| Mount Kurama is a very popular mountain in Usui Reiki | | | | earth. The entire place is inviting, calming, and quiet. It |
| history. It is located in Kyoto, Japan and it is exactly | | | | can take you away from the chaos of this world and |
| where Mikao Usui had meditated for twenty-one | | | | experience peace from inside and out. Mt. Kurama is |
| days prior to receiving the powerful Reiki energy. | | | | oozing with strong energy from all points. All Reiki |
| Reiki masters, practitioners, and learners should all | | | | practitioners should experience what Usui Sensei had |
| strive to visit Mt. Kurama. But then again, a simple | | | | felt while he's up there. The energy of Mt. Kurama is |
| visit isn't enough. To really feel the powers of the | | | | subtle yet complex, broad yet simple. The different |
| holy mountain, 21-day pilgrimage is necessary. | | | | energy patterns and frequencies in the area is a |
| Mt. Kurama is a place where you can thoroughly feel | | | | proof that Reiki, and everything else it touches, can |
| nature working around you. The mountain itself is | | | | truly heal. The trees, stones, and waters of the |
| sacred. Meditation can happen in almost every spot | | | | mountain are interconnected with the same energy |
| and in every location. Reiki masters who have been | | | | that influences them in their natural existence. |
| to the mountain are considered lucky - because they | | | | If you are lucky enough to lead a pilgrimage to Mt. |
| surely have felt nature, God, and Reiki working inside | | | | Kurama, light as many candles and incenses as you |
| them. | | | | can. The different temples and shrines over the |
| Mt. Kurama has two waterfalls. Through it, Dr. Mikao | | | | mountain could transform, touch and shift you into a |
| Usui had successfully opened his crown chakra and | | | | person that is more open to the powers of Reiki and |
| ultimately received the powers of Reiki. When you | | | | the all natural elements that embodies it. |
| visit there now, you will see a shrine just above the | | | | Try to spend twenty-one days on top of Mt. |
| waterfalls. Mao son, a deity of the Kurama, is | | | | Kurama. On your way down, you'll be an entirely |
| enthroned there. With the water of the falls steadily | | | | different person. Your energy level would have |
| pouring down, meditation is much easier to achieve. | | | | expanded, deepened, and broadened. During your |
| The steady rhythm of the falls is conducive to | | | | stay, you might even feel that 21 days is too short |
| contemplation. Deep in your meditation, you will feel | | | | to take on all the energy of the entire place. Yet, |
| the pulses and the movements around you being one | | | | that span of time is enough for you to experience |
| in your thoughts. | | | | how it really feels like to be in close contact with |
| Up Mt. Kurama are several Buddhist temples. It is said | | | | nature and Reiki. |
| that the mountain is a spot that connects heaven to | | | | |