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The chakras - what are they and what is their function?

We learned long ago that the seven colors of the rainbow are according to the fictitious Roy G. Biv - a way to remember the colors of the rainbow. The are always the same: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

Refresher: Isaac Newton discovered that white light (Sunlight) is dispersed by a prism into the colors of the rainbow

The colors at the blue-violet end are higher in frequency and also of higher energy. At the very least, rainbows are visual treats that are pleasing to the eye and to the soul

Have you seen a rainbow when you are in an airplane? It is quite different and circular.
Download and enjoy the program Brainsounds Of the Pacific (visualization) here: http://johnlturner.com/index.php/brainsounds.html and experience a Hawaiian visualization journey through rainforests, waterfalls and rainbows and learn which color is closest to your head as you watch the rainbow arch through the sky.

There is a connection to the Reiki attunements and the "violet breath" used in the process.

The seven chakras of the human auric field are each associated with a color of the rainbow:

And from top to bottom are the crown, forehead (third eye), throat, heart, solar plexus, sacral and base or root chakra. These are known as the major chakras and they are located where lines of light cross each other twenty-one times. There are twenty-one minor chakras located at points where "energy strands" cross fourteen times.

Each of the seven major chakras is paired - one in front of the body and one on the back of the body. An excellent description if found in Barbara Brennan's Hands Of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field.

With Reiki, the chakras can be balanced and much of reiki's healing is directed to this goal - adjusting the energy field of the body.

Consider the chakras as locations where energy can exchange with the human auric field. An "opening" of a chakra is felt to increase the energy flow, a flow stream with the universal energy source. Blocking of this flow is felt to lead to dis-ease.

Qi Gong is something that you can learn and practice yourself to direct the flow of Qi (Ki or Chi) and distribute healing energy, unblock chakras and so forth.

I will leave the remainder of Johrei and Reiki for you to research as I want to move on to Qi Gong and acupuncture, methods of redirecting Qi or universal energy. When you have this done properly, you will experience that state of being that we all strive to reach. Here is ONE who WON and is experiencing it now:

Peace,

JT

The torii is a traditional Japanese gate found at the entrance of Shinto temples and sometimes at Buddhist temples. The top crossbar is called the kasagi and the horizontal bar below it, the nuki.

I am not sure of how the torii came to Japan. Theories include an origin in India, Korea or perhaps, designed simply as a perch for birds, as birds were considered to be Shinto messengers of the gods. At any rate, the torii marks the entrance to a sacred site.

Dr. Usui was near Kyoto (the gate pictured above is in Kyoto) when the Reiki symbols for healing came to him on Kurama Mountain.

 Reiki

This is not one of the sacred symbols used in Reiki, but it is the two-part Japanese kanji for Reiki.

The most accepted definition for rei is "universal." Ki is the "energy of life." I think of Reiki as universal life energy.

One has to be careful as a plethora of Reiki training offers abound. I saw a DVD that promised Reiki Master Training for $17.00. Perhaps Mrs. Takata's idea of charging $10,000 would have prevented this?

If what follows interests you, my suggestion is to seek training from an apple that had not fallen far from the tree. I suggest William Rand of www.reiki.org or one of his students.

The first training is given over a two -day period and begins includes Reiki I and Reiki II training, enough to allow a student to practice (and charge for) Reiki treatments.

The student is taught the position of the hands to be used in Reiki healing and instruction in using Reiki for specific conditions. The three symbols of Reiki II are given to the student with attunements which are the empowerment felt necessary to properly use the symbols with healing. The symbols are traced (in air) on the palms, over the client, over portions of the treatment room. The exact methodology and purported mechanism of action are taught in the two-day course.

Sound mystical? Yes, it is, just enough to be interesting.

Reiki Master training can be done (and if you learn under Mr. Rand) after a period of at least six months during which the student learns to properly administer Reiki to clients. On the master level, additional Reiki attunements are given and the master-level practitioner will have a total of six sacred symbols to utilize.

Now the question:

How does Reiki (and for that matter Johrei) perform the work of healing?

Is there truly a universal energy that one can tap into and use to heal?

The mystical symbols that came to Dr. Usui, and the spiritual light that came to Mr. Okada, are these figments of a great imagination and these people some of the great con artists in history?
Or, do they really work.

Both Johrei and Reiki are open to anyone with interest at a charge that is not prohibitive. In this manner, you can treat with Reiki and see for yourself. With Reiki, it is advised to make it clear that Reiki is found useful for relaxation. I had an advantage with both Johrei and Reiki in that I could, as a medical doctor, make a diagnosis, administer energy treatments and add standard Western medical treatment when indicated. I was able to see the results of both which brings me back to the question of the highest form of giving.

Both Reiki and Johrei involve transmission of energy from the hands to the body of a person suffering from dis-ease.

In effect, you are truly giving to the person in need, giving of your time and of your expertise.

In Johrei, like example A, the "energy" is transmitted unaltered. With Reiki, there is some intention to heal added to the giving as in case B.

The Kabbalah would suggest that Johrei is more effective.

In either method, you will be able to use your hands to heal by hands on application (Reiki) or at a distance (taught in both Johrei and Reiki), and see for yourself which has the greater effect. Or, why not have both available in your healing armamentarium?

Studies have been done with sham Reiki and sham Johrei. In the first case, the hands were used to hold laboratory rats, and those who had training "Reiki hands" did better with the rat's ailments than those who pretended to give Reiki.

In a similar fashion, studies have been done on Johrei given with and without the channeler wearing the o-hikari amulet.

In both cases, the person who had the ability to heal with Reiki or Johrei, showed statistically significant healing results.

In my planned book on energy healing, I will go in great depth with Qi Gong, Reiki, Johrei and Acupuncture. My purpose here is to give a brief introduction to energy healing modalities as they may be unfamiliar to you.

Next, I will discuss an energy system that was never mentioned in medical school, never taught in residency programs and that half of you have some familiarity with, and for others, this may be new and at first, baffling material.

I will begin with the chakra energy system - the seven centers of spiritual energy in the human body, and how knowledge of the chakras are utilized with Reiki training.

 Namaste!