Do Reiki Healers Channel "Reiki Guides"?

Do Reiki Healers Channel "Reiki Guides"?A few years ago, I used to run ITEC qualifying
Reiki is an easy to learn method of healing. No specialcourses in Massage, Aromatherapy, Reflexology,
physical or intellectual abilities are required and anybodyIndian Head Massage and other qualifying courses.
can learn the art of Reiki healing extremely quickly.One exam day around noon, I went upstairs to my
How Does Reiki work?office to get some papers and coming down I slipped
I was initiated to Reiki 1 in February 1993. To Reiki 2 aon a piles of papers I had left lying on a step. My right
few months later and as a Reiki Master in Septemberhand ring finger caught the banister and I heard a snap..
2004. I started teaching towards the beginning of 1995.my fourth metacarpal (the bone just above the ring
When I studied Reiki 1, I asked my Master to explainfinger) was not only broken but it had impacted on
where the energy was coming from. She told me thatitself.
Reiki was "Universal Life energy". The energy that isMy students had waited 6 months to take their exam
around us. This energy allows trees and plants toand I could hardly tell them the day was cancelled as I
grow and allows us to be alive. In those days, my lefthad broken my metacarpal and I had to go to hospital.
brain (the analytical one) was still dominant and INothing I could do but.. give myself Reiki. I did so
needed more explanation. So I asked this Master tobetween noon and 5.30pm when everybody was
show me this energy and she could not. It is in factgone home and then drove myself to hospital. I had no
easy to show this energy. In my Reiki courses, I teachpain in my hand but it had swollen to a very impressive
students how to see the energy field that is around us.size. The queue at the hospital was long but on seeing
This is called the aura. Most students are able to seethe swelling on my hand, the hospital receptionist called
the first layer of the aura (the etheric field) after only aa doctor immediately and then started my first
few seconds.experience of modern medicine since getting seriously
When I studied Reiki 2, I once again asked my Masterill in 1991.
where the energy was coming from and pretty muchThe doctor confirmed my fourth metacarpal was
got the same answer. I was baffled by the intelligencebroken and asked me what pain killers I was taking..
in Reiki. Lets work through an example to illustrate thisReiki, I answered.. I explained what Reiki is to him,
point.nearly got him on a course but not quite. The doctor
Say you are faced with a Client suffering fromtold me he would prescribe some strong pain killers for
headaches. Headaches have many causes. They canme but I turned his offer down as I had absolutely no
be due to poor eyesight, spinal problems, neck tension,pain. I was sent for X-rays and against my will my
constipation etc. Lets assume your Client suffers fromhand and arm were plastered. The doctor said I could
constipation and that this is the cause of hishave surgery, a plate and screws if I wanted to but I
headaches. You will treat him with Reiki on the head.refused. I was then sent home.
However, this may trigger a bowel movement. AsImpossible to do anything so I kept Reiki-ing myself.
such, Reiki has addressed the root of the problem.The first night, I slept 10 hours which is unheard of for
The magic of Reiki however does not stop there. Reikime. A couple of days after the accident, I felt a pain
will also try to give him the cause of his constipation.on the lateral part of my hand, on metacarpal 5,
The next day, he may go out and one of his friendsunderneath my little finger. I knew that this was not
explains to him that at last he is no longer constipatedwhere the broken bone was but Reiki would not get
as he has changed his diet and is now eating morerid of that pain so.. I went back to visit my consultant..
fibre and less animal food (over simplified for this"Of course you have a pain" he said, "you have
example). He has his answer. If he ignores it, he maybroken a bone". I told him the pain did not come from
well find himself reading an article in a magazine with amy broken bone but from beneath my little finger.
similar explanation a few days later. Eventually, if heAfter arguing the merits of referred pains, he finally
keeps on ignoring the messages, they will stop.agreed to undo my plaster and a lovely bruise was
Reiki Guidesrevealed underneath my little finger where the plaster
This intelligence baffled me. Eventually, I did my Reikihad gone in a lump.
Masters with William Rand from the United States inFinally I was sent back for another plaster and this is
September 1994. William talked about Reiki guides inwhen I asked my Reiki guide for help. I got to the
his course and this got me interested. Could theseplaster room and the nurse took my card and said:
guides be the intelligence behind Reiki? When I got"Hamouy is your name. Are you the famous lecturer
back home after the course, I decided to study Spiritfrom Gerrards Cross?". I had been called a few
Guides and bought a book simply called "Spirit Guides"names since birth but famous had never been one of
by Iris Belhayes. This lady channelled her spirit guidethem! Anyhow, this nurse was interested in one of my
who wrote the book through her. A small but verycourses and we started chit chatting. Eventually, we
challenging book. I learnt about the theory of "life aftertalked about my hand and she told me she would
death", the process of life in the Spirit world andmake a new plaster. I said I was not keen on a plaster
reincarnation. Fascinating stuff it was for me at theas I was self employed and needed my hands
time. I began to believe that the Reiki intelligence waseveryday to be able to teach massage,
because these Reiki Guides directed the energy in ourAromatherapy and Reflexology. She laughed but
body.agreed to make a cast (a lengthy process where a
Then, one day, I got confirmation. I was helping Marie, atype of brown piece of plastic is moulded to the shape
friend of mine who had a problem with one knee.of your arm and hand using a hair dryer!!! and acts as
Marie was born clairvoyant. During the treatment, shea support). I believe the reason they do not offer these
asked me how Reiki works and I told her aboutto everybody is because it takes too long to mould to
"Universal life energy" but also told her about my beliefshape. Eventually I walked out of the hospital with my
about Reiki guides.new cast.
As she was a clairvoyant and could talk to the dead, IGetting me back to hospital because of a kink in the
asked her to get in a trance and try to "talk" to theplaster is proof of the wonderful intelligence behind
guide who was working on her knee. To myReiki. A bruise that Reiki would not heal and a broken
amazement, Marie did, and the 40 most amazingbone that did not cause any pain! For what reason? I
minutes of my life started when I had a fullbelieve that this was to get me back to hospital for the
conversation with my guide through her.cast so I could use my hand much quicker. I have
I asked many questions during this time. Who was mypersonally experienced this Reiki intelligence many
guide? Details of his previous life etc.. We also askedtimes and heard many stories from my students
what was wrong with my Marie's knee. He said thatconfirming it. After a week of Reiki, I took the cast off
the pain and the swelling were due to a bit of cartilageand started using my computer with some of my
that had come off the patella (kneecap) and wasfingers. A couple of weeks after the accident, I started
digging into the tibia bone. The guide said that he wouldteaching massage again except for the hacking and
be able to get rid of the pain and the swelling but couldcupping strokes. Within 3 weeks, I was teaching
not remove the bit of cartilage and that surgery wouldReflexology again and after 4 weeks, my hand was
be necessary. This was true. The pain could bewell enough for me to perform most tasks.
controlled but kept coming back.The consultant had asked me to come back after 6
At one stage during the conversation, my friend saidweeks for a check up and to take the plaster off. The
the guide was going to work on me. My descendingproblem was that I could not find my cast and after
colon was twisted and he was going to straighten it.extensive research, found it in my youngest son's
Just before she said this, I had felt a pain on the leftbedroom as he was using it as a bridge for his cars. I
side of my colon. A short while later, a gurgling noiseobediently put it back on (as my arm had been
came out of my intestines and the pain disappeared.supposed to be kept above my heart in a sling for the
My friend said the guide was finished with me and hepast 6 weeks) and headed for the hospital.
was coming back to work on her. I was speechless!The consultant looked at my cast with suspicious eyes
Eventually, the prediction came true and my friend hadbut did not comment. He laid my hand on his desk and
to go to hospital to have the piece of cartilagelightly touching the broken bone said: "It's united well".
removed. The surgeon who talked to her after the"Yes" I replied. For a while he then looked at my
arthroscopy said: "You had a piece of cartilage thatrecords and my hand obviously puzzled. He then said:
had come off your patella and was digging into your"The swelling is gone, that is good". "Yes" I replied. He
tibia bone.." My friend said :"I know...(but know explainingthen said: "Tried to bend your hand like this" and he
how she knew)" These 40 minutes were amongst theproceeded to demonstrate what he wanted me to do.
most amazing in my life and they changed the way IThis I did at great speed and his mouth collapsed and
teach Reiki. To me the intelligence in Reiki is due tohe got more puzzled. He then asked me to make a
"Reiki guides".fist which I did and told me I would have to go for
A Reiki Meditation to meet your Guidere-education for several weeks... which I did not.
In all my Reiki courses, I offer a simple meditation forAnother reason I have told you this story is that I
students to meet their Reiki guide. I am pleased to saybelieve that if you break a bone, one of the two things
that nowadays most do. Prior to the meditation, I takemay happen.
the students through a relaxation. The meditation- 1- You are taken to hospital very quickly and the
journey takes them to a beautiful beach with goldenbone will not get a chance to set itself, so all is well.
sand, a forest and a waterfall where their guide awaits- 2- For whatever reason, you will not be taken to
in he mist. A simple but very effective mediation.hospital for quite a while in which case given yourself
The emotions felt by students who meet their GuidesReiki may prevent you going into shock and will save
for the first time is extremely satisfying to witness.on a lot of pain. I also believe that as the guides are
This meditation is recorded and offered to students sointelligent, they will not allow the bone to reset in the
they can repeat the experience in the comfort of theirwrong place (this is my personal opinion, decide for
own home.yourself). I also believe that the Reiki you give yourself
The Reiki Intelligence at workwill prevent the destruction of many cells and that
This happened to me a few years ago and itsubsequent recovery will be much quicker. Enjoy your
demonstrates the intelligence in Reiki:Reiki if you are a practitioner Patrick Hamouy.