25. Circle of 22, Usui Shiki Ryoho and Master Body
Totality of Hawayo Takata’s practice – the master body is the collective of all Reiki masters
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Being one of the youngsters among the original 22 Takata initiates Phyllis Furumoto is lineage bearer and Grand Master.
In truth I couldn’t do anything to „change“ the system without going back to the circle and somehow having agreement among us.
Different kind of practices appear and the call for control arises. An impossibility.
It was important for me to hold the totality of what Hawayo Takata passed on… the totality really was about the 22 masters and in all the different ways and variations that we practiced.
Now most of the original 22 have died, three are still active, Rick Bockner, Paul Mitchell and Phyllis Furumoto (Wanja Twan is not teaching). The group's legacy is carried by all of today’s generations, which Phyllis calls the “Master-Body”:
...which for me is this collective of all Reiki Masters and whether or not you choose to be an active member of this body you add to the body energetically, just by being a Master.