Reiki 2: Taking Your Healing to the Next Level

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When I started my Healing journey in 2001, I found that most people hadn't heard of Reiki, let alone experienced it. Nowadays, I find this has changed. Most people I run across have at least heard of Reiki and many have even given it a try. Because anyone can learn Reiki, the number of practitioners in the world is growing by the day.

For the uninitiated, Reiki is an ancient Japanese form of energy healing. Reiki loosely translated means Universal Life Force Energy. This life force or "source" energy is channeled into the practitioner through the top of the head (or crown chakra), circulates through the body, then comes out the hands into the client. Healing can be done on yourself or others. Reiki heals on a physical, spiritual and emotional level, so true and lasting healing can occur. Reiki is tremendous for relieving stress, anxieties and sleep disorders as well as many physical and emotional conditions.

"I am amazed that at least 3 times this week I have slept for 8 hours! So, for any who aren't sure about Reiki, that fact alone is testament of Reiki's healing power as I have for over 35 years had a "sleep disorder." Usually, I get 2 to 4 hours of sleep."

~testimonial

Traditionally, Reiki is taught in three levels, Reiki 1, Reiki 2 and Reiki Master although, some modern teachers have added some material and have split the Master course in two courses, in which case you may hear of level 3 and 3a as well. Much of the material I see in the world discusses Reiki 1, but today, I want to examine the second level of Reiki.

Level 2 of Reiki is a quantum leap from the first-degree training. In level 2, you are opened up to a greater ability to channel this amazing healing energy. In addition, three symbols are taught. The first, Cho Ku Rei, is primarily used for amplifying energy.This can be especially useful for an acute condition. For example, once upon a time, my dog had hip dysplasia. He had been hobbling around on three legs for a couple of months. I was new to Reiki and still experimenting. One day while working on him, I decided to try the power symbol. Each time I drew the symbol (with my hand) over his hip, he jerked his leg until it finally popped and from that moment forward, he was a four-legged dog again!

The second symbol, Sei Hei Ki, is used for clearing and emotional healing. I once had a man on my table for just a brief session, maybe 15 minutes or so. My intuition told me to use this symbol extensively for his healing, so I used it over and over again. During the healing he came to tears. I asked him if he wanted me to stop the healing and he said no. Afterwards, he confided that he released a childhood rape during the healing.

The third level 2 symbol, Hon Sha Ze Shon Nen is used for distance healing. Here's where it gets really exciting! A properly trained level 2 practitioner can send healing energy to anyone, anywhere in the world, past, present or future. Distance healing can also be sent to groups of people. I've been doing distance healing for years and on occasion, when world circumstances would dictate, I would send distance healing to large groups of people such as the people affected by the Haiti earthquake. Although I had total faith that the healing I was sending was helping, I had no point of reference as to how effective my efforts actually were. A couple of years ago, I started a Facebook page and offered free healings monthly for all members of my page. I was amazed at the feedback I received. In the beginning, there were a few hundred people on the list, before long, I was sending healings to a few thousand. The list is currently more than 100,000 and growing daily and the feedback has been tremendous.

"I was able to walk into church this a.m. without crutches or a walker, something I haven't been able to do for months now."

"I'm bipolar and I've been having an episode all day I feel ok now like my coping skills are kicking in again and I can get back to being positive. 

Thank you."

Even after years of practice, years of success stories, I continue to be amazed and fascinated by the powers of Reiki and the Universe at large. Somehow through our interconnectedness, through our oneness, a 'healer' with proper training and intent, can be a vessel so Spirit can deliver healing to a person you've never met or simultaneously to thousands, even millions of people in all corners of the earth. THAT is the power of Reiki!!

Jeff Donovan has been a student of energy since 1993, began studying Reiki in 2001 and received his Reiki Master's certification in 2003 and has been teaching ever since. In addition to Reiki, Jeff has studied DNA Healing, Reconnective Healing, Crystal Healing and more. He teaches Reiki in person, but primarily through his Home Study Course.