Comments on: Reiki Is Not a Word

By: Silvio Alves

Silvio Alves — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:25:09 +0000

Pamella,

When I first saw the kanji for Reiki and later the symbols I had an insight: I realized that I would have to be capable of a conscious jump to get just a glimpse of the true meaning of them because the language spoken and written by a people is alike its own soul. I’m not Japanese nor Chinese, I know I have to do an effort to get over the cultural barrier between East and West. I think the only way is continue looking for knowledge and to meditate much about it. As you said “Words define; pictograms suggest.”

By: Rose

Rose — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:06:02 +0000

Pamela, I think this is very valuable information. We don’t realize how important it is to engage both hemispheres of the brain. That’s why I think it’s so valuable to “draw” the symbols in the air or on the palms while saying them before sending reiki. It engages the whole being so much more than simply saying the “word” reiki.

By: Pamela Miles

Pamela Miles — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:09:07 +0000

Michelle, my goal in writing this was not to define "Reiki," but rather to move people away from a formulaic response to something that as Reiki practitioners, we would best be contemplating on a regular basis. I share some thoughts in responses to other comments to this article. You might also read Toward a More Plausible Reiki Model.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:09:20 +0000

Hi Pamela,

The title says ‘Reiki is not a word’ but you didn’t actually go on in the article to explain what you consider Reiki to be. I’ve only done first level, so I’m quite new and I enjoy learning about other people’s thoughts on the matter. I was hoping to learn more of your thoughts on what Reiki is (in your opinion), instead the article seems to go on about people who have taken a comment out of context.

Do you have another article where you explain your understanding of Reiki or could you either do one or point to where I might find one that says what seems right to you?

By: Pamela Miles

Pamela Miles — Sat, 14 May 2011 13:12:18 +0000

Patty, what if instead of coming from Source, Reiki is Source? How would that change your understanding?

By: Patty

Patty — Sat, 14 May 2011 12:10:42 +0000

I am a teacher of not only Reiki but of Tai Chi and QiQong. Therefore, I am very used to working with ULFE (I don’t ever use that abbreviation) – Chi or KI. So I have experience of working with energy in these very different forms . I personally feel that Reiki energy is Divine Life For Energy (DLFE) not just ULFE. That Reiki comes from the source of the Divine, whatever Divine means to you. That is what I teach my students and that is what I tell my clients or anyone else who I talk to about energy.

Yes, ULFE comes from the Divine also, but as somone else said, Reik is love. Love from Source, Divine Mind, Infinite Intelligence, whatever you want to call it.

By: Healing Mudras

Healing Mudras — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:46:54 +0000

Japanese as chinese and coreans are based on ideograms…(pictograms is not adequate, ideograms is the correct ‘wording’ to label concepts that are written with a meaning. To get a label, one must connect two concepts…. for instance, to write home: one must draw a sleeping pig under a roof…. that is the ideogram for Home comprising of the ideograms for Pig and the one for roof.

So Reiki, is a label for a spiritual energy… where Ki is the ideogram used to express the idea, the concept of spirit and mind. and many more…. the trail is indeed very long. and reiki remains pure and simple, powerful and intuitive, subtle and interstitial…
Love and gratitude.
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By: Pamela Miles

Pamela Miles — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:08:54 +0000

No, it’s not neither a force nor an energy. It’s a fully conscious state. I think Mrs. Takata was just doing the best she could in terms of translating, since there really is no English equivalent.

By: Peggy Phillips

Peggy Phillips — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:14:27 +0000

Do you feel that Universal Life Force Energy is also a name for this all-pervasive source state?

By: Pamela Miles

Pamela Miles — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:41:14 +0000

Primodial consciousness, Oneness, Great Mystery, Tao, Reiki, are all names for the same all-pervasive source state, Peggy.

I encourage you to take the Usui Virtual Retreat that’s offered on my website (scroll all the way up and click homepage on the left). It’s free and you can pace yourself. It will deepen your practice and the contemplations will deepen your understanding.