Properties of Reiki 1. Flows wherever needed at whatever frequencies are needed. Does not need to be directed by the healer. It still helps to cover every major area of the body, however. Some areas may be more anxious to intercept it than others. 2. Works on all subtle bodies (etheric, astral, mental, causal) 3. Neither depletes healer's personal energy nor becomes influenced by healer's energy. In fact, it heals the healer and the healee. 4. Guided by a higher intelligence in the transpersonal realm. 5. Clears energy congestion and depletion automatically without using separate techniques. 6. “Negative Entropy” - Entropy is the tendency of breakdown in dynamic systems. Negative Entropy is the evolutionary tendency toward higher order and coherence (the basis of the immune system as well as spiritual growth). 7. Protects the healer from taking on client's symptoms. This guarantee's safety. Sympathetic information may be experienced, however. Acknowledge it as useful information which supports the healing. It is not your energy. 8. No giver or receiver. Reiki treats both people. 9. You can get it running, then no concentration is necessary. However, if you meditate on the Reiki consciousness in your hands, then you become more sensitive to Reiki in the shortterm and the longterm. You also become more intuitive and responsive to the immediate needs of the client. 10. The “strength” of Reiki increases the more you practice. Reiki clears the healer's circuitry gradually, like a river. 11. Reiki knows no distance. It operates in a place where all is one. 12. Reiki can be transferred by laying-on-of-hands, an intermediary such as water, cotton, and birthday presents, or through distance healing (level 2). 13. Giver and receiver both slip into an alpha brainwave state during a treatment. The main indicator is a sudden deepening of breath. 14. No skill is required to practice Reiki. Initiation clears the way. 15. Reiki never blows the subtle circuits of the bodymind system. The body absorbs what it needs at any given time. Therefore, there are no time limits for treatments. You may notice a tapering in the sensations of the hands when one part of the body absorbs all it needs. 16. The more Reiki a body part “drinks”, the more sensation in the hands (heat, cold, numbness, tingling, itching, etc...). You want to spend more time in those areas. 17. You do not need to feel Reiki for it to work. It will flow regardless. To sensitize yourself, meditate on the sensation in your hands during treatments. 18. Reiki becomes a foolproof system of mediation when you meditate on the feelings in the hands during self treatment or clinical treatment. When thoughts come up, acknowledge them, let them pass through you like clouds in the sky, then bring attention back to the hands. Be the loving observer rather than the tyrant who chases away thoughts.
