Hunger Mountain by David Hinton follows the journey of a man as he walks up a mountain reflecting upon the universe from a chinese poetic viewpoint.
This writing is poetry in motion. I wanted to wake each morning and walk with David up the mountain, sharing his re-discovery of no-mind, something which he discusses so wonderfully within these pages.
Following on from Frans Stiene’s talk on the Japanese Art of Reiki he answered questions from the audience. In Part I he talks about self-practice, non-duality and the Reiki symbols and mantras, and Reiki as an offering.
All attachment and aversion come from what we have mentally created. We have made an image and that is our mind as we normally experience it. In order to solve this problem in a more profound and permanent way, we have to look at our mind and see its true nature. In our innate, unfabricated nature, which is the basic state of our mind, there is no problem. We make all our problems by creating concepts and all kinds of mental conditioning.
Great to see all your different ideas and comments on our last blog, A question for you about Reiki Treatments, where we posted a question about two different types of hands-on healing sessions. Some thought it too brain numbing, others too easy, and for some - just plain too different from what they’d been taught as Reiki practitioners. Why would we ask this question?
Well, there was a second, unwritten, question in this blog…
Judith Pennington tests Frans Stiene’s brainwaves while working with the system of Reiki. See what the EEG machine can pick up about Frans’ personal practice, his life and his work as a Reiki Teacher.
Without providing too many spoilers - one thing we can tell you is that she said she’s never seen brainwaves like his before and she has worked with many energetic practitioners including those who work with the system of Reiki.
If you ask people what it might mean to research the system of Reiki you will get many different ideas, some scientific, some historical, some energetic. Research, therefore, can be accomplished at many levels.
If we were wanting to research something specific - such as what the intent behind the teachings of the system of Reiki was - how would we go about that? We could look at…
It is said that Mikao Usui was a Tendai lay priest. If so, then he would certainly have been familiar with these sutras - if only from his own practice. It is possible to see where elements of the these sutra practices have helped lay the foundation for the teachings of the system of Reiki.
In recent years many practitioners of spiritual practices, including the system of Reiki, can be found discussing Oneness. But does this talk really express Oneness or has it gradually become a simplified concept; a new fad?
Let’s take a closer look at traditional understandings of Oneness and how this relates to modern interpretations.
