Absentee, or Distance Healing is another aspect of Reiki II. There are as many ways to do distance healing as there are healers. Reiki is unique in healing systems because it does not use the healer’s energy, and the symbols are a unique connection to the source of all.
The Reiki Distance Healing symbol is called the Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen. This symbol enables us to send healing energies to others at a distance, wherever they may be! It can be used when doing hands-on Reiki healing would be inappropriate (with a burn patient or someone with sexual abuse issues). In these cases, Reiki can be sent distantly from across the room. Such line-of-sight uses of the distant symbol are called “Beaming”. This symbol is also a symbol of karmic release. It allows us to send Reiki outside of time and space. The Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen is made up of five distinct elements. One possible meaning can be “no past, no present, no future”. With distance healing there is “no past, no present, no future”, there is only the now. There is only the present moment.