If you are planning to use, or have been considering trying, Steve Murray's Reiki Attunement DVDs...you need this book. This text works fine as an introductory Reiki manual when read by itself alone, even without trying the author's video Attunements. But if you definitely plan to use his Attunement program, or are wondering if you should try it, I absolutely recommend reading Murray's guide book first. And if your first Reiki Attunement will be Murray's, this Guide is a must. If you're new to Reiki like myself, you will need to read it through twice. Read it once before you take your 1st Level Attunement, & then read it a second time afterwards while you're experimenting with the Reiki. Because after you receive the 1st Attunement--it becomes like reading two different books. The first time through, you'll understand the material on an intellectual, theoretical level. On the second pass, once you're attuned to Reiki & working with it, you'll understand the contents in a whole new light, from the inside & at a far greater depth.
If you have already taken Steve Murray's Attunements by video & were left curious or confused about what it was he was doing during your Attunement process--this book will show you in very clear verbal & pictorial step-by-step detail exactly what the author was doing behind the scenes in order to attune you to Reiki. It also explains & depicts what steps you will need to take to pass on Reiki Attunements, should you eventually choose to become a Reiki Master yourself. Unlike any other author, Murray pulls out all the stops, cuts to the chase, & "lets you inside the machine" to take a good look around, so to speak. I have yet to see this same material presented or approach taken in any other Reiki book available.
Steve Murray has an excellent talent for simplifying & clarifying what can be an intensely abstract & complex topic, making the material easily understood & assimilated by the neophyte. His delivery comes from a practical, straightforward stand point--with neither the egotistical elitism, nor the control freak power grip, that sadly seems to plague this field. The goal of this manual, as with the corresponding Attunement videos, is to prepare you with the essentials in order to get you up & running with Reiki quickly. And I can verify first hand that they can & will do exactly that. If you want to absorb Reiki theory in-depth & fill in some of the gaps, you might enjoy reading William Rand's "Reiki: The Healing Touch" following Murray's guide book. But if you want to become attuned to Reiki & get busy with it immediately, Steve Murray's "Reiki: The Ultimate Guide" & his Attunement program comes with my highest recommendation. Murray delivered what he promises, & I was able to obtain tangible results very quickly. Reiki "tech support" is made available by e-mail by the instructor himself. So far as I know, there is no other Attunement by distance program quite like this one out there. All of Murray's materials have been money well spent. This has truly changed me, at a very fundamental level.
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