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    it's no secret around here that i have long held a disdain for the practitioners (and subsequently, the practice) of reiki. my core argument has always been that the reiki training ends where it should be just beginning, and that most practitioners are new agey quacks who talk to crystals & faeries & whatnot.

     

    it seems more and more evident that my judgment and rejection of those types has led to me 'throwing the buddha out with the bathwater.' :rolleyes:

     

    i was taught reiki back in 1996, and was initiated as a 'master' (whatever that's supposed to mean) in 1997. at the time, the attunements/transmissions were the most powerful, profound, and TANGIBLE spiritual experiences i had ever had. i was lucky to have been found by the guy who taught me, even if he was a bit kooky. (okay, a LOT kooky! :lol: ) in one 30-minute session he opened me up in a way that i didn't believe was real until he did it. that same weekend i was able to ease the pain of my little brother who went into crisis due to his sickle cell disease, and for once he didn't have to be rushed to the hospital. my brother was the reason i wanted to become a healer in the first place. his case was so severe that the doctors gave him a life expectancy of 7 years. (he was 6 at the time that i learned reiki.) this year he turned 18, and he's healthier than anyone ever thought he could be. he's a favorite study case for sickle cell researchers.

     

    he would spend multiple months at a time in the hospital, and he would have to do this 3 or more times each year, meaning he spent most of his early childhood in the hospital. once i learned reiki and brought it to my family, his hospital stays decreased immediately by more than half, and now it's been about 7 years since he's even had to stay one night in the hospital. (and for those who don't know, sickle cell is a PROGRESSIVE disease, meaning it gets WORSE over time, not better!) now mind you, he still has the disease, but he's also had a quality and length of life that NO ONE thought was possible.

     

    yet even with this very personal testimonial, i quickly fell out of love with reiki as a practice. there was just SO MUCH B.S. being written and spoken about the practice, particularly in the 90's, that i became embarrassed for thinking that i had something special. in truth, i was ashamed of believing that *I* was special for having it when so many new age quacks thought the same thing. my teacher, though talented energetically, was one such quack. he tried to invent at least 3 different "mystery" systems based on reiki attunements, Norse paganism, and ninjitsu (he was a Bujinkan instructor). i became desperate for a means to distance myself from reiki while still being able to identify with being a healer. i wanted something more rigorous, more complete, and more... impressive.

     

    after that point i explored a ton of other stuff, received numerous transmissions and empowerments, etc...

     

    to make an already too-long story short:

     

    the other day while shaking, i came to realize that the reiki symbols and mantras can have a place in my practice now that i know HOW to practice! i found myself chanting the name of the power symbol and the mental/emotional symbol over and over while shaking, and it seemed natural that the power symbol would be at my lower dantien, and the mental/emotional symbol be at my middle dantien (i now call it the heartmind symbol). the distance symbol & mantra, then, should go just right with the upper dantien. and that seems to be the case.

     

    after countless occasions of my students hearing me talk shit about reiki, i now have some of them meditating on the symbols in their lower and middle dantiens. they've each been pleasantly surprised by what they're experiencing from this. a lighter (which i used to equate with 'weaker'), cleaner, more effortless flow of energy. and a natural feeling of compassion. i'm currently going through a new healing process with various heartmind issues as a result of this practice (and brad keeney's sensibility), which is why i feel it appropriate to make this post after having ridiculed reiki so often in the past.

     

    the research that's available on the origins of reiki is SO MUCH better now than it was in the 90's! though Lin Sifu will staunchly deny the connection, i think the buddhist foundation of reiki is quite evident, given the meaning and definitions of the heartmind and distance symbols, the reiki precepts, and the fact that Mikao Usui was a buddhist, not to mention that it was during a buddhist retreat at the temple on Mt Kurama that he 'received' what became reiki.

     

    i feel better after this confession.

     

    :)

    Good on You Hundun!!

    Thanks for the honest post you are a good man.

    Peace

    Jedi777

     

    There is no dubt reiki can be used to heal, but there is also no doubt reiki is too easily misused, or used wrong.

     

    If a weekend course is enough to call yourself a healer and start healing people, there is no doubt a lot of unwanted sideeffects and energyexchanged will happen. It is NOT enough to ask the divine to guide you. People still have so many blindspots and unconscious patterns and attitudes that affect the energyexchange.

     

    And lets not look through the fact that as long you send energy through your hands, it will og through your body and all disalignments your body contains. And if it enters your body it will og through your mind and all the disalignments in the conscious as well as subconscious mind.

     

    A weekend cource and initiation is NOT enough to be awake and aware enough to be a clear channel for healing energy without including too many of your own issues. Therefore reiki will be dangerous to play around with on others even though you get a lot of intense experiences and maby heal someone occationally.

     

    I do not agree that reiki can ever be redeemed.

    May I ask if you have ever learned Reiki? You have some misconceptions here. Healing is our birth right we all are healers. Reiki is a beautiful gift from God and the Holy Masters. As Qigong is as well as Pranic healing.

    All you have to do is invoke and ask to used as a divine healing instrument and be open and loving.

     

    Gods power is here for all of us--we just need to ask and be open--

    Peace

    Jedi

  8. Posted · Edited by Jedi777

    I spent three months researching it and it's balls. Anyway what's all this shit got to do with Taoism or spiritual matters? :huh:

    I spent 5 yrs researching it and it not balls! I have no problem having it moved---and I have no need to defend the truth it speaks for its self. The evidence is all out there.

    take it easy Pat

  10. Posted

    Well I can get the infowars.com site from here in the UK so I'm not sure what he's on about. To be honest I figure Jones is a shill and a nut-job but in truth he's probably working for the CIA as a fly-trap for potential 'you-know-what's' (begins with T and ends in death).

     

    And no 911 wasn't an inside job is was perpetrated by Saudi Arabia. Take a look at the world capital they're building: http://www.dubai-architecture.info/DUB-GAL1.htm At the end of the day all these power pissed types are as bad as each other.

     

    Sorry dude but It was an inside job--I wish it was not true---research it--and yes most of them were from Saudi Arabia

    Jones in the cia LOL

  15. Posted

    Choa Kok Sui's Site

     

    He has books on Pranic Healing and other good meditations and information. I am going to get his book on becoming farther into oneness with your higher self. Does anyone have experience with Choa Kok Sui or his books? What would becoming one with my higher self do for me?

    My wife and I are students of Master Choa--we took classes and and met him Many times. He was and is one of the most advanced teachers of our time. Please feel free to PM me anytime if you have any questions.

    Peace

    Jedi777

  16. Posted

    just for the record,

     

    i'm quite sure that you can file a claim and get refunded. lots of frauds on ebay, so they definitely have a procedure for dealing with those types.

    thanks Hundun my wife and I are ebay savy--we are thinking about doing that

  17. Posted · Edited by Jedi777

    WARNING DO NOY BUY A TAPE FROM PHIL ON EBAY THEY ARE NOT ORIGINAL TAPES THEY ARE PIRATED COPIES AND BAD ONES AT THAT--HE WILL SEND YOU A CHEAP UNMARKED TAPE--IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL

    THIS IS STEALING AND VERY BAD KARMA! FOR 50 BUCKS HE IS SELLING A COPY! THAT IS A JOKE!!!

    JUST AN FYI!

  18. Posted · Edited by Jedi777

    Ive never done any Yan Xin Qi Gong before.Im sure its possible to develop the required foundation with other practices before you can practice advanced Yan Xin stuff. Im certain ive got the best foundation i can get with my current training with out having to go to china spending thousands of dollars to seek out the Grand masters

     

    This is something ill have to question my teacher about.He possibly worked with Yan Xin while he was part of this Qi Gong institute in Guandong in the 1970's early 80's, not sure if Yan Xin was well known around that time. Do you happen to know who Yan Xin sifu's were and what tradition they were part of?

     

    cheers

     

     

    WARNING DO NOY BUY A TAPE FROM PHIL ON EBAY THEY ARE NOT ORIGINAL TAPES THEY ARE PIRATED COPIES AND BAD ONES AT THAT--HE WILL SEND YOU A CHEAP UNMARKED TAPE--IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL

    THIS IS STEALING AND VERY BAD KARMA! FOR 50 BUCKS HE IS SELLING A COPY! THAT IS A JOKE!!!

  19. Posted

    i don't think you need the audio tape to tap into his qi transmission. a photo of him will do. even a reverence for him will do!

    and i think 50 bucks for an audio tape of any kind is just plain absurd.

    we can just agree to disagree on that. pay me no mind.

    yes Hundun I agree a tape is not needed but it is nice to have---however I must warn everyone that the tape is a pirated copy and not an original---for 50.00 bucks it should be an original!!!!!

  21. Posted

    i posted this in the lobby thread as well

     

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    Yan Xin Qi Gong is a good practice-

     

    your recording must be different from the one I have- mine details step one and then also the other 8 methods but in a little less detail-

    (i converted mine to cd- wonder if the qi emitting converted over too ?)

     

    this older thread had some good info about yan xin qi gong

    Thread Here

     

    includes instructions for his qi gong

    i think there is also a link to his work "80 characters"

    franklin

    Thanks I used to have a copy ---I just ordered one--I will convert mine to cd as well----Hundun I am surprised at your post here--oh well---the chi from Master Yan Xin is fantastic.

  25. Posted

    You didnt make a point, you stated your opinion...which is basically derived from dissin the chocolate by looking at the wrapper.

    LOL well said Joeblast!!!!

     

    Hey can any of you guys tell how your energy and healing powers or whatever has improved form Kunlun??

    I dis everyday for several weeks but now just a few days aweek--i have a good practice doing now so i just do it when I feel like it