After reading some of the recent posts I wondered what everyone's ideas are on reiki 'attunements'?

It seems generally accepted that the 'attunement' empowers the student to channel reiki? But can we channel reiki without being attuned?

Do they have to be carried out in person, or can long distance attunements work just as well? Can multiple attunements to a group of people work?

How were you 'attuned' to reiki? What did it feel like? Did you enjoy it? Do you feel it worked?

What about self-attunement? How, and why?

Any ideas or views or opinions?

Well let's see now. I believe we can channel healing energy but I don't know if it's technically reiki without the attunement. I was stopped by a woman one day in Madison Park. She had noticed I was limping and asked if she could help by placing her hands on the injured area. I asked if it was reiki or another related discipline and she replied, no, it was just something she did naturally. I figured what the heck, let her procede for five minutes, and viola the pain was gone. Soooo, no attunements according to her but more effective than anyone I've come across.
I've had attunements in person and over the internet (Shadow Wolf, Sasala). Wolf's was intense,a very large group effort, and I could really feel it from 1300 miles away. Sasala's was the strongest I've ever experienced, in person or otherwise, and almost knocked me out of my chair. This one was from the Lakota Rez in North Dakota and I was NYC, pretty far, no? The in person attunements have ranged from intense, like I was on fire (Laurie Grant) to soft, warm with various experiential degrees in between.
So, distant/in person, some were groups large to small, some were individual and all were effective.
Whoops, look at the time, gotta run......

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No disrespect intended but this flummoxes me a bit that individuals in the energy healing realm tend to talk about energies as if they were products. I mean with all the branding that has been going on and the bit of a 'showdown' that happened a decade or two ago when some of the 'traditionalists' took upon themselves to restore 'purity' (according to them) on the Reiki scene and to denigerate some of the bold literature that began to flow into the public domain which essentially was a revolt against the secrecy and high attunement fees that had been going on unchallenged for Lord knows how long! Of course now we all know the history and how it shaped up or out!!

Anyway, I find it a bit incredible that individuals go for so many trainings and attunements and re-attunements! One may almost feel as if some of the attunements do not 'stick' or become weak over time or whatever.

Incredible stuff!

Now, I realize this is Reiki board so we have to come up with some topics and sharing of responses and create variety and more discussions so that the patrons of the forum remain engaged and interested.

I have had hands on and distance attunements and I have also had one experience which happened to be during my R-I (the very first attunement I ever had, formally) which was very interesting. It was during the 'dragon breath' step and in our group we had a student who also had cancer and afterwards she asked aloud if a hollow reed or bamboo was used! The teacher made up something and it was interesting to quickly note the smiles that flashed on the entire group's faces! We all were onto the same thought -- the best description of attunement (in tune with!) and we all came back the next day. The little touch of real worldly 'procedure' did not phase out our interest or belief in our intent to learn Reiki :-)

That night, my feet and ankles became really hot and stayed so for a long period as I meditated. I did not have any neuropathy or neuritis etc, or B deficiency etc, let me assure you all. Many months later I ran into a Reiki Master (K.S. from Colorado) who told me that she always attuned her students' feet. This was not done in our group, by the way by our teacher, but 'someone else' made sure that the process was taken care of! And there was an interesting couple of incidents around feet! When practicing healing on each other, one lady (the same one with cancer) tried to avoid taking of her shoes (talk about motivation and commitment!) and the person who was giving Reiki was so kind and gentle and was ready to accommodate that. The teacher stepped in and made her remove her shoes, of course. There were a couple of other 'feet' experiences additionally :-)

And then there was the unfolding and added details with each level attunement that clarified the purple fountain that led to clarity ...

Anyway, I have bored you folks enough!

Rohiniranjan




[quote="Spiritboxer"][quote="Gem"]After reading some of the recent posts I wondered what everyone's ideas are on reiki 'attunements'?

It seems generally accepted that the 'attunement' empowers the student to channel reiki? But can we channel reiki without being attuned?

Do they have to be carried out in person, or can long distance attunements work just as well? Can multiple attunements to a group of people work?

How were you 'attuned' to reiki? What did it feel like? Did you enjoy it? Do you feel it worked?

What about self-attunement? How, and why?[/quote]

Well let's see now. I believe we can channel healing energy but I don't know if it's technically reiki without the attunement. I was stopped by a woman one day in Madison Park. She had noticed I was limping and asked if she could help by placing her hands on the injured area. I asked if it was reiki or another related discipline and she replied, no, it was just something she did naturally. I figured what the heck, let her procede for five minutes, and viola the pain was gone. Soooo, no attunements according to her but more effective than anyone I've come across.
I've had attunements in person and over the internet (Shadow Wolf, Sasala). Wolf's was intense,a very large group effort, and I could really feel it from 1300 miles away. Sasala's was the strongest I've ever experienced, in person or otherwise, and almost knocked me out of my chair. This one was from the Lakota Rez in North Dakota and I was NYC, pretty far, no? The in person attunements have ranged from intense, like I was on fire (Laurie Grant) to soft, warm with various experiential degrees in between.
So, distant/in person, some were groups large to small, some were individual and all were effective.
Whoops, look at the time, gotta run......

Any ideas or views or opinions?[/quote][/quote]

It's gratifying to know that I can still flummox folks, that's just flat out fun. Anyway, I continued to study reiki after my initial master attunement because I needed to learn more and the fact that these studies came with further attunements was incidental. There is a school of thought that attunements are addictive but I like to think my need to know transcends this. For example through further study, it came to mind that reiki was more an alchemical system than anything else, transformation of the self, much like what was taught in Europe back in the day. Also it seemed that during Dr Usui's searches through scriptures in Buddhist monastaries he may have come across a copy of the lotus sutra and I believe reiki is derived from this sutra having studied it offhand for the last 25 years or so. I also came to the conclusion that the sutra was a living entity, an exercise in oneness and the essence of Shakyamuni himself. Now I'm not presenting any of this as fact but as things that seem to make sense to me. Amazing what you can dig up when you continue to delve, *I* can never leave well enough alone it seems, I just *have* to know.
I started in the martial arts back in 1964 btw and learned the Dragon's Breath back then, sen chin breathing IIRC. It also amazed me that the kanji or hand positions in reiki were derived from a ninja school called Nine Hands Cutting and in both cases were used to draw and harness energy. I'm sure they go back farther but what the heck! I got involved with reiki because I somehow got the notion that in order to become complete in the art I had to study a healing discipline. I'm not sure where this came from, perhaps I read it somewhere or got it from someone I studied with. I'm not quite sure why it would be surprising that someone would continue to study but hey, different strokes for different folks. We all have our paths to walk and I wouldn't think to criticize someone elses, I know better thank goodness. Now again, I'm not presenting any of this as fact, just how things seem to me. I'm sure everyone will come to their own conclusions in time, me, I have a ways to go but I'd like to think I'm traveling my way with grace and beauty. I guess this is enough for now as it's after one in the morning. I'd like to attend the ballet tonight if I'm up to it as the ABT is dancing Romeo and Juliet at the Met.
And so, I remain In Light,
Vajrapani

Hello Everyone,

I love these questions!!

I am a Reiki MT and have had many experiences.

I believe distant and in person attunments have their purpose but neither is better then the other.  If we believe we can send distant Reiki to those in need then why not be able to receive a distant attunment?

I have had several experiences of healing energy from people that have not been attuned at all!!  These people are gifted with the knowledge that we are all healers and can pull the healing energy from the Universe as needed.  It is natural for them.

Bright Blessings,
Breena