| To me, it seems that not just does he represent | | | | dedication. |
| such a fine and cultural lineage of Reiki Masters, but | | | | The admonition that strikes the closest to home is, |
| he also represents a combination of healing mixed | | | | at least for today do not be angry. |
| with simple philosophies of how to live well. | | | | I wouldn't describe myself as angry, but if I were to |
| This lends to the ideal that living well should be our | | | | research the emotions I feel throughout the day |
| priority. Maybe when we take care of our lives, we | | | | including stress, hurriedness, impatience, irritability, |
| are always more able to take care of ourselves. I | | | | feeling there isn't enough time to complete things, |
| had heard the five principles or the five concepts in | | | | tired, worried, exhausted or sad. |
| many shapes and forms and never realized that they | | | | Anger is not necessarily hollering and screaming as |
| were derived from his teaching. The simplicity of his | | | | we flail our hands in a tantrum like a toddler. Anger is |
| five concepts seems ridiculously easy at first but | | | | subtle, grows like a seed of grass under the soil - |
| following them takes practice, patience and | | | | gaining strength and stamina before the blade of |
| meditation. Usui must have known this. | | | | grass shoots up for all to see. Most negative feelings |
| Let's just stop a minute and think...what if the art of | | | | are rooted dangerously close to anger. Anger means |
| living well and living in abundance are determined | | | | we are blaming someone for our problems or |
| simply by our actions. | | | | situations. Anger is feeling like our lives are not good |
| Can we really invite happiness? If we can, it means | | | | enough or that everyone else has things better. |
| that all the bad decisions, bad feelings, negative | | | | Anger is hopelessness and lack of trust in the one |
| thoughts, frustrating consequences of our life to this | | | | thing the Universe promises us. Well being. Anger is |
| point are simply due to our lack of faith or for many | | | | being resentful towards issues in our life and feeling |
| - lack of knowing. | | | | as if we have no control. |
| Usui was aware of the laws of attraction long before | | | | Mikao Usui reminds us that we do have control. |
| they became a best selling book! Even with so many | | | | By following just this one concept for a week, month |
| now hearing the message it seems that still few are | | | | or year until we get it right lives will improve ten fold. |
| getting it. Why is it so hard for so many to believe | | | | For today, do not be angry! When you find feelings |
| that what we desire, what we need, what want and | | | | that resemble anger or that could breed anger - |
| intend will manifest directly in our lives. Many like me | | | | reach inside for just a minute and use another of his |
| go at this principle with gusto and eventually fall back | | | | concepts- being grateful and expressing thanks. Do |
| into regular habits. | | | | this until the agitation right beneath the skin that |
| It really does take work and somewhere along the | | | | increases the heart rate slowly subsides and calm |
| way we are convinced we couldn't really have it all. | | | | begins to flow through your body. One successful |
| Usui encourages us to express our thanks, avoid | | | | day will lead to another and before long life will be |
| being grievous, be diligent and kind and work very | | | | different. It is evident that these concepts are |
| hard not to get angry. These principles are so easy | | | | important for the Reiki practitioner because as we |
| to accommodate during the holidays - yet for the | | | | achieve clarity the Ki or life energy runs more |
| rest of the year they take much work and | | | | potently through us and we have more to offer. |