At the beginning of the Reiki Principles, when it says The Secret Method To Invite Happiness; what does the Secret part mean?
I feel that its all a matter of how literally we translate: Shoufuku no hihou. We can rephrase ‘The Secret Method To Invite Happiness’ as something like ‘The Secret to Being Happy’. I feel the Principles themselves are the ‘secret method’. Its a bit like that book title: “The Seven Secrets of Success” – the ‘secrets’ are ‘keys’ or strategies to apply to life. so too, in just the same way the Principles are ‘secrets’ – strategies to apply to life. Essentially, for me, its saying: “Look – this is the Secret to Being Happy – and the key to Spiritual Healing: Just for today, do not get angry… etc, etc…” I have heard that if you are unwell or even not focussing on what you are doing during the Reiki session you might end up giving some of your own energy instead of Reiki energy to the patient. Perhaps its not so much a case of ‘instead of’ as one of ‘as well as’; and I don’t feel you have to be unwell for this to happen either. The desire to ‘do’ Reiki – to involve yourself in the thera
