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to open to the Reiki I energy in an undeniable way. They did not open
strongly, however, and not everyone developed the hot hands and inner
sensations that mark a Reiki opening. My Reiki II teacher continued to
instruct me by telephone, with bits and pieces of information I had to fit
together myself. I grew more and more frustrated but I had no other source
for the teaching.
In June, 1990, at Summer Solstice I taught a workshop weekend near
Denver. In the workshops I offered Reiki I attunements on an experimental
basis to anyone who wished to try it. Six women agreed and all opened to the
Reiki energy. After the weekend in Denver, the partner of my Reiki II
teacher, who was also travelling in the area, came to spend a day with me. A
friend of hers whom I hadn’t met before drove her to the house I was staying
at and remained for dinner. During dinner I talked about the workshops and
how I wished for the Reiki III attunement, “so I could do it right.” The friend
said, “I don’t have time for any teaching, but if all you need is the attunement
I can do that right now.” Sitting at the dining room table over dessert, she
gave me my Reiki III initiation. I have never heard from her again, but I
thank her deeply. My attunements after that became immensely more
powerful, and fully reliable—everyone opened to the energy. I was now a
Reiki Master (teacher), ready to teach.
In February, 1991, at Candlemas again, I did a workshop weekend in
another city. I taught Reiki I and II together and watched a woman in the
class scowl and frown through the whole day’s session. When it was over she
said she was a Traditional Reiki Master/Teacher and wanted to speak to me.
She thoroughly scolded me for several aspects of my teaching. One thing she
protested was my allowing my students to watch me pass the sacred
attunements—something I continue to do. She protested my method of
passing the attunements as not the Traditional method, insisting that any
change in the Traditional way makes the system no longer Reiki. I disagreed.
The woman housing me intervened at this point with the suggestion that
the woman teach me the “right” way and then certify me, or otherwise stop
wasting my time. The woman agreed to do so and spent a hour or so the next
day instructing me in Traditional attunement and teaching methods. She
repeated my Reiki III attunement in the Traditional format as well. The
woman promised me a certificate which she never issued, saying that she
would not do so unless I adopted her strictly Traditional methods. What I was