From: rht123x@gmail.com   
      
   The History of Reiki   
      
   Reiki was discovered in Japan around 1850 by Mikao Usui. It is believed that   
   he was from a wealthy family as he traveled to China and Europe for his   
   education and only the wealthy could afford to do this for their children.   
   This opportunity led him to    
   become secretary to the head of the Department of Health and Welfare.  At one   
   point when Usui’s personal and business life was failing he went to Mt.   
   Kurama where he had been before to meditate, hopeful that he would discover   
   the answers to his    
   problems.   
      
   Reiki Circles   
      
   Reiki Circles are held monthly for previous students and if you like bring a   
   friend!   
      
   Reiki Lineage   
      
   One of the people that Takata Hawayo trained to be a Reiki Master was John   
   Harvey Gray. This name is important as in 1979 he attuned Libby Barnett, who   
   is Shima’s teacher and mentor to Reiki 1 and 2, Reiki Master and Master of   
   Reiki Masters (FYI-Libby    
   attuned me to all three.).   
      
   Another one of the 22 Reiki Masters was Barbara Lincoln McCullough. Barbara   
   trained Judy-Carol Stewart of Houston, Texas and the 35th Reiki Master who   
   attuned Libby Barnett to Reiki Master.   
      
   Libby’s close connection with these original teachers inspired her to   
   preserve the integrity and authenticity of this ancient form of healing. These   
   values were passed down to Shima.   
      
   As you can see from the background described above you are receiving the gift   
   of Reiki – the ability to heal yourself and others through Universal Life   
   Force Energy with a rare and very close connection to the Mikao Usui and the   
   original 22 Reiki    
   Masters.   
      
   The Original Reiki Masters initiated by Hawayo Takata   
      
   George Araki   
   Barbara McCullough   
   Beth Grey   
   Ursula Baylow (deceased)   
   Paul Mitchell   
   Iris Ishikura (deceased)   
   Fran Brown   
   Barbara Weber Ray   
   Ethel Lombardi   
   Wanja Twan   
   Virginia Samdahl (deceased)   
   Phyllis Lei Furumoto   
   Dorothy Baba (deceased)   
   Mary McFaden   
   John Harvey Gray   
   Rick Bockner   
   Bethel Phaigh (deceased)   
   Harry Kuboi   
   Particia Ewing   
   Shinobu Saito   
   Kay Yamashita (Takata’s sister)   
   Barbara Brown   
      
      
   Self Reiki   
      
   Reiki is also a self-healing modality that has the ability to put the   
   “brakes” on the addiction to adrenalin that most people seem to have   
   today. Rushing through life and trying to cram in as much as we can in a 24   
   hour period and in doing so leaving    
   behind the connection to ourselves that is so vitally important.   
      
   Learning to love yourself, knowing your limitations, this is an integral part   
   of Reiki practice. In learning this you can become a better Healer. After all   
   how can you love and respect someone else if you don’t feel the same way   
   about yourself?   
      
   During classes students learn how to develop their ability to meditate and to   
   discover self, bringing together a whole new way of looking at their   
   surroundings and events that happen in this stress filled life.   
      
       
      
    http://universalhealingarts.com/reiki/   
      
      
   https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!forum/alt.consciousness.mysticism   
      
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