Redau in continuare postarea de pe facebook a lui Frank Arjava Petter referitoare la subiectul din titlu pentru a avea, sper, un punct de vedere clar, asupra sistemului lui Hyakuten Inamoto, despre care am mai scris ceva timp in urma pe blog.
Public aici articolul lui Arjava cu acordul sau.
Nu am tradus din limba engleza articolul lui Arjava Petter pentru a nu deforma cu nimic continutul acestuia si pentru a va face un punct de vedere intr totul propriu.
Vreau numai sa subliniez urmatoarele:
- Frank Arjava Petter in afara faptului ca are multe initieri in sistemul Usui Reiki, ca a predat multi ani Usui Reiki in Japonia, ca a fost si elev al lui Chiyoko Yamaguchi, si impreuna cu fiul Maestrei Yamaguchi, Tadao, preda si a dezvoltat in prezent sistemul Jikiden Reiki, pe care l-au fondat Chiyoko Yamagichi si Tadao Yamaguchi.
- la rugamintile exprese ala lui Hyakuten Ynamoto doamna Chiyoko Yamaguchi I-a acordat initierile de grd 1 si 2 Usui Reiki cu titlu gratuit, cu rugamintea de a indruma noi doritori/elevi numai la cursurile Doamnei Yamaguchi, fara a preda Reiki, lucru acceptat de Hyakuten Inamoto ca o chestiune de onoare.
Chiar daca ceea ce am scris este detaliat si in textul de mai jos, v-am pus in tema, ca sa spun asa, pentru a intelege mai bine aceste relatii.
Textul de pe facebook a lui Frank Arjava Petter, este prezentat, mai jos, intre ghilimele:
`` The relationship between Chiyoko Yamaguchi and Hyakuten Inamoto
I would like to share something with you that I
have been holding back for many years now. I get asked about the issue in
almost all my workshops and decided to clear it up once and for all. You may
think that Reiki is all about love and light and you are right about that, but
there is a lot of hanky- panky going on under the surface as well.
Several years ago when I was not well
physically Tadao Yamaguchi asked me to write down all the stories about Reiki
politics that I had come across, because he was worried that I might kick the
bucket. I had to stay in bed for several weeks at the time and after having
finished written about my subject, I continued writing my autobiography,
enjoying it a lot.
It has been an amazing journey: the lightness
of my childhood, the intensive years of soul searching and ego destruction with
Osho, the meditative discipline of living in Japan
and the celebration of living in Greece
When I was done writing, Tadao and I discussed
the possibility of publishing the Reiki part, but I was not certain if sharing
these negative stories with the public would be good for the international
Reiki community. I was worried that readers would get disheartened and perhaps
lose their enthusiasm and love for Reiki when they find out how dirty some of
their “spiritual” teachers play.
For years I have been oscillating between yes
and no, but finally the time has come to share some of what I know. I am still
not comfortable publishing my whole account because it is quite compromising
for some well-known Reiki teachers, but knowledge is responsibility, and I am
taking it now. Please send me your good thoughts, because I know that this will
raise another shit- storm to blow my way; and-even though I have kind of grown
used to being exposed to that sort of thing over the past twenty years, I still
appreciate your love and support to stand up for the truth.
What follows is part of my autobiography. This
chapter is about the relationship between Hyakuten Inamoto (Komyo Reiki),
William Lee Rand and Chiyoko Yamaguchi.
In October 2001, William Lee Rand learned
Shoden ( Reiki One) and Okuden( Reiki Two) from Chiyoko Sensei. During their
workshop I was busy with hosting a workshop of my family therapy teacher Bert
Hellinger in Kyoto
He was introduced to Chiyoko-Sensei by
Tadao-Sensei after he realized that Chiyoko-Sensei was qualified to teach
Reiki. He told Chiyoko-Sensei that he was a Buddhist monk and that he couldn’t
learn Reiki because he didn’t have enough money. So he asked if Chiyoko-Sensei
could give him just Reiju (literally giving/granting the soul. In our Western Reiki- tradition it is falsely translated as
attunement). He explained that because of his position as a Buddhist monk, he
met many people who needed support and he wanted to do Reiki for them. After
Chiyoko-Sensei listened to his explanation, she agreed to give him Reiju at no
cost as long as his purpose was to provide Reiki sessions for his clients.
He promised Chiyoko Sensei to give Reiki
sessions to the people in need for free, and then he received Reiju from
Chiyoko-Sensei. Instead of learning the whole Shoden class, he only received
Reiju (about three times). However, soon after he had received Reiju from
Chiyoko Sensei, he began to advertise himself as a Master student of Chiyoko
Sensei and started to teach Shoden and Okuden seminars- unknown to her.
Chiyoko-Sensei didn’t find out for about 6 months.
At some point Mr. Inamoto was asked to be
William Rand’s translator because the Yamaguchis had no idea that he was
betraying Chiyoko Sensei at that time. When it was decided that Mr. Inamoto was
to be the translator, he then took the Shoden and Okuden class for the first
time to prepare for the translation, at no cost. Then, Mr. Inamoto translated
for the seminar that William Rand was participating in. Throughout that time,
Chiyoko-Sensei didn’t know that Mr. Inamoto had been secretly holding his
seminars. It was found out later that he was actually teaching workshops with Western Reiki contents, but he advertised it as Chiyoko
Sensei’s student.
At some point William Rand invited Tadao to
come and teach in the US
1: The Jikiden Reiki teaching was too simple and that it would have to be made more complex.
2: It was too expensive and the price was to come down in theUS
3: Tadao had to stay in theUSA
for three months in which they would hit all the major US
1: The Jikiden Reiki teaching was too simple and that it would have to be made more complex.
2: It was too expensive and the price was to come down in the
3: Tadao had to stay in the
All throughout 2001 I had been receiving emails
from people who were asking me about information on visiting Japan Japan
I had written a generic letter with info on the
Usui Memorial at the Saihoji Temple in Tokyo and Mount Kurama
in Kyoto , which I sent out to them, but I also
had a habit of asking them what they were doing in Japan
After I had received too many of those emails
and the New Year was approaching, I told Chetna (my ex-wife) that I would not
enter the New Year without telling Chiyoko Sensei what was going on. Chetna
advised me that what happened between Chiyoko Sensei and her staff was none of
my business. I passionately disagreed, because I loved her and could not bear
the thought of someone taking advantage of her.
In the end Chetna agreed to call Chiyoko Sensei
on my behalf. I was not certain if I would find the right words in Japanese
knowing that I was way out of my league with what I was about to say to her.
Chiyoko Sensei listened silently and after a while said” Yes, I know what is
going on, I have been told the same thing by a number of others already, and I
have asked Mr. Inamoto to stop teaching in my name”.
That conversation between Chiyoko Sensei and
Mr. Inamoto was recorded and in it he acts quite submissively when told by
Chiyoko Sensei to stop teaching in her name and lineage.
She told us on the phone that Mr. Inamoto had
offered to answer her English queries because neither herself nor Tadao spoke
enough English. But instead of helping her prospective students to learn from
her, he helped them to learn from himself!
Later on Mr. Inamoto was asked to come in and
sign a statement that he would stop teaching in her name, but of course he
never showed up. Chiyoko Sensei was furious, so much so that Tadao Sensei asked
us not to mention Mr. Inamoto’s name in front of her anymore because he feared
for her health.
We spent the next few months talking on the
phone quite a bit and trying to figure out what to do about this issue. We knew
that in the future more people would claim to be her Master students who were
not. One of the things that was decided because of this was to put all the
names of Chiyoko Sensei’s students up on the institute’s website.
If in doubt anyone can check the database of
all the Jikiden Reiki students online to see if a certain person has learned
from her or not. However, Mr. Inamoto’s name has been erased from the website.
Japanese culture is strict in this way: if you go against your teacher, your
ass is grass...
But to be fair it must be stated here that Mr.
Inamoto seems to have had a proper Master/Teacher training in Western Reiki-
from someone in my (Takata)-lineage. Out of respect for this Takata style
lineage and to future students in that tradition I expect all Reiki teachers to
pass on their lineage truthfully and to stop using Chiyoko Sensei’s name.
Originally, Mr. Inamoto learned Reiki from Mr.Konishi (at no cost) who learned Reiki from Mr. Masaharu Ueno (Cosmo Bright). Mr. Ueno was working with Mr. Mochizuki (Vortex, then the largest Reiki school inJapan )
, but Mr. Ueno built his own Healing
School
Originally, Mr. Inamoto learned Reiki from Mr.Konishi (at no cost) who learned Reiki from Mr. Masaharu Ueno (Cosmo Bright). Mr. Ueno was working with Mr. Mochizuki (Vortex, then the largest Reiki school in
If you have only received Reiju or one of the
lower degrees from someone, that person should not appear in your Reiki
lineage, because you have not learned what they teach in the higher degrees-
and- you don’t have their teaching permission.
Think of it in practical terms. The first two degrees are the student levels. As a student it is your responsibility to learn. If a student at a Martial Arts school for example, begins to teach, he will be expelled. A teacher needs ample experience in his field, and when a skillful student has gathered enough experience his teacher will allow him to teach and bestow the teacher’s level upon him.
Think of it in practical terms. The first two degrees are the student levels. As a student it is your responsibility to learn. If a student at a Martial Arts school for example, begins to teach, he will be expelled. A teacher needs ample experience in his field, and when a skillful student has gathered enough experience his teacher will allow him to teach and bestow the teacher’s level upon him.
Your Reiki Teaching Lineage is the lineage of
the teacher who has taught you the Shihan (Teacher/instructor) level and has given
you the permission to teach in his/her lineage.
Early in the year 2001, I was in for the next
surprise. It seemed that after Tadao Sensei refused to come to the US under the conditions mentioned above, either
Mr. Inamoto offered to come to the US US
Nowadays Mr Inamoto claims in public that he
has a conflict with Tadao Sensei, but the fact that I know first- hand is that
he had a conflict with Chiyoko Sensei the head and founder of the Jikiden Reiki
Institute.
Mr. Inamoto never took the teacher’s training
course and never had the permission to teach Reiki from Chiyoko Sensei; on top
of it, his teaching contents was and is Western Reiki, yet he was claiming that
he was a disciple of Chiyoko Sensei and was teaching in her name. I could not
believe what was going on, and told Tadao Sensei that I would write to William
Rand, to let him know that Mr. Inamoto neither had the skill nor the permission
to teach in Chiyoko Sensei’s name. But Tadao being his considerate self, told
me that he did not want to strain my relationship with William Rand.
A couple of days later he called me again and
told me that he had had a good idea. William’s representative in Japan
Knowing that Mr. Inamoto was only pretending to
be teaching in Chiyoko Sensei’s lineage, they still organized his classes in
the US
The list of the names of Chiyoko Sensei’s
students who know this story firsthand is too long to mention here. Most of
them are Japanese. Perhaps I will just mention a few of the more well- known
people: Amanda Jayne (Jikiden Reiki Dai Shihan), Masaki Nishina (Jikiden Reiki
Dai Shihan and book author), Ikuko Hirota (Jikiden Reiki Dai Shihan) Walter
Lübeck (Founder of Rainbow Reiki, book author), Heinz Schoel, Jikiden Reiki
Shihan) and so on...
At some point during all of this we checked
where Mr. Inamoto, who claims to be a Buddhist monk, was ordained, but found
out that he is not known to the Buddhist organization he claims to be a part
of. If you ask any Buddhist monks in Kyoto
All of the above may stir your heart and may
make you wonder why people act the way they do. You may wonder how someone who
is on a spiritual path can get so lost in his own ego? Reiki as any other
spiritual discipline is a door to the divine. The founder of the discipline and
the teacher who is teaching you open that door for you as wide as possible.
However, it is you who has to do the walking, and I would like to encourage you
to walk this path with humility and utmost sincerity.
Reiki is pure Japanese spirituality, and it has
not been contaminated by the egotistic behavior of some of its practitioners.
However, everything has its place: the abuse of power happens for us to learn
to be authentic and truthful no matter what. Don’t be disheartened about what
other people do, but do take great care of what You do. Always act from an
enlightened standpoint, and then Reiki becomes what it is meant to be:
enlightened action.
Thank you for listening, with love, your
friend, Frank Arjava Petter
Copyright, © 2017 by Frank Arjava Petter ``
Va multumesc tuturor pentru atentie si va doresc numai bine.
