Dive Into Reiki With Justin Stein
Vložit
- čas přidán 13. 12. 2021
- Welcome to Dive Into Reiki With... an interview series that explores the journeys of high-profile Reiki teachers & practitioners. Hosted by Nathalie Jaspar.
EPISODE 16-DR. JUSTIN STEIN
Dr. Justin Stein (Ph.D.) is an instructor in Asian Studies at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. His research program focuses on how exchanges within transnational networks have shaped spiritual/religious practices and ideas in the North Pacific region. His work on Reiki, including original translations of historical materials, has been published in three languages. His upcoming book, Alternate Currents: Reiki Healing, North Pacific Networks, and the Circulation of Transnational Spiritual Therapies, focuses on the life work of Hawayo Takata, whose cultural translation turned Reiki from an obscure Japanese practice into a source of healing and spiritual transformation for thousands of Americans and Canadians. Justin is also a Reiki practitioner.
You can contact Dr. Justin Stein at:
justinstein.academia.edu/
/ jbsreikiresearch
or via email at steinjustin@gmail.com
Don't forget to subscribe to Dive Into Reiki's CZcams channel for more interviews. You can support the podcast at patreon.com/diveintoreiki for less than the cost of a cup of coffee, or follow me on Instagram @diveintoreiki for more Reiki info!
"Practice and feel it, try it and do it". That's a great quote from you. It's very true. Reiki is in the experience not the explanation. It's like that old saying, "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture."
I've always found this lust for power in Reiki suspicious. Power, of any kind, is an alure, but with Reiki, it's consistency of doing Reiki not the individual power of a Reiki channel that matters. Takata achieved miracles not because she had uber Reiki, it's because she treated a person every day for months to achieve a cure. Reiki doesn't have to be endless "improved" to make it stronger and stronger just make people healthy. Power doesn't necessarily equate as efficacy.
Oh, what a great discussion with so much wonderful insight. Ty! 💫
thank you!
Thank you for this interesting discussion, Nathalie! I especially appreciated your comment on the differences in cultural teaching and learning styles, which is so easy to forget and an important point. Thank you, and blessings for your Reiki journey!
It is indeed! So glad you found it interesting Christian! Blessings to you too ☺️
What a beautiful and enthusiastic conversation! Gratitude.
Thank you!
By the way you can find the butter meditation method in Idle Talk on a Night Boat by Hakuin
Thank you for the wonderful interview. I love the reminder on being compassionate and to always practice.
thank you for watching and supporting the podcast Clau! it means a lot 💕
Thanks for this wonderful interview. The interesting thing is that non-duality/emptiness is not different now than it was in Mikao Usui's time and that is something we should not forget. Daily self treatment - hands on/off healing, in most modern practices is not really meditation because we are told that it doesn't matter what our mind does. Some teachers even say that it doesn't matter if we fall asleep, watch TV, chat etc... when doing hands on healing, that is definitely not meditating. Meditation is being mindful - focused, as Mikao Usui point out - Right Mind. Indeed if we look at Mikao Usui's teachings we can see emptiness again and again. Yes, Sakai Dai Ajari, one of the most famous kaihogyo monks, used to talk about Reiki when he did his kaihogyo in the mountains, in the sense that there was no difference between him and the mountain - universe - non-duality. The butter meditation came from Zen Master Hakuin (1686 - 1769) it was also mention in a booklet “Everyone Can Do Reiki” by Fumio Ogawa (1906-1998?). Thank you again for this lovely interview Nathalie and Justin.
Keep them coming Nathalie...
Thank you so much Frans, this is so very important to keep in mind :-)
@@DiveIntoReiki Hugs...
Hi Frans, thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts!
Your comment about the difference between the states of consciousness in meditation and hands-on treatment (teate ryōhō) is something I've heard you say before, but I'm not sure I entirely agree. Just because some teachers say it isn't important to maintain attention during treatment doesn't mean that all Takata-lineage Reiki is practiced that way. For example, Takata-sensei famously said "Listen to your hands" -- I think it would be hard to listen if you are asleep 😉
Also, I had forgotten that Ogawa-sensei had mentioned Hakuin's meditation in his text... Thank you for mentioning that! I just looked though and it doesn't seem to be the butter meditation from "Idle Talk on a Night Boat," but another kind of "introspective" (naikan) meditation focused on the lower tanden. At least, that's what it seems like in the translation I have -- I haven't been able to locate the Japanese original... Any help would be much appreciated!
And, just to be clear, I definitely agree that part of Usui-sensei's practice is about recovering our "true nature" -- "right mindfulness" -- and that his path towards that end relies on the power of the kami and buddhas, even if that is not said directly in the teachings.
I'll be going into that more in the book that revises my dissertation!
Great interview and really learned a lot being a Reiki practitioner. Wanted to know the martial art that you practice Nathalie
Thank you Mike, I learned a lot too. I practice iaido, the way of drawing the sword. There are some videos available on youtube :-)
@@DiveIntoReiki thank you so much. I practice or have practiced several different marital arts like kickboxing, capoeira, kali, taikokyu, haitian machete fencing and kalaripayattu. Looking forward to learning more about laido. Hopefully I can find a dojo near me.