| Can we return to the traditional roots of
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| | Associations are just one way of going
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| a system that appears to have become
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| | about this.
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| almost inseparable from the New Age
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| | Bronwen and Frans Stiene traveled to
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| movement?
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| | Japan in 2001 and their experiences with
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| The International House of Reiki would
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| | modern Japanese teachers during this
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| like to think so.
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| | journey are related here in their article
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| Having begun in the early 1900s in Japan,
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| | 'In Search of the Roots of Reiki'. They
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| the system of Reiki spread throughout the
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| | invited Inamoto Hyakuten to teach in
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| world with the help of Hawayo Takata.
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| | Australia in 2003.
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| After her death in 1980 there was
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| | Some teachers are emerging today as
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| confusion between her students as to what
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| | highly influential in the modern world of
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| the exact teachings were. Dogma became a
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| | Reiki or in Usui's original teachings.
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| necessity for some new branches while
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| | These are:
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| others freely interpreted the system to
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| | Doi Hiroshi
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| mean what they felt was appropriate. Out
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| | Inamoto Hyakuten
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| of this a backlash eventually developed
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| | Chris Marsh
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| and practitioners began researching what
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| | Doi Hiroshi
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| they were practising and teaching.
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| | Teacher of Gendai Reiki Ho and initiator
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| Throughout the 1990s practitioners
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| | of Usui Reiki Ryoho. Doi Hiroshi is also
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| returned to Japan and met traditional
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| | a member of the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai.
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| groups and teachers who still practised
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| | He officially joined the society on the
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| there. There was a blossoming of
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| | 22nd of October 1993 and completed
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| information from Japan and a greater
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| | Okuden, Level II, in 2003. Doi Hiroshi
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| sharing of information between East and
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| | has studied many styles of Reiki, Western
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| West. This has helped many Western
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| | and Japanese, as well as numerous
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| practitioners to teach from a more open
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| | energetic and spiritual techniques. He
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| and enlightened viewpoint than had
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| | was one of the first Japanese to study
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| previously been possible. One development
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| | Levels 1 and 2 with Mieko Mitsui who was
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| from this has been the introduction of
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| | teaching Barbara Weber Ray's The Radiance
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| international Reiki events that have
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| | Technique in Japan. He also studied all 3
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| included Japanese teachers. Teachers who
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| | levels of a system of Reiki called Neo
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| currently travel from Japan include Doi
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| | Reiki and has trained with Yamaguchi
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| Hiroshi and Inamoto Hyakuten.
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| | Chiyoko.
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| Just two years ago there were said to be
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| | Inamoto Hyakuten
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| 12 students of Usui Mikao alive and still
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| | Teacher and founder of Komyo Reiki Kai.
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| practising his teachings in Japan. Today
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| | Inamoto Hyakuten has developed this form
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| this number has dwindled to just five. An
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| | of Reiki from the teachings of Yamaguchi
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| Englishmen, Chris Marsh, has been slowly
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| | Chiyoko who studied with Usui's student
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| passing these teachings on to the West.
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| | Hayashi Chujiro. Inamoto Hyakuten has
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| One of these old students, Suzuki san, is
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| | also been a translator for Doi Hiroshi
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| his teacher and is the cousin of Mikao
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| | and has translated Usui Mikao's memorial
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| Usui.
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| | stone inscription that can be found on
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| Other information is being taught by
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| | this site. Inamoto Hyakuten is teaching
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| practitioners claiming to have discovered
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| | around the world and taught in Australia
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| information through old students or
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| | at the request of the International House
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| researched material. It is hoped that in
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| | of Reiki in May, 2003.
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| the future the continuing 'new'
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| | Chris Marsh
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| information that surfaces can be verified
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| | Chris Marsh is an Iaido practitioner and
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| and consequently aid all practitioners.
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| | teacher in England as well as a
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| Over the last few years there has been
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| | professional musician. On one of his
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| information taught, such as Medicine
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| | regular visits to Japan he was invited to
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| Dharma Reiki (also known as Universal
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| | meet with Suzuki san san and eventually
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| Reiki Healing and Men Chhos Reiki) that
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| | her fellow students (all aged somewhere
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| made claims of having original notes and
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| | between their late 90s and 112 years of
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| teachings from Mikao Usui. It now appears
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| | age). These students had studied with
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| that this is untrue. Students had devoted
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| | Usui Mikao in the early 1900s but do not
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| their time (and money) to these
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| | call what they teach 'Reiki'. There are
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| teachings. The result was embarrassment
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| | some fundamental differences to the
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| and general confusion. To ensure that
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| | system of Reiki as it is taught today.
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| this does not happen again all
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| | Instead it is easier to refer to these
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| students-to-be should first check out
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| | teachings as simply - Usui's teachings.
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| their teachers and what they teach.
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