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The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy".
Here are more informative photos discovered by a simple web search. There are lots - go looking!!
Yes, this is what caught my eye. I saw it as a painting someone had made digital images of to print onto all sorts of things and thought What The HECK!!
So, me being me, I went looking to find out exactly what the heck.
Japan of all places!
Considering the symbol that caught my eye is quite very ancient, to find it in a relatively 'new' context is kind of fun - and it means exactly EXACTLY what I have it meaning in my own context, which is more fun yet!
I've only just begun, but essentially it focuses on the 'life energy' that surrounds us totally, kind of putting it to use to relax us so our bodies can do what they do without the interference of external (or internal) stressors.
It seems to be a sort of meditation thing.
Balancing Mind, Body, Spirit makes all kinds of sense.
"Reiki (/ˈreɪkiː/) is a form of alternative medicine developed in 1922 by Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui."
^^^ That's ^^^ a Wiki quote ...
I have a strong hunch that this guy wasn't the very first of anybody in the whole wide world to figure this out.
I might get back to this later.
Right now I'm heading for my bed; as this Long Dark advances, hibernation seems like a wonderful idea - but I can't hibernate so will sleep for a while as an unsatisfying substitute.
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