After receiving my certification in Reiki II, I wanted to gain a better understanding of where Reiki comes from and how it works together with the other energies of the body. I could feel this amazing energy flowing from my hands into other people, but I wanted to know how it was having such a profound effect on people. I found my answer in The Spirit of Reiki, in chapter 7, written by Walter Lubeck. Here is a summary and my interpretation of how all the energies of the body interrelate and why Reiki is so effective.

In the Japanese language, the word "ki", is the general term to describe all of the life energies. What I discovered is that there are 7 different forms of ki that work to together as a system to regulate the mind and body. These 7 energies build upon each other, each containing different aspects of control and power. The seven energies are as follows.

1. Kekki
2. Shioke
3. Mizuke
4. Kuki
5. Denki
6. Jiki
7. Reiki

Kekki has the greatest power but the least amount of ability to organize. At the other end, Reiki has the greatest ability to organize, but a limited ability to directly effect without the lower level energies. Think of it as the lower energies being all of the workers on the production floor and the Reiki being the management. The workers are greater in numbers and power, but without organization and delegation from the management, your system would not work.

Here is a brief description of each individual energy.

1. Kekki - nourishing strength
Kekki is akin to blood and is associated with the 1st chakra. It is the clay from which organs and tissues of the body are molded. In its pure form, it has no structure. It requires delegation from the higher energies. This energy is created through nourishment. Whether it be through food or human interaction, kekki is being created. When kekki is directed and formed into a new process, it is transformed into a higher energy. Kekki is the vital powering force of the body, but needs direction. It receives is direction from the following energy.

2. Shioke - binding structure
Shioke is the glue that holds the kekki together. Think of Kekki as the bricks and shioke as the mortar that keeps the bricks standing. Shioke energy is gathered from a sense of purpose. By accepting our earthly existence as meaningful, we give our structure a purpose to remain standing. If shioke is destroyed, the kekki contained within it is free to leave and nourish another structure. Shioke is also associated with the 1st chakra. In order to fulfill its purpose of existence, it requires meaningful interactions with other people (kekki). This is why people tend to surround themselves with like minded individuals, other people who live with a similar purpose.

3. Mizuke - energy of emotions and relationships
Mizuke allows us to come together as physical beings and experience emotions. It is considered the "ki of water" and is associated with the 2nd chakra. It is the force of relationships and devotion. This energy is created when we accept that we each contribute in our own creative way in the eternal dance of life. Consider Mizuke as the city planner. It takes the brick(kekki) and mortar(shioke) buildings and plots their locations where they can best serve one another. With out mizuke, the structures would become isolated as they are not mobile by themselves. Think of your life with out the help of your relationships with other people to move it along. In order for the relationships to become lasing, meaningful experiences, mizuke must be shown the way by kuki.

4 Kuki - self-fulfillment
Kuki is about growing and becoming conscious of the self. It is called the "ki of the gasses" and is associated with the 3rd chakra. This energy is created when we accept who we are and use our individuality to shape our lives. Kuki gives us the motivation to choose our path in life and experience who we are. It also keeps us on course when other people try to divert us from our path by creating boundaries. Kuki could be likened to the imaginary lines that divide cities and countries. Countries have different goals and sets of rules and in order to thrive they create boundaries so people living within them can establish a direction in which they all want to go. In order for the individual needs to be mutually beneficial to the collective, denki is needed.

5. Denki - considerate growth
As we are on our paths to self fulfillment, we need to be conscious of the other people around us who are trying to accomplish the same thing. Denki is an energy that brings consideration of others. It is called the "ki of thunder" and is associated with the 4th chakra. It is associated with thunder because after the initial fear of the loud "crack", a calming effect follows that allows us to act in an ethical and considerate manner. If we were to dismiss the thunder as harmless, we would not benefit from the full effect of denki. Many would call our initial reaction to the thunder fear, but that feeling comes from self-preservation, which comes from loving what we are. This is denki. We cultivate this energy when we realize that our own growth should not come at a cost to another being. Denki produces feelings of love, empathy, and tolerance. You can think of denki as the United Nations. The U.N.'s original intended purpose was to act as a governing body that would keep the peace between all developing nations. The next energy is needed to keep development from becoming stagnant by becoming to integrated with the community.

6. Jiki - the teacher
Jiki is the law of attraction in action. It is the force that magnetically pulls the people and situations into your life for your highest good and learning. We cultivate this energy by accepting the meaningful challenges that come from our lasting relationships and everyday situations. If we resist, we are working against jiki and we will be forced to repeat this lesson until we accept it, learn from it, and evolve. This is our only responsibility in this world. Trusting our inner teacher that pulls our lessons towards us over and over again. Jiki is associated with the 5th chakra and is called the "gathering force. As far as structures and governing bodies are concerned, the next step up from the U.N. is the universe. Jiki is the universe acting in mysterious ways to teach us lessons. For all of these energies there must be something that provides homeostasis or balance to the entire system, a controlling force on the highest level.

7. Reiki - spiritual power
Reiki is the energy that organizes all of the previous structures. It is translated to the "divine creative force" or the "source of all life". It aligns the inner child, middle, and higher self. It creates an order in which all 3 personalities are operating as one rather than working against each other. It is literally the God energy that has an understanding far beyond anything we can conceive. There are so many things going on in our bodies that keep us alive that we are not even consciously aware of. Where do you think that management is coming from? Our heart beats, cell production, breathing(at times), healing, the list goes on. Reiki is an aid to all these processes. It aligns our being and brings us closer to the Source. Reiki is associated with the 6th chakra.

* Reiki connects without binding
* Reiki stimulates without overexciting
* Reiki separates without causing isolation
* Reiki calms without causing rigidity
* Reiki directs our attention to life and love in the heart
* Reiki creates clarity without a lack of involvement
* Reiki wakes us up and supports the development of all latent potentials

After reading this material and writing about it, I have a far better understanding about how and why Reiki works. I hope whoever is reading this does as well.

Thanks for the info! (but why is it in the Politics forum?)

Please don't be offended by what I am going to say, as I have been involved in Reiki for many years and believe in all it has to offer. I know many "healers" as most of them like to be called.

I believe in the concept of Reiki but cringe every time I hear someone say they have a "certification" of a certain level or even the grand daddy of them all "Reiki Master"! [play triumphant music now] I just kinda feel like there are some new age teachers, not all but plenty, that are cashing in on teaching and doing "attumements". I don't begrudge them for making a buck for sharing their knowledge but I could just as well open a shop and start certifying people and honestly, as long as the people are happy there's no harm, no foul.

Much like the Karate dojos, there is no "real" certifying organization for Reiki and most of these certifications are just kind of "feel good" in nature. If you teacher did not charge you for your lessons and attunements then ignore what I am saying. Many charge and arm and a leg and milk as much as they can out of their students. Many start with clients of their psychic business telling the prospective student that they have untapped potential and then gleefully signing them up for personal classes. The student, upon mastering, becomes the teacher and it kinda cheapens (in my opinion) a great system of getting in tune with the energies within that every human SHOULD master.

Sorry... maybe I shouldn't post this. Hmmm. I guess what I'm trying to say is Reiki is great but I hope no one out there gets sucked into one of these New Age rackets. You may be suprised to find out that you can get the same knowledge from a book without Madame Zelda needing to attune you to "clear your aura" at $20 a pop.

I channel energy healing myself but it isn't Reiki. I honestly don't know what it is. A good friend of mine is a Reiki healer but comes to me for healing, though she has another friend who is a Reiki master. I can't lay claim to any deliberate action on my own part, no specific knowledge foundation, no special method. I just let it happen. I used to feel as though the ailment/disease/discomfort was being absorbed and 'processed'. Nowadays though it just happens with no further ado.

Various sensations may be felt by the recipient. They are usual experienced as great heat, extreme cold, or some form of electrical sensation. I only occasionally feel these things anymore, though.

Occasionally I see foods that will heal the person in question, or perhaps the story around their particular discomfort. I might see things that are causing their unwellness. It just depends. I leave myself open and I receive what comes.

Naturally, I do not charge for healing. It is a gift for all of us.

My wife is a "Reiki Master", and I have seen what Reiki can do.

As I understand it, when being attuned you are supposed to have a vision of a certain symbol... I could be wrong, but this is what I remember her telling me.

The question I have is: do Reiki practitioners already have an idea of what these symbols look like prior to the attunement, or is it something that is unveiled to them (mystically) during the process?

I don't ask my wife at the risk of offending her.

All the intellectual understanding in the world will not enable one to use the energies to heal.

Yet one can heal without understanding a thing.

Rieki comes from a humble, caring heart, humble enough to forget itself and its doubts, and simply open up as a channel for healing energies to pass through,
caring enough to be more concerned about the pain or problems of another than about anything else in the world.




My son learned to do hands-on healing in an instant when I was dying and he could not bear to let me go. A failing heart had left my body so waterlogged my lungs had filled with fluid and I had coughed until I could cough no more, and could no longer even try to breath, and knew it was my time.

However he could not handle this. He put his hand on my forehead and I felt energy pouring in through him like I'd never felt before. It was like a stream of liquid lightning. My lungs dried up, my fluid filled body suddenly changed, and I was able to breath once more.

Even now, after doing this, my son is split about it, as, on the one hand, he knows he did this, but on the other hand, he knows he couldn't do anything like this. However he now does healing without effort when it is needed.




Words are just a wank. We have no way to understand what happens in hands-on healing, it's just high-sounding speculation. But the phenomenon is real.

To learn Reiki, daydream holding a baby you love who needs your help. And daydream doing what most parents do just by instinct, pouring your love and caring into this child, giving it the reassurance it needs.

The world is our baby, needing this same loving and caring.

When you care enough, open your heart to the source, and ask if it would like to do you the honour of working through you. If the source agrees, you will know. If it doesn't, there is nothing wrong with stubbornly arguing and continuing to try. We are part of the source, and, as such, are parts of the infinite ourselves. As any fraction of the infinite is also infinite, we may bow down to the source, but have no obligation to, as we and the source are one.

So to understand the source, we must first understand ourselves, and free ourselves from being tyrannised by the mundane. We live within this simulation by choice, and are not always subject to the physical laws that appear to hold it together. As the source, we made those laws in order to experience a material dimension and interactions with (apparently) other beings. As the source, we can rise above those laws on occasion.


When Reiki is happening through you, your body will fill with energy, your spine will straighten, your head clear and your palms tingle. There is not even a need to touch the person, just be aware you and the patient are one. If you are really doing something, the patient will feel a warming or cooling, depending on what is appropriate, in the area being healed. Touching is helpful because it makes the patient more able to accept the energies being given through you.




The greatest honour on this Earth is to be given the opportunity to serve others. Reiki is just one more way to do this, and as such is on a par with cooking, cleaning and taking away the garbage. If you fancy yourself to be superior to the local garbos, Reiki is not for you, and you would be better being a modern drug-dealing doctor.

I just became a level 1 practitioner over the weekend..the way my RMT did it was, she charged for the materials(a book covering level 1 and 2), then asked for a donation for the class itself, whatever we could afford..I thought it was pretty fair, and, I have to say I think that becoming a practitioner and getting that attunement changed me on a fundamental level. I feel the reiki energy very strongly; I have no doubt that it's real and it works. the certs, yeah, I can see how some would be turned off by them; on the other hand, reiki lineage is important. certs let people know who you trained with, and who's lineage you're attached to, which I imagine is helpful for your credibility once you hit master level. I'll be with this RMT through master. She knows her stuff, and she isn't trying to rob people on the money.

Perhaps one day then, you will understand. Till then, know that we are all one. When you deny one, you deny all - including yourself. Love yourself better. Spread that love.

I've been healing this way for about seven years. I have regular customers who come to me every week. I have others who I see maybe a handful of times per year. Others come and go as their lives dictate. I do energy healing as our two souls agree. I utilize all modalities needed to provide healing. Because I use this daily when giving foot care, more and more people take contact soon afterward to express the fact that not only do their feet look and feel wonderful (many are very late in life and their toenails can be quite terrible to live with) but their mental/emotional status is noticeably better too.

Normally in my country, foot care costs about twice what we charge. Do they ever get all the rest too? Do they need it? I can and do provide for all those dear souls. I love all of them. Would you deny your relatives care because they don't have money? I truly hope not. But you would do that to a stranger? They are our relatives too. We're all one. If I judge you, I judge myself. I am not judging you nor anyone else, myself included. But I am attempting to show you the way forward. You may perceive this as judgment, but it is simply that you do not understand yet. I feel sure that you will though. I have great faith.

Money is not necessary. It is only a token to be used when there is nothing else to give. The primary currency we need now is Love. When you move only through love, every thought and motion becomes something else all together. It is pure. Practice this deliberate distribution of love. Forget symbols and tokens. Try to practice reiki next time with love instead of symbols. Take love in return for the service rendered.

Life is training. Feel your way through. LOVE your way through. This is all illusion anyway. Your "structure" doesn't really exist in the way you think it does. Along this line, look at physics having to be completely rewritten now because things don't work at all as we thought they did. It was just grasping at something to make sense to us, but it's really not as we've thought all along. lol And how about Big Pharma's discovery that placebos work more consistently and considerably better compared to their stellar products, plus the fact that some of their meds work even a bit predictably in some places and not at all in others locales. Placebos have no side effects. And how is it possible that the mental/emotional/physical status of the personnel handling those drugs has a dramatic effect on the drugs' effects? That isn't logical, is it? I assure you it makes perfect sense.

Open your mind. More importantly, open your heart.

Originally posted by CosmicEgg
Perhaps one day then, you will understand. Till then, know that we are all one. When you deny one, you deny all - including yourself. Love yourself better. Spread that love.

Actually, I understand now. I just disagree.

I've been healing this way for about seven years. I have regular customers who come to me every week. I have others who I see maybe a handful of times per year. Others come and go as their lives dictate. I do energy healing as our two souls agree. I utilize all modalities needed to provide healing. Because I use this daily when giving foot care, more and more people take contact soon afterward to express the fact that not only do their feet look and feel wonderful (many are very late in life and their toenails can be quite terrible to live with) but their mental/emotional status is noticeably better too.

Normally in my country, foot care costs about twice what we charge. Do they ever get all the rest too? Do they need it? I can and do provide for all those dear souls. I love all of them. Would you deny your relatives care because they don't have money? I truly hope not. But you would do that to a stranger? They are our relatives too. We're all one. If I judge you, I judge myself. I am not judging you nor anyone else, myself included. But I am attempting to show you the way forward. You may perceive this as judgment, but it is simply that you do not understand yet. I feel sure that you will though. I have great faith.

Money is not necessary. It is only a token to be used when there is nothing else to give. The primary currency we need now is Love. When you move only through love, every thought and motion becomes something else all together. It is pure. Practice this deliberate distribution of love. Forget symbols and tokens. Try to practice reiki next time with love instead of symbols. Take love in return for the service rendered.

Money is not necessary? tell that to my landlord.

Life is training. Feel your way through. LOVE your way through. This is all illusion anyway. Your "structure" doesn't really exist in the way you think it does. Along this line, look at physics having to be completely rewritten now because things don't work at all as we thought they did. It was just grasping at something to make sense to us, but it's really not as we've thought all along. lol And how about Big Pharma's discovery that placebos work more consistently and considerably better compared to their stellar products, plus the fact that some of their meds work even a bit predictably in some places and not at all in others locales. Placebos have no side effects. And how is it possible that the mental/emotional/physical status of the personnel handling those drugs has a dramatic effect on the drugs' effects? That isn't logical, is it? I assure you it makes perfect sense.

Open your mind. More importantly, open your heart.

Heart is Open, mind is open(otherwise I wouldn't be a reiki practitioner, now would I?), but, I'm able to see what the IDEAL world would be(the one you are apparently trying to live in) vs. the practical world around us. None of this is real, but, we live in a dimension where illusions ARE real. if you step in front of a train, it will hit you and kill you. if you don't pay your rent, you do get evicted, regardless of how much love there is in your heart..so, perhaps I am not as evolved as you, but, I'll keep balancing this world and the other world so I can get along in both. I've already seen how the universe responds to healers, it's already coming back to me, so I agree with you partially. however, still gotta eat and so on. love doesn't make cheeseburgers fall out of the sky ..just to be fair, though, I did a session for someone yesterday,again,just for the experience, and later that day, a friend of mine loaned me $200 AND gave me their spare car to drive for awhile(mine is gone and I live in L.A.), and I really needed both desperately. maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle

To each his own my friends.

Some charge money to pay rent, others do it for free...its all good. As long as you are healing and helping people whats the difference?