Second Reiki Level
Okuden - The Second Level of the Original Method of Dr. Mikao Usui
THE SECOND REIKI LEVEL
OF THE ORIGINAL METHOD OF MIKAO USUI
OKUDEN REIKI - THE CREATIVE LEVEL
After becoming familiar with, experiencing, and deepening your understanding of First Reiki Level for a certain period (at least two to three months is recommended), those who wish can approach the Cosmic Energy more intensely and comprehensively with the Second Degree initiation. Each person should feel for themselves when the right time is for this step and be ready to face further changes in their life before undergoing a new, powerful "push" of purification and growth, such as that of the Second Reiki Level.
The body needs time to integrate new experiences. Sometimes, it is the teacher who tells the student when they are ready for the Second Level. However, this approach does not resonate with teacher Dario Canil, as the relationship between "master" and "student" in the West is quite different from that in the East. Empowering the student to listen to themselves, to feel, and to make autonomous decisions remains a value not to be underestimated in a field like Reiki. Indeed, Reiki is a system aimed at freedom, individuation, and self-realization.
With the Second Level, one is initiated into three cosmic symbols capable of making the use of Reiki independent of space and time; the basic techniques for using these symbols are learned, as well as how to perform "distance treatments," both on people and on abstract situations. With the Second Level Reiki, the energy flow increases significantly. However, this increase is not as important as the fact that the true power of Reiki is in direct connection with an authentic opening of the heart.
Reiki is a highly elevated vibrational frequency, and this vibrational quality is the same for every Reiki Practitioner, regardless of the level attained. The quantity, however, with which the extraordinary vibrational quality of Reiki is emitted depends on the heart's (Consciousness) openness of the practitioner. The more they manifest love, authentic presence, respect, empathy, compassion, and availability, the more the energy flows... with Love, Intelligence, and Energy.
While the First Reiki Level is defined as the "manual level," the Second Level (often inappropriately called the "mental level") is actually the "creative level." It allows the projection of one's willpower, determination, and loving intent through the cosmic symbols. For those willing to embrace transformation with humility and serenity, there occurs over time an ever-increasing psychological openness (as well as perceptual), an openness that transcends the narrow confines of the psyche to venture into the realms of intuition, acute sensitivity, and soulful feeling.
Sensitivity to the energy of others also increases, as well as to that of environments, places, and situations, and consequently, the "therapeutic capacity" increases as well.
At Dario Canil's Free Reiki® School, during an intense one-day seminar from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, the main applications and techniques related to the balanced and responsible use of the Second Level tools are taught:
However, the possibilities that Second Level Reiki offers are limited only by the narrowness of one's imaginative capacity...
The "silent knowledge" of the Second Level can awaken a feeling of deeper connection between oneself and the cosmos, a "sense" in which All is One and the One is All, while appearance and separation are experienced only as illusions of ordinary perception...
Table of contents Reiki Levels Section
Original version of this page in italian:
Secondo Livello Reiki