Reiki Master utilizes the symbols and mantras (holy phrases that summon spiritual energies and use them for a particular purpose) that Dr. Usui discovered in ancient scrolls on the techniques of the Healing Buddha or created on the basis of them during initiations into the 1st Degree.
The Reiki Master, via his or her Master's initiation and the symbols and mantras of the 3rd Degree, is capable of establishing a permanent link to the source of spiritual life energy for any other human being.
Traditional rituals that are required for activating Reiki skills and directing the organizing forces into certain chakras that participate in the transmission of spiritual life energy utilize the symbols and mantras.
These techniques, however, will not work if the individual using them has not undergone the Master Initiation in the conventional manner.
Let's utilize the radio example once again. It isn't functional without power.
As a result, after discovering the scrolls from the great wealth of knowledge in Esoteric Buddhism, Dr. Usui was unable to start with Reiki right away. We can be confident he gave it a go.
He only gained access to the wellspring of spiritual life force after three weeks of fasting and meditation—and only by the gift of the Creative Force—without which none of the methods could have been used.
To get the full set of abilities in the 1st Degree, four partial initiations are required.
In many Reiki schools, however, they are condensed into two or even one initiation.
The four partial initiations are offered in Rainbow Reiki in order to gently acclimate trainees to their new skills and allow them enough chance to consciously appreciate the often intense spiritual experiences.
Each partial initiation performs a distinct critical function.
To ensure optimum integration of the spiritual benefits, each partial initiation should be separated from the preceding one by approximately 3 hours.
Partial initiations should not be separated by more than 24 hours because otherwise the energy connections would be lost, and the student's Reiki skills will most likely vanish within 10 days.
The chakras are only indirectly influenced by the Reiki initiations at all degrees.
It removes the barriers in the domain of a race's karma that prevent individuals from having a direct, complete touch with the spiritual life force on a very deep energetic level.
This is why, with the exception of gaining Reiki skills, which are discussed further below, the spiritual and bodily consequences of the initiations vary from person to person.
Reiki is a kind of energy that is accessible to all living things.
Without the proper initiation, spiritual life force arrives in drips and drops, to use a metaphor.
Reiki comes to the initiated individual in a strong, steady, and always accessible current after an initiation, and it may even expand tremendously with consistent practice.
Attunements affect certain chakras, which are effectively utilized as portals.
The true transformations, however, occur on far deeper levels, in the so-called light body24.
This is a spiritual framework that organizes and directs non-polar life energies such as Reiki.
The information is then transmitted to the chakra system, which uses it to regulate its operations.
More information about this subject may be found in the chapter titled "The Spiritual Energy System of Human Beings."
You may also want to read more about Reiki Healing here.