About me

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My main job is as a safety expert in an international group for digitalization, energy and medical technology. The work of a safety expert can be summarized in one term: “prevention”. This means ensuring at various levels (technical, organizational and personal) that nothing happens afterwards. The aim is for all employees to go home in the evening at least as healthy as when they arrived in the morning. 

Life as a safety expert is quite paradoxical. Usually you work in order to see a result afterwards (products are produced, turnover is generated, etc.). For a safety expert, it’s the other way around. You work in order to see “nothing” afterwards. Namely, no accidents and no illnesses. But what happens before that? Here too, the aim is to see nothing. For example: a potential tripping hazard. You “see” it. It is “there”. As a safety expert, you now ensure that the tripping hazard is removed, i.e. that it is “no longer there”. This means that accidents can no longer occur at this point. A safety expert therefore removes obstacles so that everything can flow again afterwards. And it’s the same with Reiki. A Reiki master ensures that there are no more blockages and that the energy can flow freely again. From this point of view, it is the same approach …

I started with Reiki in 1988. At that time I was initiated into Level 1 and used it almost daily. Then I tried other spiritual paths and hardly ever used Reiki, until I reached the limits of the other paths in 2005 and spontaneously had myself initiated into Level 2 of Reiki. The three energy symbols opened up new paths and possibilities for me and gave me the energy boost that I needed at that time. A year later, I had the inner need to be initiated into the master symbol plus the combination of the Teacher Level. I drove 1000 km to my Reiki master and experienced the master initiation as what is typically defined as “not describable in words” … It was a unique experience that had an intense effect for many weeks afterwards.

Because of the profound experience I had during my master initiation, it was clear to me that I wanted to give other people access to Reiki and the symbols. I have written down all the experiences I have had since then in my book “Reiki – Das komplette Handbuch”. This book covers all four Reiki levels comprehensively and down to the smallest detail. I have paid particular attention to the FAQ of my Reiki students. The result is a “lively” book, which is characterized by “questions & answers”. The book is rounded off with the most important definitions of the Reiki system, as well as my Reiki master lineage, which can be traced directly to Dr. Mikao Usui. Writing the book was a special need for me because it allowed me to summarize everything about Reiki for everyone in a single book – regardless of whether someone takes an attunement with me or not. And everyone who decides to take an attunement with me gets the book for free.

For me, Reiki is not a profession (although legally I have a trade license to carry out my work), but a vocation. There is no logical reason for this. It is a “feeling”. And that has always shown me the right way. And my feeling tells me: “Everything comes naturally at the right time.” For this reason, I do not do any advertising activities (placing advertisements, entries in Reiki master lists, sending newsletters, etc.), I am not on any social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc.) and I am not a member of any Reiki associations and organizations, just to make Reiki students aware of me. Those who find me also find me through their “feeling”. And if it fits, then it fits. If not, then it doesn’t fit at that time. The student always finds their master (because they are ready at that moment) – and never the other way around.

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My personal interests include city trips, psychology, lounge music, yoga, wellness & spa, astrophysics and quantum physics and vegan nutrition. “Live and let live” has been the only true way for me for four decades.

My most important values in life include: professionalism, integrity, depth, authenticity, independence, non-conformism and handshake quality

One of my personal goals is to live to at least triple digits – and to do so in full health and fitness. For me, this involves three factors:

Firstly, “not” doing anything that could shorten your life
Secondly, dissolving everything that you no longer need – (energetic) stresses, blockages and bonds
And thirdly: always listen to your own feelings / “intuition”

For me, Reiki – and the Master Level in particular – is a special part of this goal. Because if the energetic balance is given and only a few blockages hinder the energetic flow of life, then I think you are well on the way to being physically and mentally fit for a very, very long time …

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© by Ing. Peter Knopf