Reiki Kanji Flashcards
Describe the meaning of the REI kanji
- canopy of heaven
- four rain drops
- three mouths catching the rain
- two female shamans on earth praying or dancing
Describe the meaning of the KI kanji
A cooking pot of rice giving off vapor or steam.
What does water signify in Rei?
Spiritually, it is endlessly adaptable.
Water is responsive, changes form and flows easily around obstacles.
Water has the capacity to slowly dissolve obstacles and carry them along.
What does the rice signify in Ki?
It represents food as energy to sustain our physical life.
How was Ki originally written?
As three wavy lines which symbolized air or breath.
What does the steam or vapor signify in Ki?
The breath of life of which is an invisible vapor or atmosphere.
What do the two female shamans signify in Rei?
They are mirror images of each other.
They represent the necessity for the shaman to balance her dual human nature of the spiritual and material realms in order to perform the work of praying for rain.
What does Rei mean on its own?
Rei= spirit, soul, ghost, divine, and sacred.
The rain= life-giving energy from heaven in the form of water, collected in the three mouths where it revitalized mind, body, and spirit.
What do the shamans act as?
Intermediaries between heaven above and earth below where the energy-giving rice grows and provides mankind with sustenance and energy from the hearth.
What are the shamans function?
To combine the heaven and earth energy in the heart of the shaman allowing her to become fully balanced as a unity and realize her true nature and fullest potential.
What is the spiritual essence of Reiki practice?
The practitioner or teacher balances her own mind and body (the spiritual and material aspects), just as the shaman does to heal the self and others.
Explain the full meaning of the Reiki kanji
Rei on its own means spirit, soul, ghost, divine, and sacred, The rain symbolizes the life-giving energy from heaven in the form of water, collected in the three mouths where it directly revitalizes mind, body, and spirit.
The shamans act as intermediaries between heaven above and the earth below where the energy-giving rice grows and provides mankind with sustenance and energy from the earth. The heaven energy combines with the earth energy in the heart of the shaman, allowing her to become fully balanced as a unity and realize her true nature and fullest potential.
This is the spiritual essence of Reiki practice: The practitioner or teacher balances her own mind and body (the spiritual and material aspects), just as the shaman does in order to heal the self and others.
