Many people ask the question “What is Reiki?”.There are two ways of looking at this question.
From one angle Reiki means “spiritual energy”; our own innate brightness, our true nature, our essence or whatever words you want to use to express this. This innate brightness is often covered with layers of worry, fear, anger and attachments. So much so, that we cannot see its brightness anymore—it is completely hidden.
A direct translation of the word Reiki means Spiritual Energy. Do you think that Reiki is the same or different to Ki, Qi, Prana or rLung?
As discussed in a previous article, The System of Reiki is a Spiritual Practice, the system helps you to rediscover your true nature. Your practice is facilitated (or hindered) by the state of your energy system. In fact, in most traditional spiritual practices, deep awareness of your energy system is synonymous with enlightenment and evolution from an ordinary human being into a yogi, buddha, or immortal one.
However, there is much confusion about this matter. There are many different energy systems competing for your attention — hara, tanden, chakras, etc.
The other day someone asked me:
Frans, do you do Reiki drumming?
I said:
No, but I do Reiki knitting!
This page has been developed to show some interesting phenomena which we believe to be energetic in nature. As Reiki practitioners we have found them turn up mysteriously on some of our photos. They do not appear to be tied to any specific actions - though as you will see on this page, working with Reiki does seem to encourage them to appear.
Here’s a great question we’ve been asked:
Q: “What are those Orbs of Energy?”
So, the most important aspect in boosting or developing your personal practice is to continue your own self-development work and not rely on external people or things (although they can support you as long as you are doing the work too).
Frans and Bronwen Stiene interview author H.E. Davey - founder and Director of the Sennin Foundation, a Center for Japanese Cultural Arts in California. The word “Sennin” describes the ancient Japanese equivalent of a yogi.
