A Japanese Tendai Buddhist, Mikao Usui is
credited as being the founder of the Usui
System of Reiki in 1922.
Born in 1865 Usui was a studious scholar
and travelled extensively in Europe and
China to further his studies of medicine,
psychology, and religion. It was during
his twenty-one day retreat on Mount
Kurama, that Usui claimed that he had been
granted spiritual power and knowledge in
applying and attuning Reiki
energy.
In 1922, Usui founded the Usui Reiki
Ryoho Gakkai (Usui Reiki
Healing Society) in Tokyo and formulated a
set of ethical principles which became
known as the Reiki Principles:
Just for today: Do not be angry
Just for today:Do not be worried
Just for today:Be grateful
Just for today:Work hard (on improving
yourself)
Just for today:Be kind to others.
After Usui's death 1926, Chujiro
Hayashi a former student left the Usui Reiki
Ryoho Gakkai in Tokyo and, forming
his own association, began to formalise a
simpler set of Reiki techniques by putting
greater emphasis on physical healing.
A student of Hayashi, Hawayo Takata,
introduced Reiki in U.S.A by practising
and teaching Reiki and by the time she had
died in 1979 she had trained 22 Reiki
masters and as a result nearly all Reiki
taught outside Japan has followed from
Takata's work.
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