| What is meant by Reiki psychic attunement? How | | | | to make clear that while Reiki may awaken psychic |
| does it happen? How is it done? These are just a | | | | abilities in the receiver, the Reiki Energy, the |
| few questions that go through the mind of those | | | | attunement itself or Reiki practice as a whole is not |
| who first learn about this ancient healing art and its | | | | in any way a psychic phenomena since the |
| relationship to psychic abilities. This article will shed | | | | practitioner does not make use of his mind's power in |
| some light that will help answer those questions. | | | | the treatment session. Simply put, Reiki is often |
| A Simple Explanation | | | | compared to ESP, telepathy, and mind reading, but it |
| Let's start by explaining what an attunement is. The | | | | is something quite different in concept and execution. |
| word attunement comes from "in tune" and this | | | | The term 'psychic' tends to be associated to |
| refers to manipulating the energy to fine-tune or | | | | horoscopes, divination, future tellers, and even the |
| bring into balance the patient's spirit, emotions, | | | | obscure, but this association doesn't reflect the truth. |
| feelings, mental processes, and physical body to | | | | The word psychic comes from a Greek root that |
| create synchrony within and oneness with Life Force | | | | means "the mind of the soul." It basically refers to |
| as a whole. | | | | the perception of information without the use of the |
| This procedure may also help in the opening and | | | | readily available and well known five senses. In this |
| expanding of the patient's innate psychic abilities. | | | | sense, we are all psychic, even though some of us |
| Some advocates of Reiki emphasize that it assists in | | | | may have our psychic sense more or less developed |
| clearing the concerns that tend to clog the spiritual, | | | | than others. |
| mental, emotional, and physical bodies which are the | | | | On the other hand, Reiki is the word used in |
| cause of turmoil and disease. Moreover, the | | | | describing the Life Force Energy that encompasses |
| attunement process brings about the healing energies | | | | every living creature. "Life force" may exist through |
| from the Life Force Energy into the being. | | | | different terms and names in various cultures and |
| Although Life Force Energy is around us at all times, | | | | countries but the entire concept remains the same: |
| not every person can easily access and absorb it into | | | | it's the energy that encompasses all. |
| their system because if the chakras are out of | | | | Thus, the practitioners of Reiki are not in any way |
| balance, the blocks prevent the energy to be | | | | psychic, so to say. They are people who have gone |
| absorbed and utilized properly. | | | | through rigorous training in expanding their knowledge |
| During the course of the attunement process, all of | | | | about life and Life Force Energy in general. They |
| the metaphysical and universal laws as well as the | | | | have also learned how the human physical body |
| Law of Similarity and the Law of Correspondence are | | | | works from the physiological standpoint, as well as |
| called for. The Law of Similarity states that if a | | | | how it responds to the energy around. |
| person, object, event or condition bears any | | | | Therefore, even though people refer to Reiki |
| resemblance or similarity -like color, shape, action, | | | | treatment as Reiki psychic attunement, it is important |
| etc.- to those of the patient, it can be used for | | | | to understand that it does not fall under the |
| healing purposes as if it were the person or condition | | | | category called psychic phenomena. During an |
| itself. And the Law of Correspondence states that | | | | attunement session, the healer senses the illness or |
| every component of a system retains its own | | | | pain when they feel warmth or vibration over one |
| characteristics but also takes on the characteristics | | | | area of the patient's body while they touch or pass |
| of the system as a whole, much like a holographic | | | | their hands over it. Through the attunement they can |
| image in which each piece is composed of the total | | | | readily channel Life Force Energy to the ill area to aid |
| sum of its parts. | | | | in the balance of energy of that particular region, |
| These concepts are widely used in distant healing, for | | | | organ or system. |
| example, a photo of the patient is similar to and | | | | This in turn brings about healing. All the energy |
| corresponds to the patient himself. | | | | channeling is done just with the use of their bare |
| Besides Usui Reiki, other modalities like Tibetan and | | | | hands, and no psychic phenomena takes place. |
| Karuna Reiki are used by many Masters to perform | | | | Not too long ago, Western Medicine was reluctant to |
| distance healing with symbols. This aids in sending the | | | | accept Reiki as a valuable means to restore health. |
| energy across space and time. As a general rule, the | | | | Fortunately, as time passes and results become |
| experience that is present when the attunement is | | | | impossible to deny, Reiki therapy is gaining popularity |
| performed requires no body of belief, faith or religion | | | | and rapidly becoming a more accepted source as an |
| for it to work. Also, one attunement can last for a | | | | alternative methodology of complementary medicine. |
| lifetime or several may be needed according to each | | | | Reiki is also being referred to as "Energy Medicine" or |
| individual circumstance. | | | | "Healing Touch Medicine." After all, the power of |
| Reiki and Psychic Ability - Clearing the Misconception | | | | touch has proved helpful and effective many times |
| The name psychic attunement is often utilized to | | | | and with several conditions, which will only continue |
| describe the process when a Reiki student or patient | | | | to aid in the recognizing and accepting Reiki as a real |
| is being harmonized with Reiki Energy. It's important | | | | and valuable healing method. |