Reiki II Attunement Necessary?

[HEERO108]

I'm very skeptical about level 2. My ability to conduct healing is solid and I don't want to dive into a hefty price unless it will improve my healing drastically. Deep down, I also feel that there is another healing system I should be pursuing rather than Reiki. Though, I'm not sure which.

[Enya]

Generally level 2 is undertaken when the student reaches a plateau in their healing and needs 'more', even if they can't quite define what that might be. It's certainly not power, as the first attunement gives you all you will ever need... but some people need to be opened to more aspects of it. Each level refines the vibration you work with and aids self development. If you're not keen on doing the next level, then don't. Do, however, ask yourself if you are putting limitations and demands upon Reiki... how do you define drastic improvement, for example?

[TrainsAndSewingMachines]

In the usui method in the second degree you will also be introduced to more symbols, and be taught how to do distance reiki as well

[Troll_ov_Grimness]

Book recommendation,

ESSENCE OF SHINTO : JAPAN'S SPIRITUAL HEART
by Motohisa Yamakage

The long history of Shinto is deeply bound to Japanese spirituality and mythology, and indeed the religion is regarded as Japan''s very spiritual roots. In THE ESSENCE OF SHINTO: Japan''s Spiritual Heart, revered Shinto master Motohisa Yamakage explains the core values of Japan''s unique religion, paying particular attention to its spiritual aspects, as well as exploring the very profound roots of the original Shinto of ancient times. Motohisa Yamakage was initiated in the mysteries of ancient Shinto and its various rituals and customs from an early age. Through years of dedicated study and practice, he has become one of the most famous and renowned writers on Shinto, with an unrivaled authority to explain its role in modern Japan and the world. Through thoughtful discussions and careful analyses, the author explores how the teachings of Shinto distinguish it from other world religions, from its lack of any all-encompassing doctrines or injunctions to its affirmation that any human being can acquire the noble characteristics of Kami-Shinto''s highest spiritual being.

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Another,

THE SACRED & THE PROFANE : THE NATURE OF RELIGION
by Mircea Eliade

In the "Sacred and the Profane", Mircea Eliade describes two fundamentally different modes of experience: the traditional and the modern. Traditional man or "homo religious" is open to experiencing the world as sacred. Modern man however, is closed to these kinds of experiences. For him the world is experienced only as profane. It is the burden of the book to show in what these fundamentally opposed experiences consist. Traditional man often expresses this opposition as real vs. unreal or pseudoreal and he seeks as much as possible to live his life within the sacred, to saturate himself in reality.According to Eliade the sacred becomes known to man because it manifests itself as different from the profane world. This manifestation of the sacred Eliade calls "hierophany". For Eliade this is a fundamental concept in the study of the sacred and his book returns to it again and again.

The "Sacred and the Profane" is divided into four chapters dealing with space, time, nature, and man. To these is appended a "Chronological Survey Of the History of Religions as a Branch of Knowledge."
In CHAPTER ONE Eliade explores the "variety of religious experiences of space". Modern man tends to experience all space as the same. He has mathematsized space, homogenizing it by reducing every space to the equivalent of so many units of measurement. What differences there are between places are usually due only to experiences an individual associates with a place not the place itself, e.g. my birthplace, the place I fell in love, etc.

But religious man does not experience space in this way. For him some space is qualitatively different. It is sacred, therefore strong and meaningful. Other space is profane, chaotic, and meaningless. Traditional man is unable to live in a profane world, because he cannot orientate himself. In order to gain orientation he must first have a center. The center is not arrived at by speculation or arbitrary decision but is given. A revelation of the sacred, a hierophany establishes a center and the center establishes a world because all other space derives its' meaning from the center.

CHAPTER TWO deals with sacred time. Here Eliade treats briefly material he covers at greater length in "The Myth of the Eternal Return". As with his experience of space, religious man experiences time as both sacred and profane. Sacred time, the time of the festival, is a return to the mythic time at the beginning of things, what Eliade calls "in illo tempore" (Latin: "at that time"). Religious man wishes to always live in this strong time. This is a wish to "return to the presence of the gods, to recover the strong, fresh, pure world that existed "in illo tempore". According to Eliade sacred or festive time is not accessible to modern man, because he sees profane time as constituting the whole of his life and when he dies his life is annihilated.

CHAPTER THREE is entitled "The Sacredness of Nature and Cosmic Religion." Here Eliade explains that for religious man nature was never merely "natural" but always expresses something beyond itself. For him the world is symbolic or transparent; the world of the gods shines through his world. The universe is seen as an ordered whole which manifests different modalities of being and the sacred.

Eliade goes on to explores certain key symbols of the sacred: sky, waters, earth, vegetation, and the moon. Within these categories Eliade gives special attention to Christian baptism and the Tree of Life. Needless to say, modernity is characterized by a desacralization of nature.

The FOURTH and final CHAPTER covers the sanctification of human life. Sanctification allows religious man to live an "open existence." This means traditional man lives his life on two planes. He lives his everyday life, but he also shares in a life beyond the everyday, the life of the cosmos or the gods. This "twofold plane" of human and cosmic life is aptly expressed in traditional man's experience of himself and his dwelling as a microcosm or little universe.

Much of this chapter deals with the triplet "body-house-cosmos" and with the meaning of initiations. Initiation is the way traditional man sanctifies his life. It contains a uniquely religious view of the world, because he considers himself unfinished or imperfect. Thus his natural birth must be completed by a series of second or spiritual births. This is accomplished by "rites of passage" which are initiations An initiation is a kind of birth, but it is always accompanied by death to the state left behind.

The excellence of "The Sacred and the Profane" lies in its' combination of brevity and startling depth of insight. Eliade writes with simplicity and clarity about matters of profound import to human life. This is scholarship at its' best: one pauses often, not caught in a tangle of verbiage but lost in wonder.

[EmergingPath]

I'm very skeptical about level 2. My ability to conduct healing is solid and I don't want to dive into a hefty price unless it will improve my healing drastically. Deep down, I also feel that there is another healing system I should be pursuing rather than Reiki. Though, I'm not sure which. Sounds like you have already set your intention. Lots of different systems and "flavors" out there.

if you want to "wait and see" I would encourage you to then work on focusing your intention as you give yourself and others Reik and try and take yourself and your feelings (physical and emotional") out and shut down your inner chatter and just allow energy to flow through you and not worrry about lables such as "Reiki" or "Level II" or anything else...

Try that for awhile and if you feel you need another class or certificate then look around, they are everywhere :hug2:

[iolite]

Check out Richard Gordon's book "Quantum Touch: The Power to Heal". For the price of a paperback book, you easily learn a new healing method that works together quite nicely with reiki.

[misscelt]

It depends on what you intend to do with your training... Reiki 1 teaches how to do Reiki on yourself and family members. Reiki 2 teaches some symbols, distance Reiki, and how to do Reiki for those outside of your family/friends. In our experience, each of the attunements did increase the flow of energy as well. If you only intend to do Reiki for your own use and for your close family and friends, you can always ask your higher self or Spirit to attune you to the next level if that is something you desire.

I second the "Quantum Touch" comments above... very interesting technique to learn as well! I was able to find Gordon's book at our local library. You might also enjoy Ewing's Reiki Shamanism book. Learning how to ground properly is also helpful to protect you and others if you ever work on someone other than yourself. Donna Eden's book is also helpful for protection. :)

[Morganna]

HEERO108, Why is it you think you need to pay a *Hefty Price*???? You don't have to pay a huge sum to be attuned and those charging alot for the attunements in my opinion are rouges and in it for the money only. Find a Master you trust before you do anything and do your research. :smile:

Cheers for now Morganna

[Reikichris]

The ability to heal lies within, attunements simply allow a fast method of allowing it to emerge. There is no barrier to personal developemnt, I learned to heal before I went anywhere near trying other people's methods.
Reiki 1 has opened a channel, and it has opened many possibilites - work on self healing, work on healing and your own abilites will guide you, do it with love and compassion, both for yourself and others and you will not, indeed cannot go wrong.
Seek out the 'most powerful', the 'fastest', and 'grandest' and all that will happen is that you will never be satisfied - you will walk someone else's path, and that is not only unsatisfying, but diverts you from walking your own path.
When and if you feel ready for reiki 2 then you will know because your path will lead you there.

love
chris

[Rin]

I'm very skeptical about level 2. My ability to conduct healing is solid and I don't want to dive into a hefty price unless it will improve my healing drastically. Deep down, I also feel that there is another healing system I should be pursuing rather than Reiki. Though, I'm not sure which.
Wrong, totally non-Reiki attitude.

That is from where your doubts arise.

[AmethystDawn]

HEERO108, Why is it you think you need to pay a *Hefty Price*???? You don't have to pay a huge sum to be attuned and those charging alot for the attunements in my opinion are rouges and in it for the money only. Find a Master you trust before you do anything and do your research. :smile:



Hi Morganna,

That's very sound advice and makes me feel less like a skinflint.
I've been looking for a Reiki Master for a little while now and here are a couple of examples of my experiences:

The first Reiki Master offered to attune my friend and I to Level 3 in one day for £120.00 each plus £45.00 travelling expenses if we were to have the tuition at my friend's house (she lives nearer to the Master).
Also there is a weekend course costing £180.00 in the nearest town to me, which apparently leaves those 'attuned' wondering whether they are or whether they aren't 'attuned'

Happily I have found a Master through a Spiritualist Church and I'm starting Reiki 1 in September :smile:

[Moonkestrel]

Hi Morganna,

I'm starting Reiki 1 in September :smile:

Oooo good luck! I did my Reiki 1 last year and absolutely loved it!