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Dr. Mikao Usui
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Mikao Usui was born in Japan in the mid-nineteenth century. As he
was growing up, he heard stories about the Buddha. He was impressed
with the Buddha's quest for enlightenment, even though the Buddha,
having been born into extreme wealth, did not lack any material need
or pleasure. Dr. Usui was fascinated by both the Buddha's desire to
help others and the unusual metaphysical abilities he received after
achieving enlightenment. He also noted that the Buddha was said to
be able to heal physical illness and that many of the Buddha's disciples
acquired healing abilities by following his teachings.
Dr. Usui looked at the people around him and saw that there were many who were unable to lead happy productive lives because they were sick so often or had physical disabilities. Feeling compassion for them, he wondered if it would be possible to acquire the ability to heal physical illness in the same way the Buddha had done. After pondering this question for some time, he came to the conclusion that if this kind of healing was possible in the past, then it must still be possible. If only one could learn how. With this thought in mind, he set out on a quest, determined to learn the secret of healing so that he might help others. He began talking to Buddhist teachers and priests, asking if they knew how to heal the sick. Apparently, the ability to heal the body was either held as a secret Buddhist technique by a few spiritual groups or had been lost through disuse. Consequently Dr. Usui was unable to find anyone that could heal the sick. |
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Usui traveled throughout Japan, studying at Buddhist temples and asking
questions about healing. The priests and head monks he talked to always
had the same answer. They stated that they used to know how to heal
the body, but this information was lost long ago when they began focusing
on healing only the spirit. They stated that the spiritual side was
more important and that was why they focused only on this part. Thus,
they had lost the ability to heal the physical. He was allowed to
study the sacred writings at each temple and occasionally he would
find something about healing and would copy the information into his
notebook.
During his travels, he became friends with the abbot of a Zen monastery and was invited to stay and study. The abbot also had an interest in physical healing and encouraged Usui in his quest. Wanting to read the sacred books in their original language, Dr. Usui learned Chinese and eventually Sanskrit. It was in the Indian sutras, that he discovered a formula for contacting a higher power that could bestow healing. Dr. Usui had now found the information he had been looking for, yet it was only a formula; simply knowing the formula did not give him the ability or understanding to heal. He talked to the abbot about this. It was decided that all he could do now was to follow the practices in the formula. So he traveled to the holy mountain of Kori-yama where he fasted, meditated, and followed the directions in the formula for twenty-one days. |
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