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Mikao Usui was a Tendai
Buddhist living in Japan
in the early 1900’s. It is said that his business and personal life were
collapsing around him when he made the important, life-changing decision to
seek spiritual guidance; a quest that led him to a unique discovery.
Tendai is said to be a more
mystical sect of Japanese Buddhism that embraces the practices of mediation and
spiritual healing. Inspired by his
faith, Usui set out to climb the sacred mountain of Kurama just twelve miles north of the
ancient capital of Kyoto. He planned to
fast for twenty-one days on Kurama; resting his body and his mind in the
ancient cedar forest that envelopes the 8th century Temple
at the top of the mountain. At the end of his fast Usui spoke of having a
vision, one that became the basis of his teachings; a new healing modality that
we call Reiki today.
Reiki was brought to the United States
not long after by Mrs. Takata. Some seven decades later Usui’s energy based
healing modality is accepted at recognized hospitals throughout the United
States, the first being in New England at the Portsmouth Hospital in
Portsmouth, NH; the Children’s Hospital in Boston, MA; and many other
institutions nationwide, with some specifically funded by the Congress of the
United States. Numerous hospitals retain Reiki Healers on staff; working at the
side of traditional medical professionals. The results derived from these
healing treatments have been quantified in scientific studies that continue
today.
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| The waterfall on Mount Kurama where Usui rested and had his vision |
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| A resting place and shrine along the path of many hundreds of tiny steps that leads to the temple on Mount Kurama |
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| The power center in front of the temple on Mount Kurama |
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| Dr. Foukes gives Reiki to Lily's dog at her healing center on Long Island |
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| Reiki can be 'hands-on' or the healer may use a method of sending energy healing without touching the patient. Here Lily Rubinstein gives Reiki healing to Anne; pictures taken at the Center of Inner Wisdom which may be accessed by clicking the image above |
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| Lily demonstrates a hands-on Reiki technique at her Long Island center; photos part of our Reiki Seminar for training medical staff |
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Dr. Foulkes Discusses Her Reiki Experience
“Usui did for the ancient Japanese healing modality, a form of laying of hands, what Escoffier did for French Classic Cuisine,” says Dr. Foulkes during one of her seminars on Alchemy Healing. “He made it succinct and in that simplicity organized the information into a straight forward process that could be taught to others all over the world.”
Dr. Foulkes followed Usui’s journey; climbing the mountain in the summer of 2006 in 110 degree hot, humid heat despite he r life-long disease of asthma. “Reiki works,” Dr. Foulkes says proudly. “And I am the proof!” In 2002 her asthma had become disabling. She was encouraged by her guides in Spirit to take a course in Reiki. Attending classes presented by the Reiki Healing Connection in New Hampshire she eventually became a Reiki Master and Practitioner.
“I was on seventeen drugs a day; taking 40 mg. of prednisone and other steroids just to breathe. My peak flow meter was giving me readings of under 250 where my normal breathing or personal best was 600.” Within six months of using her newly acquired skills at Reiki, Dr. Foulkes had stopped all but three of her medications and has been steroid free; her symptoms of asthma mitigated completely since starting Reiki in early 2002.
“I could not have climbed that mountain in 2002 without that healing. Honoring Reiki I accomplished that personal feat in 2006 despite the adverse temperatures and humidity in just two and a half hours. I am grateful for the healing,” says Dr. Foulkes. “Anyone can learn this process of Spirit communication. It is all about Healing after all.”
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