Allan Sweeney Reiki
For Allan Sweeney Reiki courses, please go to REIKI COURSES
‘Reiki - Just a Word’
Reiki Address to Japanese Masters and Senseis, Tokyo, 1998
In 1998 I was fortunate to be chosen from the world's Reiki Master's to address the first ever large gathering of Japanese Masters and Senseis in Tokyo. After came a lecture tour of Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto. I gave Western reiki teachings and attunements to well-known Japanese masters such as Hiroshi Doi and Tadao Yamaguchi. This address and my teachings were published extensively in Japan.
I obeyed a 7th level Reiki Mater (7 is top - there were only 10 in the world at that level) who said I should release information in the West slowly, to respect the Japanese system. Because I honoured the Japanese tradition of slow release of information, I did not release the information in English until seven years later.
‘Reiki - Just a Word
‘Thank you very much for giving me the honour of writing a message to all who practice Reiki in Japan. It is a great privilege to be invited to write this message for the first ever gathering of Reiki practitioners in your Japanese organisation. I pray that my English language style is acceptable to you.
Please receive the following message with my humble thanks, and highest prayers for the acceptance and expansion of Reiki in your government departments, medical establishments, and all relevant professional bodies. This address is titled, ‘Reiki – just a word’.
‘Reiki – just a word. Yet within that word is so much. It contains Heaven and Earth. Spirituality and materialism. Love and healing. The word ‘Reiki’ means so much. How can we describe it to others adequately? Would it mean more to them than just a word?
Perhaps it depends who we are talking to!
For example, in England, if we were talking to a doctor, we would say that no-one knows how Reiki works; but that studies done on chronic patients in doctors' surgeries show that healing can help 72% of the patients that doctors give up on. This study has been repeated with similar results. Most doctors hearing this information are impressed. If we had said anything else, perhaps Reiki would have been just a word.
If we were talking with a scientist, we would say that 155 worldwide experiments and studies on healing have been published in two volumes called ‘Healing Research’. Of the 155 experiments, 67 were of significant or highly significant value. This percentage of significance is very high. In fact, the percentage success is more than twice what is needed for a medicine to be prescribed or sold in England. Most scientists hearing this information are impressed. If we had said anything else, perhaps Reiki would have been just a word.
If we were talking with a priest, we would talk about Reiki's Unconditional Love, the God nature of the energy, how both healer and patient feel loved during and after a Reiki treatment. We would talk about the highest Rei of the Reiki, the energy that may come in as high as 7,200 cycles a second. We would say that if anyone reaches this 7,200 frequency in their energy body, they have a God experience relevant to themselves as an individual. It feels like Unconditional Love. Most priests hearing this information are impressed. If we had said anything else, perhaps Reiki would have been just a word.
If we were talking to a Marxist, we would talk about the readily available nature of the energy, and the way it can be used for self-healing. This means that we can help all segments of society. With self-healing, even poor people have a chance to be healed. Most Marxists hearing this information are impressed. If we had said anything else, perhaps Reiki would have been just a word.
And so on. Every person we meet has their own belief patterns, their own understanding of the world. This becomes one of the difficult areas to overcome if we wish to expand Reiki alongside the medical professions – or any other body of people. Because we cannot hope to help others understand Reiki if we talk about Reiki in a way they do not understand.
In England, I have helped Reiki become accepted in the prisons. Initially this was because I talked about Reiki in a way that was acceptable to the Director. I then took part in a pilot scheme within prisons. I am now teaching Reiki to inmates for their self-healing, and also to therapists who will work in prisons. If I had said different things to the director at the start, maybe to many inmates Reiki would still be only a word.
Reiki. Just a word. Yet within that word is EVERYTHING. Reiki is curing, helping, healing energy. It is cleaning, cleansing, transforming energy. It is empowering, nurturing, caring energy. It is universal, spiritual, God-like. It is Love.
Please offer that Love to everyone. Do not be shy. It is your birthright to be healed. Progress your own soul. Shine the light from within you to lighten the darkness of others. It is your birthright to be able to heal. Let others know about your light in a way they will understand. Help the soul path of others. Do it with that word, Reiki. Unconditionally.
Reiki. Just a word. Yet within that word is so much. Seek the deeper meaning of the word. Within the meaning is Truth; a fun life of spirit in flesh; professionalism and respect to medical authority. Within the meaning is enjoying Usui Sensei's Reiki cure, the cures he wrote about so often in the original material you kindly gave me.
Usui Sensei is much respected in England. For without his wonderful teachings, we would not be helping and healing each other as we are today. Written on his tombstone is his wish that Reiki would spread around the world. With this message from England being read to your gathering today in Japan, Usui Sensei's wish has not only been fulfilled - Reiki has come full circle around the Earth.
I wish you every success in your future. Both for your organisation, and for you as individuals. Life and love start fresh every day. So does Reiki. Use it both as an organisation, and as individuals, for with Reiki the world will be a more beautiful place.
Reiki. So much more than a word.’
With sincere, loving, Reiki thoughts
Allan J Sweeney
1. For a 500-page Level 1 Reiki manual that is respected by Japanese persons, download the book on this website.
2. For more about the history of Reiki, including in-depth writings of the man who was probably Dr Usui's teacher, download the book "Usui's Teacher"
3. To learn, or re-learn, Reiki in your area, with unpublished original teachings, please email [email protected]
4. Especially if you are a reiki master, be surprised at the knowledge and wisdom you’ll learn.
For Allan Sweeney Reiki courses, please go to REIKI COURSES
‘Reiki - Just a Word’
Reiki Address to Japanese Masters and Senseis, Tokyo, 1998
In 1998 I was fortunate to be chosen from the world's Reiki Master's to address the first ever large gathering of Japanese Masters and Senseis in Tokyo. After came a lecture tour of Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto. I gave Western reiki teachings and attunements to well-known Japanese masters such as Hiroshi Doi and Tadao Yamaguchi. This address and my teachings were published extensively in Japan.
I obeyed a 7th level Reiki Mater (7 is top - there were only 10 in the world at that level) who said I should release information in the West slowly, to respect the Japanese system. Because I honoured the Japanese tradition of slow release of information, I did not release the information in English until seven years later.
‘Reiki - Just a Word
‘Thank you very much for giving me the honour of writing a message to all who practice Reiki in Japan. It is a great privilege to be invited to write this message for the first ever gathering of Reiki practitioners in your Japanese organisation. I pray that my English language style is acceptable to you.
Please receive the following message with my humble thanks, and highest prayers for the acceptance and expansion of Reiki in your government departments, medical establishments, and all relevant professional bodies. This address is titled, ‘Reiki – just a word’.
‘Reiki – just a word. Yet within that word is so much. It contains Heaven and Earth. Spirituality and materialism. Love and healing. The word ‘Reiki’ means so much. How can we describe it to others adequately? Would it mean more to them than just a word?
Perhaps it depends who we are talking to!
For example, in England, if we were talking to a doctor, we would say that no-one knows how Reiki works; but that studies done on chronic patients in doctors' surgeries show that healing can help 72% of the patients that doctors give up on. This study has been repeated with similar results. Most doctors hearing this information are impressed. If we had said anything else, perhaps Reiki would have been just a word.
If we were talking with a scientist, we would say that 155 worldwide experiments and studies on healing have been published in two volumes called ‘Healing Research’. Of the 155 experiments, 67 were of significant or highly significant value. This percentage of significance is very high. In fact, the percentage success is more than twice what is needed for a medicine to be prescribed or sold in England. Most scientists hearing this information are impressed. If we had said anything else, perhaps Reiki would have been just a word.
If we were talking with a priest, we would talk about Reiki's Unconditional Love, the God nature of the energy, how both healer and patient feel loved during and after a Reiki treatment. We would talk about the highest Rei of the Reiki, the energy that may come in as high as 7,200 cycles a second. We would say that if anyone reaches this 7,200 frequency in their energy body, they have a God experience relevant to themselves as an individual. It feels like Unconditional Love. Most priests hearing this information are impressed. If we had said anything else, perhaps Reiki would have been just a word.
If we were talking to a Marxist, we would talk about the readily available nature of the energy, and the way it can be used for self-healing. This means that we can help all segments of society. With self-healing, even poor people have a chance to be healed. Most Marxists hearing this information are impressed. If we had said anything else, perhaps Reiki would have been just a word.
And so on. Every person we meet has their own belief patterns, their own understanding of the world. This becomes one of the difficult areas to overcome if we wish to expand Reiki alongside the medical professions – or any other body of people. Because we cannot hope to help others understand Reiki if we talk about Reiki in a way they do not understand.
In England, I have helped Reiki become accepted in the prisons. Initially this was because I talked about Reiki in a way that was acceptable to the Director. I then took part in a pilot scheme within prisons. I am now teaching Reiki to inmates for their self-healing, and also to therapists who will work in prisons. If I had said different things to the director at the start, maybe to many inmates Reiki would still be only a word.
Reiki. Just a word. Yet within that word is EVERYTHING. Reiki is curing, helping, healing energy. It is cleaning, cleansing, transforming energy. It is empowering, nurturing, caring energy. It is universal, spiritual, God-like. It is Love.
Please offer that Love to everyone. Do not be shy. It is your birthright to be healed. Progress your own soul. Shine the light from within you to lighten the darkness of others. It is your birthright to be able to heal. Let others know about your light in a way they will understand. Help the soul path of others. Do it with that word, Reiki. Unconditionally.
Reiki. Just a word. Yet within that word is so much. Seek the deeper meaning of the word. Within the meaning is Truth; a fun life of spirit in flesh; professionalism and respect to medical authority. Within the meaning is enjoying Usui Sensei's Reiki cure, the cures he wrote about so often in the original material you kindly gave me.
Usui Sensei is much respected in England. For without his wonderful teachings, we would not be helping and healing each other as we are today. Written on his tombstone is his wish that Reiki would spread around the world. With this message from England being read to your gathering today in Japan, Usui Sensei's wish has not only been fulfilled - Reiki has come full circle around the Earth.
I wish you every success in your future. Both for your organisation, and for you as individuals. Life and love start fresh every day. So does Reiki. Use it both as an organisation, and as individuals, for with Reiki the world will be a more beautiful place.
Reiki. So much more than a word.’
With sincere, loving, Reiki thoughts
Allan J Sweeney
1. For a 500-page Level 1 Reiki manual that is respected by Japanese persons, download the book on this website.
2. For more about the history of Reiki, including in-depth writings of the man who was probably Dr Usui's teacher, download the book "Usui's Teacher"
3. To learn, or re-learn, Reiki in your area, with unpublished original teachings, please email [email protected]
4. Especially if you are a reiki master, be surprised at the knowledge and wisdom you’ll learn.