What is the history of traditional Usui Reiki?
Traditional Reiki as it is practiced today was rediscovered in the 1880s by Mikao Usui. He undertook a long journey across the globe, and for many years endeavored to discover the healing method used by Jesus and Buddha. In an attempt to discover this healing method, he is said to have traveled from Japan to America, and then back to Japan, to study in a Zen Buddhist monastery. It was here that he read texts describing the ancient healing formula, written in Sanskrit. Although he had read the formula, it was only after meditating and fasting for 21 days that he had an enlightening experience in which he saw the symbols to be used and understood how to apply the formula that he had read about in the ancient texts. He then embarked on a journey of healing and teaching throughout Japan.
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