O Reiki - Japanese technique for channeling energy, passed through the touch of the hands - its main objective is to energize and harmonize the physical, emotional, mental, and energetic bodies of those who receive it.

When applying the technique, the Reiki practitioner mentalizes specific Reiki symbols and draws them in an imaginary way with his or her hands, and repeats the name of each one.

The function of these symbols is to help the practitioner connect with Reiki and concentrate energy in the energetic, emotional, mental, and physical fields of the person receiving the application of the technique.

This causes a number of benefits to the people who undergo the therapy, such as relaxation, a sense of peace, increased energy, greater mental clarity, and relief from physical pains and imbalances. It also balances and harmonizes, making each person understand his or her inner truth.

Each symbol has a name, a specific way of being drawn, a field of action, and a different function. And it is worth reinforcing that the person receiving Reiki does not need to know the symbols to feel the effects of the technique.

Only the person who applies it - that is, the reikian - needs to have a deep knowledge of the symbols, in order to use them as aids in the process of channeling energy.

Only after the initiation course does the student become able to apply Reiki to other people, animals, plants, or environments.

Reiki symbols are sacred

The symbols of Reiki are no different from any other symbol, and until recently were considered secret.

However, with the globalization of any and all information, the knowledge and symbols have come to the public and are available to everyone.

However, they remain sacred and worthy of our immense respect and gratitude. Therefore, they should be used with all love, for their power and action in the universe.

According to the concepts of Jungian psychology, the unconscious is expressed primarily through symbols.

Besides the (personal) symbols found in a person's dreams or fantasies, there are also important collective symbols that are usually found in religious and cultural images, for example: the cross, the six-pointed star, the spiral, and the circle.

Symbols represent concepts that we cannot clearly define or fully understand, because they encompass greater content than words can explain.

Mantras in Reiki

In the Reiki Level 2 course, the participant learns three symbols and their names/mantras. In the third level, one more symbol and mantra are taught.

So in total there are four mantras and symbols used (and learned) in the traditional Reiki system. Naturally, as one progresses through the levels of learning one acquires information, knowledge, and practice.

The symbols are not necessarily secret, but neither are they shared until the reikian-practitioner reaches an adequate level of understanding.

The meaning of Reiki's symbols

From now on, you can check a series of articles about the symbols of Reiki. At this first moment we will approach one of the most used symbols in the technique: the "Cho-Ku-Rei".

Cho-Ku-Rei

Definition: The Light Switch.

Color: It should be mentalized preferably in the color gold, but it can be used in other colors, according to the position or the Chakra of the person who is receiving the technique.

Concepts: Universal life energy, divine light, here and now, beginning or entrance of light, stage of generation. Meditation until there is interaction between mind and world. Union with the whole, the "great void", detachment from the earth plane. The first step, the first experience.

Usage: Cho Ku Rei is a wonderful symbol of protection. If you are a reikian, it is very good to use it every day when you wake up and before you go to sleep, as if you were sending light into your day in the morning, and light in gratitude at night.

If you are not a reikian, you can mentalize the Cho-Ku-Rei symbol to seek more light in your life.

Cho-Ku-Rei can be used in all positions during the application of Reiki, or on any person or region of your body. After all, the symbol means "light," and it is always good to send or receive this energy.