Origin of reiki – An eye-opening journey of Dr. Mikao Usui.

Dr. Mikao Usui’s story – the foundation of reiki.

In the end, Dr. Usui met a monk of the Buddhist monastery who encouraged Dr. Usui and said that if Mahatma Buddha could cure someone’s disease by touch, then any person can do this work. Dr. Usui became very excited and started reading Buddhist philosophy. Despite hard work and day and night study, he did not get any success. With his curiosity, he went to China, learned the Chinese language, and studied many scriptures, and also met many mandarins. But he was disappointed there also. He went to Tibet from there and studied in Buddhist monasteries there. He came to India and learned Hindi, Sanskrit languages. During the study of a book titled “Padma Sutra” and “Vigyana Bhairava Tantra”, he saw some hope. Dr. Usui extracted some formulas from this book and left for Japan.

Dr. Usui decided to do spiritual practice by going to a mountain called Kuriyama, 17 miles from the city of Kyoto, Japan. Upon reaching the mountain, he chose a suitable place and sat in the austerity of 21

days. Since they had neither a calendar nor a watch, they put 21 stones in their bag for a count of 21 days. Turning eastward, Dr. Miko Usui started penance by sitting in a state of samadhi. He was completely immersed in this practice. As soon as the penance of one day was over, he used to throw stones out of one of their bags. This sequence continued for twenty days but he did not feel any kind. Dr. Miko Usui’s body was completely weakened by hunger and thirst and he started seeing death. The 21st day was still left, so he did not give up and he remained steadfast in his penance even for the last day.

Last day during the austerity, Dr. Mikao Usui saw a bright light from the east direction coming towards him. He was terrified and could not understand what to do. He tried to get up from there but could not get up due to physical weakness. As if he was feeling death and then that white light beam Dr. Mikao Usui’s forehead hit the command cycle. Dr. Mika Usui became furious due to the excess of this light, but he was getting a sense of wisdom from some strange person. He felt as if he is wrapped in a sheet of light like a white light and like a colorful rainbow, the light is spreading all around.

Dr. Mika Usui remained in a state of semi-consciousness for quite some time. It was noon when he regained consciousness. He was quite weak when he was unconscious, but at this time when he tried to get up, he felt that a strange feeling came in him and new energy started to be felt in the body. He stood up very easily and started coming down the mountain. This was the first miracle of his life. Due to this miracle, he was very happy and was eager to share his success with the Buddhist monastery. He started descending rapidly down the mountain, but then his foot hit a stone and his right foot’s thumb hurt and started bleeding. His hand automatically moved towards the torn limb and the blood stopped when touched by the palm. The pain often disappeared within a few moments. This incident was the second miraculous event in his life.

Dr. Miko Usui had not eaten anything for the last 21 days, so he was hungry. Descending the hill, he saw a simple Dhaba (mini Restaurant) in front. He sat in that Dhaba and ordered to bring a lot of food for himself. The old owner of the Dhaba did not accept his order by looking at his face that this person was hungry for the last several days and he gave Dr. Mika Usui is advised to take a liquid food that is absolutely light. But Dr. Mako Usui did not accept his advice and repeated the order to bring complete food for himself.

The granddaughter of the owner of that dhaba served food. Both his cheeks were swollen seeing Dr. Mika Usui asked her, she came to know that there is a pain in the teeth due to which her gums and cheeks have become full and since her parents are poor, it is not possible to go to the city and treat her. Dr. Mikko Usui took his permission and placed his palms on both her cheeks. After some time when Dr. Mika Usui removed her hand from the cheek and was surprised that the swelling of her cheeks had ended and her pain had also reduced. This was the third miraculous event in his life. After that Dr. Miko Usui ate a lot of food without any trouble. This was also a surprising thing for him. Now Dr. Usui was convinced that as a result of almost fifteen years of research and twenty-one days of meditation, he has received this method of treatment without medicine, which was later known as Reiki.

Reaching Kyoto city Dr. Mikao Usui met the Buddhist monastery. The monks were also suffering from many diseases and they had great difficulties even while walking. Dr. Miko Usui treated those by touch and within a few days, they became completely healthy. Looking at all this, Dr. Miko Usui realized that there was a power that he was waiting for. He became convinced that he could infuse disease by touching anyone.