SUFI REIKI

Master Level
Manual
Sufi Reiki was created by Reiki Sufi Master Sami Pajunen in
Finland at the end of 1999. Reiki Sufi was introduced to
Indonesia by Mr. Fajar Isbandi with the help of the first few
Reiki Sufi Masters including Rudi, Eko Yuwono, Edys Susanto ,
Hikam, Rachmat Hanafi, Adi Setiawan,Andry , and others.

Sufi Reiki is a Reiki that accesses Sufistic energy by the

moment method. This energy may be different from the reiki
Usui energy but as far as I m concerned the difference is
something that is felt individually and it is not for me to
describe the differences. The aim of the energy however is to
enable the practitioner of Sufi Reiki to become a spiritually
enlightened person who is also able to do healing for
him/herself as well as for others.

Sufi Reiki has 3 levels followed by the band attunements.

The Usui Reiki symbols may be used after the second
attunements , however many Sufi Reiki Masters do not use any
symbols. It is hoped that when the Sufi Reiki practitioner has
completed the 3 levels of attunement that all the chakras are
well expanded and the energy fields are clean and there are no
blocks .The ego should be less and is replaced by a heightened
awareness and this is manifested as patience, calmness and a
greater wisdom in handling life situations. At this stage, the
higher attunements are taken, that is, the Band attunements.

The Band attunements are equivalent to what is known as

Shing Chi for other Reiki types..The Band attunements result
in a higher energy level in terms of quality and quantity. The
bands are actually unlimited, and they open the upper chakra
levels that are also unlimited. The purpose of the band
attunements is to enable the practitioner to achieve a spiritual
awareness that comes from the Kundalini energy entering the
crown chakra.

Whether or not these aims are achieved depends entirely on

the capacity and efforts of the practitioner and obviously two
practitioners who have been attuned to the same band levels
may exhibit very different degrees of awareness, which would
mean that the band levels do not indicate a person's spiritual
development.

The practitioners who have achieved 360 band are allowed

to attune others, although those who are aware and understand
the moment method can self attune themselves without the aid
of a Master. It goes without saying that in the moment
method, the level reached by the attunee is not limited by the
level attained by the attuner and it is very likely an attunee will
achieve a higher level of spiritual awareness than the attuner.

This explanation was prepared with the help of an explanation

on the Indonesian Reiki Sufi website that was created by Andy

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Sufi Meditation

Meditation
From Vol. 8, No. 2

When we hear or think of meditation, we commonly imagine a practice

where one sits in a quiet place in a peaceful state of mind. The goals of
meditation that come immediately are likewise very general: to free one's
self from the heavy burden of everyday living; to get in touch with one's
true self, whatever that may be. This common understanding of
meditation embraces, of course, many different practices. Such a
process, which has been a dominant characteristic of a major part of
spiritual practices today, is indeed a positive practice, but is not what
Sufism has in mind.

In Sufism, the law of meditation follows the essential rule of self

discovery, and that is when a seeker is attracted and attuned towards
the Divine, Allah, all of his or her meditative energies are concentrated
and focused towards Allah. One will find peacefulness and freedom in
Sufism meditation, but this is not its only goal. Instead, the goal is to gain
the knowledge that enables one to understand Allah, the Divine, the All
Knowing, All Embracing, Merciful and Compassionate. Meditation in Sufism
involves several steps; one must collect his or her energies from the
outside world and gradually learn to focus them in the center of the
heart. To find this point in the heart is essential as not many are aware
of the existence of this center, and not any point in the heart will take
one to this favourable destination. This is the point where heaven and
earth, body and soul meet, and the material transforms into the spiritual.
Sufi meditation is directed towards the heart since the heart is the
center and the seat of love and divine inspiration, and the heart does not
falsify that which it sees.

We all are different, and so we have different attractions towards

different directions of the outside world. There are many waves that
connect us to the outer world surrounding us, that allow communication
between the individual and the outer world. We are attracted and busy
with our work, our daily routines, our families, and our immediate
environment. In these interactions, we receive energies, we exchange
energies, and thus we also lose energies. Through our constant interaction
with the celestial waves around us, the rays of the sun, the
electromagnetic waves of the galaxies, and more, we are part of a
continuity always exchanging energy and information.

In Sufi meditation, a seeker will learn how to take hold of his or her
energies from all these lines of communication and collect them from the
outside to direct them to the center of the heart. This process is truly
an esoteric one, and, as such, is not open to the marketplace of religion;
and for good reason, it was never meant for public appeal. Sufis have
guarded all these steps, keeping them hidden from the hands of others
who would inevitably misuse them. So, you, as a seeker, must be careful.
If you seek the way of Sufism, you must be especially careful that what
you are seeking is indeed Sufism, and not something that merely claims
the name of Sufism.

As we grow into adulthood we also grow more and more intimately

acquainted with the outside world, to the point that the outside world
becomes more familiar to us than our own being. Many chains of
attractions pull us in different directions, leaving us with the sense of
being torn apart. We become less and less aware of ourselves, of our own
being.

In Sufi Meditation, the first step that one takes is to become

acquainted with and aware of one's self, of the being within. Without
finding that central point within yourself, you will not be able to become a
center to receive, and there can be no substitute for the actuality of the
center of one's being. Yet, this is not enough. Becoming a center to
receive does not suffice for the pursuit of the understanding of Sufism,
for a Sufi does not seek to become a center open to receiving everything.
Instead, the Sufi seek attunements for receiving selected waves; in this
case, spiritual or Divine energy.

I usually give a simple exercise so seekers may see if they are as familiar
with their own being, even their physical beings, as they are with the
outside world, of other beings and things. I ask them to close their eyes
for a moment to try to see their own faces as accurately as they can.
Many find it hard to see their own faces as they are, no matter how often
they have looked in the mirror to reassure themselves of their existence.
Of course, we cannot see our own face, only mirrored reflections. In this
practice, it usually takes us a while before we are able to see our own
faces. It takes a little longer for some of us, and many are simply unable
to see themselves this way, through a mental image of what is so
seemingly familiar. We learn that we are not as familiar with our own
beings as we thought we were, and also that it may take us a while to
gather our energy and become concentrated and focused, even upon the
familiar.

Collecting your energy is essential to spiritual practice but is not always

easy. Only a Teacher can guide you towards such a simple yet impossible
journey.

In the practice of Sufism, you should be able to concentrate your

energies and try to be present at heart, as the Prophet (swa) said: your
Salat, your Prayer, requires your presence in your heart. Being present in
your heart is the first step of meditation, collecting your own energy
from without and concentrating it within.

Thus, in meditation you learn how to take back your energies from the
outside, and collect and concentrate them towards a point in your heart.
And you must remember nothing is fruitful unless guided by a teacher,
and not just any kind of teacher.

The next step of meditation or the second level is a journey from the
self to the inner heart. This journey or level of meditation begins from
your self, or your physical being, and is directed towards your inner self.
In other words, you collect and gather your energies from the outer self,
towards your being, and then direct your concentrated energy direct
them towards your heart. It is there where you will be able to witness
Divine inspiration, as stated in the Qur'an: the heart does not falsify
that which it sees.

This step is easier, for concentrating in your heart and directing your
energies towards the center of your heart is easier than reclaiming and
collecting your energies from the outside world into which they have been
dispersed. Many spiritual seekers may stop at the first level, the step of
gathering from outside their own energies. Others may get halfway,
gathering their energies from one place but then redirecting them
outwards toward some other, external locus.

Meditation has levels and stages. One needs a guide to be able to take
the steps of meditation. The potentiality, desires, demands, and
attractions of a seeker will determine the teacher that he or she will find
along the way. As like attracts like, and the birds of the same feathers
fly together, you will find your own guide. If your guide will not take you
to a spiritual and divine destination, then you may need to undertake
purification to purify your desires and demands.

If you are searching for Divinity, remember that the Divine inspiration
and revelation will ascend to the heart of the most pure; as the Qur'an
reads: the Book guides the pure ones. You must take the step toward your
own being; searching within the external world will not take you to any
understanding of the Divine, but instead will take you to the marketplace
of religion and to its participants.

When relying on meditation, you need to always remember the goal of

such meditation. Relaxation is a different goal than Divine inspiration.
The latter requires a different intention, a readiness, devotion, and
inspiration.

Rely on Allah, as ultimately it is the Divine who guides one towards

Divinity.
Sufi Reiki Symbols

Alif symbol:

(vertical line)

Alif-lam-lam-ha symbol:
Four Healing Energies

(From the Booklet Healing) by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan

The Sufis recognize four different forces that are combined in healing.
One is called Muid. It’s a kind of resilience. If we’re walking in the forest
and move a branch of a tree, it will go back to its initial state unless we’ve
damaged it. The rain forests will grow again. Many species will die, but
there will be other species. There is that basic resilience, an ability of
nature to self-organize itself, of the body to self-organize itself.

The electromagnetic field is the template in which the body is

configured, the cells of the body. Actually the aura of light is a template
in which the electromagnetic field is configured. We can even reach a
level of reality beyond light. The light we normally experience is only a
sliver of the reality of light. It’s only one dimension of light. There are
many dimensions of light. Eventually we will learn to heal with light.

Our immune system represents the resilience of our physical body. If it is

impaired, it is somehow linked with our self-image. Cancer is a very clear
case where the immune system has collapsed, or isn’t effective enough
because of a bad transcription from the DNA to the RNA by the enzymes
that operate these transcriptions. It’s like making a mistake on the
typewriter or computer: bad transcription. Somehow it’s linked; somehow
it’s not functioning properly because our whole sense of who we are has
somehow been impaired by the grossness of our civilization. It’s damaging
to our soul.

I remember Dr. David Bohm saying one day, "Be not surprised at a change
of a sense of meaningfulness." All of a sudden we see something we hadn’t
seen before. All of a sudden the penny drops, and that immediately alters
the circuits in our brain. Actually it alters our whole body. Now we’re very
clear about the mind/body axis, but that’s not the only element.

The second power, Muhyi, is the power that emerges from within
recurrently, because the Universe is continually reborn, and we are
continually reborn. That means we have to do away with the tarnished,
jagged ends of ourselves in order to invite the new. If we keep on
identifying with what we always have been, then there is no hope for us.
Then we have to give up. That is Fana.
Once Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan was asked for healing by a very sick
mureed. My father came into the room and said, "You asked me to come
and heal you. Are you prepared to do what I ask you to do?" The mureed
said, "Yes." Pir-o-Murshid said, "Get up and we’ll have a walk. I’ll come
back in ten minutes and we’ll have a walk." "Oh but Pir-o-Murshid, I can’t
walk." " Do what I say!" Sure enough, he was cured. Self-image, mind over
body.

In the case of cancer, there is difficulty in digesting the social

environmental circumstances, difficulty in digesting them, bad replication,
and resistance to dealing with things because they are just too difficult.

Stress gives us strength. Overstress is not good but we can push

ourselves up to a point. With the power gained by doing that we can push
ourselves a little bit further. I’m evidence of that because I’m 81 now.
I’ve pushed myself all my life. Don’t overdo it, but up to a certain point,
push.

The third force is called Hayy, which is the kind of force that you find
everywhere. Like in a big store, there is a lot of energy flying about.
That’s Hayy. It’s everywhere; it’s the force that moves the stars, and
planets, and galaxies. It’s a very tangible force, but we can only take so
much. That’s why we get so depleted if we stay too long in a store. Just
go in quickly and run away. Collect all that energy and we get indigestion.
That’s Hayy, it works centrifugally and centripedally.

There was a prince that was condemned by his father for unfounded
reasons. He was supposed to be killed, but the policeman couldn’t do it. He
let the prince go. Finally the prince became a sanyassin, and sat in the
garden of the palace. From the moment he sat in the garden, everything
started to flourish. The sense that wherever you go things flourish is
Hayy. It’s the kind of energy we give to people, or to flowers. Watch
them flower. Imagine a bud, and the bud opens up and starts unfurling.
That is the power that makes the potential of people unfurl in their
personality. It’s a wonderful power.

The fourth is Quddus, a power that descends like lightening. We have the
impression it descends through the top of our head and shatters us
totally. It is called the quickening of the Holy Spirit: Quddus. Kadosh in
the Hebrew language.Sanctus, a feeling of holiness, other worldliness.
This is the challenge: how are we able to maintain that sense of
sacredness without becoming an ascetic, right in the middle of the world?
How can we do that? That’s the challenge of our time.
Meditation on the Reiki Healing Principles.

The Five Precepts

The Japanese language is one of the picture languages. Since the

characters are actually picture representations of concepts or things,
there can be many word interpretations of the same characters or
combinations of characters. Somewhere in each language interpretation is
the essence of the representation and its meaning.

That is why there are many translations/ interpretations of the precepts

or principles, beginning right here with the name of them. Some Masters
call these Spiritual Precepts; some call them the Reiki Healing Principles.
Usui called them the Five Precepts. A calligraphy used by Usui has
recently been discovered. This translation is in bold. I will give the
translation used by Takata in bold italics. The translations I like and use
follows in regular print. I also outline how I interpret and experience the
precepts in my life. Today. Understanding evolves and deepens with
practice.

The order of the precepts is different from different sources. Usui

listed them as:

1. Today, feel no anger. (Just for Today, I will let go of

Anger)
2. Have no worries. (Just for Today, I will let go of Worry)
3. Feel gratitude. (Just for Today, I will give thanks
for my many Blessings)
4. Show diligence in your (Just for Today, I will do my work
honestly) undertakings.
5. Treat others with kindness. Just for Today, I will be kind to my
Neighbour And every living being

These Precepts are a part of the story of Usui’s journey, a part of his
learning about physical and spiritual healing. In this part of the story we
find him in the beggar’s camp, after several years of healing work with
the beggars. He speaks to one of the first beggars he healed and helped
to get a new name and job in order to start a new life. Usui finds out that
the beggar has returned to his old way of life even though his physical
ailment remains healed. Usui can’t understand why. The beggar explains
that he didn’t like regular work; it was repetitive and hard and didn’t pay
much. Begging was easier and more to his taste. Usui is confused and hurt
and goes back to his hut to meditate, asking for understanding.

Usui realized he made a monumental assumption that the beggars were

only beggars because they were physically handicapped or ill. He thought
that if they were physically healed, they would automatically want to lead
a better life the life of an honourable citizen, having a regular job, paying
taxes and all that. He found out otherwise. Usui found that even when
physically well, the beggar’s basic value system differed from Usui’s own
and that the value system didn’t automatically heal and grow the way Usui
thought it would, or should namely by becoming congruent with his.

Usui remembered back to time he became a monk. He applied to

monastery after monastery, explaining that he wanted to study the
phenomena of physical healing. And time after time was told that spiritual
healing was the most important. Heal the spirit and the body will follow.

One thing Usui discovered was the both aspects were equally important,
both physical and spiritual healing. And an intellectual understanding
would also be useful, bringing the mind and emotions into the equation.

Usui then came up with five spiritual healing principles that a person can
practice and live each day, bringing healing to all areas of life. As he
thought through each one, he understood some things about the way he
was living his life, about his own right work in the world.

Usui understood that he was offering a gift to people who hadn’t really
asked for it. He understood that his agenda, his unspoken bargain, was to
impose his beliefs and value system on the beggars instead of honouring
their way of life as it was. This was not an honest exchange. He was
coming from a place of knowing or being better than in his own mind.

Here he understood that his right work was teaching people who want to
learn how to heal themselves and each other, not healing people who
didn’t really want to be healed, or trying to change their way of living and
being.
And so he left the beggar’s community and became again what he started
out as a teacher. This time he is a teacher of Reiki. He is teaching a
system of healing that anyone who wants to can learn to heal themselves
and each other. He thanked the beggars all for the lessons and the
learning, for truly being his teacher. He honours them and their integrity
and himself and his integrity. And he moves on.

1. Today, feel no anger. Just for today, do not anger. Just for today,
I release all anger.

This one is about expectations and control and being human. At every
minute, we have free choice in our lives. We can decide to go this way or
that, do this thing or not. We have choice about our actions and
reactions.

When we feel anger, it is most often connected to the words righteous

and frustrated. I am holding an expectation that was not met, either
consciously or unconsciously. If it is a righteous anger, then someone has
not met an expectation that I assumed was a moral or ethical guide for
both of us. Frustrated is usually about expectations based on an
agreement or contract, conscious/ spoken or not.

As I have worked with this principle, I’ve found that a lot of my contracts
were actually unspoken bargains. I do this for you and I just know you will
do that for me. I’ve come to be wary of unspoken bargains and am much
better at spotting them coming either way, either from me to another or
form another to me. I am also better at making clear contracts, voicing
my expectations instead of assuming the other person knows what I want
and is both capable of and willing to provide it.

In any case, I have a choice about what to do with my anger. I can feel it,
acknowledge it and release it so I can speak clearly to the person about
what I am feeling and why. This way, I can possibly get some clear
information that I can use as a basis for a decision on the subject, or the
future direction of our relationship. Or I can keep my anger, let it
smoulder, let it fuel resentment and misunderstanding, let it cloud the
rest of my feelings and actions for however long it takes to go away, or to
explode and affect whomever happens to be in the way. It is totally my
choice.

So, it is OK to feel anger. That is just a signal to say that something is

out of order and needs my attention. I treat anger like an acid. Since I
am the one experiencing it, it can burn me first, especially if I do not
handle it carefully. If I am acting from anger, I am probably not making
clear choices. You leave me no other choice is usually a warning thought
for me. If I hear this in my mind: I’am sure of at least two things. First
that I am angry and second that this is not a true statement. I always
have choices. I just may not like them. I do need to examine them,
though.

I find it helpful to use Reiki to support living this principle. I imagine

myself and my relationship to the person/situation I am having difficulty
with as if it were a hologram in my hand. I surround this image with Reiki,
ask for wisdom and enlightenment on the situation and the ability to
receive and act on these with grace; say my forgiveness and release
affirmations; activate the divine within myself and within the situation;
ask for the highest possible solution (it will come if I ask for it); and let
some time pass before I act on any situation I am angry about.

2. Have no worries. Just for today, do not worry. Just for today, I
release all worry.

This one is about trust. Just for today, I trust in the Universe to provide
me with all that I need, just as it provides me with the air that I breathe.
I trust that the divine is at work in myself and in each situation for the
highest good of all concerned. I release my need to direct the process or
to control the outcome. I honour the path of every living thing, including
my own. I simply bless the divine within each person and situation, ask for
and accept all blessings set in store for me, lessons included, even those I
don’t think I want or need, or understand yet. I trust that they are a part
of a greater picture that the Universe designs, incorporating my decisions
and choices along with everyone else’s. I trust that the Universe is
unfolding as it should.

A Reiki Master named Paul Mitchell taught me a lot about this principle in
an Aikido workshop. We were working with swords. A lot of the ladies
were flinching. They were worried that they would either get hit
themselves, or that they might inflict pain on another. Paul was trying to
teach us all that we can take care of ourselves if we choose to. He said,
“Whether you flinch or whether you don’t flinch, the result is the same.”
So, don’t flinch as He meant for usto keep our eyes open and our wits
about us; to practice taking care of ourselves as we were taught in this
exercise and to trust that others can and will take care of themselves if
we let them. Actually the best gift we can give another person is our
conscious attention and our best shot; a good thing to remember in the
helping professions.

I have gotten hit with something simply because I refused to look at the
situation and make a clear choice about what to do. And all the times I
have ended up hurting another because I was trying to take care of them
or fix things for them instead of just being present, encouraging them to
take care of themselves and do their own healing. When I come from a
place of openness, I can choose how to take care of myself. I can release
all worry and any flinching.

Two affirmations follow that I use to help me release both anger and
worry, adapted from Catherine Ponder- The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity.

I forgive and release absolutely everyone and everything in my life that

can possibly need forgiveness and release, including myself, in body mind
and spirit, in life, work and surroundings, in all time space and dimension. I
am free and you are free. I release you in love and fill these spaces with
unconditional love.

I bless you and I bless you for the goodness of God that is at work in and
through you as it is in and through me. I claim for you as I claim for
myself that the goodness of God is all that exists in this situation and all
else is now and forevermore dissolved. I am free and you are free. I
release you in love and fill these spaces with unconditional love.

3. Feel gratitude. Show gratitude to every living thing. I shall show

gratitude for all my many blessings, or, I shall live an attitude of
gratitude.

Gratitude signals acceptance. This works on all levels and for all kinds of
blessings, including life lessons. I have this theory I call spiral up or spiral
down. Nothing stays static and a body in motion tends to stay in motion in
the same general direction. If I am giving my attention to my gratitude,
then I am not available to run my control dramas, or emphasize the things
or situation that have not met my standards or expectations. If I am
using my energy to say thank you, and perhaps adding what else I might
like, then I am not using my energy to complain, be resentful or find more
things that are wrong.

If I am grateful for the blessings I receive the Universe will give me

more. If I am ungrateful or ignore them, the Universe will say, She
doesn’t want any good so we’ll give it to somebody else, somebody with
more gratitude, more enthusiasm.

So I make sure I thank the Universe for all my many blessings, especially
the small ones. If I love and cherish the small ones, isn’t the Universe
more likely to trust me with the big ones? If I am ungrateful or oblivious
to my small blessings, will the Universe want to give me more of what I am
ignoring or taking for granted?

Another level is: I cannot change something I do not own. So, a friend
may give me a gift (like an observation about my behaviour or actions). At
first I may not know, or even think, I want this gift. If I do not first
accept the gift of this observation, accept that is so (if it is), if I don’t
own the behaviour, I change the behaviour.

It is like this: Aunt Maude gives me a sweater for Christmas. It doesn’t

fit and I intend to take it back to the store and exchange it for one that
does fit. But somehow, in the holiday confusion, it gets put way in the
Christmas boxes. I lose awareness of its existence. Somebody either
reminds me or comes across the sweater later on. I am now aware of it. I
own it and I can do something about it.

4. Show diligence in your undertakings. Earn your living honestly. I

shall earn my living with integrity.

I looked honesty and integrity up in The Collins Paperback English

Dictionary.

Honest: 1. Trustworthy 2. Genuine 3. Just or fair; characterized by

sincerity 5. Without pretensions 6. Respectable, Integrity:

1. Adherence to moral principles, honesty 2. The quality of soundness, of

being unimpaired 3. Unity and Wholeness.

The concept of genuine says the most to me. There is this difference
between efficient and effective. Efficient is doing the job correctly;
effective is doing the right job. I like to think of integrity as knowing and
being congruent with my right work in the world (effectiveness) and then
doing it joyfully and well (efficiency).

There is also a quality of rightness and joy when I am doing my right work
with integrity. If the joy is not present, even if I am peeling potatoes or
doing paperwork, something is off. If I’ am out of integrity with either
myself or my work, I am simply not doing the right job or the right job at
the right time. If I quite my mind, my joyful reaction will signal my right
work for this moment in time or time in my life.
Knowing right work is important. I imagine that when Usui decided to
leave teaching and become a student, leave formal schooling and become a
monk, leave and become a healer and then when he decided to leave the
beggars community and become a teacher again he knew what his right
work was. For me, it took time for the transition, but I knew when my
right work was teaching Reiki and all the steps I took in that direction
had the quality of joy, even when they were difficult.

If I honour everyone’s path, I can allow for everyone to be in their right

work. Even if I don’t see the value of it myself, I trust that value is
there. Usui allowed that the beggars have their place, too. They provide a
place for others to give. Their job is to receive. They are part of the
balance of the world. We are each an expression of the Divine mind, with
our own talents and potentials. We are all in service to teach other. So
our work is unique and blessed, no matter what we choose to do. If we
were all trumpet players, who would make the bread. Here is the question:
If we were all bakers, who would make the music?

Does a choice or decision feel right and joyful? Do you love what you do?
If not, you could use Reiki to ask for guidance and enlightenment, to
receive that guidance when it comes and to act on it in the highest
possible manner. For myself, I may not be able to see the entire path
clearly, this I know. So, I open my mind and heart, ask for divine guidance
and know that light will shine on at least the next two steps. I can take at
least these next two steps if I can trust that divine guidance is at work,
can see the whole pattern and knows how these steps fit.

5. Treat others with kindness. Honour your Parents, Teachers and

Elders. I shall honor every living thing.

I looked the word honour up in The Collins Paperback English Dictionary,

1988 version. 1. personal integrity, allegiance to moral principles 2. fame
or glory; 3. great respect or esteem, or an outward sign of this; 4. high or
noble rank; 5. a privilege or pleasure, as in it is an honour to serve you; 6.
a woman’s chastity 7. card tricks in Bridge or Whist, 8. teeing off first in
golf; 9. do the honours as in serving as host or hostess, or carve the meat
for dinner; 10. honour bound as in a moral obligation 11. in honour of, out
of respect for; 12. on one’s honour, on the pledge of one’s word or good
name; 13. to hold in respect 14. to show courteous behaviour towards; 15.
to worship’’ 16. to confer a distinction upon; 17. to accept and then pay
when due, as in a check or draft; 18. to bow or curtsy, as in dancing
partner, 18. title of certain judges.’’

Honouring seems to be more than live and let live, a bit more than
respect. It contains some feeling of everything the dictionary said. I may
not know exactly what it is, but:

I know what it is not. It is not agreement. I can honour someone I

disagree with. A friend once accused me of not hearing him. I explained
-I hear you just fine. I even understand what you are saying. I simply
don’t agree with you. To hear and understand what you say does not
automatically lead me to agree with your point of view. In this particular
case, it has the opposite effect. And that is OK.

As a Mother, I have to honour my children’s paths. I don’t have to agree

with the decisions they make, or like them. I do have to honour them. It
is their path and they must walk it.

And I remember in Usui’s story, how I imagine he decides to honour his

own path as well as everyone else’s. He honours himself by choosing to do
his right work. He honours the beggars by leaving them to walk their own
path, without his judgments or interference.

As a student, I honour my teacher’s experience. I know that if Linda

Keiser Mardis had not chosen to honour her inner truth and walk her path
with integrity, I wouldn’t be typing this page today. I wouldn’t be here. I
know if Usui had not chosen to honour his quest and shine his particular
light, Linda wouldn’t have found her way, and couldn’t have shone her light
to help me find mine. I also honour the experience of each student who
comes to me. They are my teachers, too, each in their own way. I honour
all my teachers.
Breath of the Elements

Contemplation Practice: The Purification of the Elements

Practices-- Purification Breaths

This practice, commencing with a concentration on the elements earth,

water, fire and air is a staple practice within the sufi tradition. Parallels
to this practice can be found in spiritual traditions throughout the world.
The version described here is thought to have its roots in the Greek
mystery schools, and has thus been passed down from sufi teacher to
student for thousands of years. For many the practice will have an
uncanny familiarity. It leaves you with a sense of renewed energy and is
an excellent daily ritual: perhaps the most balanced practice you could
use. The purification with the elements begins as concentration and
gradually deepens into a practice of contemplation. It is an excellent
preparation for meditation. The practice is well suited to the early
morning, and wonderful to do standing barefoot or sitting in contact with
the earth. If doing the practice inside, stand or sit near an open window
if possible.

Close the eyes. At first you will need five to ten minutes to focus on each
of the four elements. After you have learned the practice, you may
shorten the concentrations to five breaths for each element.

Start with some deep exhalations, pushing gently, slowly and as fully as
possible, first out of the chest and then out of the abdomen. Exhale
further and further, and then let your inhalation be completely natural,
using no effort. A natural inhalation is very important, so that you do not
strain your lungs or the muscles in your chest. Hold the breath for a
moment after the inhalation. After a few rounds of exhalations and
inhalations, begin with the breath of the earth element.

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The Earth Element

The early Christian hermits, living alone years in the desert, used a
concentration on the earth's magnetism as a way of restoring their
vitality during long vigils. Native American elders have said that the loss
of a sense of relationship and communion with the earth is the main cause
of psychological imbalance and physical illness.

Standing or sitting, feel yourself to be like a tree with roots extending

firmly and deeply into the earth. Feel the great strength and magnetism
of the earth. Breathe in through the nose and out through the nose, not
forcing the breath in any way. Imagine drawing magnetism and healing
power through the soles of your feet (if standing) or the bottom of your
spine (if sitting). Commune with the earth, and consciously channel the
earth's magnetism to the parts of your body that are depleted.

Feel the healing power of the earth. You may have felt this in your feet
while walking barefoot outdoors or in your hands when working in a
garden.

Try to sense a subtle reality, a crystalline lattice-like structure, behind

the denser aspects of the physical plane. Sense that, at this subtle level,
the earth is not only a singular organism but is also connected to the solar
system and part of a galaxy. In your connection to the earth, you are also
connected to the moon, neighbouring planets, the sun and distant stars.

On the inhalation, sense yourself as part of life, your body made of the
substance of the earth and thus subject to the harmony and order of the
natural world. As you exhale, release toxins or pollution back into the
earth and breath out your tiredness, disharmony and agitation.

Now concentrate on the magnetic field of your body. The body has a
force field around it, similar to that of a magnet, as does the earth as a
whole. Feel as though you are aligning your own magnetic field to the
magnetic field of the earth, the way that iron filings align around a
magnet. When magnetic power is weak, the iron filings are in disarray.
When the power is strong, the filings align in symmetric, harmonic
patterns. On each in-breath, feel the filings coming into order. On the
exhalation, sense that your body gives forth a natural magnetism and
harmonizes the atmosphere around you.

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The Water Element

The breath of the water element brings a sense of flow, of vitality and
purity, and helps unleash creativity. It is also useful in breaking free from
habitual thinking patterns, encouraging feelings of moving forward
through life and flowing around obstacles rather than hitting them head
on.

Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth. You can imagine
exhaling a fine stream of water through the mouth. You might imagine
yourself immersed in a mountain stream. Feel the drops of water
penetrating your cells, dripping off of your fingertips. Feel water
reaching your chest and heart, helping to loosen any tightness and
obstruction there. Feel energized and renewed, again focussing on those
parts of the body that are in need of healing, and those that lack life
energy and vibrancy.

Concentrate on the purity of a crystal clear lake or stream, high up in the

mountains. Let yourself become the water, and let the qualities of purity,
life energy and power flow into your immediate environment.

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The Fire Element

The breath of the fire element is quickening. It sparks inspiration and is
very useful when you feel drowsy and dull after a period of intense
practice. Breath in through the mouth and hold the breath momentarily
and then breathe out through the nose. On the inhalation, imagine fanning
a fire in the solar plexus, the area in the centre of your rib cage, with a
bellows. Purse your lips and draw in a thin stream of air. As you draw in,
visualize the embers of the fire glowing. Then hold the breath
momentarily, and bring your attention up to the centre of the heart
chakra, a sensitive point found a few inches above the solar plexus.
Exhale through the heart chakra, imagining that you are radiating golden
sunlight.

On the inhalation, come in touch with your soul's desire; your aspirations
for spiritual awareness and understanding; your desire to be authentic; to
make your life meaningful and worthwhile; to stand up for what you
believe in. On the exhalation, radiate light as if from a miniature sun in
your heart. Feel the light to be intense and golden.
Use the fire breath as a place of offering up the parts of yourself you
would like to transform. Subject your self-doubt, cynicism, addictive
patterns or resentments to the fire. Avoid making pledges you won't
keep. Simply clarify your intention and open yourself to the purification
process.

Instead of using will power to change, the concentration on the fire

element represents the action of life as a teacher, who activates and
burns up what needs to be burned, a natural force of change and growth,
by which your deeper nature emerges.

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The Air Element

Breathe in through the mouth and out through the mouth. The breath of
the air element relates to freedom, ecstasy and transcendence. Imagine
yourself to be like a great eagle perched high on a mountain. Feel the
wind ruffling your feathers, blowing through all your pores. Feel the
coolness and freshness of the air. Soar upwards on the currents of air.
On the inhalation, feel yourself buoyant and free, like a zephyr crossing a
lake and lifting upwards. On the exhalation, allow yourself to reach out
beyond the boundaries of the body. Let your being disperse with the
wind, and let your consciousness reach out into the cosmos. Enjoy a sense
of vastness and, if it helps, visualize vast landscapes, such as a mountain,
canyon, or the starry night sky.

After you have completed the purification breaths, reflect upon the
effect of all the elements taken together. While separately each of the
breaths emphasizes different forces and qualities in one's being,
together the breaths bring about a sense of wholeness. Each element
complements and moderates each other. According to your own makeup,
you may feel the need to place more emphasis on one or another in order
to attain greater balance.

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THE MAIN ASPECTS OF HEALING

Balance

Health depends upon the balance between activity and repose in the five
senses: sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch; and every sense, in the
normal condition of health, must be able to express itself and to respond.
The senses need more time for repose than for activity.. Everyone passes
every moment of his waking state in activity of the senses, partly by
intention, partly involuntarily. For instance, the eyes look at things
intentionally perhaps a hundred times a day, but nine hundred times they
look at things without intention.

This shows a waste of energy in an average man's life.

In order to develop healing power one must regulate and control the
senses by regulating their activity and repose; and this, done with a
spiritual thought, converts power of mind into divine power. A person can
heal with power of mind alone, but the results will be limited; but a
person with divine power can obtain through it unlimited results.

It depends on the condition of the health how much activity one can
stand and how much repose is necessary; a general rule cannot be made
for everyone. A normal amount of activity stimulates and strengthens the
body. Therefore physical exercises are given for physical development,
and exercises of concentration and studies are given for the development
and repose of the mind. According to psychic law the day is natural for
activity and the night for repose, and when this is not carried out it
naturally works against health. It is not necessary to rest after every
little exertion, but a degree of balance ought to be maintained. And it is
advisable in life to take repose without allowing it to develop into
laziness.

Breath

Breath is the principal and essential power that can help in healing. There
is a silent healing, and a healing by focusing the glance, by holding the
painful part with the fingers, by rubbing it, by waving the hand over the
painful part, by touching and by not touching it. But behind these
different ways there is one power working, and that is the power of the
breath. This power can be developed by breathing practices, and when
the breath is so developed that it creates an atmosphere around the
healer, then the very presence of the healer heals. The power of the
breath can be developed by physical exercises, by rhythmic exercises of
the breath, by pure living and by concentration.

The power of healing is greater than the power of the channels one uses
to heal, such as the fingertips or eyes. The eyes have more power than
the fingertips. They are finer, and the power that manifests through
them is radiant, while it is not so radiant in the fingertips. But besides
the power of healing one must have a clear idea of how to recognize the
compliant of another person and of the best way to heal him.

Healing with Fingertips

Hygiene is the first subject to consider in healing with the tips of the
fingers. Hands that have been engaged in any work or that are stained
with any liquid must be washed for healing. The healer must first observe
the hygienic rules of keeping his body, as well as his clothes, pure and
clean; especially at the time of healing he must be absolutely free from
all that is unhygienic.
The sleeves, at the time of healing, must be rolled back, and the
fingernails must be clean and properly trimmed. After healing, one should
wave the hand, as it were shaking it, to shake of any fine atoms, or even
vibrations, so that a poison taken from the painful part of the patient
may not be given to the patient again.

. MENTAL PURIFICATION

In as much as it is necessary to cleanse and purify the body, so

necessary, or perhaps even more necessary, is it that the mind be
cleansed and purified. All impurity causes diseases as well as irregularity
in the working of the physical system. The same applies to the mind.
There are impurities belonging to the mind, which may cause different
diseases, and by cleansing the mind one helps to create health both in
body and mind. By health I mean the natural condition. And what is
spirituality but to be natural?

Very few think like this. So many people think that to be spiritual means
to be able to work wonders, to be able to see strange things, wonderful
phenomena; and very few know how simple it is, that to be spiritual means
to be natural.
Mental purification can be done in three different ways. The first way is
the stilling of the mind, because it is very often the activity of the mind,
which produces impurities. The stilling of the mind removes impurities
from it; it is like tuning the mind to its natural pitch. The mind can be
likened to a pool of water. When the water in the pool is undisturbed, the
reflection is clear; and so it is with the mind. If the mind is disturbed,
one does not receive intuition, inspiration, clearly in it. Once the mind is
still it takes a clear reflection, as the pool of water does when the water
in the pool is still.

This condition is brought about by the practice of physical repose. By

sitting in a certain posture a certain effect is created. Mystics in their
science know of different ways of sitting in silence, and each way has a
certain significance. And it is not only an imaginary significance; it
produces a definite result. I have had, both personally and through other
persons, many experiences of how a certain way of sitting changes the
attitude of mind. And the ancient people knew this, and they found
different ways for different persons to sit. There was the warrior’s way,
the student’s way, the way of the meditative person, the way of the
businessman, of the labourer, of the lawyer, of the judge, of the
inventor. Imagine, how wonderful that the mystic should have found this
out and have had the experience of it for thousands of years-the great
effect that sitting in a certain posture has on a person and especially on
his mind.

We experience it in our everyday life, but we do not think about it. We

happen to sit in a certain way and we feel restless; and we happen to sit
in another way and we feel peaceful. A certain position makes us feel
inspired, and another way of sitting makes us feel unenergetic, without
enthusiasm. By stilling the mind with the help of a certain posture, one is
able to purify it.

The second way of purifying the mind is by way of breathing. It is very

interesting for an Eastern person to see how sometimes in the West, in
their inventions, people unconsciously apply the principles of the mystical
realms. They have got a machine thatsweeps carpets while sucking up the
dust. This is the same system inside out. The proper way of breathing
sucks up the dust from the mind and ejects it. The scientist goes so far
as to say that a person exhales carbon dioxide.
The bad gases are thrown out of the body by exhaling. The mystic goes
further, saying it is not only from the body, but from the mind also. If
one knew how to remove impurities, one could remove more than one
would imagine. Impurities from the mind can be thrown out by the right
way of breathing. That is why mystics combine breathing with posture.
Posture helps the stilling of mind, breathing helps the cleansing of mind.
These two go together.

The other way of purifying the mind is by attitude; by the right attitude
towards life. That is the moral way and the royal road to purification. A
person may breathe and sit in silence in a thousand postures, but if he
does not have the right attitude towards life, he will never develop. That
is the principle thing. But the question is, what is the right attitude? The
right attitude depends on how favourably one regards one’s own
shortcomings. Very often one is ready to defend oneself for one’s faults
and errors, and
is willing to make one’s wrong right. But one has not the attitude towards
others. One takes them to task when it comes to judging them. It is so
easy to disapprove of others! It’s so easy to take a step further and to
dislike others, and not at all that difficult to take a step further still and
to hate others. And when one is acting in this manner, one does not think
one does any wrong.

Although it is a condition, which develops within, one always sees it

without. All the badness, which accumulates within, one sees in another
person. Therefore man is always in an illusion. He’s always pleased with
himself and always blaming others. And the extraordinary thing is, that it
is the most blameworthy who blames most. But it is expressed better the
other way around. Because one blames most, one becomes most
blameworthy.

Healing by Prayer

Prayer is a wonderful means of healing oneself and another, for

concentration alone, without the thought of God, is powerless; it is the
divine ideal that strengthens the healing power, which gives it a living
spirit. Therefore a spiritual healer has more hope of success than a
material healer. For the material healer directs his own thought; however
powerful it may be it is limited by his own personality; but the spiritual
healer who in the thought of God and His divine power forgets himself,
has much greater success than the former. It does not matter what form
of prayer one uses, sincere prayer in every form will bring a fruitful
result.

Prayer is in reality the contemplation of God's presence; who is the power

and origin of the whole creation; and it is considering oneself as nothing
before Him, and placing the wish which stands before one's personality
before the Almighty. Therefore naturally the result must be
incomparably greater, though it depends upon the contemplation of every
individual.

In the first place, he who prays for the cure of another must surely be
blessed, because goodwill and love, from which his prayer rises, of
necessity bring a blessing to him. A so prayer for one's own cure is not
selfish, it is making oneself a fitting instrument to be more useful in the
scheme of life. On the other hand, neglect of one's own health very often
is a crime. Praying to God in thought is perhaps better than in speech, but
it must be remembered that speech makes concrete; therefore thought
with speech makes prayer more effective than thought alone. Words
without thought are vain repetitions.

Healing by Breathing

A healer must know in the first place that breath is the very life and
that breath is the giver of life, and that breath is the bringer of life.
One can live without food for some time, but one cannot live without
breath even for a few minutes. This shows that the sustenance that
breath brings to man's life is much greater and much more important
than any nourishment upon earth. Every atom of man's body is radiant.
But if the body is the flame, the breath is the fire, and a s the flame
belongs to the fire, so the body belongs to the breath. As long as breath
dwells in it, it lives, and when breath leaves it, it is dead, for all its
beauty, strength, and complicated mechanism. That is why the effect of
the breath of a holy person can magnetize water, bread, milk, or wine,
fruit, or flower.

The breath that is developed spiritually will have a healing effect upon
any painful part that it falls upon. If one knows how to direct the breath
there is no better process than healing with breath; and in all the
different methods of healing breath is the main thing, since in breath is
hidden the current of life.
Healing by Magnetic Passes

All scriptures have explained in some way or other that life is like light.
In the Moslem scripture the word Nur is used; in the vdanta it is called
Chaitanya. The nature of this light is to express itself in a particular
direction, and that accounts for the face and back in our forms. At the
same time the tendency of the light is to spread. This can be seen in the
tendency, and also earth and all things on earth. A deep study of every
form will show that the nature of life is to spread in four directions for
instance north, south, east, and west, or head, foot, right, and left.

Life and light have their center in the center of every form. But they
express themselves through the directions in which they spread.
Therefore the power of the hand has been shown in ancient symbology.
Hindus have pictured the divine incarnations with four hands. This means
two hands of the mind and two hands of the body, and that when four
hands work together the work is fully accomplished. This shows that in
healing the hands are most important. The physical hands are needed to
help the hands of the mind, and when thought is directed from the mind
through the hands. And its power becomes double and its expression
fuller.

Every atom of man's being, mental or physical, is radiant and throws its
rays outward. These are life itself and give life. All illness is lack of life.
It needs life to be cured. The power of electricity has been discovered
by scientist; who believe that it cures diseases when it is used for that
purpose. But the mystic has discovered ages ago the power of this hidden
electricity, the life of the mind and the life of the body, and he believes
and knows that its application in healing is most beneficial. There are
sores and wounds and painful parts, which are too tender to touch. In
such cases healing by magnetic passes, in other words by waving the
hands over the affected part and so allowing thought to heal, brings
about a successful cure.

Every atom in man's body is in reality radiant, living and powerful

compared with other objects, herbs, or drugs. By the very fact of being a
living body, besides being the finest and most perfect compared with
other living bodies, it has a great power.
Therefore, shaking hands, speaking to a person and touching him have a
certain effect. In India when a wrestler goes to a wrestling match and
when he comes back his teacher pats him on the back, saying, 'Sahibs,
Bravo!' This actually gives him added strength and courage and power,
which otherwise he would not have had. People speaking in friendship, and
even disputing and arguing can hold each other's hands to bring about a
better understanding. A mother takes away the discomfort and
restlessness of the child in one moment by patting it. Therefore massage
is helpful when there is pain, and yet it is poor treatment when compared
with the healing treatment; for the healer operates the power of the
mind through his finger, as a musician produces his feelings on the violin.
Is it everybody that can produce on the violin the same tone that an
expert could? It is not the placing of the finger on a certain place on the
instrument; it is the feeling of the musician's heart manifesting through
his fingertips that produces a living tone. So it is with the touch of a
spiritual healer.

Abstracts from Volume 4

Hazrat Inayat Khan’s message volumes.

Morning practices

Al Fatihah

Invocation and intention: I am going to do the Zikr Nur Syifa:,the say the
Healing Prayer.

1.purifucation breaths

earth nose-nose zikr shafee/khafee

water nose-mouth muhyi-quddus

fire mouth-nose haq-nur

mouth-mouth adam/wahid

2. Square breath. Breath in 4 heartbeats, hold 8 heartbeats, breath out

4 heartbeats Zikr Hu- Allah

3. Zikr astaghfar, laillahaillalah, Ya Rahim

4. Energy center purification:

Subahanallah-Qudus
alternatively
Qudus in all the energy centers starting at the base then moving up to
the crown.
At most 3 Qudus and then repeat with Basit.
Universal Prayers by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Invocation:
Toward the One (Allah) united with all the illuminated souls who form the
embodiment of the Master, the Spirit of Guidance ( Nur Muhamad)

1. A Prayer for Peace

Send thy peace O Lord which is perfect and everlasting, that out souls
may radiate peace

Send thy peace, O Lord that we may think, act and speak harmoniously
Send thy peace O Lord that we may be contented and thankful for thy
bountiful gifts.
Send thy peace O lord that amidst our worldly strife we may enjoy thy
bliss
Send thy peace O Lord that our lives may become a divine vision and in
Thy light all darkness may vanish
Send thy peace O Lord and unite us in one family

2.Nayaz Healing Prayer

Beloved Lord Almighty God!

Through the rays of the sun
Through the waves of the air
Through the All pervading Life in space
Purify and revivify me
And I pray,
Heal my Body Heart and Soul.

Dowa

Save me my Lord from the earthly passions and the attachments that
blind mankind.

Save me my Lord from the temptations of power fame and wealth that
keep me away from Thy Glorious Vision.

Save me my Lord from the souls who are constantly occupied in hurting
and harming their fellow men and who take pleasure in the pain of
another.
Save me my Lord from the evil of envy and jealousy that falleth upon thy
bountiful gifts.

Save me my Lord from falling into the hands of the playful children of
the earth lest they might use me in their games, they might play with me
and then break me in the end , as children destroy their toys.
Save me my Lord from all manner of injury that cometh from the
bitterness of my adversaries and from the ignorance of my loving friends.

Amen

The Prophet’s Light Prayer

O God, Grant us Light in our hearts,

Light in our graves
Light in front of us,
Light behind us
Light to our right,
Light to our left
Light above us
Light below us
Light in our ears, Light in our eyes
Light in our skin
Light in our hair
Light within our flesh
Light in our blood
Light in our bones
O God, Increase our light everywhere
O God, Grant us light in our hearts
Light on our tongues Light in our eyes, Light in our ears
Light to our right, Light to our left
Light above us, Light below us
Light in front of us, Light behind us
Light within our selves
Increase our light
Ameen.
SUFI REIKI ATTUNEMENTS

There are 3 attunements in Sufi Reiki and then there are

Bands. A person can self-attune in Bands in meditation with
his/her intention (by inner request).

Attunements Levels 1, 2, 3

Similar to Reiki Attunement

THE ATTUNEMENTS CAN BE IN-PERSON OR DISTANT

1. PREPARE YOURSELF AND THE SPACE AROUND YOU

ENERGETICALLY.

Say: “Sufi Reiki Attunement for Level 1 (or 2 or 3)’’

2. SAY THE UNIVERSAL PRAYERS three times each

A prayer for peace

Nayaz Healing prayer
Dowa
The Prophet’s Light prayer

3. DO THE BREATHS OF THE ELEMENTS

Earth Breath
Water Breath
Fire Breath
Air Breath

4. Draw the Symbols in front of recipient’s body (in distant

attunement visualize this)

ALIF SYMBOL (BRINGS IN THE ENERGY)

ALIF LAM LAM HA (OPENS CHANNELS, CHAKRAS, BODIES)
ALIF SYMBOL (GROUNDS THE ATTUNEMENT)

5. Attunement is complete. Give Thanks.

6. Drink a lot of water, rest, meditate, do hands-on healing on

yourself. Take a bath. Advise the other person to do the same.

Sufi Reiki Level 2: Same procedure

Addition:

Sufi Reiki Level 3 / Master Level: Same Procedure

Addition:
1. Draw symbols on Crown Chakra
2. Draw symbols on Palms

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