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“You were never broken.”
“The Five Principles are not a moral code.”
“They are doors of practice.”
“Each principle, when entered fully, leads to the same place.”
“That place is the heart that knows itself as one with all life.”
“Begin where you are.”
“Use what you have.”
“Practice without ceasing.”
“Simple. Daily. Sincere.”
“You are loved by the universe.”
“You are a part of life that life cannot do without.”
“Live in this knowing.”
“Heal in this knowing.”
“Serve in this knowing.”
“And one day, when this body is finished, return to the life that gave it.”
“Reiki is the gift you give to yourself, and to everyone you meet.”
“Give it freely.”
“There is no shortage of love. There is no shortage of grace.”
“There is no shortage of life-force.”
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