Reiki Self Attunement

There are many forms of self attunement going around now, most of them dependant on the originator of the particular method empowering an email or a web page, or in some way giving permission for another person to use their method. Since Reiki came to the west we have all been told, and had accepted until fairly recently, that you couldn't receive Reiki in any other manner other than an attunement which had to be carried out by a Reiki Master. We know better now. We've all heard examples of spontaneous attunements, and of times when a Reiki distant healing, or attunement was forgotten by the sender, and the recipient received it just the same! Working with these ideas, and on the principle that the connection to Reiki appears to have more to do with the intention of the recipient, rather than anything that the Reiki Master does, we now know that people can attune themselves to Reiki and can do it as easily and as effectively and as permanently as the method of being attuned by someone else. Some even say that the self attunement method is purer as the energy is not stepped down by passing through another person first. I don't know whether this is right or wrong but it's worth thinking about. Anyway to carry out Reiki self attunement is quite simple. All you need is the ability to meditate, 20/30 minutes or so where you can carry out the process, and the willingness to accept Reiki. You will be using the 4 Usui symbols, the Cho-ku-rei, the Sei-hei-ki, and Hon-sha-ze-sho-nen, and the Master symbol, the Dai-ko-mio. Ideally memorizing these would be the best method, but it would also be ok if you have them written down on paper and within your reach while carrying out your attunement. You will find all these symbols on our website, on the Plain and Simple Manuals and many other places on the net. It doesn't matter which symbols you decide to use (there are minor variations depending on who has published them) For easiness of use pick one set and use them as your own symbols.

To Start. First cleanse the room by drawing out all 4 symbols in the air Then draw the cho-ku-rei and the Dai-ko-mio on to the palms of your hands

Then draw the cho ku rei on all of your chakras And finally draw one large cho-ku-rei over the front of your body Then sit comfortably with your back straight and your hands in prayer position. Use whatever relaxation techniques that you are comfortable with . State your intention that you are going to carry out a Reiki Self attunement . You can ask for any guides, angels, ascended masters, spirit helpers, or indeed anyone that you are comfortable with, and that you would like to assist you in the process. If you like you can play music, light candles, burn incense, anything that feels right to you. You may even like to have a bath or shower beforehand as a kind of cleansing ritual. (bear in mind that none of these are strictly necessary for the process to work but it can help to get you into a receptive frame of mind) You might want to say a prayer or invocation if that feels right to you too. When you are relaxed and ready:Visualize the crown chakra on the top of your head as a lotus flower (or similar) which now begins to open up, petal by petal. When you feel that it is open enough then visualize a golden white light coming down from the heavens a broad shining channel which enters your crown chakra and fills it with golden white light. This light fills your whole head . The picture the golden white light moving down and filling your brow chakra and flooding it with light. Then bring it down to your throat chakra flooding it with light And so on bringing the golden white light down into all your chakras filling them all with golden white light and having the light fill up your entire body, arms, legs and feet, so that you are sitting filled entirely with golden white light. As you breathe in and out feel the light permeating out of all the pores in your body and spreading out all around you and into infinity. Now when you are ready it is time to bring down the symbols from the heavens above through the golden white channel of light and into your crown chakra. First see the cho-ku-rei coming down from above and entering your crown (say cho-ku-rei three times as it enters your crown ) - then visualize the CKR moving down the inside of your head, down through all the

chakras until you reach the root chakra. Visualize this as a red ball of fire with the cho-ku-rei swirling around inside it. Next do the same thing with the Sei-he-ki saying the name three times as it enters your crown, bring it down all through your chakras and have it lodge itself in your root chakra with the CKR. Then the same thing with the Hon-sha-ze-sho-nen And finally the Master Symbol Dai-ko-mio. When all four symbols are lodged in your root chakra then open your hands and place them like an opened book in front of you. Now visualize the symbols one at a time again. First visualize the cho-ku-rei over your palms (say the name three times) and see it disappear inside your palms. Then do the same thing with the sei-hei-ki, seeing it disappear into your palms Then the hon-sha-ze-sho-nen And finally the Dai-ko-mio. When this is completed then bring your attention to the back of your neck, just at the base of your skull Visualize a small door there which you are going to seal permanently as a symbol of the permanency of the attunement. This door is golden in color and you should visualize it being sealed for ever in a manner that makes sense to you. It can be a golden key locking the door and then melting to become an integral part of the door which can never be removed, or a small golden padlock being closed and disappearing into the door so that it cannot be seen., or any other sealing method that you like. Finally visualize the cho-ku-rei drawn over the door and affirm I now seal this Reiki attunement with divine intent for now and all time