Mikao Usui discovered the power of Reiki* (a universal life force energy that has been around since life began on Earth) for himself in March, 1922, while on a spiritual retreat on the sacred mountain of Kurama yama, outside Kyoto, Japan. Along with a reported enlightenment, he found that he had the ability to heal, and within a month moved to Tokyo to open a school to teach his newly developed framework of Reiki healing.

*At least 4 other methods of Reiki healing were said to have ex...