© Universal Copyright 1999, 2000 Richard Rivard -- please share freely Usui Reiki Hikkei The Usui Reiki Handbook For some time now I have known about the class booklet that Usui-sensei gave to his students and I have always wondered what it contained. In the Autumn of 1998, it was Inspiring to read part of it in F. Arjava Petter's book "Reiki: The Legacy of Dr. Usui" . In June, 1999 I gratefully received a Japanese copy from Akihiko Uechi who had obtained this in Japan. As with the Usui memorial translation, I felt a literal translation of this book might prove useful for Reiki practitioners and as an interesting comparison to Arjava's fine work. I wanted to make this guide available to all Reiki practitioners, mainly because it is one work of Usui- sensei's that we can all share at any Reiki level. During translation we discovered that Usui-sensei's section on the Method of Healing Guide was indeed very similar to the Healing Guide that Dr. Hayashi shared years later with Mrs. Takata., and which has been translated by a few from the West. In August, 1999 at a Japanese Reiki seminar here in Vancouver, Arjava told me he had finally put together a complete illustrated book which would be available in the fall of 1999. Just like his previous works, I think this version is well presented and very interesting to have as a comparison of translation styles. This translation here is from a copy that the former Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai head, the late Mrs. Kimiko Koyama, handed out to her students. I added the lines that read Page 01 to indicate from which page in the 68 page document that the translation refers to - Page 00 being the table of contents page. (BLANK PAGE means the original page was empty) While the Gyosei section is still in progress, I thought that now I had the first 3 sections complete I should share with you. Near the end, I added in the complete Precepts, and a copy of the Hatsurei ho meditation as this seems to be the common place where the Gyosei and Precepts are spoken. Please share this freely with all, and if you edit this, please leave the copyright with it. Sharing from the Heart, Richard R. Rivard I would also like to extend my gratitude to the following who assisted with the translation and corrrections. Translation - Section 1 - Mari Marchand, (Vancouver, BC, Canada) Section 2 - Mari Marchand, (Vancouver, BC, Canada) Section 3 - Emiko Arai, Richard Rivard, Nadya Zaverganietz (Vancouver, BC, Canada) Section 4 - Amy Dean (Ojai, California) 21-125: in translation (see www.threshold.ca) Comments by Reiki Master Mr. Hiroshi Doi on the Gyosei - Myazuki Iwasaki (Tokyo Japan), Andrew Bowling (Folkestone, England, UK) Version 1.1 - Oct. 25/99 (spelling corrections thanks to Gabriel) Version 1.2 - Nov. 25/99 (naming corrections in Healing Guide) Version 1.3 - Feb. 17/00 (terms corrected from "The Original Handbook of Dr. Mikao Usui"- F.A. Petter) Version 1.4 - June 12/00 (additions and corrections to Gyosei by Amy Dean; add spinal graphic) (this page is intentionally left blank) Usui Reiki Hikkei The Usui Reiki Handbook ===== translation begins ===== Page 00 (this is the actual Japanese text) Contents 1 Teachings of Usui Reiki Ryoho Explanation of Instruction For the Public Method of Healing Guide (Ryoho Shishon) Poems of the Meiji Emperor (Meiji Renno Gyosei) Page 01 (this is the actual Japanese text) Teachings of Usui Reiki Ryoho for Improvement The Secrets of Inviting Happiness Te Spiritual Medicine for All Illnesses Do not be angry today Do not be anxious, be grateful Be diligent, be kind to others Be diligent, be kind to others Do Gassho every morning and evening And keep in your mind And recite Page 02 & 03 Explanation Of Instruction For The Public By Founder of Usui Reiki Ryoho, Mikao Usui It is an old custom to teach a method to only my descendants, for keeping a wealth within a family. Especially, the modern societies we live in wish to share happiness of coexistence and co-prosperity. So I don’t allow my family to keep the method to ourselves. My Usui Reiki Ryoho is an original, there is nothing like this in the world. So I would like to release this method to the public for everyone’s benefit and hope for everyone’s happiness. My Reiki Ryoho is an original method based on intuitive power in the universe. By this power, the body gets healthy and enhances happiness of life and peaceful mind.owadays people need improvement and reconstruction inside and outside of life, so the reason for releasing my method to the public is to help people with illness of body and mind. below is the actual Japanese text) Page 04 to 17 Q. What is Usui Reiki Ryoho? A. Graciously I have received Meiji Emperor’s last injunctions. For achieving my teachings, training and improving physically and spiritually and walking in a right path as a human being, first we have to heal our spirit. Secondly we have to keep our body healthy. If our spirit is healthy and conformed to the truth, body will get healthy naturally. Usui Reiki Ryoho’s missions are to lead peaceful and happy life, heal others and improve happiness of others and ourselves. Q. Is there any similarity to hypnotism, Kiai method, religious method or any other methods? A. No, there is no similarity to any of those methods. This method is to help body and spirit with intuitive power, which I’ve received after long and hard training. Q. Then, is it psychic method of treatment? A. Yes, you could say that. But you could also say it is physical method of treatment. The reason why is Ki and light are emanated from healer’s body, especially from eyes, mouth and hands. So if healer stares or breathes on or strokes with hands at the affected area such as toothache, colic pain, stomachache, neuralgia, bruises, cuts, burns and other swellings with pain will be gone. However a chronic disease is not easy, it’s needed some time. But a patient will feel improvement at the first treatment. There is a fact more than a novel how to explain this phenomenon with modern medicine. If you see the fact you would understand. Even people who use sophistry can not ignore the fact. Q. Do I have to believe in Usui Reiki Ryoho to get better result? A. No. It’s not like a psychological method of treatment or hypnosis or other kind of mental method. There is no need to have a consent or admiration. It doesn’t matter if you doubt, reject or deny it. For example, it is effective to children and very ill people who are not aware of any consciousness, such as a doubt, rejection or denying. There may be one out of ten who believes in my method before a treatment. Most of them learn the benefit after first treatment then they believe in the method. Q. Can any illness be cured by Usui Reiki Ryoho? A. Any illness such as psychological or an organic disease can be cured by this method. Q. Does Usui Reiki Ryoho only heal illness? A. No. Usui Reiki Ryoho does not only heal illness. Mental illness such as agony, weakness, timidity, irresolution, nervousness and other bad habit can be corrected. Then you are able to lead happy life and heal others with mind of God or Buddha. That becomes principle object. Q. How does Usui Reiki Ryoho work? A. I’ve never been given this method by anybody nor studied to get psychic power to heal. I accidentally realized that I have received healing power when I felt the air in mysterious way during fasting. So I have a hard time explaining exactly even I am the founder. Scholars and men of intelligence have been studying this phenomenon but modern science can’t solve it. But I believe that day will come naturally. Q. Does Usui Reiki Ryoho use any medicine and are there any side effects? A. Never uses medical equipment. Staring at affected area, breathing onto it, stroking with hands, laying on of hands and patting lightly with hands are the way of treatment. Q. Do I need to have knowledge of medicine? A. My method is beyond a modern science so you do not need knowledge of medicine. If brain disease occurs, I treat a head. If it’s a stomachache, I treat a stomach. If it’s an eye disease, I treat eyes. You don’t have to take bitter medicine or stand for hot moxa treatment. It takes short time for a treatment with staring at affected area or breathing onto it or laying on of hands or stroking with hands. These are the reason why my method is very original. Q. What do famous medical scientists think of this method? A. The famous medical scientists seem very reasonable. European medical scientists have severe criticism towards medicine. To return to the subject, Dr. Nagai of Teikoku Medical University says, “we as doctors do diagnose, record and comprehend illnesses but we don’t know how to treat them.” Dr. Kondo says, “it is not true that medical science made a great progress. It is the biggest fault in the modern medical science that we don’t take notice of psychological affect. Dr. Kuga says, “it is a fact that psychological therapy and other kind of healing treatment done by healers without doctor’s training works better than doctors, depending on type of illnesses or patient’s personality or application of treatment. Also the doctors who try to repel and exclude psychological healers without doctor’s training are narrow-minded." From Nihon Iji Shinpo It is obvious fact that doctors, medical scientists and pharmacists recognize the effect of my method and become a pupil. Q. What is the government’s reaction? A. On February 6th, 1922, at the Standing Committee on Budget of House of Representatives, a member of the Diet Dr. Matsushita asked for government’s view about the fact that people who do not have doctor’s training have been treating many patients with psychological or spiritual method of treatment. Mr. Ushio, a government delegate says, “a little over 10 years ago people thought hypnosis is a work of long-nosed goblin but nowadays study has been done and it’s applied to mentally ill patients. It is very difficult to solve human intellect with just science. Doctors follow the instruction how to treat patients by medical science, but it’s not a medical treatment such as electric therapy or just touching with hands to all illnesses.” So my Usui Reiki Ryoho does not violate the Medical Practitioners Law or Shin-Kyu (acupuncture and moxa treatment) Management Regulation. People would think that this kind of healing power is gifted to the selected people, not by training. A. No, that isn’t true. Every existence has healing power. Plants, trees, animals, fish and insects, but especially a human as the lord of creation has remarkable power. Usui Reiki Ryoho is materialized the healing power that human has. Then, can anybody receive Denju of Usui Reiki Ryoho? A. Of course, a man, woman, young or old, people with knowledge or without knowledge, anybody who has a common sense can receive the power accurately in a short time and can heal selves and others. I have taught to more than one thousand people but no one is failed. Everyone is able to heal illness with just Shoden. You may think it is inscrutable to get the healing power in a short time but it is reasonable. It’s the feature of my method that heals difficult illnesses easily. Q. If I can heal others, can I heal myself? A. If you can’t heal yourself, how can you heal others. Q. How can I receive Okuden? A. Okuden includes Hatsureiho, patting with hands method, stroking with hands method, pressing with hands method, telesthetic method and propensity method. I will teach it to people who have learned Shoden and who are good students, good conduct and enthusiasts. Q. Is there higher level more than Okuden? A. Yes, there is a level called Shinpiden. PAGE 18 - BLANK PAGE Guide To Method of Healing (Ryoho Shishon) PAGE 19 1. Basic treatment of body parts. Forehead (hairline), general area, temples (temple) general area Head Back of the head area, neck area, crown area, stomach, area intestines. LoweringSame as before (head area), however, treat the source of the Fever disease itself.