The secret of inviting happiness through many blessings; the spiritual medicine for all illnesses. 

 

Dr. Mikao Usui founded the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai method of Reiki healing system in the mid-1800s with the basic concept of simple ethical principles, the "Gokai", to promote peace and harmony.

 

The Usui System of Natural Healing is also known as Usui Shiki Ryoho.  The translation is "the understanding of healing both trancendental and physical."  Dr. Usui intended that Reiki would not be just a healing modality but a way of life to improve your mind and your body. By adapting these principles his followers would create a level of healing in themselves and others beyond that which one could conceive possible. Dr. Usui shared some simple truths; the percepts:

 

The Principles of Reiki (Gokai)

by Dr. Mikao Usui

 

Japanese                    English

kyo dake wa               just for today
     okolu na                    don't get angry
          shinpai suna               don't worry
               kansha shite               be grateful
                    goo hage me               work hard
                         hito ni shinsetsuni       be kind to others

 

These Principals make a more positive statement when rephrased:

 

Just for today

I will give thanks

for my many blessings

 

Just for today

I will be happy and look at the positive

 

Just for today

I will be worry-free and deal with anger appropriately

 

Just for today

I will do my work honestly

 

Just for today

I will be kind

to my neighbor

and every Living thing

 

All Reiki practitioners are expected to recite these Principals daily and apply them to their lives daily.  This is what is known as living Reiki.