Peace, Reikicurmudgeon,
Please forgive my lack of sophisticated or specific terminology here. Perhaps I was asking a guide of some sort, although I have no official experience with knowing the difference between a reiki guide, a spirit guide, an angel, my inner intuition, or the origin of the quiet, confident voice in my head that answered my question. So I just say that I "asked the Reiki" because I posed the question specifically in my head while channeling Reiki, and the answer came to me then. I'm new to the process, wasn't particularly gifted or spiritually aware on any level before learning Reiki, and now that I'm Reiki II (since end of Nov. 2007), every experience with the Reiki energy is new and enriching. I have found lately that I can ask a question in my head while I'm sending Reiki, and an answer may seem to be spoken in response.
Hope that clears things up, at least about what I meant.
Love & light,
Alice