THE HISTORY OF REIKI According to the knowledge of mainstream Reiki Practitioners, the history of Reiki prior to World War 2 has been passed-on from only verbal stories with little or no hand evidence of its origins. Reiki was discovered by Dr. Usui in the late 1800s who studied Buddhist writings for years at a monastery in the orient. Throughout Japan, he toured many temples seeking knowledge of how the Buddha had healed. He found Sanskrit writings from India (or perhaps Tibet). Some suggest he found the Sutras to invoke the Medicine Buddha After years of study he had come to an understanding that to go further required in-depth meditation. He declared to the monks of his monastery his intention to fast and meditate for 21 days at a nearby mountain and that if he did not come back they should come and get his body. On the 20th day, nothing had come as yet, and whilst saying (well this is it, I get the answer tonight or I do not). In the night on the horizon, he could see a ball of light coming towards him. The first instinct was to get out of the way, but he realized this might be just what he was waiting ~or, so he allowed it to hit him right in the forehead. As it -struck him he was taken on a journey in which the symbols of Reiki, the very same symbols in the Tibetan writings he was studying but now he had a total understanding of their meaning. From the moment of this experience he was able to heal in such ways that were known as miracles. To learn more please visit: www.ReikiSeichemHealing.com