27. Ghosts in the Lineage
Grappling with broken lineages and lost records, Arjava reflects on an unexpected "grand-parenthood", a surprise present and the weight of a past he both carries and questions.
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Arjava grapples with the legacy of students continuing to teach under his brother's disputed lineage. He reflects on Hiroshi Doi's initiation process and his own unintended "grandfather" role in that chain. The records of students from that time are inaccessible after the couple's contentious divorce. Later developments suggest that Chetna keeps them.
Ogawa sensei presents Arjava with his memoirs 'Everyone can do Reiki' and with Usui's and Koyama's teaching manuals. Not to be copied! Arjava would later break his vow. Only once! He gifted – and thus preserved – a copy of Koyama's manual to Chiyoko Yamaguchi. After Ogawa's death, his family offered his legacy to Arjava, who humbly declined.
I left with one suitcase..." "Oh my God, this is just what I learned from my brother!