Ancient History of Reiki

The ancient art of healing, which had got lost as the time advanced; was re-discovered in the mid-nineteenth century. The credit for the re-discovery goes to Dr. Mikao Usui who not only revived it but used it successfully.

Father of Reiki

Mikao Usui was the principal of a Christian seminary in Kyoto, Japan, in mid-1980s. At that time Japan was undergoing far-reaching changes in the field of technology.

One day some of his pupils asked him whether he knew about the healing methods adopted by Jesus Christ to the people and whether he would be able to carry them out. They quoted Jesus as saying: "You will do as I have done and even greater things if this is so." They said Christ had also asked the apostles to heal the sick and raise the dead.

Dr. Mikao, as the head of the mission, decided to resign and go to a Christian country and study Christanity to find answer to pupils' queries.

Tracking Reiki America to India

He landed in America and joined the University of Chicago to study Theology. He earned doctorate there. But to his disappointment he could not find a satisfactory explanation in Christian writings. The Chinese scripts also did not satisfy him. Then he came to north India to study holy scripts here. He knew Chinese and English and started learning Sanskrit.

Reiki connects Buddha and Jesus

He learnt that the Buddha also knew and performed healing deeds. So he returned to Japan and discovered some formulae and symbols in old Buddhist 'sutras' which, he hoped, would throw some light on the mystery.

Japan - Origin of Reiki

He visited many Buddhist monastries and enquired if any records of the Buddha's teachings were available. But he was told that the emphasis there was on the healing of the spirit and no more on body. During his research he came upon a Zen monastery where he was encourged to study' sutras' in the Japanese language. Long time elapsed but no results were forthcoming. Then followed the study of Chinese and later of Tibetan 'sutras'. He found documents ofthe travels of St Isa-perhape Isa was Jesus-in Tibetan scrolls. After his study of Tibetan Lotus 'sutras' , Usui felt that he had found the answer to the healing method employed by Christ. But he needed empowerment to use it.