23. All Masters are equal in the oneness of Reiki
Origin and wisdom of this statement
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The statement may have been somewhat reactionary and defensive in response to Weber’s claim to be the successor of Takata. With 85% of the masters belonging to the Alliance and everyone practicing the same system it is easy to agree to “equality”.
It means the same thing as in the US constitution, that all men are created equal. …it is our challenge not to go into our human ego and decide that we or our lineage or whatever is the best.
The spirit of Takata – even with practical differences among students – pervades the Reiki community.
At the end what we would say “and that is what we were taught”… This phrase joined us together in a way that really nothing else did. It was really like having a common mother, if you want to use that analogy.
Philosophically one can say that everyone on the planet pursues mastery. Reiki has become an accessible expression to enact a path.
In this sense, if we are truly masters, we’ll be able to understand that particular statement and actually support it. It’s a piece of wisdom that we came up with that was way beyond our mental consciousness at the time. Wise beyond our years, so to speak.