Homely Treatment

Why do I need an attunement or start to healing energy? or “If this is worldwide life power that is available to all why do I need to come to a Reiki class and take delivery of a special start?” I would like to address these questions. I am going to center on the word initiation as I feel that when you take delivery of an attunement to the Reiki energy you are being initiated into the energy.

In the “Oxford English Dictionary” initiation is described as “the action of beginning, entering upon, or starting something.” It is also distinct as “formal introduction by preliminary instruction or first rite into some position, office, or society, or information of or payment in some principles or observances- therefore – admission to the knowledge of instruction in the elements of any subject or practice.” This definition accurately explains my perception of an initiation.

I am sure that there are those who worked with energy work much longer than I had when they took their first Reiki class. They may question why it is necessary to be initiate into something that they believed by now existed within them. I would have two responses to them. Would the neophyte believe in this natural gift from Spirit of healing self and others with no the ritual? Secondly, as the “Oxford Dictionary” indicates, beginning is also “admission to the knowledge or instruction in the rudiments of any subject or practice.” Is this not the process that Dr. Usui went through when he received the Reiki keys to healing from bravery?

As a teacher I have seen my students many reactions to the procedure of receiving an initiation. In varying degrees each student has been touched in some special way by Spirit. Initiations are a part of the process of reconnection to Spirit and a beginning of a new or rehabilitated walk down the path of life. Many doors are opened in this hallowed ritual. If you hold conventional an attunement to Reiki, remember back to the feelings you had throughout your special ceremony and connection to Reiki. If you are thinking about attractive a Reiki class, then know that the remedial energies that you were born with will only expand as Reiki begins to flow through your body, soul, and spirit. Blessings on your trip.