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| The Reiki system of healing originated in Japan in the early 20th century. Although Reiki, the energy, may have been known and worked with before in history, the Reiki healing system as we know it originated about a century ago. Mikao Usui was a Buddhist monk who was interested in the miracle healings which were performed in ancient times. He believed that these healings had indeed occurred, but wanted to know how it had been done. In Tibet he studied sanskrit documents in which was explained about healing energies. He now had discovered how these energies could heal, but he did not have the ability to use these energies. Usui went to a mountain in Japan and meditated there for a period of three weeks. During this period he experienced energies in his body and he realized that these were healing energies. He then founded the Usui System of Natural Healing and started to pass on the gift of working with the healing energies. Usui initiated many students to work with the Reiki energy. | |||