JP\/18\/REIKI<\/p>\n
Karen Stingemore
\nThe Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
Reiki is an ancient technique that channels universal energy for
\nthe purpose of healing and is becoming increasingly popular
\naround the world as more people make the shift from traditional
\nmedicine to alternative therapies.<\/p>\n
Grand master of a strand of Reiki, Reiki TUMMO, Irmansyah
\nEffendi, has dedicated his life to its teaching, traveling to 33
\ndifferent cities in Indonesia, other Asian countries, Australia,
\nNew Zealand, Canada, Europe and the United States. He has healed
\nmany people and more importantly taught people how to heal
\nthemselves.<\/p>\n
The most widely known tradition of Reiki is Reiki Usui and was
\nrediscovered by Usui from Japan at the end of the eighteenth
\ncentury.<\/p>\n
Irmansyah, however, points out that there are some Reiki
\ntraditions from Tibet that date back well before the eighteenth
\ncentury.<\/p>\n
Effendi explained the art of Reiki as being very natural.<\/p>\n
\"The basic principle of Reiki channeling is placing your palms
\nabove a part of your body that is experiencing pain or has had
\nprevious problems and if the problem or pain is light it will be
\nreduced or removed. In Reiki the participant will receive
\nattunement,\" Irmansyah said.<\/p>\n
\"Attunement is a process where a Reiki master (instructor)
\nuses Reiki energy to cleanse and open the person's energy gates
\n(called chakra), including on both palms, so that more energy can
\nbe channeled each time,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"The special energy gate on the top of your head called the
\ncrown chakra will also be opened.<\/p>\n
\"The crown chakra is a special energy gate because it is the
\nonly chakra that can receive and channel a higher quality energy
\nfrom both palms.\"<\/p>\n
There are more than 100 different traditions of Reiki in the
\nworld, with most originating from Reiki Usui and some from the
\nTibetan traditions of Reiki.<\/p>\n
The form of Reiki that Irmansyah teaches is Reiki TUMMO.<\/p>\n
\"In Reiki Tummo people are learning about the heart and
\nrealizing there are abundant blessings from the creator for every
\nbeing,\" Irmansyah said.<\/p>\n
\"If people can live more within the heart they will be able to
\nembrace the blessings and let the blessings work through them.<\/p>\n
\"If people live more within their heart they will be calm,
\npeaceful and joyful and many negative emotions can be removed
\nautomatically.\"<\/p>\n
Irmansyah's spiritual journey began 10 years ago when he
\nstarted to learn different types of energy channeling but at the
\nend of 1997 he decided to forego other methods to focus entirely
\non Reiki.<\/p>\n
\"When I realized there were so many different benefits from
\nReiki compared to other channeling methods, I decided to focus
\npurely on Reiki,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"Some of the benefits of Reiki as compared to other methods
\nare you don't need to focus when channeling energy.<\/p>\n
\"On the contrary if you are relaxed you will get better
\nresults.\"<\/p>\n
Irmansyah grew up in Padang, West Sumatra, and left his
\nhometown to attend university in the United States at California
\nState University.<\/p>\n
His early career completely contradicts his current one. He
\nachieved a bachelor of science in computer science and
\nmathematics but the calling to do something unique was too strong
\nand following intense daily mediations he learnt Reiki Usui from
\nan American master.<\/p>\n
\"I have learned various methods from different people but I
\nlearnt Reiki TUMMO from my spiritual guides,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"I am now at level 3B (highest level), with most Reiki
\ntraditions having three levels with the levels being 3A and 3B.<\/p>\n
\"Level 3B is meant for giving attunement to others only.\"<\/p>\n
The normal Reiki training process will guide students with
\nindividual and group exercises for a few hours for level 1.
\nFurther exercises will be taught for students of level 2 and they
\nhave to practice for at least 21 days before they proceed to
\nlevel 3.<\/p>\n
Students are then evaluated before they are allowed to reach
\nlevel 3.<\/p>\n
Irmansyah is the founder of a series of foundations, some of
\nwhich include the Padmajaya Foundation (Indonesian based Reiki
\norganization), the Padma Sejati Foundation (organization that
\nemphasizes workshops on 'the heart'), Padmacahaya Foundation
\n(International based Reiki organization), Lotus Licht (Germany),
\nReiki TUMMO Association of Singapore and Heart Awakening, in the
\nUnited States.<\/p>\n
He supports the notion that Reiki is gaining a worldwide
\nappeal and believes this is due to the fact Reiki is so easy; you
\ncan learn one level of Reiki in a few hours (normally a one day
\nworkshop).<\/p>\n
He lists the other reasons for its popularity as being Reiki
\npractitioners are healthier and can help others including those
\nwith serious illnesses and TUMMO practitioners tend to feel more
\npeaceful, calmer, happier and joyful.<\/p>\n
He said those who liked to pray felt the improvement in their
\nconnection to the creator and enjoyed the time they were praying
\nbetter.<\/p>\n
\"More people are turning toward alternative therapies because
\ngeneral medicine has side effects for the body while most
\nalternative therapies don't,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"Some of the larger hospitals in various countries are
\noffering patients Reiki treatment in addition to their normal
\nmedical treatment.\"<\/p>\n
He lists healing people as one of the highlights of his
\ninvolvement with Reiki.<\/p>\n
He elaborated on a particular healing experience.<\/p>\n
\"At the end of a Reiki TUMMO level 1 workshop, one of the
\nparticipants told us that she had bad asthma and had to take
\nmedicine six times a day but throughout the day's workshop she
\ndidn't feel the need to take any medicine and she said she felt a
\nlot better,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"About five months later she joined the Reiki TUMMO level 2
\nworkshop and testified that since her first workshop she had
\nstopped taking medication to aid her breathing.\"<\/p>\n
Irmansyah said people with ailments such as migraines could
\ntake three to five sessions to be healed whereas people with more
\nserious illnesses normally require three sessions a day and the
\nteachers suggest to them that they learn how to administer
\nhealing to themselves.<\/p>\n
\"I believe we should share good things with others, especially
\nif we are able to help improve the health of others, so we
\ncurrently run almost 40 social clinics throughout Indonesia,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
\"By operating these social clinics we are not only helping
\nothers but also providing our alumni with an avenue to practice
\nwhat they have learned.<\/p>\n
\"We have also started social clinics in different countries.\"<\/p>\n
Irmansyah's workshops on Reiki are run in cities all over the
\nworld every weekend.<\/p>\n
The workshops have 20 to 60 participants for Reiki TUMMO
\nworkshops but for intermediate level Reiki workshops there are
\nnormally 120 to 200 participants.<\/p>\n
Irmansyah is also an author of 11 books about Reiki, written
\nin both English and Indonesian.<\/p>\n
Living between Jakarta and Perth, Australia, and traveling the
\nworld teaching Reiki would appear to be an exhausting feat but
\nnot for Irmansyah.<\/p>\n
\"The more you channel energy, the more energy you will have
\nand the fresher your whole being will become,\" Irmansyah said.<\/p>",
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