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A50 The Controversial Topic of Absentee Initiation
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‚Forget the computer! Absentee initiation was an issue long before the internet existed.‘ (René)
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I want to refer to rules like you just mentioned a little bit later, because one of the questions I still have and
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I’d like to go through deals with the quite understandable desire people have
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for standardizations, for rules, even for leaders, for strong leaders, for a guru and so on.
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So, I will not forget that I have it here, but before we get to those things …
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We’ve just spoken about absentee treatment.
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The question now I’d like to take up is absentee initiation, which is yet again a different cattle of fish, I think.
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I very much wonder what your thoughts are, both from a traditional Japanese point of view,
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but also maybe making a bridge to 2025 to the modern age, past COVID and the Western approach and technology.
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I’m not here to say what you should or what you shouldn’t do.
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For me, it’s always about when I’m confronted with a rule or a …
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… rule …
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a standardization or rule, I ask myself, ‚How does that sit with me? Does it suit me?‘
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And the subject of distant attunements doesn’t suit me.
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But everybody must think about that for themselves. Is that a good thing for you to do?
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Or is it not?
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I learned Reiju, which literally means a ’soul activation‘, from Chiyoko sensei in a certain way.
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And I’m not prepared to do it any other way.
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Because I love it!
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So, what we do is we meet together in the dark.
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We chant the Gokai and we go through this whole prescribed ritual and it’s …
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something that Usui sensei created by which that ‚reset button‘ is pushed for people and they connect to source.
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To me, that is something terribly serious,
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non-seriously terribly serious.
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Something that I would never touch, that is sacred to me!
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That I would never change.
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I would not change one bit of that.
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I want it like that. I don’t want it any other way.
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I just love people.
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I love to touch people. In the Reiju when I touch people, I don’t want to sit in front of the computer.
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For me, the idea is … I get the allergy.
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Well, forget the computer. Absentee initiation was an issue even long before the internet existed.
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Yeah, or whatever. Or I’m sitting all by myself.
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I mean, telephone sex can be nice.
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(chuckling)
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I was tempted to say, tell me about it, but that’s a different project.
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We do it in the next project. Maybe it can be nice like that.
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Or in your imagination, it can be nice.
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But it’s no comparison to the real thing. To me, at least.
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But I’m not here to tell people what you should do, what is right or what is wrong.
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But you … you, you, you … all of us …
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ought to really look inside and see what do I feel comfortable with.
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I would never sit here and say, ‚René. Distant initiations don’t work!‘
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I would never say that because who am I to say that?
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And if we can do distant Reiki, why can’t we do distant initiation?
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Very important point!
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Come on!
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In Tibetan Buddhism, let’s say, people go into a cave and they get attunements from a master who died 1500 years ago.
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Many things are possible. The question is, are you prepared for that?
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Are you prepared for … ? Do you have the skill for that?
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There are many questions.
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And the ethical question is a very important one.
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Is it right? But is it right for you?
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For you who does it? And is it right for the recipient?
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For the recipient. So, all these things you consider and then you make up your mind.
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And for me, it’s totally clear. I don’t want to do it.
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I’m not interested. I prefer not to do it at all.
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In COVID we had that where I sat at home for four years or so.
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In the end we had to sell our house because we didn’t have any more money, it was finished. We couldn’t feed ourselves.
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But I was not prepared to do something against my … heart.
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My heart is there.
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So for me, Reiju is something that you do in person, in a special way. Otherwise it’s not Reiju.
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Then you have to call it something else.
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I admire your very strict consequence of following your heart even at dire cost.
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Like you just described.
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Especially then!
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Of course, that’s when the chips are down.
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That’s, that’s when you have to do it!
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… I agree with you.
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That’s an ethical issue. That’s a very strong ethical question.
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I fully agree with you.
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In my tradition the absentee initiation has always been a part.
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And this goes back to Takata and Takata has made absentee initiation.
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However, there’s a very, very strict understanding of very narrow circumstances when this is
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ethically considerable, ethically to be considered! I’m not even saying ‚justified‘, because …
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At the time our professional association was extremely helpful, particularly if you’re a young Reiki master,
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to ponder these very important and difficult questions: When can I make an exception to the rule?
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And the rule is: Whenever possible, Reiju or initiation in person.
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‚Whenever possible‘, that has to be strived for.
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Where and when do I make an exception?
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There were some senior older Reiki teachers in the community, in the Reiki Network, the association at the time.
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And of course we could consult them.
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I personally am in the incredibly privileged situation to have a spouse with whom I can share everything.
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You know how it is how you get home after a Reiki 1 seminar. For me particularly in the first day, I need to let steam off.
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Because sometimes there are students there who have pushed my buttons.
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That’s part … It’s probably their duty to do so.
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And then I have somebody who profoundly understands where I am, the space I am at.
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So a lot of these discussions, I have the privilege of having a spouse who we both see eye to eye with and that can discuss.
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But even we today after 30 odd years with experience, there are still situations where we are happy to consult another senior partner.
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And particularly one who comes with entirely different opinions,
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who has a strict code of conduct which he follows. And possibly another code of conduct than I have.
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Because in the exchange we can really benefit from each other.
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I’m like, you know, I seem to be loose and accommodating for lots of things.
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Like afterwards when we talk about rules, regulations, you’ll probably see it.
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I’m not a friend of that.
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My name means ‚free, freedom‘. So I’m a free spirit. I’m all for that.
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But there are some things where I’m very strict with myself.
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And I like that. I feel comfortable with that.
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So when I’m … maybe some people will say stubborn or something,
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but I’m like, okay, no, this is how I want to do it.
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And that’s how I do it.
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Translation: AI
Transcript: René Vögtli
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