26. Australia, Titles and Other Lineages
Spiritual and initiation lineage, recognition … and inclusiveness
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More Masters claim to be Takata’s successors.
Wanja Twan recognises Phyllis Furumoto but allows her students to recognise her own daughter as Wanja’s heir.
John Gray initates Beth Gray who is hugely successful but reluctant to initiate Masters. One of the few is Barbara McGregor who builds a myth around Beth.
Our understanding of recognition of mastery and lineage was so slim at the time that we were really lucky we didn’t get into more of a muddle.
People who got initiated by Phyllis change the form to the point that Usui Shiki Ryoho can no longer be recognised. Others are embraced in a spirit of inclusiveness.
Somebody said in the middle of a music festival „I’m going to initiate you.“ They don’t even know their name. But that initiation was sincere enough that they followed the path of mastery and ended on my doorstep.
There are different sects in Japanese Buddhism. They co-exist without animosity or competition, a role model for Reiki.
What’s really important is … not to end up having a monologue.
At first with all these different forms I used to think that it was a betrayal of my grandmother and her teaching. But now what I’m seeing is that we create our whole field of different forms of Reiki practice.