so good, isn’t it? To not rely on
anybody, and do our own cleansing ourselves?

And this is the theme that you will find recurrently in this book. Be your own cleanser. Be your own healer. It is so easy and simple, once you understand it well.

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