Essential Reiki by Diane Stein Summary
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Diane Stein's revolutionary guide unlocked Reiki's ancient secrets, transforming a once-exclusive healing art into a global wellness phenomenon. By controversially revealing all three degrees of Reiki, this 1995 classic sparked a movement that democratized spiritual healing for everyone. What hidden power awaits your fingertips?
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When a Voice Said "Surgery Is Not Necessary"
Picture a woman lying on an operating table in 1935 Tokyo, her body ravaged by tumors, gallstones, and appendicitis. Just as the surgeon prepares to make the first incision, Hawayo Takata hears a voice-clear, insistent, impossible to ignore: "The operation is not necessary." She asks the doctor to stop. This moment of radical trust would lead her to discover a healing practice that would eventually reach hospital rooms from New York to Sydney, wellness centers across Europe, and the homes of celebrities like Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. What began as an ancient secret guarded in Buddhist monasteries has become one of the world's most accessible healing arts. Yet the question remains: what exactly is this invisible energy that flows through human hands, and why was it hidden for so long? Long before Reiki became a Japanese healing method, it existed as something far more fundamental-encoded into human genetics itself when our bodies were first designed. According to ancient channeled wisdom, this healing capacity originated from an advanced planetary culture, brought to Earth by the deity we know as Shiva-originally female, though patriarchal traditions later changed this. In the primordial civilization of Mu, Reiki wasn't a specialized skill but a universal practice as common as reading. Children received their first level of training in elementary school, the second during adolescence. Teachers were required to master the third level. After Mu's destruction, this democratic knowledge retreated into the temples of India and Tibet, becoming increasingly restricted to spiritual elites.
The Mountain Vision and Four Miracles
The Intelligent Energy That Flows Through Hands
Three Degrees, Three Transformations
Sacred Symbols and Hands-On Healing Sessions
Healing Across Space, Time, and Dimensions
The Call to Heal a Wounded World
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