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Reiki Explained Simply: How It Works and Why It Heals
A simplified guide to understanding Reiki. Discover the basic principles and how they lead to effective healing. Perfect for beginners and experienced practitioners alike.
This video builds off the “Reiki – How It Connects Everything” video, and the focus is on the wisdom within the story of Indra's Web.
I think this approach to Reiki healing will help to make the process easier to understand, discuss with others, and turn into when you do your own practice.
I do hope all find this topic beneficial to your practice!
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which is raiki and how it connects to all things or how it connects and binds everything now if you haven't given that talk a listen I know it's a long one but I do hope that the information in that video will be very beneficial to your practice so please do give it a listen and at the end of this talk as it progresses through I start to get into a topic called indra's Web okay and I want to build on that a little bit because I think it really does help to explain how raiki works and how we are all connected by this energy and it further helps us to understand why our practice needs to be just for oursel and here let me give a very quick kind of overview of what Indra web is Indra web is kind of a a story in Buddhism um about this tapestry right this tapestry that was laid down by Indra Indra is kind of like the king deity in Buddhism I'm going to say this all very in very simplistic terms and one day on Mount miru which is kind of the main mountain of Buddhism the access mundal of Buddhism you can think about this from a western perspective you might think of Indra as kind of like Zeus and here we have Mount muru as kind of like Mount Olympus a very holy place right and this discussion of Indra web was presented to me here in Hong Kong and you can see again more of this in the video that I've already linked and it was beautifully presented because he was saying that one day Indra was bored and wanted something beautiful to look at so created this entire tapestry to drape over this Palace at the top of Mount miru and I really love this idea of the boredom because it makes things more human it allows us to see that we also get bored right we also struggle we also have sufferings just like everybody else just like every deity just like every uh Saint just like every Prophet whatever it might be right because we already are those things we are already all of those prophets and Saints in form we just have to recognize that so this kind of tapestry is laid out and it is as big as the universe and what it looks like I'll try to put some context here with some images but what it looks like if you can imagine kind of waves going in One Direction and then a lattice work of waves going in a perpendicular Direction and at every cross where those waves interact with each other where they overlap there's a jewel and an infinitely faceted Jewel at each one of these overlapping points well each one of these Jewels represent us if you want to think about it like that right so because it's infinitely faceted and because it represents me then this is the point that I really want to get at is what is the wisdom in this teaching and this is my interpretation of it if I'm that Jewel and if it's infinitely faceted that means that what I radiate to the world is reflected in every single other jewel in the universe where if we heard something like this before maybe in the west you've heard of the butterfly effect right where if you have a small impact on one thing it affects the entirety of the universe it's the same idea the exact same idea okay so if we are recognizing that what I do to myself is now reflected in the Jews of those people who are immediately around me my immediate surroundings and so on and likewise what they do to themselves are also reflected back onto me then we start to get this feedback loop between external and internal realities right here's the caveat when we talk about raiki and when we're talking about healing we're always talking about this usually anyway always with a busyness with a idea of doing with an idea of I'm going to give something to you okay now what does that mean well if we look at indra's web then that means that my jewel is radiating the light of my belief that I can do something to somebody else okay and where does that energy come from where does that thought come from well it comes from the busyness of my mind of course it comes from the belief in my mind and it comes from my own ego my own thought that I can actually impact change on other people and that last bit is what we're going to look at here because we can impact change if we do it in a certain way in my opinion so go back to this idea of the gem of the jewel right if you radiate you know suffering if you're radiating Darkness if you are you know really angry if you've got all that type of stuff then that immediately goes out to the people around you if you're nervous whatever might be all of that goes out to the people around you and the feedback mechanisms start to reflect back on you right so you know when somebody walks in the room who everybody kind of knows is toxic then everybody recognizes that and moves away from that person for instance right if a bully shows up they radiate aggression they radiate hostility and everybody else might reflect back fear right and that's we've probably all experienced that if you think back you know the schoolyard bullies or whatever it might be when we're kids or maybe you think about that at work or whatever it might be and isn't this a beautiful understanding of how we heal why is that person a bully in the first place probably because they have a lot of fear inside themselves probably because they don't want to look inside themselves and recognize their own abuse recognize their own difficulties and let go of it they're probably too afraid so they give off anger and hostility and fear is reflected back to them right so we're constantly being shown what it is that we need to heal via this metaphor of ind's web what I radiate out to the world the world will send back to me it will reflect back to me for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction there's another great way to look at indas web so why am I saying that this idea of healing can really be understood with this metaphor of inder's web if we think about this idea for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction one of the fundamental laws of the universe now where does that bring us right well if we're this multi- infinitely faceted Jewel that is at one of the intersecting points on indas web and if we are able to exist as that Jewel with as little attachment as possible with as little belief as possible if we're able to Simply exist in that space and be kind right well then what are we radiating we're simply radiating daom so if we send out if you're not familiar with what dumo is dumo is just a phrase for the energy of the universe the neutral energy of the universe right if we're able to radiate that out from us then what do we get back we get the reflection of that energy of the universe back so that becomes a feedback loop right and we become this hopeful Beacon of Stillness we become a hopeful Beacon of neutrality and in that neutrality we might be able to heal oursel we might be able to find Stillness in oursel and we might be able to let go of our attachments see if we can do that then how's the external world going to focus back on you how's the external world going to reflect back onto you it has to reflect with the same Stillness because if you are rad creting out a neutral and not passive but kind and gentle demeanor then the world has to give that back to you and even if it doesn't you continue to radiate that out anyways so from a perspective of indras web that's what is coming out of your Jewel right this idea of Stillness this idea of love of kindness and from a raiki perspective here's the proof of this isn't it what the precepts are talking about right if we let go of anger and worry the first two precepts well then what are we left with if we let go of these two toxic aspects of the self then we are simply residing in the other three precepts we're residing in kindness compassion honesty gratitude right we are letting all of that energy move through US surround us and move external to us that's the aspect of the energy of the universe so it's showing us here that if we abide by the precepts which is the single most important aspect of our practice ofo the daily recitation of the precepts at morning and at evening if we try our best to live by the precepts then that means we walk through our day as this infinitely faceted Jewel that is simply radiating neutrality right is simply radiating the ability to not attach or to attach to a less degree okay now why is this confused in the world of raiki why is it confused in the world of holistic wellness and in the world of holistic healing in my opinion it's confused because we are striving probably probably with good intention I hope anyways with good intention but it's still not where we should be we are striving to help other people right we are striving to alleviate the suffering of other beings okay and that's all very well and good we obviously don't want anybody else to suffer but this goes strictly against this idea of indra's web right if I am constantly thinking about somebody else's suffering and I'm looking to the external world all the time to try to alleviate suffering that I'm doing right I am pushing my energy as it were or my presence into the space of somebody else so if you think about these these kind of gems on indra's web it's as if I'm striving to occupy and overcome or shine through and kind of overpower the gem of somebody else right and this very quickly loses its meaning because now that means from my gem on indra's web that I am no longer radiating neutrality right instead of neutrality I'm radiating belief I'm radiating egotism I'm radiating this idea that I'm somehow a savior right the only person that we can heal is our s that's kind of an axium or a truism of life we can't do the work for anybody else so why is it in the raike world that this type of stuff happens all the time people say that they're going to balance this and drain this and okay but you're still thinking that you did it right so that means you're not being neutral that's it right and see if we are pushing ourself into the story of other people then and this is an inarguable position if that's the way we're existing then we're not existing for ourselves we're not working to cultivate our own Stillness think about it the exact opposite think about the entire story from an opposite perspective if I approach my practice be it raiki holistic Wellness yoga meditation whatever it might be cooking just existing just being human right if I strive to approach that experience with as much neutrality as possible so when I see clients for instance with my raiki sessions if I'm simply holding space from a neutral perspective and in my body I'm striving to be neutral and in my mind I'm striving to be neutral if I'm striving to remember the real kind of title of Reiki which is Shin Shin Kaizen REO which means the continuous Improvement of the Mind and Body not the continuous Improvement of their mind and body via my understanding and my practice no the continuous Improvement of my mind and body and continuous Improvement means working towards onen Ritz working towards Stillness right so see if I'm simply doing that if that's how I'm engaging in my sessions well then what happens the idea of indra's web this kind of metaphor is that I would hopefully be sitting there as a neutral kind of player in this story in this relationship in this session and that Jewel that is me is hopefully hopefully hopefully radiating with an increased amount of Stillness an increased amount of neutrality an increased amount of diomo right and so what's the feedback mechanism here well if we radiate Stillness then any Chaos on the external world has to become still as well right all energy in the universe seeks equilibrium it seeks neutrality again another law of the universe right and so if I work and strive to be as neutral and as passive and as supportive and as kind and as generous and as honest as I possibly can in my sessions then that has to be where the other person comes it has to be where they gravitate towards simply by the laws of the universe right now that might not be how it is on a minute by minute basis for instance in to get to that level of Stillness they might need to release something they might need to go through a layer of darkness and that's healing that's what we do that's the whole point right so if we can let go of that Darkness then we find a a deeper layer of Stillness inside the self you see in order to affect change we have to be neutral in order to affect change on the external World our internal space has to be neutral think of Gandhi think of passive non-violent resistance this is the idea behind all of this right so if we are sitting in our practice and we keep this idea of Indra web in our mind if we keep this idea as kind of the driving aim of our practice then perhaps we can see that all of these upgrades and downloads and new symbols and belief in the self simply perpetuates the suffering of all beings right we have to begin to recognize that we need to work towards Stillness there is no greater good there is no greater effect there is no greater state of being than Stillness than neutrality this is sator Enlightenment but how do we get there it takes a lot of work it takes a lot of honest work and I think we can see if we use this idea of indra's web I think we can see how what I do to myself or what you do to yourself in your internal state has knock on effects to the rest of the universe right so if we want the universe to be at peace we first have to find that our own infinitely faceted Jewel which is the center of indra's web from your perspective that has to be at peace so seek that out in yourself and allow that peace to radiate out allow it to find a deeper meaning of the precepts or the idea of raiki connecting everything right right allow it to be an opportunity for you to see that what you do to yourself every single moment of the day has immediate effects to the external world and vice versa by the way if the external world is giving it back to you and it's not stable it's not peaceful then that gives you a choice just for today I will not anger just for today I will not worry right are you able to overcome the turbulence of the external world and find peace because it's really just a reflection of your own inner turbulence as well that's why it's being brought back to you right peace inside the self begats peace on the external World there is simply no other way right mind right action right speech right if we can maintain those things then our infinitely faceted Jewel becomes neutral and when that's the case the entire universe is neutral and we've done it so get to work everybody I hope you've enjoyed this continuation of this discussion on indra's web I hope it helps with your practice and thank you so much as always for the support here on YouTube I do hope that these videos are helping your practice as always everybody be well and in gell to all
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Such a beautiful and wise teaching. Just what I needed today. This is something I will listen to over and over. Thank you so much! 🙏🏻
Yo you are SO GREAT. Or shall I say so neutral. Thank you for making videos 🙂
Ok – video #2 on Reiki – First off, I didn’t know Indra was in the Buddhist pantheon, I thought he was a Vedic Hindu God. Mind expansion! Then I was prepared to argue about the give and receive back scenario – till you switched it on me and put me in my place, having a ‘savior complex’ – (and boy did the universe respond!). What I gathered on video #2 on Reiki – it’s contains a pretty deep philosophical system – that follows rules of the universe. I am more interested in it now, then before. The philosophical context you expounded upon with ties to nature and universal laws – that’s intriguing. (Now I live in the ‘war zone’ – and I am having a hard time reconciling that what I project I’ll get back …but….we’ll see)
We are computers, within computers, of the nth degree. Until next time – scutters away
What video is he saying that we should listen to?
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The indra is from hinduism . 😊
Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom. 🙏🏻
Your explanation heightened my Reiki practice so much. I love how you explained to detach and realize you holding space. Set an intention and let it go. Use a mantra and realize you need to go inward. My latest Reiki session was so incredible. I found a mantra that I believed. My mantra came to me at the last minute. I had been thinking about what mantra I was going to use and it came to me at the last minute. My client expressed how much warmth she felt and her pain and tension dissipated. Thank you for you teaching.
Very interesting, thank you x
So incredibly helpful! Thank you. 🙏
A wonderful and insightful explanation😊
This is very helpful. You have given me a much deeper Understanding of Reiki.
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I appreciate your [simple] explanation/s of Reiki. I’ve been searching for something I can easily digest, and accept. Thank you.
Wow thank you.
Thank you brother!
Thank you brother!
the first step to even imagine to give energy to anyone is to purify your self so that way your energy flow could be acceptable and to be purified takes quite a lot and i could affirm that very very few of the wannabes of reki charlatans are even aware of it,you just cant order your self to be neutral carriying a lot of karmic weight inside your self it will simply not work.unfortunately for you energies have consciousness and this is the first thing you should know. lets imagine that you succeed conecting with the pacient,you can damage your self and what is worst you could easily damage the pacient although most surely nothing would happen in this nonsense ceremony.
I love the story of India’s web and your explanation. Thank you, Bruce. 🙏🏻🥰
As always, the simplicity of the system, beautifully explained.
Perfect explanation and so helpful 🙏🏻❤️