Who doesn’t know or hear the word “Reiki” nowadays? In the early 2000s era, there were still many people who didn’t know the term Reiki, many still asked “what is Reiki?”, and there were even some who asked “can it be eaten?”. Of course this isn’t food, so Reiki can’t be eaten.

Along with the explosion of the internet of things, starting with the viral spread of YouTube, Facebook, and all kinds of social media, Reiki has also become more popular. Many people are increasingly learning about Reiki, because there are many teachers, methods, and various comments on social media.

Alternative Healing

Regarding health, I hope we all already understand and comprehend the importance of health for our careers and quality of life. Who wants to have lots of possessions and money, but live with constant illness, going in and out of hospitals, and lying in a patient bed? Or have ambitious career goals, wanting lots of money, but suddenly have to spend a lot of money because of sky-high medical bills?

In the field of health, we have two main paths: the path of Western medical science and the path of Eastern/traditional medical science. Western/modern medical science is medical knowledge based on scientific evidence, based on scientific proof and facts, which is why it becomes the reference and benchmark for treatment. While Eastern/traditional medical science usually emerges from community traditions where the treatment method originates, and has been used for generations.

Outside these two main paths of medical science, Reiki practice offers an alternative path, a natural healing method using universal life energy, which doesn’t directly cost much money, even costs nothing at all, except for learning fees for those who want to become Reiki practitioners.

Then, how effective is healing with the Reiki method?

First of all, I want to explain what healing with Reiki actually means. Because by understanding the essence of Reiki itself, the effectiveness of “Reiki healing” can be understood. Reiki itself consists of two words in Japanese, namely REI = “Spirit, soul/spirit” and KI = “Energy.” When these two words are combined, we get a new word, Reiki, which means soul energy or spirit energy.

Prana is everywhere, even all objects and living beings are manifestations of prana/qi. Only the frequency and power of their vibration differs. In the Reiki tradition, someone can experience an illness or misfortune in their life because that person vibrates at a frequency that is not harmonious with the frequency and vibration in the universe. Therefore, by returning the person’s vibration to its natural state, which is harmonious with the universe’s vibration, automatically that person becomes healthy and happy in their life.

With the harmonization of a person’s vibration with the universe’s frequency through Reiki therapy, their cells and organs will experience relaxation and begin the healing process. Besides physical illness, Reiki healing is also very effective for mental problems such as depression and stress. Because fundamentally, mental problems are the same as illness, caused by the disharmony of a person’s mental vibration with the universe’s vibration.