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A Brief History of ReiKi

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Dr Usui started his own ReiKi Society in Japan and was the first president before he died in 1926. The seventh president is now in office.

Dr. UsuiMt. Kurama, where Dr Usui discovered ReiKi is very high, wooded and very steep. The society still attunes people on the exact spot on Mt. Kurama where Dr Usui meditated. There are a number of his writings at the society in his own handwriting, with symbols in the near obsolete style of 70 years ago.

Since the 1870's discovery of ReiKi by Usui-Sensei, ReiKi has mushroomed. On his tombstone in Tokyo, it states that before he died in 1926, he taught about 2000 people. Many of them went out to spread ReiKi and to heal. Recent years have seen a huge increase in the number of ReiKi practitioners worldwide. The estimated number of ReiKi person's worldwide have been put at about 5 million. Many scientific studies have proved that ReiKi really does work.

Engraved on Usui-Sensei's tombstone at the Saihoj Temple in Tokyo, are the following words:

If ReiKi could be spread throughout the world

it would touch the human heart

and the morals of society.

It will be helpful for many people

and will not only heal disease, but also the

Earth as a whole

Even now, after Dr Usui's passing

ReiKi will spread far and wide

for a long time to come.