My name is Ed De Bruyn en live in Capelle aan den IJssel in Holland.

I'm married and have four children and am self employed as a painting artist.

My Reiki experience.

I had become Reiki Master in October 2007 and worked very hard on my own personal development. Because of many unforgettable unhappy features that had happened in my life, I first had to work on and remove alote of unpleasant thoughts that made life very difficult. Of coarse I had alote of positive experience's but most of the time they were held back. Through the Usui system of natural healing. I became a another person and uses my past as guidelines for the future.

A one year later I became Master Tera Mai and the energy was pure and rewarding. I use the this energy everyday and also apply it in my paintings. Fortunately I can help others in trying to find themselves and be content with life it self. Life has many things to a offer but you must first begin with yourself.

I'm happy that I can share my Reiki experiences with you.

                                          
This is a painting that I made of Dhr Mikao Usui                     This is a painting that I made of "The resurrection of Jesus Christ".

What is Reiki   

Reiki is Japanese in origin; it is a simple, natural and easy method of healing.
� KI � is the primal energy; the force, which is present in all life forms.
� REI � is the higher consciousness, the universal and intelligent nature of this energy.
Reiki is a soft relaxation technique which helps to dissolve tension and vitalise the whole person. Reiki brings nourishment and equilibrum to the energy system and activate an inner wisdom to re-establish harmony in the body, mind and soul. Reiki is a hands-on healing method. The energy is transmitted by laying on of hands on energy centers. It can also be given at a distance. Reiki is a powerful catalyst for personal growth and for finding your true self.

Mikao Usui

History of Reiki 
Reiki originated from Tibet. This method was apparently lost except for its appearance in old sacred texts.
Reiki was rediscovered by Mikao Usui towards the end of the 19th century. Mikao Usui developed the modern method of Reiki, known under the name of �Usui Shiki Ryoho� (Usui system of Natural Healing).
Mikao Usui was born in Japan in 1865, at the time of the Meiji emperor. This period was, in the history of Japan, one of great revival, during which many changes and modern reforms occurred. Mikao Usui entered a Buddhist monastery at a very young age. During his life, he learned various disciplines; martial arts, healing arts, religions of all kind including Christianity.
At a certain point in his life, Mikao experienced a moment of imminent death. This experience transformed him, and from that moment, Mikao Usui became firmly rooted on the path of healing.
Mikao Usui looked researched healing further by studying foreign languages, history, psychology, theology, and the initiatory writings including tantra. He also went on long journeys around the world. It is said that he sought the laying-on of hands healing that was done by Christ. Usui sought a way of curing without exhausting his own vital energy. After many failures, Usui joined a Zen monastery, where he was encouraged to persevere in this way.

The exact progress of Mikao Usui is not known. Usui�s quest apparently led to the Kurama Mount, located approximately 27 kilometres from Kyoto. There Mikao Usui practiced fasting and meditation in a way comparable to the Native American Indian vision quest.

Usui began his pilgrimage towards the top of the sacred mountain. Some say that he had decided to remain there until obtaining an answer. By the time he arrived at the twenty first day of his fast nothing unusual had occurred and he persisted in his meditation. Suddenly, a stunning light came to him, and he received and understood the keys to transmitting healing energy for which he had been searching. Apparently, Mikao Usui reached illumination at that moment.

Through his studies and experience, Mikao Usui gained the capacity to transmit energy by laying-on of hands and initiation. He immediately went to work in the poor districts of Kyoto, applying his newly acquired technique to the young and the old without distinction. Usui obtained remarkable results. Eventually, Usui became troubled by the familiar faces returning to him. Usui deepened his reflection and realized that he had not known how to communicate a sense of responsibility or gratitude to the people. He understood that for any physical cure to be durable, it needed to be accompanied by a psychic balance. The importance of an energy exchange appeared vital to him.
Usui formulated the five fundamental principles of Reiki. He left the poor districts to teach all over Japan. The symbols, which had been revealed to him at the time of his vision, disclosed their deeper meaning. He used them to harmonize his clients and enable them to assume the responsibility of their own wellbeing. By helping people to increase their energy, it became possible for them to make a great step towards self-healing. When Usui had refined and improved his method, he started to train others. Thus, before his death, Usui initiated retired naval officer Chujiro Hayashi, who became an important link for the dissemination of Reiki in the West. Hayashi opened his own private clinic in Tokyo.
In 1935, Hawaya Takata, a young woman from Hawaii, with Japanese ancestry and American citizenship, went to the private clinic of Hayashi. Since the death of her husband she had become seriously ill with depression, extreme weakness and a variety of organic disorders. Just before undergoing a surgical operation, she heard the voice of her late husband who encouraged her not to undergo the procedure. Sharing her doubts with her surgeon, and asking if there were any other options for her, he suggested that Mrs. Takata try Reiki treatments. She received many Reiki treatments and was cured.

Very impressed by these results, Mrs. Takata decided to initiate herself into Reiki. She quickly discovered that this field was strictly reserved for men. She was determined however, to find a way to learn Reiki. She received the teaching of the first and second degrees with Chujiro Hayashi in Japan. Upon returning to the United States, Mrs. Takata practiced what she learned. In 1938, Chujiro Hayashi and his daughter visited Mrs. Takata and Chujiro initiated her in the master degree.

Between 1970 and her death in 1980, Mrs. Takata had trained 21 masters. From this family tree, there are now several thousands people around the world that have been initiated into Re�ki. To this day, Reiki continues to spread worldwide. 

Tera Mai Reiki and Seichem History

The Reiki & Seichem healing system is based on the Reiki system, indeed all the information on the history of Reiki is also relevant here. Seichem is not a new or separate system but originated from the same source as Reiki.
The knowledge of how the extra elemental healing rays of fire, water and air could be channelled was given to Kathleen Milner and she has now initiated many healers into the Tera Mai Reiki & Seichem system.

         Kathleen Milner          

This has allowed the four healing rays to flow together, greatly enhancing the healer's potential.

Tera-Mai is the registered trademark of Kathleen Milner (USA), author of Reiki & Other Rays of Touch Healing. Originally trained in traditional Reiki and Seichem, Kathleen then had a series of consciousness-raising experiences where she was shown updated attunement procedures and symbols for the Reiki and Seichem attunements, more suitable for the raised vibrational frequency of the times in which we live.
The Tera-Mai healing system provides standardised attunement procedures to connect students to the various rays for healing and personal growth. Tera-Mai masters are required under the terms of the trademark not to perform attunements from any other Reiki or Seichem system, as combining systems like this has been found to disrupt the flow of energies in the master. The Tera-Mai trademark was set up to protect and maintain the integrity of the attunements.
These attunements are still being upgraded by Spirit from time to time, in line with the increasing Light energies coming in to the planet nowadays. Therefore all registered Tera-Mai Masters are required to adapt to the changes as they are brought in from Spirit via Kathleen Milner.
Only a Master of Tera Mai Reiki & Seichem can use the Tera Mai name. This ensures that the energy that these Master Teachers pass on is always of a very high standard.

There is a U.K. Association for Tera Mai healers which publishes a list of it's members and can supply books by Kathleen Milner.

This is the link to my spiritual therapist Willem Boeren.