Usui Reiki Principles

Reiki Ideals Guide Compassionate Action

Usui Principles

Mikao Usui guided students with five major principles to direct their compassionate actions.  These principles were modeled after precepts of the Meiji Emperor and are carved on Usui's memorial stone discovered in the Saihoji Temple in Tokyo.  The original text has been adapted through the years but retains the essential meaning that guided the Reiki of Mikao Usui.  There is much that we can continue to learn from their simplicity; there is great depth that can continue to direct our lives.

Original Text of Principles from Usui Memorial

The secret of inviting happiness
The miraculous medicine of all diseases
Just for today, do not anger
Do not worry and be filled with gratitude
Devote yourself to your work
Be kind to people
Every morning and every evening join your hands in prayer.  Pray these words
To your heart and chant these words with your mouth.
Usui Reiki treatment for the improvement of body and mind.
The founder.  Mikao Usui.

 

One Modern Interpretation of the Usui Principles

• Just for today I will let go of anger
• Just for today, I will let go of worry
• Just for today, I will give thanks and be filled with gratitude
• Just for today I will work honestly
• Just for today I will be kind to all living things