So you don't think that the 'secrecy' has anything to do with the $10,000 Takata used to charge for each level?

Hello all:

I share the opinion that Reiki Symbols are note essential to reiki practice. But as Usui had students who needed the symbols to focus, we, in the present, have a western society that, by the characteristics of living, makes sometimes very difficult the process of focus. So I think that, in the early stages in level 2, symbols are clearly very important to help people improve their focus in the practice. In advanced stages, it's normal that a person feels no need of the symbols, although I must say that I personally like to drawn them in the air...makes me feel very good.

Namaste

Paulo

I my little opinion i think that always "secrecy" in any healing modality has to do with money. I know the symbols of reiki before my Master give it to me. And i try to use it, and i not feel nothig. When i go to a Reiki master to teach me. When he attune me to second level, and i use it i feel the difference.
I just keep it hidden when i give reiki to someone that i know he or she could feel rare about it. Then i draw it mentally.

Love

Two years after her death, some of Mrs. Takata's masters met as a memorial to Mrs. Takata and to share information. They formed the Reiki Alliance at that time, an under the leadership of Mrs. Takata's granddaughter, Mrs. Phyllis Furumoto. The Alliance claims to represent "Traditional" Reiki. Its practices represent the Hayashi-Takata lineage (Not the Usui techniques). Mrs. Furumoto went from forming the Alliance to calling herself "Grandmaster" of Reiki and later claimed the "Spiritual" Lineage holder. The Alliance maintains a requirement that the master level should cost Ten Thousand US Dollars. An attempt was made by the Alliance in 1997 to trademark the name "Reiki" and Usui Shiki Ryoho, which failed in most countries.

Meanwhile, Barbara Weber Ray also claimed the title of "Grandmaster" and claimed to have the "original Reiki." Eventually, she changed the name of the process she taught to "Radiance Technique"

The title of Grandmaster has been reserved in traditional Usui Reiki for the pioneers who are responsible for bringing Reiki into the world. It is a title of honor and respect for those whose efforts made Reiki available to so many. These include Mikao Usui, Chujiro Hayashi, and Hawayo Takata.
Unlike traditional martial arts, which bestows the title Grandmaster to a Master who has elevated another Master - at which point HIS Master becomes a Great-Grandmaster, traditional Usui Reiki as taught and practiced in the West and throughout the world does not have that tradition.

The school in Japan (Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai) has no Grandmaster - it is a western title, not a title used in Japanese Reiki. The head of the school is called the Chairperson.

The general perception in Usui Reiki is that the reason that Mrs. Takata didn't name a successor was because she realized that Reiki should not belong to anyone.


You can find this information on Reiki.com

Gentle Hugs,

Julie

hi, i completely agree with GEM.