Takata Reiki Symbols

Cho-Ku-Rei:
  • The Cho-Ku-Rei is used in every healing.
  • Drawn clockwise it is used to increase and focus power.
  • Drawn counterclockwise it is used to break up and dissipate problems.
  • Clockwise it means/has been interpreted as "Put the power here."
  • Counterclockwise it means/has been interpreted as "God is here."
  • A parallel could be drawn with the pentacle being used for both invoking and banishing.
  • Can be used to charge and help program crystals.
  • Can be used to manifest desires.
  • Can be used for blessing.
  • Magnifies and focuses energy.
  • Referred to as the light switch or power symbol.
  • I recommended you draw this symbol after other symbols, to energize and activate them. Similar to the command to execute a computer program.
  • Some, however, believe this should be the first symbol you draw, in order to "prime the pump" so to speak.
  1. Alternate (Reversed) Cho-Ku-Rei
Sei-He-Ki:
  • Emotional and mental healing.
  • Protection, purification, clearing/cleansing, releasing spirit links.
  • Interpreted as "God and Man become one" or "Key to the Universe" or "As above, so below."
  • Some believe that mental healing is attributed to this symbol in error, and that emotional healing is its only function. Those who believe this attribute mental healing to the Hon-Sha-Ze-Sho-Nen symbol.
  • This symbol is especially useful during an emotional release where the person being healed can't seem to speak or cry.
  • Clears blockages, changes negative habits, clears and cleanses crystals.
  1. Alternate Sei-He-Ki
Hon-Sha-Ze-Sho-Nen:
  • May be a form of Stupa, a depiction of the five elements in building form.
  • Used for distance healing, past-life healing, karmic healing, future healing, situational healing, healing of behavioral patterns, grants alternate timelines/heals past mistakes.
  • Interpreted as "All time is now" or "No time, no space" or "Open the Book of Life and Now Read" or "The Buddha in me Salutes the Buddha in You" or "The Buddha in Me Reaches Out to the Buddha in You" or "Namaste".
  • Accesses the Akashic Records.
  • Strong connections to Oneness. "We are one, no seperation."
  • Similar to sacred space/magic circle concepts where you are in a place not a place, at a time not a time.
  • Used to activate crystals and helps with programming and perminancy.
  • Some attribute mental healing to this symbol rather than Sei-Hi-Ki.
  1. Alternate Hon-Sha-Ze-Sho-Nen
Dai-Koo-Myo:
  • To be used in all healings once it is learned.
  • Focuses on healing the soul/spiritual template.
  • Makes all other symbols have a more potent effect.
  • Can catalyze ongoing healing/permanent healing from within as needed.
  • Can be used to make crystals self-clearing.
  • Interpreted as "Temple of the Great Beaming Light" or "The One with the Mahayana Heart of Giving" or "Enlightenment Achieved" or "I am Buddha" or "Oneness/Source".
  • The spiral form of the Dai-Koo-Myo brings energy from the divine/source within. Reversing the spiral causes internal Ki/energy to expand and connect with the All/the Source before returning within carrying more energy.
  • I recommend using this symbol to "prime the pump", rather than the Cho-Ku-Rei.
  • The spiral form of this symbol is a modified version of the Tibetan Master Symbol (Dai-Ko-Myo) from Karuna Reiki. It is believed to be a more modern, and more powerful, version of the Dai-Koo-Myo symbol with widespread popular support in Western Reiki.
  • The spiral form has also been seen as the "seed of reiki."
  1. Alternate Dai-Koo-Myo #1
  2. Alternate Dai-Koo-Myo #2
  3. Alternate Dai-Koo-Myo #3
  4. Alternate Dai-Koo-Myo #4
  5. Alternate (Spiral) Dai-Koo-Myo
Raku:
  • There are two versions of this symbol, the lightning bolt and the fire serpent.
  • The lightning bolt is "banking of fire". It grounds, activates the Hara Line, seperates the auras of Teacher and Student after an attunement, releases karma, and increases the original ki. "Sky to Earth."
  • The fire serpent is the energy of the serpent Kundalini. It helps to grow and advance, aligns chakras, enhances the flow of energy through the pathways of the body, and can be used to clear a place of negative energies. "Earth to Sky."
  • Drawn reversed, the Raku can take one out of body (lightning bolt.)
  • Rarely, if someone has had an injury release excessive amounts of Kundalini Energy, the reversed fire serpent symbol will be needed to calm it down.
  • The serpent version is also referred to as the Tibetan Fire Serpent from Karuna Reiki.
  • The Tibetan Fire Serpent joins the chakras.
  • When used with Karuna energy, the Tibetan Fire Serpent aligns all the chakras and the energy bodies simultaneously. This prepares the recipient for the depth of Karuna Reiki energy.
  • Activates the Hara Line and brings Reiki energy in through the Ki Channels, grounding it in the Hara.
  • Many traditions see this solely as an initiatory symbol, rather than a healing symbol or for use in other workings. I do not agree with this interpretation.
  1. Alternate (Fire Serpent) Raku