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Mikao Usui began imparting his spiritual experiences to others. Hands-on healing and spiritual healing were popular in Japan in the early 1900s. Usui refined his teachings to a system that more closely resembles the Reiki that is taught today.

The aim of Usui’s teaching was to give students the tools for their own spiritual enlightenment and healing. Usui’s system of healing included the following:

 Reiki principles (see Chapter 4)

 Reiki hand positions (see Chapter 11)

 Meditation (see Chapter 9)

 Symbols and mantras (see Chapter 8)

 Attunement (initiation) process (see Chapter 7)

Mikao Usui is known to have varied his teachings depending on the student, so the teachings that were passed on by each student would differ. (See the later section “Letting Reiki Branches Differ.”)

Some of Usui’s teachings (or derivations of his teachings) are found in a Japanese teaching manual called Usui Reiki Hikkei: The Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai Handbook, which has been translated from the Japanese. (See Frank Arjava Petter’s books in Appendix A and www.threshold.ca/reiki/Handouts/Threshold-Reiki--Reiki-Ryoho-Hikkei.pdf.) This manual provides insight into early Reiki teaching. It contains the following:

 Reiki Principles (see Chapter 4), which were called “the secret method to invite happiness.”

 “Usui’s Message about Reiki,” in which he introduces the concept of his teachings to the general public. (See the nearby sidebar “Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai.”)USUI REIKI RYOHO GAKKAIUsui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai began as a group of naval officers who had studied with Mikao Usui. Formed in 1926, it continues to be active. For decades the Gakkai has remained a relatively private and restricted society.The lineage of officers is as follows:Mikao UsuiJuzaburo UshidaKanichi TaketomiYoshiharu WatanabeHoichi WanamiKimiko KoyamaMasaki KondoTakahashi Ichita

 Healing Guide, a series of hand positions that was probably developed by Chujiro Hayashi (see the later section “Exploring the Medical Approach: Chujiro Hayashi”); for a Western derivation of these positions, see Chapter 11.

 Meiji Emperor’s Poems (called gyosi in Japanese), short poems on topics such as nature that were recited as a way to focus the mind.

 Usui’s answers to students’ questions.

Note that Mikao Usui taught more than 90 years ago — before the age of the course syllabus or computers. His individual style with each student makes it impossible to re-create his teachings exactly. What can be done, however, is to follow the essence of Reiki as best as possible.