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Reiki: Universal Life Energy

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As a Reiki Master/Teacher, this is the book I suggest my students read before their Reiki I class. It is easy to read, simply written, yet extremely informative. I have many books on Reiki. If I had to chose just one to keep, this would be my choice. I give it 5+ stars!

or anyone who wants to understand themselves just a little better.

This book was recommended to me by my Reiki master. She uses it in her clinic and now I use it in mine.

It talks about the history of the Reiki Usui Method of healing and about the authors and how they discovered Reiki and included it in their lives.

But most importantly, I think, is the interpretation of symptoms at the back of the book which I have found invaluable when working with clients. A thoughful, loving and informatively written book . I recommend to everyone. Buy it, it will change your life.

I have been a Reiki Master for 3 years & have read a number of books on the subject. This is the one I recommend to my Reiki I students over all others. A basic tutorial of the history or Reiki, as well as practical, easily understood techniques for the beginner and for teachers whose intent is to demystify the Reiki experience for their students.

I think this really helped me get closer to understanding the metaphysical side of reiki and how it can help yourself and others. I would love to see you all read this one. Love & Light

This book is a Reiki classic. Topics include general Reiki philosophy & specific techniques. As a Reiki Master, it is the book I most often recommend to my Level One students.

I was sad to read some of the negative comments about this book. I am a Reiki Master attuned to the Usui System of Natural Healing in accordance with the Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition. I was very happy with the contents of this book. The chapters are specific and to the point. Bodo and Shalila give an assortment of possible metaphysical reasons for physical manifestation of illness and dis ease. It is important to note, that this information should be used as a reference tool and not the absolute. I always recommend clients look within to connect with their emotional and physical struggles. We each have the ability to heal ourselves. But Reiki is a wonderful tool in guidance of obtaining health. I highly recommend this book along with Diane Stein's, Essential Reiki a complete guide to an ancient healing art.
~ in love and light

It is perhaps a sign of things to come when the most interesting thing one ponders about a book is whether the authors' names are pseudonyms not so vaguely disguised and borrowed from J.R.R. Tolkien(think Frodo Baggins and Saruman). However, the spirit communicated by Reiki: Universal Life Energy is gentle, mild, and peaceful...and that is a real plus that can't be emphasized enough. The tenderness with which Baginski and Sharamon write about reiki speaks volumes about their sincerity both as reiki practitioners and as writers. However, there are perhaps three glaring and unfortunate flaws in their efforts.

The first problem in this work was the chapter regarding reiki history. The authors relay the well-known story of Usui as a Christian minister and scholar who studied in the US. More recent research into the life of Usui suggests that this might not be the case. More problematic however, is the author's complete failure to mention Usui's life-long practice of Buddhist meditation or his extensive studies in both Tendai and Zen Buddhist traditions. Of course, while it is possible in Buddhism to be both Buddhist and another faith, such as Christian; the authors have completely failed to mention the Buddhist aspects of Usui's life and practice.

The second flaw of Reiki: Universal Life Energy is found in the chapters that relate to reiki in a professional context, specifically the suggestions regarding medical and legal issues for the reiki practitioner. The reader should be forewarned to scrutinize these chapters carefully as some of the advice would appear to open liability issues

Finally, the authors adopt literalist concretisms in chapters regarding "the meaning of illness." In other words, the authors posit every illness with a well-defined meaning, such as "Deafness: Only people who have closed themselves off to their inner voice for a long time become deaf." Clearly then, one would have to assess responsibility, and therefore blame, for the illness on the patient. While one might successfully argue that karma and the extent to which a patient has generated that karma may result in their present illness, it is highly doubtful that anyone could accurately determine the specific karma that caused the illness, much less advocate a generalization such as quoted. In point of fact, such generalizations are more likely to be considered offensive.

These flaws overwhelm what would otherwise be a fine book. The chapters exploring the techniques of Reiki and their application are numerous and quite insightful. Nonetheless, this reader is unable to recommend this particular work, especially when there are so many up-to-date publications that reach the same fine points of Reiki:Universal Life Energy while avoiding it's pitfalls.

The drawings in the book are beautiful and do convey the spirit of Reiki. The chapter on the possible emotional or metaphysical causes of a disease is speculative and suggestive, but it is not meant to be otherwise. I did find the allergy interpretation to be useful for me and it actually worked. Between Vitamin C, becoming vegan, and doing emotional processing with their idea of what the cause was, my allergies are 99 percent gone. The authors do align with the idea that Usui was in a Christian seminary for some time. This seems unverified by those who have tried to find out more about this, but it was a common interpretation that was given out by many Reiki teachers. My own sense is that he had more involvement with Shingon Buddhism but kept much of this to himself. All in all, it is a nice book that gives a feeling for the Reiki work. I have been an energy healer for about 25 years and a Reiki Master for over 10 years and would feel good about a person reading this book. I feel that the charcoal pencil drawings in the book are particularly beautiful and convey a lot about how Reiki feels and how it could be practiced.

This was the first book I had read on Reiki back in 1991 , not everything in the book is to my taste especially some of the medical explanation however this book sparked my wish to learn Reiki and I have been a Reiki Master now for 15 years.I recommend this book to beginners and just keep in mind you take from it what inspires you the most and run with it and the rest won't matter.

I like reading, but this book keep my attention because there is a lot to learn about Health and yorself.