Mikao Usui
Japanese spiritual seeker and the founder, in 1922, of Reiki — the Japanese energy-healing system that has spread to millions of practitioners across virtually every country in the world. Born 1865 in Taniai village (now Miyamacho, Gifu prefecture), Usui pursued Buddhist study, martial arts, and a wide range of contemplative practices before, by his own account, undergoing a satori (awakening) experience during a 21-day fast and meditation retreat on Mount Kurama. From this experience he derived Reiki Ryōhō ('Reiki healing method'), the Five Reiki Principles (Gokai), and the lineage of attunements that survives him. He taught actively from 1922 until his death from a stroke in 1926. The memorial stone at Saihōji Temple in Tokyo — erected by his students in 1927 — preserves his life story and the core principles of his teaching.
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Quotes by Mikao Usui
101 quotes“Gratitude opens what worry closes.”
“Devotion to your work is a form of prayer.”
“To work without devotion is to waste a life.”
“Kindness costs nothing and changes everything.”
“Practice it especially when you do not feel like it.”
“You do not need permission to heal yourself.”
“You only need willingness.”
“Place your hands. Begin.”
“That is all.”
“The mountain teaches stillness.”
“The river teaches flow.”
“The sky teaches openness.”
“Nature is the first teacher.”
“Sit in nature, and remember.”
“You are not separate from the life that surrounds you.”
“You are an expression of it.”
“Reiki opens the door between you and the larger life.”
“Walk through it daily.”
“Healing is not a transaction. It is a remembering.”
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