Many people around the world are familiar with hands-on healing through a system called Reiki.  Reiki was brought to the United States by a Japanese American woman named Takata, who said that she had gone to Japan to be healed of cancer by followers of a Buddhist monk names Dr. Usui.  They called themselves Reiki Masters!  After her own healing, she begged the monks to teach her.  Takata returned to the United States, and there are documented, witnessed accounts of healings she facilitated; one involved the raising of the dead.   
(The story of Takata's raising a woman from the dead, was written by Helen J. Haberly in Hawayo Takata's Story ISBN 0-944135-06-04, published by Archedigm Publications.)  Takata in turn initiated people into Reiki, beginning with the first of three initiations.  People who had never facilitated healings were able to perform some healings and there were occasional dramatic healings!

 Sounds good, but there are questions!  None of the 22 Reiki Masters (fully empowered teachers) Takata trained into the third or mastership level of Reiki were able to facilitate the same kinds of miracles Takata had performed.  To add to the confusion, the three original Alliance Reiki attunements were never standardized.  In addition, some people took the Reiki initiations (sometimes stopping with Reiki I) and then tried to use the energy of the initiation to make up different Reiki initiations.  Oftentimes, these new initiations were given names that belied their true origin.  For example, Usui Reiki is not the original Reiki -  like Tibetan Reiki, the origins of Usui Reiki lie in Florida.

 Some individuals have gone to elaborate measures to validate their particular Reiki creations.  One Western group claimed to have found Dr. Usui's grave in Japan, which just happened to corroborate their particular form of Reiki.  These Westerners claimed to have found mysterious Reiki Masters, known only to themselves, who traced their Reiki lineages to Dr. Usui through someone other than Takata.  However, the tombstone is laser cut.  In addition, the Japanese in Japan who are practicing Reiki, have all learned it from Americans or people who have studied with Americans.  Why?  Because the Japanese do not buy into the Westerners claim for cultural reasons.  The first being that land is so expensive in Japan that it can cost a half-million dollars to simply widen a driveway a few feet.  Only the exorbitantly rich are able to afford to be buried rather than cremated.  Secondly, religion and spiritualism are openly discussed in Japan, and new ideas that work are incorporated into the body of religious knowledge.  If Dr. Usui and his followers had performed the kinds of miracles attributed to him by Takata and modern books, he would have become legendary.  There would be many stories told about the healings and Dr. Usui himself.  There are none!  This is especially extraordinary since the elaborate tombstone the Westerners found states that Dr. Usui's students taught well over a half-million people.  Thirdly, the symbols used in Reiki fit into the Japanese text; however, HON SHA ZA SHO NENE is Mandarin Chinese.  Fourthly, there is no letter "R"  sound in the Japanese language.  Last, as these Westerners claim to be in a direct lineage from Dr. Usui, why can't they do the same healings as Dr. Usui or even Madam Takata did?

 The fact that Takata was able to perform miracles is undeniable!  However, there are additional problems with her story.  The University of Chicago has no records of anyone named Usui attending; neither does the school in Japan where Dr. Usui was said to have practiced a form of Oriental spiritualism.  One hundred years ago, and perhaps even today, Japanese men would not teach a woman how to do initiations!

So, what is the answer? What if Takata went to Japan prior to World War II and came across a Buddhist monastery where simple attunements were given that only began the process of opening healing channels?  It may well have been that a monk named Usui brought these into the world through a consciousness-raising experience.  What if Takata receive this blessing and it awakened her own innate healing abilities, and evidenced by the fact that the healings she was able to facilitate surpassed those of the monks?  Did Takata only elaborate on Usui's story to make Reiki more acceptable to Americans?  After all, who would accept a woman's awakening?

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