REIKI-SYMBOL-CALLIGRAPHY-WORKSHOP
For
many of us who have received 2nd degree or Master degree in Reiki,
the symbols are helpful tools on our path to self understanding and dealing
better with our environment.
After
receiving and working enthusiastically with these symbols, questions and a
longing to understand them better could arise.
It
is not always easy for us to understand their original meaning, because the
Reiki symbols have their roots in ancient Japan. In one way they are strange
because of their forms and mantras; in another way they are very familiar
because of what we experience with them.
An
impressive way to understand the symbols better and to give them a bigger place
in our lives is working with the ancient Japanese tradition of calligraphy.
Known
as “The Queen of the Japanese Arts“, calligraphy was used for many centuries
by the Japanese (and Chinese) as a vehicle to transmit Oku Den, the most
profound teaching. Oku Den is also the name of our 2nd degree in
Reiki. Therefore the content of the Reiki symbols is one form of this knowledge
which cannot be understood by spoken or written words. There is a deeper level
where an “understanding” of the symbols takes place, a level of
“lived-experience” that connects us with their culture of origin in a more
traditional way. This is the aim of the workshop.
We
will work with the traditional bamboo brush, ink and rice paper. In meditation
we will grind our own ink and experience the world beyond the actual movement.
After
making the Mujibo (our life-line), and the Kanji (Japanese characters) of the
Reiki symbol we will enter the world of the second degree symbols with both the
Masters and second degree students. Then the Masters will continue their way of
wisdom in the next session with the Master symbol and deepen their work as
Masters.
I wish to share this workshop with you based on over two decades of being with the form and content of the Reiki symbols and deep investigation of their source. I will share my experiences gained during my studies and investigations in the ancient Japanese Tradition and Arts, including the Ko Kyu Ho (the way of the breath), as mentioned in Hawayo Takata’s dairy.
Every
participant receives at the end of the workshop a certificate for this Reiki
extension course.
I
hope to meet you on this path of deeper wisdom of the Reiki symbols,
Fokke
Brink.