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June 8, 2007

Reild makes life blissful:TelangSULLAL

Ajit Telang (center) with Acharya Rohit Joshi (right) and an associate, left

CHICAGO: "Reiki is the uni­versallife force energy filling de­ficiencies in the body and en­hancing aura of the recipient. Iirestores the flow of energy. Ihave come to believe that it asan effective way for "ChittaShuddhi" - transliterated in En­glish as purification of the mind.Practice of Reiki therefore clearsthe mind of impurity and makes,your life happy and blissful," AjitTelang, a well known Reiki Mas­ter observed during a talk withthis paper last week.

Telang, who is a spiritual prac­titioner of Reiki, became a fulltime devotee in 2002 and hassince been teaching this benefi;:cial science for resolution of con-

- flicts and stress management.Initially he said he was drawn toReiki when he observed a friendwho seemed always happy, alertand cheerful, never showing any

, signs of stress or fatigue. Out ofcuriosity Telang asked the causeof his friend's ever-joyful dispo­sition and was told he was regu-larly practicing Reiki. _

Telang wanted to begin thelearning of Reiki, but it did nothappen. When yet anotherevent closely related to him oc­curred in the death of his 80-yearold aunt, who was suffering froman incurably painful disease, hisdecision was reinforced. Know-

ing the history of her ailment, heasked his relative whether herend was painful. The replystartled him as he was told thathis aunt had a perfectly peacefuland painless death. Telang real-_ized later that she was practicingReiki. He did not delay thereaf­ter and began learning it.

As a person exposed to othereastern traditions of Yoga,Tantra, Ayurveda etc., Telangsaid that Reiki may well be called ­as "Chetna Tantra" or science ofpositive energy. The roots ofReiki could be traced to AtharvaVeda, one of the four Vedic

Samhitas sacred to Hindus andthe earliest work known to man.

The roots of Reikicould be traced to

Atharva Veda, one

of the fo.turVedicSamhitas sacred toHindus and theearliest work knownto man

Atharva Veda is a repository of

knowledge dealing with manysciences including medicine, in­cantations, healings, tantra, as­trologyand, astronomy.

Master Telang said that manypositive results of Reiki hadbeen documented, including re­laxation, increased immunity, re­duced heart rate, improved bloodpressure, reduced pain and re­lief from anxiety and depression.

Telang has been conductingtraining sessions regularly forcorporate groups and individu­als on spirituality and its appli­cations in day-to-day life. He hasvisited many countries including

Switzerland, Germany,UK, USAand Singapore. He has also beenteaching Spiritual Outlook forManagement - Enterprises(SOME), a program designed byhim. This program is designed toteach stress and conflict, man­agement to small and mediumcorporate staff. More than 15000participants have undergonetraining in Reiki and nearly 1000in SOME sessions.

The name Reiki comes fromthe- Japanese pronunCiation oftwo Chinese characters that aresaid to describe the energy itself,rei' (meaning 'soul') ki (meaning'life force) akin to Pranayam.Master Telang, however, saysthat Reiki is comparatively lessin vogue in Japan, being morepopular elsewhere. Reiki hasbeen gaining popularity world­wide within hospitals

Comparing Reiki to "Rudra",the Vedic God of Energy, Telanginvited the community membersto attend the Rudra Yajna to beheld at Manav Seva Mandir onJune 18. He said 24 hour AkhandDatta Yagawill alsobe performedat Manav Seva Mandir fromThursday 9 am to Friday 12noon.

A month long Reiki Seminarsare scheduled at Manav SevaMandir, Bensenville. These willcontinue till until June 24.