The Reiki Method

Empowerments in Reiki and associated modalities

Reiki
Level III Master
SHINPIDEN
Manual
http://www.freewebs.com/thereikimethod/
May 2007
Contents
Introduction
Disclaimer
What is Level III Reiki?
The Empowerment Symbol Daikomyo
Ethics
Reiju
Reiju Empowerment Procedure
Empowerment Kotodama
Giving Attunements/Empowerments using Kotodama
Level I (Shoden)
Level II (Okuden)
Level III Master (Shinpiden)
Attunement Procedures Usui Shiki Ryoho Style
Level I (Shoden)
Level II (Okuden)
Level III Master (Shinpiden)
Introduction
Welcome to Level III Master (Shinpiden) Reiki.
The purpose of this manual is to provide a practical guide to Reiki at Level III and while
no manual is ever truly complete, it will hopefully be a comprehensive and useful guide
to its practice.
Disclaimer
Reiki is a natural method of hands on energy balancing treatment for the purpose of
reducing stress and for relaxation.
Reiki is not meant to be a substitute for professional medical or psychological health
care.
No Reiki practitioner (unless qualified to do so) treats, makes any diagnosis of a
condition or conditions, performs any medical treatments, prescribes any substance
nor interferes in any way with the treatments of licenced medical professionals.
Reiki does not in any way compete with the medical profession nor medical treatment, it
does in fact compliment medical treatment.
For any physical or psychological ailment, it is recommended that a licenced medical
professional is consulted.
What is Level III Reiki?
Reiki at Level III has various aspects that are distinct to this level. Attunement methods
are given at Level III. There are some that will wish only to attune their friends and/or
family and this is fine. There are others who will wish to teach Reiki to others for
whatever fee, if any, they set and this is fine also. In either case, Level III completes your
Reiki training (although other systems can be gone on to afterwards) and hopefully
offers opportunities to enhance your own development.
The method of attuning others has changed over the years since first devised in the days
of Usui Sensei and many variations of attunement methods exist. The method used to
attune you is included in this manual (for all three levels) as is the Japanese method,
called Reiju (giving/receiving the spirituality), although this method is not the method
of Reiju used in the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai as that method is known only to that
organisation itself.
A Reiju empowerment (if desired) will be given to you, using the same energy lineage as
each of your level attunements, at least one week after your Level III attunement.
Shinpiden The Mystery
The Empowerment Symbol
Daikomyo
The Daikomyo (also referred to as the Usui Master Symbol) has as its primary use the
attunement of others. Once the recipient is attuned to this symbol, he/she has the ability
to attune others into the Reiki energy.
In Japan, this symbol is called Empowerment. That said, in Japan, along with
Connection of Level II, Daikomyo would be considered as a phrase, serving as a focus
for a specific aspect of the Reiki energy.
As you no doubt already know (from Level II), the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai does not use
symbols.
It has been stated in the west that the meaning of Daikomyo (pronounced D-eye-kohm-
yoh) is Great Being shine brightly or Great Being of the Universe, shine on me, be my
friend or Treasure House of the Great Beaming Light.
It has also been said that Daikomyo is a Zen Buddhist expression for Ones true nature
of which one becomes aware of in the experience of enlightenment.
Hiroshi Doi, a Japanese Reiki Master, explains it as Great Light radiated by Buddha
Dai (Great) Ko Myo (Light radiated by Buddha Wisdom which is that Light that breaks
the darkness).
Use of Daikomyo creates a stronger connection between your higher self and the
physical. It also can enable recognition and clarity about your true path.
The Daikomyo as shown on the next page is the Usui Master symbol as taught in Japan
and as used in your attunements.
Thanks to Rick Rivard (www.threshold.ca) for permission to reproduce the Daikomyo
symbol image.
Ethics
Ethics are obviously very important at Level III.
In no way is the teaching Level III Master (Shinpiden) any form of holy man or guru of
any kind and he/she can not and should not expect any form of devotion from any of
his/her students.
Moral and ethical behaviour is expected towards each and every student from a Level III
Master (Shinpiden).
Any confidence entered into between a Level III Master (Shinpiden) and student ought
to be kept.
When treating or attuning, the physical areas of sensibility shall be avoided and the
recipients requests in all areas regarding the treatment and/or attunement must be
respected within personal, professional and ethical limits.
Accurate client files must be kept if practicing professionally.
Personal hygiene and the non-use of alcohol, drugs etc. during professional activities is
required from a Level III Master (Shinpiden).
All Usui Reiki lineages must be respected equally.
Reiju
Reiju is a spiritual empowerment that connects the recipient to Reiki reinforcing that
connection and increasing the strength of his/her Reiki.
The practice of the energy exercises daily, enhances that connection.
Reiju enhances the recipients spiritual development.
Maximisation of the recipients intuition and sensitivity to Reiki energy is gained by
repeated Reiju empowerments on a regular basis.
Reiju Empowerment Procedure
This information is for Level III Masters only.
1. Gassho
2. Extending your hands upwards, connect to Reiki
3. Bring your arms downwards in a circular motion and then inwards until they rest in
front of your hara (3cm below the navel), right hand resting in the left, thumbs
joined at tips
4. Focus Reiki energy into the hara
5. As you inhale, raise your arms upward in front of you, keeping your thumbs and
index fingers touching and spreading your fingers wide
6. As your hands reach your head, separate them and at the top of this cycle begin to
exhale and bring them down and outwards again creating a circle that ends in front
of your hara, right hand over left
7. As you are bringing your hands down, visualise that you are surrounding your
intended recipient(s) in a circle of Reiki or light energy
8. Repeat steps 5 to 7 two more times, each time allowing Reiki to build up in your hara
9. Stand in front of the recipient, Gassho and bow
10. Touch the person on the shoulder saying to yourself I begin Reiju. The recipient is
to adopt the Gassho position
11. Move your hands high up from both sides and hold them facing them palms up
12. Slowly lower your hands above the recipients crown, join the index fingers of both
hands making contact of the first and second joints of the two index fingers (the
other fingers relaxed) horizontally
13. In one continuous movement, move your hands down in front of the recipient,
drawing a line of Reiki energy down the centre of his/her body to the height of the
recipients knee. Releasing the index finger contact, sweep to both sides
simultaneously, moving your arms away from each other, moving down and to the
floor, finally facing your palms to the floor
14. Continue to move your hands back up in a circle until they are over the recipients
head
15. Join your hands, one on top of the other, palms down (dominant hand under non-
dominant) touching the aura of the recipient
16. Let Reiki flow for a count of about fifteen seconds, intending the recipient to be
connected to Reiki
17. Following the outline of the aura, move your hands to both sides of the recipients
head, each palm facing one side of the head at eyebrow height
18. Let Reiki flow for a count of about fifteen seconds
19. Following the outline of the aura, move your hands to the front of his/her face and
make a triangle with your index fingers and your thumbs, palms facing face.
20. Let Reiki flow into his/her third eye chakra for a count of about fifteen seconds
21. Move your hands to in front of and behind the throat chakra of recipient
22. Let Reiki flow into his/her throat chakra for about fifteen seconds
23. Move your hands to in front of and behind heart chakra of recipient
24. Let Reiki flow into his/her heart chakra for about fifteen seconds
25. Move your hands down and around the recipients hands in a triangular manner as
at third eye chakra (without touching them) which should be in Gassho
26. Let the energy flow through his/her hands for a count of about fifteen seconds
27. Smoothly separate and move your hands downwards, near to the floor and bring
them together, palms upward, making contact with the tips of the two smallest
fingers of each hand and quickly move your hands up along in front of the recipients
body as if you were scooping the Reiki energy and returning it to the sky, releasing
the little finger contact at the end
28. Touch the recipients shoulder and tell them you are finished
29. Say to yourself I have finished Reiju
30. Gassho and bow
Empowerment Kotodama
The Empowerment kotodama represents the energy of the Usui Master symbol
Daikomyo.
The Daikomyo connects you to the Universal energy of Reiki.
To pronounce:
ai ko yo aaah-eeee coe yo
Giving Attunements/Empowerments using Kotodama
Level I (Shoden)
Give Reiju four times to recipient
Level II (Okuden)
Give Reiju to recipient pronouncing kotodama in mind repetitively at each point (crown,
temples, third eye, throat, heart, hands)
1
st
Reiju pronounce Focus kotodama
2
nd
Reiju pronounce Harmony kotodama
3
rd
Reiju pronounce Connection kotodama
Level III Master (Shinpiden)
Give Reiju three times to recipient pronouncing Empowerment kotodama in mind,
repetitively at each point
It is recommended that the recipient chant the kotodama of the level given for ten
minutes directly after the empowerment, i.e.
After 1
st
Okuden Reiju chant Focus kotodama
After 2
nd
Okuden Reiju chant Harmony kotodama
After 3
rd
Okuden Reiju chant Connection kotodama
After each Shinpiden Reiju chant Empowerment kotodama
This enables the recipient to become more at one with the energies that the kotodama
represent.
Attunement procedures Usui Shiki Ryoho style
Level I (Shoden)
First attunement
1. Behind recipient, place both hands on top of the head of recipient, close your eyes,
gain energetic rapport with recipient
2. Draw Daikomyo over the head of recipient, repeating symbol name three times in
mind. Picture the symbol moving through the crown chakra through the head,
lodging in the base of the brain while guiding it with your right hand
3. Touch recipients left shoulder. Recipient to adopt Gassho position at top of their
head
4. Draw Chokurei in the air over the hands. Picture the symbol moving into the hands
and down through the crown chakra through to lodge in the base of the brain while
repeating symbol name three times in mind
5. Move recipients Gassho position from top of head to in front of heart chakra
6. Move to the front of recipient and with your right hand open recipients hands flat
while holding them underneath with your left hand (reverse if left handed)
7. Draw Chokurei in front of recipients third eye repeating symbol name three times in
mind as you picture it move through head into third eye
8. With right hand draw Chokurei in air above recipients hands. Picture symbol
moving into recipients hands as you repeat symbol name three times in mind. Slap
hands three times
9. Bring recipients hands together and move them up to recipients heart chakra. Blow
over the hands up to third eye and crown and back over hands to solar plexus and
back to hands
10. At back, place hands on recipients shoulders and look down through crown chakra
imagining that you can see into recipients heart chakra. Place a positive
affirmation here such as you are a successful and confident Reiki Healer into the
heart chakra of recipient by repeating it three times in mind intending it to be
accepted by the subconscious mind of the recipient
11. Bring your hands together placing your thumbs at the base of the skull. Repeat: I
now seal this process with Divine love and wisdom while picturing a door with a
Chokurei on it being closed and locked. Intend, will and feel that the process is
sealed and complete and that the recipient is directly connected to the Reiki source,
as you do this
12. Place your palms on the recipients shoulders and repeat the affirmation : We are
both blessed by this process
13. Move to front asking recipient to place palms down flat on his/her legs and to
breathe deeply and slowly open his/her eyes
Second attunement
1. Behind recipient, place both hands on top of the head of recipient, close your eyes,
gain energetic rapport with recipient
2. Draw Daikomyo over the head of recipient, repeating symbol name three times in
mind. Picture the symbol moving through the crown chakra through the head,
lodging in the base of the brain while guiding it with your right hand
3. Draw the Honshazeshonen symbol over the head of recipient, repeating symbol
name three times in mind. Picture the symbol moving through the crown chakra
through the head, lodging in the base of the brain while guiding it with your right
hand
4. Touch recipients left shoulder. Recipient to adopt Gassho position at top of their
head
5. Draw the Chokurei in the air over the hands. Picture the symbol moving into the
hands and down through the crown chakra through to lodge in the base of the brain
while repeating symbol name three times in mind
6. Move recipients Gassho position from top of head to in front of heart chakra
7. Move to the front of recipient and with your right hand open recipients hands flat
while holding them underneath with your left hand (reverse if left handed)
8. Draw Chokurei in front of recipients third eye repeating symbol name three times in
mind as you picture it move through head into third eye
9. Draw Honshazeshonen in front of recipients third eye repeating symbol name three
times in mind as you picture it move through head into third eye
10. With right hand draw Chokurei in air above recipients hands. Picture symbol
moving into recipients hands as you repeat symbol name three times in mind. Slap
hands three times
11. Bring recipients hands together and move them up to recipients heart chakra. Blow
over the hands up to third eye and crown and back over hands to solar plexus and
back to hands
12. At back, place hands on recipients shoulders and look down through crown chakra
imagining that you can see into recipients heart chakra. Place a positive affirmation
here such as you are a successful and confident Reiki Healer into the heart chakra
of recipient by repeating it three times in mind intending it to be accepted by the
subconscious mind of the recipient
13. Bring your hands together placing your thumbs at the base of the skull. Repeat: I
now seal this process with Divine love and wisdom while picturing a door with a
Chokurei on it being closed and locked. Intend, will and feel that the process is
sealed and complete and that the recipient is directly connected to the Reiki source,
as you do this
14. Place your palms on the recipients shoulders and repeat the affirmation : We are
both blessed by this process
15. Move to front asking recipient to place palms down flat on his/her legs and to
breathe deeply and slowly open his/her eyes
Third attunement
Exactly the same as Second attunement
Fourth attunement
1. Behind recipient, place both hands on top of the head of recipient, close your eyes,
gain energetic rapport with recipient
2. Draw Daikomyo over the head of recipient, repeating symbol name three times in
mind. Picture the symbol moving through the crown chakra through the head,
lodging in the base of the brain while guiding it with your right hand
3. Draw the Honshazeshonen symbol over the head of recipient, repeating symbol
name three times in mind. Picture the symbol moving through the crown chakra
through the head, lodging in the base of the brain while guiding it with your right
hand
4. Draw the Seiheki symbol over the head of recipient, repeating symbol name three
times in mind. Picture the symbol moving through the crown chakra through the
head, lodging in the base of the brain while guiding it with your right hand
5. Touch recipients left shoulder. Recipient to adopt Gassho position at top of their
head
6. Draw the Chokurei in the air over the hands. Picture the symbol moving into the
hands and down through the crown chakra through to lodge in the base of the brain
while repeating symbol name three times in mind
7. Move recipients Gassho position from top of head to in front of heart chakra
8. Move to the front of recipient and with your right hand open recipients hands flat
while holding them underneath with your left hand (reverse if left handed)
9. Draw Chokurei in front of recipients third eye repeating symbol name three times in
mind as you picture it move through head into third eye
10. Draw Honshazeshonen in front of recipients third eye repeating symbol name three
times in mind as you picture it move through head into third eye
11. Draw Seiheki in front of recipients third eye repeating symbol name three times in
mind as you picture it move through head into third eye
12. With right hand draw Chokurei in air above recipients hands. Picture symbol
moving into recipients hands as you repeat symbol name three times in mind. Slap
hands three times
13. Bring recipients hands together and move them up to recipients heart chakra. Blow
over the hands up to third eye and crown and back over hands to solar plexus and
back to hands
14. At back, place hands on recipients shoulders and look down through crown chakra
imagining that you can see into recipients heart chakra. Place a positive affirmation
here such as you are a successful and confident Reiki Healer into the heart chakra
of recipient by repeating it three times in mind intending it to be accepted by the
subconscious mind of the recipient
15. Bring your hands together placing your thumbs at the base of the skull. Repeat: I
now seal this process with Divine love and wisdom while picturing a door with a
Chokurei on it being closed and locked. Intend, will and feel that the process is
sealed and complete and that the recipient is directly connected to the Reiki source,
as you do this
16. Place your palms on the recipients shoulders and repeat the affirmation : We are
both blessed by this process
17. Move to front asking recipient to place palms down flat on his/her legs and to
breathe deeply and slowly open his/her eyes
Level II (Okuden)
1. Behind recipient, place both hands on top of the head of recipient, close your eyes,
gain energetic rapport with recipient
2. Draw Daikomyo over the head of recipient, repeating symbol name three times in
mind. Picture the symbol moving through the crown chakra through the head,
lodging in the base of the brain while guiding it with your right hand
3. Touch recipients left shoulder. Recipient to adopt Gassho position at top of their
head
4. Draw the Chokurei in the air over the hands. Picture the symbol moving into the
hands and down through the crown chakra through to lodge in the base of the brain
while repeating symbol name three times in mind
5. Draw the Seiheki in the air over the hands. Picture the symbol moving into the hands
and down through the crown chakra through to lodge in the base of the brain while
repeating symbol name three times in mind
6. Draw the Honshazeshonen in the air over the hands. Picture the symbol moving into
the hands and down through the crown chakra through to lodge in the base of the
brain while repeating symbol name three times in mind
7. Move recipients Gassho position from top of head to in front of heart chakra
8. Move to the front of recipient and with your right hand open recipients hands flat
while holding them underneath with your left hand (reverse if left handed)
9. Draw Chokurei in front of recipients third eye repeating symbol name three times in
mind as you picture it move through head into third eye
10. Draw Seiheki in front of recipients third eye repeating symbol name three times in
mind as you picture it move through head into third eye
11. Draw Honshazeshonen in front of recipients third eye repeating symbol name three
times in mind as you picture it move through head into third eye
12. With right hand draw Chokurei in air above recipients hands. Picture symbol
moving into recipients hands as you repeat symbol name three times in mind. Slap
hands three times
13. With right hand draw Seiheki in air above recipients hands. Picture symbol moving
into recipients hands as you repeat symbol name three times in mind. Slap hands
three times
14. With right hand draw Honshazeshonen in air above recipients hands. Picture
symbol moving into recipients hands as you repeat symbol name three times in
mind. Slap hands three times
15. Bring recipients hands together and move them up to recipients heart chakra. Blow
over the hands up to third eye and crown and back over hands to solar plexus and
back to hands
16. At back, place hands on recipients shoulders and look down through crown chakra
imagining that you can see into recipients heart chakra. Place a positive affirmation
here such as you are a successful and confident Reiki Healer into the heart chakra
of recipient by repeating it three times in mind intending it to be accepted by the
subconscious mind of the recipient
17. Bring your hands together placing your thumbs at the base of the skull. Repeat: I
now seal this process with Divine love and wisdom while picturing a door with a
Chokurei on it being closed and locked. Intend, will and feel that the process is
sealed and complete and that the recipient is directly connected to the Reiki source,
as you do this
18. Place your palms on the recipients shoulders and repeat the affirmation : We are
both blessed by this process
19. Move to front asking recipient to place palms down flat on his/her legs and to
breathe deeply and slowly open his/her eyes
Level III Master (Shinpiden)
1. Behind recipient, place both hands on top of the head of recipient, close your eyes,
gain energetic rapport with recipient
2. Touch recipients left shoulder. Recipient to adopt Gassho position at top of their
head
3. Draw Daikomyo over the head of recipient, repeating symbol name three times in
mind. Picture the symbol moving through the crown chakra through the head,
lodging in the base of the brain while guiding it with your right hand
4. Draw the Chokurei in the air over the hands. Picture the symbol moving into the
hands and down through the crown chakra through to lodge in the base of the brain
while repeating symbol name three times in mind
5. Draw the Seiheki in the air over the hands. Picture the symbol moving into the hands
and down through the crown chakra through to lodge in the base of the brain while
repeating symbol name three times in mind
6. Draw the Honshazeshonen in the air over the hands. Picture the symbol moving into
the hands and down through the crown chakra through to lodge in the base of the
brain while repeating symbol name three times in mind
7. Move recipients Gassho position from top of head to in front of heart chakra
8. Move to the front of recipient and with your right hand open recipients hands flat
while holding them underneath with your left hand (reverse if left handed)
9. Draw Daikomyo in front of recipients third eye repeating symbol name three times
in mind as you picture it move through head into third eye
10. Draw Chokurei in front of recipients third eye repeating symbol name three times in
mind as you picture it move through head into third eye
11. Draw Seiheki in front of recipients third eye repeating symbol name three times in
mind as you picture it move through head into third eye
12. Draw Honshazeshonen in front of recipients third eye repeating symbol name three
times in mind as you picture it move through head into third eye
13. With right hand draw Daikomyo in air above recipients hands. Picture symbol
moving into recipients hands as you repeat symbol name three times in mind. Slap
hands three times
14. With right hand draw Chokurei in air above recipients hands. Picture symbol
moving into recipients hands as you repeat symbol name three times in mind. Slap
hands three times
15. With right hand draw Seiheki in air above recipients hands. Picture symbol moving
into recipients hands as you repeat symbol name three times in mind. Slap hands
three times
16. With right hand draw Honshazeshonen in air above recipients hands. Picture
symbol moving into recipients hands as you repeat symbol name three times in
mind. Slap hands three times
17. Bring recipients hands together and move them up to recipients heart chakra. Blow
over the hands up to third eye and crown and back over hands to solar plexus and
back to hands
18. At back, place hands on recipients shoulders and look down through crown chakra
imagining that you can see into recipients heart chakra. Place a positive affirmation
here such as you are a successful and confident Reiki Healer into the heart chakra
of recipient by repeating it three times in mind intending it to be accepted by the
subconscious mind of the recipient
19. Bring your hands together placing your thumbs at the base of the skull. Repeat: I
now seal this process with Divine love and wisdom while picturing a door with a
Chokurei on it being closed and locked. Intend, will and feel that the process is
sealed and complete and that the recipient is directly connected to the Reiki source,
as you do this
20. Place your palms on the recipients shoulders and repeat the affirmation : We are
both blessed by this process
21) Move to front asking recipient to place palms down flat on his/her legs and to
breathe deeply and slowly open his/her eyes
Recommended Reading
Iyashino Gendai Reiki Ho
Hiroshi Doi
Fraser Journal Publishing ISBN 0-9688100-0-4
The Original Reiki Handbook Of Dr. Mikao Usui
Dr. Mikao Usui and Frank Arjava Petter
Lotus Press ISBN 0-914955-57-8
Reiki, The Healing Touch
William Lee Rand
Vision Publications ISBN 1-886785-05-8
Essential Reiki
Diane Stein
The Crossing Press ISBN 0-89594-736-6
The Reiki Sourcebook
Bronwen & Frans Stiene
O Books ISBN 1-903816-55-6
The Japanese Art of Reiki
Bronwen & Frans Stiene
O Books ISBN 1-905047-02-9