The best course of action to take sometimes isn’t clear until you’ve listed and considered your alternatives. The following paragraphs should help clue you in to what the experts think is significant.
We’ll try to explain how we see it though we’re sure to come up against linguistic limitations. It is also extremely difficult to talk about ‘it’ (Reiki  therapy energy) when we are `it’ already. Therefore some meanings may come across as dualistic in nature when that was never our intent.

Right from the very beginning we find different wordings in the translation alone. This doesn’t make the job of finding out what Reiki is any easier.

There are so many varied explanations as to what Reiki therapy is. Is it different to the energies used by other systems are there different sorts of Reiki? We think it might even be easier to start with what we don’t think it is and discuss varied beliefs about Reiki before moving on to what we feel that it is.

We don’t see Reiki energy as a specific sort of energy but something much `greater’ than that.

We don’t see the energy used in Reiki as different to the energy used in Qi Gong, Yoga, etc… Rather it is the way that energy is utilized that produces different results (the feelings of denseness or higher vibration etc..).

Those of you not familiar with the latest on Reiki therapy now have at least a basic understanding. But there’s more to come.

Having read the outlines of good quality comprehensive training, it becomes clear that it is well worth the investment of your time and money to choose quality training over the cheaper approach. With all Reiki training, prices range from free to thousands of dollars.

Each system has its own techniques, practises and methods to aid practitioners in developing specific skills. At a basic level these skills differ according to the process undertaken by practitioners as taught in each system.

We believe there are a number of reasons as to why some Reiki practitioners feel that Reiki appears to produce different results to other energetic practices. It is good to remember we are talking about results here. This is not the energy (even here the word `energy’ might be inappropriate – especially for those of you who are scientific – is spirit or essence a better representation of what we are talking about?) itself.

The ultimate aim of our practise is to remember who we are – Reiki.

The techniques taught in specific systems (such as Qi Gong, Yoga etc…) would have been developed for different reasons. For example chopping bricks with a bare hand is a technique belonging to a distinctive system for specific reasons. Though there are many different energetic systems, the ultimate result of working with energy is for the same purpose – to know enlightenment.

That’s the latest from the Reiki therapy authorities. Once you’re familiar with these ideas, you’ll be ready to move to the next level.