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Reiki- Interview with Jennifer
Answer: The future of Reiki is already here, embedded in the Reiki Principles: They begin with “Kyo dake wa”, which means “only today”. If the present moment is lived fully and consciously, the same will happen tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I see the future of Reiki in the eyes of my two year- old daughter, Christina. I feel it in her little hands: she lives Reiki; she breathes Reiki ever since she was conceived. For her, Reiki is the most natural thing in the world. My vision of Life a few years from now is that the next generation will give Reiki the place that it deserves. You may see that as an analogy: Reiki begins in your mother’s womb… All other ways of promoting Reiki are good, but will not touch the heart of the inhabitants of planet Earth. Personally I would like to start a hospital and hospice in the near future, but that is another chapter… To bring the attention to the present, practice Reiki on a daily basis, give treatments and above all, enjoy it. This way your conscious example and the joy you experience will spread from your heart to the person next to you. This is how Reiki grows: from one heart to another. The second best approach to spread Reiki (after teaching kids) is to teach Reiki to health care practitioners in all fields. If you ask me every mother, every nurse and every doctor on Earth should have Reiki. 2- How will Reiki continue to develop around the world, especially in non-English speaking countries? Answer: The last sentence on the memorial of Usui Sensei in Tokyo is a powerful future prediction. It says that Reiki will conquer and heal the world and its inhabitants. This has been happening for a while and will be happening more and more in the future. Reiki fits into every heart, because it is your natural state. It is what your mother did with you when you were a baby. It is what every human being does when he or she gets hurt. You touch your wounds, you look at them, caress them and you blow at them. Before you know it, you feel tremendous relief. If this is brought into the consciousness of many people, Reiki will again become a natural thing: just, what you do when you don’t feel well. I travel all over the world teaching Reiki and most of the time I teach in non- English speaking countries. In Latin America, for instance, Reiki is huge- much more than anywhere else I have been. But people practice Reiki literally everywhere, and especially here, in this moment and in your very own heart. Don’t worry about that which is far away. Don’t worry about the global situation. Deal with your own situation instead. Live Reiki in every moment, in your classroom as well as in your private life. If you are looking for a capable teacher, look into his living room. If you want to know how far you yourself have progressed on the path, look at how you are with your family, in the supermarket, on the highway… 3-Will Reiki broaden its international appeal? Answer: Reiki wants to touch the hearts of many, and you can trust that it will do so. It takes those who are good conduits and teaches through them. You see this in Mrs. Takata or others of her caliber. Regardless of the teacher’s own issues, or their psychological challenges, Reiki gets the job done. Because Reiki does not require a certain philosophical background, it fertilizes the fields of every country on Earth.
Answer: I can only share with you how I deal with this issue. First of all; I adjust my fees upon the economic situation of the countries I work in, to make it affordable. And second, I go where the winds of love take me. Traditionally, in Japan, Reiki was a way for wealthy people to give something back to their fellow men. In the West we are so identified with the idea of “ME”. I am the most important person in the world, I want- I want- I want. In the East the focus is on the collective. A beautiful image of this is the story of a Chinese nun, Kwan Yin. She was a spiritually well- developed student of a Buddhist Master, who was told by him that she would achieve enlightenment in her next life, when she would be re- born into a male body. Upset by this, she made a vow never to be born as a man, and to help humanity to achieve what she herself was longing for. She became the South East Asian idol of love and compassion. Think of her when you do Reiki. Forget your self, forget your desires and your ego- gratification. Become compassion… 5-Will people from developing countries see the benefit of Reiki when they are struggling to meet the daily needs of survival? Answer: In developing countries one of the most pressing needs is to furnish adequate medical attention. Because this need is not met by the governments, the people turn to Reiki and help them selves as well as helping each other. This is a good way of using Reiki as it was originally meant: as a powerful healing technique. In Usui Sensei’s words: “The secret art of inviting happiness, the spiritual medicine for all illness.” But there is a danger that lurks not only in developing countries, but everywhere on Earth. Because financial resources seem limited to some of us, Reiki is sometimes seen as an easy way to make money. Then Reiki may be used as a multi- level business scheme, and this is not where it belongs. Reiki is active compassion…Let’s help it find its way back to where it belongs. You are the key!
6-What is our role as Reiki teachers to further the development of Reiki in these countries? Answer: Our responsibility is to provide quality training, to train local teachers with love and devotion for a few years, and thus help the people to help themselves. Then it is time to pull out of these countries, and let the local teachers take care of it. They know their own people the best. With love from Germany, your friend Frank Arjava Petter Copyright© 2007 by Frank Arjava Petter Frank Arjava Petter is the author of seven international Reiki bestsellers. He teaches worldwide and can be reached by email at Arjava@ReikiDharma.com or by telephone at +49- 211 50 73 810.
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