Dr.
Hayashi was a retired naval officer. He received the Reiki Master
initiation from Dr. Usui about 1925 at the age of 47. Before Dr. Usui
died, he asked Dr. Hayashi to accept the responsibility of preserving
Reiki so that it would not be lost as it had been in the past. Dr.
Hayashi accepted this responsibility.
Up to this point, the Usui system of healing consisted
of the energy itself, the symbols, the attunement process and the
Reiki ideals. This was what Dr. Usui had received during his mystical
experience on Mt. Kori-yama. Dr. Hayashi went on to develop the
Usui system of healing.
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He
opened a Reiki clinic in Tokyo and kept detailed records of the treatments
given. He used this information to create the standard hand positions,
the system of three degrees and their initiation procedures.
Dr. Hayashi sensed a great war coming, and
knew that most of the men would be called. In order to make sure
Reiki would be preserved, he decided to pass the complete teachings
on to two women: his wife and Hawayo Takata.
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