The Law of Correspondence with Absentee Treatments in First Degree.

In the first degree Reiki class, we teach the simplest way to send Reiki at a distance, which we call absentee treatments, is by using a photograph of the recipitent.

You can also use an object to represent the receiver like a teddy bear, pillow, cushion, candle, piece of paper or anything you can connect with.

It is simply to remind yourself that you intently accept the object as a representation of the recipient.

A Universal Law will be called forth to assist you with this technique:

It is the 'Law of Correspondence' or also known as the 'Law of Similarity'.

This is the means for which you, the Practitioner, tell the Universal Beings of Healing what you are intending to do, plus how you are proposing to do send distant reiki healing.

The object you choose, will assist the Beings of Healing to help you to hold your intent in place while you are the conduit of the energy of Reiki.

The object can be used because the 'Law of Correspondence' states:

"Each component within a system or thing retains its own characteristics and takes on the characteristics of the system or thing as a total sum of its parts".

Further explained, one human represents another or all other humans; or one thing represents any other thing.

The "Law of Similarity" simply states: "If a person; object, or condition bears any likeness or resemblance in colour, shape, smell, action or sequence of events, it can be used for many psychic purposes, as if it were the person, object, or condition itself, because of this likeness".

Similar things have the same energy. So it is important to use either of these laws when doing any kind of distance treatments. You would take a photo, or the object you intend to use and hold it in your hands whilst thinking about the recipitent.

When you feel a connection between the energy of that person and a similar sense of the energy in the object you are holding, then the connection is complete.

To finalise you state, mentally or verbally the following words:

"By the Law of Correspondence (or "Similarity"), this (name of object) represents (name of recipitent)".

If the treatment is to continue you would follow on saying the following:

"By the 'Law of Correspondence', as long as I am giving Reiki to this object, (name of person/recipient) receives a complete and continuous Reiki treatment.

Hold the object between your hands, and simultaneously visualise the image of the person you are sending energy to. (As long as you hold the image for that person, you are connecting with them through the object and they are receiving extra energy into their body.)

You can see that it is important to hold the visual image, so a disciplined, focused mind is necessary to fully accomplish this technique.

You can also make the same object represent more than one person, but it is necessary to be able to hold the mental image of each person you are sending to. (this takes a highly trained mind)

One technique you can use to make this a bit easier, is to imagine/visualise each person you are sending to sitting on a sofa, this helps you keep all the visual images in one space.

If you have more than will fit the sofa, see additional people standing, sitting, or kneeling around the sofa.

Another method is to hold the empowered object against your chest, closest to your heart. This is the area of your body emitting the strongest field of energy, because your hands are an extension of your heart (same level in the body) and you are creating a continuous loop of energy out through your hands, into the object, back into your heart and out through your arms/hands once again.

You could also place the object over each of your body positions; as you are receiving Reiki in each of these hand-placement positions, the recipient(s) is also receiving a treatment. It would strengthen the distant treatment if you would intend and state the following:

"By the 'Law of Correspondence', my (name of body/hand position) represents (name of body/hand position) of (name of recipient) receiving Reiki.

As you do your daily self-treatment, each person your object is empowered to represent, also receives a whole body treatment.

Again, if you do this for more than one distant recipient, you must be able to hold the visual image of each person during the energy treatment.

This technique can also be made stronger by adding a prayer to the Highest and Best Good for the person(s) being sent to. Plus it can be even stronger if you call upon your personal guides, masters, teachers and Reiki or other modalities by name.

YOU MUST HAVE THE RECIPITENTS PERMISSION.

You cannot attempt to go against a persons will, no matter how much you believe it would benefit them.

Another Visualization Technique for First Degree

Here is another method for creating more effective treatment sessions.  It is a visualisation technique from Diane Stein's Essential Reiki.

Imagine that you have 12 pairs of arms attached to your torso, like "Matahari" or "Shiva".

Visualise laying them on yourself or a client simultaneously and intend to feel the increased energy flow through your hands at one time, covering all 12 of the body positions at once.

With a little practice, this method will increase your awareness, and you will sense a greatly enhanced flow of Reiki through you.

A Method for Sending Absentee Treatments in Second Degree Reiki In second degree Reiki, we teach the following techniques:

Firstly, in Second degree class, the students are attuned to the 'sacred' symbols' and then they can increase the efficiency of their healing work by using them.

The simplest technique for sending Reiki to someone at a distance, is through the use of a photograph; a first generation 'Polaroid' is best; the more an image/picture is copied, the weaker the energy connection to that person is, via the photograph. For 75% you require an instant image. To receive 100% you require hands on treatment. The percentage decreases in such stages.

However, with the use of Reiki symbols, any connection can be strengthened. You will have to physically draw the three symbols (with writing instrument or with your finger and always say the names of each symbol three times) on to the photograph and say the following: (mentally or verbally)

Then draw the symbols on to the top of the photograph again, and continue to say,

"By the 'Law of Correspondence', this photograph represents (insert name of recipient, age, location, and condition)".

Then draw the symbols once more onto/over the photograph and repeat "By the 'Law of Correspondence', as long as I do Reiki on this photograph, (insert name of recipient) also receives a complete and continuous treatment".

You can then place the image between your hands, on your heart, on each body/hand position, or any way that you have been taught to create intuitively.

Knee Thigh Method

One way to send treatments is by the knee/thigh method. To do this you draw the three symbols (say names of each, three times) on your right knee and say the following:

"Bythe 'Law of Correspondence', my right knee represents the four head positions of (insert name of recipient)".

Then put the image on your right knee, your hands over the photograph and do Reiki as if you were doing a hands-on treatment.

Hold for a minimum of five minutes, or longer as guided by intuition or inner-knowing. Then you must draw the three symbols (say names of each three times) on your right thigh and say the following:

"By the 'Law of Correspondence', my right thigh represents the four front positions of (name of recipient)".

Then place the image on your right thigh, your hands over the photograph and do Reiki as if you were doing a hands-on treatment. Hold for a minimum of five minutes, or longer as guided by intuition or innerknowing.

Repeat again, this time using the left thigh to represent the four back positions of the intended recipient.

At this time, you can finish or if you are led to do more, then add the left thigh, stating your intention that it represents the 'joy' level, cause of any imbalance on any/all levels, the consciousness or awareness, or anything that you may have picked up intuitively after doing a standard treatment on all twelve body/hand positions.

Say that you feel something in the 'front positions' (right thigh), then you can empower each of the knees and thighs,

the right knee would represent 'front position #1',

right thigh would represent 'front position #2',

left knee would represent 'front position #3',

and left thigh would represent 'front position #4'.

You would use the symbols and names in the same way described above.

This should help you to become more sensitive to the exact location of any imbalance (trauma, injury, memory, implanted thought form, etc.) and you would probably want to treat that or any other area of imbalance you may find with extra treatment time. And of course, on any of these and other techniques, you would increase the energy going into the recipient with any extra Power symbols that you would use, while doing Reiki on any body/hand position.

This would specifically work on any imbalances you find in the physical level. If you suspect that the causation of any problem might be on the mental, or emotional levels, you would want to add extra Mental/Emotional symbols together with extra power symbols and the Reiki will work deeper on those levels.

If you suspect that a discovered imbalance might be spiritual in nature, then it would be wise to add additional Distance symbols, along with extra Mental/Emotional and Power symbols.

Knowing that Reiki cannot hurt any individual on any level, we strongly recommend to our students that they use all three symbols while doing Reiki on anyone, or any object. This would insure that all energy bodies would be equally worked with; it sometimes takes quite a lengthy time of practice to begin feeling the more subtle energy imbalances beyond the physical level.

How to Send Reiki to Multiple Recipients - Techniques for Second Degree and Above

There are several ways to send reiki healing to more than one person at a time; not all are listed here, as there are no limits to the number  methods that are being used by Reiki practitioners - worldwide.

These are some of the ones that are taught in various levels of Reiki classes. You can do Reiki on a List of Recipients, you can also do Reiki on an entire list of people, where each receives a complete Reiki treatment.

Obviously, if you do an absentee treatment on one requester at a time, you will become more sensitive to imbalances, their type and location and can work longer on specific areas of the body that are in need of healing/rebalancing.

When the numbers of requesters do not permit individual casework, then this method can help save time and still give each person a good full treatment.

You would empower the paper as before, intending it to be stored with unlimited Reiki treatments, then you would write the names, ages , locations and conditions (the more information that defines a person, the better the chance that the energy will go to that particular person requesting it).

There are many people in the same city with the same names, same ages, same locations and possibly with similar symptoms/conditions.

So, to ensure the energy goes to the right person, it is useful to empower each person with a separate set of symbols, stating the intentions that the paper represents the name of each person to receive Reiki.

When the entire list is empowered, then do one last set of symbols, and state:

"By the 'Law of Correspondence', as long as this list receives Reiki, each person individually receives a complete and continuous Reiki treatment simultaneously".

Then you can choose the method that you treat the list (see options above).

A good treatment can be done in about 15 minutes, because at this dimension of body/mind/Spirit, there is less impedance/limiting thoughts that can block out the fullness of the Reiki being transferred; hence, the treatment can be done in a shorter period of time and of course, you can always increase the energy of the treatment by using the additional techniques described above.

Flame/Candle Technique

We have also learned or intuitively received other techniques of absentee treatments that can help you to be a better 'energy worker'. We often use a flame (oil lamp or candle) to represent a request list, especially a large one with many names.

Occasionally, as I pass the flame, I will add extra energy by drawing extra Power symbols onto the flame. (Never actually touching the flame, but an inch away from it)

Crystal Reiki Grid Technique

Of course, there is also the 'Crystal Power Grid' made popular by William Rand. You would secure, buy, find, or dig for eight similar sized quartz crystals, holding the intent/purpose of 'healing' in thought as you pick them.

You should choose a centre quartz crystal (sphere, cluster, or multiterminated) and a photo-copy of the 'Antahkarana' symbol or your choice of sacred symbol (preferably purple in colour).

You should cleanse all the crystals in a sea-salt and distilled or purified water bath, for a period of 24 or more hours.

Then place the crystals outside for a minimum of two days and two nights. This will empower the crystal with a full charge of masculine (Sun) and feminine (Moon)  energies. If completed under a full moon this empowers the crystals a lot more.

Physically hold each crystal and empower them individually with all three of the Reiki symbols (using symbol with 'Law of Correspondence') and then place three sets of intentions onto each crystal:

1. To empower the crystals with unlimited Reiki treatments;

2. To place the intent of the crystal's use for healing purposes;

and

3. To place an unlimited supply of power symbols into each crystal.

Follow on by empowering with the symbol (Antahkarana).

Find a 'sacred space' for your grid, that only you will have access to and where no children or pets can disrupt.

Place the centre crystal on the symbol, and from the batch of crystals, intuitively choose one that feels like it has strong 'Yang' or masculine energy. Use this as the 'charging crystal'.

Invoke the guidance and assistance from your personal guides (angels, Ascended Beings, Reiki Masters and teachers) to charge and attune the grid with Divine Love/Wisdom for the Highest Good of all concerned.

Pick up the charging crystal and place it in your dominate hand, point downwards over the grid of crystals. Place the point of the charging crystal over the centre crystal and draw pie-shaped triangles over each of the crystals in a counter-clockwise direction.

Continue to draw a line from the centre crystal out to one of the crystals, then move counter-clockwise to the next crystal, then back to the centre, back out to the crystal you just left, and move counterclockwise to the next crystal, moving around the circle several times, until you feel that the grid is strongly empowered.

Add to this movement the following chant/mantra/affirmation:

"I charge, I charge, I charge this grid, this grid, this grid with healing energy, with healing energy, healing energy to heal, to heal, to heal".

Then replace the words "healing energy" with words like "love, balance, awareness, compassion, clarity, worthiness, acceptance wholeness, etc.

You will want to do this mantra; or fully cleanse all again - as above, every couple of days to cleanse, rebalance, and empower the grid with a strong 'healing' energy. Plus please remember to energise between reempowerments, you can draw power symbols over the grid every time you walk by it.

Now place your list of healing requests into the centre of the grid and intend for it to send complete and continuous Reiki energy to every individual on the list.

If you are going to be travelling or for some reason you will not be able to re-charge your grid every couple of days, take a photograph (preferably a first generation 'Polaroid') and empower it to represent your grid.

Take the photograph and the 'charging crystal' with you and every couple of days, you can charge the grid using the image as a surrogate/representation for the grid.

You can also add additional people, situations or relationships onto the photograph to send continuous treatments to the recipitiors list.

Other Advanced Uses/Ideas for Second Degree and Above

Continuously Resonating Field of Reiki Energy

Another 'crystal' technique is to use the "Continuously Resonating Field of Reiki Energy".

Then you will want to empower each crystal with unlimited Reiki treatments; plant and empower the intent for the field of energy to be stimulated each time the molecules in the crystals move or vibrate.

(continuous action in all matter)

Place the four crystals in the corners of a room or on the outside corners of a house/building, or even on the boundaries of a garden, at the corners of a pet's house/space, etc. and visualise the energy fields connecting all crystals, creating an energy field that continues upward above the ground.

Then draw/visualise the symbols toward the resonating field of energy, and empower the enclosed space with unlimited power symbols; repeat the symbols and intend the resonating field of Reiki energy to continue its action with each molecular vibration.

Everything within the space of the crystals will continue to receive an ongoing treatment of Reiki. You might even do this around your bed. It should help you to sleep and remain more relaxed and healthy.

A really good technique is the "Manifestation Grid" (from Diane Stein's Essential Reiki).

Who in the world today does not have money, issues, situations and/or relationships that they would like to have created in their life? This technique is composed of several other modalities, but it works so well with Reiki.

You must be able to determine what you would like to have in your life and a good way to do that is to sit down and list everything on a piece of paper that would make life more enjoyable, easier, and useful to you in your everyday experience.

Once you have listed all of your thoughts, (you can always add or delete as you go along), then you need to put those visual images into some concrete form for the Universe to energetically work with.

The next step is to search though magazines, newspapers, idea books, and trade journals that are of particular interest to you.

Look for photograph's which best represent the items that you have listed. Look also for words that best describe what you want in your life; words cut out of magazines, newspapers, trade journals, etc.

You can also use clipart, images and printed 'phrases/words' from the computer/internet.

Choose the pictures of yourself/partner that are not your favourites; cut out the heads and put onto the images of people that are doing the kinds of activities that you want for yourself. (Remember, you can always add to the grid as you go along.)

You now have enough of the essential basics to begin to build the grid.

You will need a poster board (your choice of colour, but white may be best), some fast-drying glue (a glue-stick works very well) and some markers of various colours.

Now, draw a large circle on the poster board; this will represent the Earth. Draw in representations of the land masses (continents, islands, etc.) that you would see from space.

Colour the land and the water their appropriate colours. Then draw in some clouds over the land and water.

What you should have is a pretty good representation of Earth (similar to that taken by the Apollo astronauts from space).

Next, using a ruler, draw a grid of lines over most of the poster board, including drawing them over the earth. This should look like 'waffle squares'; horizontal and vertically intersecting lines with the ends going out beyond the large box of squares.

Draw the lines boldly with a black marker pen. Then begin to place the images and words that describe your desires all over the poster board, and when you like the placement, glue all of the pictures/words onto it.

Upon completion draw (with your hand/fingers or with a writing instrument) the Reiki symbols over the whole grid. Empower the grid using the formula described above. And tack or hang the "Manifestation Grid" on the wall, or on the back of a door (if you don't want others to see it) or even over the bed.

Every time you walk by or look at the grid, draw or visualise the 'double power symbols' over the poster board. Whenever you look at the grid, project an image of you in the middle of the grid, as if you already were enjoying the fruits of your desires.

You can add positive affirmations to your Reiki work, and that will help your conscious and non-conscious mind accept the success of manifesting everything that you desire that is represented on the grid. Have fun with this.

Repeating the sequence of techniques that you did with eyes open.

Before long, these objects, situations, relationships, etc. will begin to appear in your life.

We will update this and add many other fascinating ways to send distant healing to all.

Brightest blessings, In Spiritual Love and Union