spiritual healing reiki

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Spiritual Healing /Reiki healing

 

Spiritual healing/ reiki to many people conjures up so many images and

meanings, for those who do not know what it is all about, all that I

would ask is that you approach the subject with an open unprejudiced

mind and with a wish to explore and evaluate the evidence carefully

and properly. It is hoped with such an attitude truth will prevail and

misconceptions from misguided people will be put in their rightful place.

 

From the outset it must be clearly understood that we live on a planet

of causes and effects, every thing seen on this planet has a cause and

an effect. We live in and are surrounded by all sorts of effects like

wind blowing from the north or a light shining from a star or a leaf

growing on a tree or wealth,

health,suffering,Happiness,Love,Sound,lightning,Music in fact

everything we see, feel, touch, smell, all have causes. Magic is the

name simply applied to happenings where no obvious cause can be seen,

at least to some of those witnessing it.As you can easily appreciate

no effect is without a cause.

 

 

We are know witnessing one of the great turnings in our century where

old healing practises are re-emerging such as Reiki healing, Colour

healing, Seichim, Spiritual healing, Osteopathy, Massage and many

others. Some of these are thousands of years old, Spiritual

healing/reiki is one of those. It is exactly the same kind of energy

used by Jesus in so many of his healings.

 

 

Put simply Spiritual Healing/Reiki is the transference of certain

energies through a channel which could be a person or an animal or

even the planet, the wavelengths of this healing energy are well

outside the limits of most scientific equipment but a lot of people

can feel this energy .

 

The energy in my experience has been very uplifting and beautiful

which can touch and vastly influence parts of us such as the spirit or

soul or our mental selves and our physical selves. It can bring a

steadiness and balance and sense of well-being second to none .Its

limits as to its use are in the realms of the infinite.

 

A very simplistic analogy would be to liken it to a massive energy

reservoir which can be tapped into by people and animals which act as

the conduits of this energy and like wires of electricity some of

which are bigger than others and so therefore big wires can transmit

more energy than smaller wires. Bearing this point in mind the reader

can soon appreciate that going to one spiritual healer , Reiki healer

can be vastly different than going to another as it is with so many

things whether it be dentists, doctors, policeman or what have you.

 

Spiritual Healing, Reiki is natural healing energy, which is present

in this universe. Spiritual healers and Reiki work in many different

ways to some it is the laying on of hands onto a person or animal, to

others it can be sent through the power of thought. To be even in the

presence of some healers can have a profound and beneficial effect on

people and one wishes that there were more people giving off just as

beautiful vibrations as these people were this world would truly

transform it.

 

 

Everyone needs healing, because there is not a single person which on

some part of their being does not require healing. I will clarify that

point further because some people are so physically orientated they

perceive people and their suffering on a basis of you look OK you must

be OK.

 

This perception can be likened to looking at a puddle of water and

because it looks all right and then assuming that because the rest of

the ocean is made of the same kind of stuff it must be the same, being

absolutely oblivious to the rest of the entire ocean.

 

We are a very complicated beings comprising of many different parts

some of which are the mental self, the subconscious, the Physical self

and the spiritual self. I will leave it up to the reader to discover

the parts of themselves and their true importance to their well beings.

During the healing process as a general rule people should simply

relax, all sorts of sensations may be felt typically heat, cold,

energy, sometimes even noises from your body.

 

Who is suitable for healing? All people at all stages of their life

especially the terminally ill;Animals even plants seem to respond.

Will one session be enough? Sometimes but probably a series may be the

answer.

Will healing cure me? All healing from all sources be it Doctor,

drugs, etc comes under the law of Karma.

 

There are no guarantees that healing from any source may give the

effect which the Desiree wishes.

 

However it has been my experience that even if you do not get the

effect you desire, on some part of your being you most very probably

will receive some healing, even it is just upliftment. Which can be

extremely valuable

 

 

Harry Edwards was one such channel who was told to concentrate on the

next person he hears about who is sick. A case arrived one who had TB

who was dying .He concentrated on that person with his mind and within

24 hrs the bleeding had stopped the pain had stopped and the

temperature had come down to almost normal. The Doctors attending were

amazed, the man returned to work in a short time. More cases followed,

people came with Cancer, Consumption and other blights. Of notable

healing was a boy with Spinal Meningitis and who was dying. Harry

sought healing for the boy and within a short period of time the boy's

parents were astonished to find their boy sitting up in bed, the

doctors looking on in amazement. A growing queue was starting to form

at his house and mail started to arrive. But what truly amazed harry

was the use of Absent healing where the healing was sent by thought,

the patient was not even present but it seemed even more effective.

 

To cope with the growing demands of his work he set up a healing

sanctuary at Burrows lea in surrey and his secretaries started

answering the hundreds of letters which came each day. He was in

constant demand to give talks all over England. Then on one day he had

the great urge to demonstrate what he could do before an audience ``is

there anyone suffering from Arthritis''? he asked. Hands shot up from

all over the auditorium, which started off the public healing. The

demonstrations grew, a thousand people attended a demonstration at

Croydon and typically Harry would treat Arthritis, Spinal curvature,

Deafness and poor sight. One lady who had not been able to walk for

three years was given healing, after a few minutes of healing she

walked down the aisle much to the audience's delight. A child of six

had her spinal curvature straightened much to people's amazement.

 

Gradually over the years of healing he drew together the letters and

testimonials and presented them in an incredible book called The

evidence for Spiritual Healing which contained ten thousand cures, yes

that's right ten thousand .

 

Newspapers captured the signs with headlines like `'Sight restored

after seventeen years'' `'the Deaf hear'' `'After healing the cripple

danced'' `'Paralysed children walk off the stage unaided''and so on.

 

He would make the point quite clear that Spiritual Healing was not

faith healing and if it were so young babies and mental cases with no

comprehension about faith would not even respond.

 

On another occasion Harry was called before a panel of Doctors who

presented him with their very own patients. The first patient had

Disseminated Sclerosis and came in with two helpers. On the first

treatment mobility was restored to the spastic spine then

co-ordination of the leg movements followed, she responded well and

started to walk, the session ended with the Doctors asking for healing

for their own personal troubles. Then royalty sought him out Princess

Marie Louise granddaughter of Queen Victoria sought healing for

Arthritis and she was instrumental in the royals attending the sanctuary.

 

In less than five years Harry had received no less than one million

letters and in less than seven years over forty thousand people

attended the sanctuary.

 

In the thirty years from the time he moved to Burrows lea up to his

passing in 1976 he received an average of 9000 letters a week .In over

thirty years he received over 14 million letters from patients.

 

Harry passed to the other side of life in 1976 but not before teaching

Ray and Joan branch how to continue with the good work at Burrows lea

where they still are today.

 

Happily now Spiritual healers are used quite extensively in the N.H.S,

in fact they are in over 1500 hospitals and at long last a lot of

churches have finally complied with what the master told them to do

two thousand years ago and that is to go forth and heal the sick. In

the year 2000 even our prince Charles published a report stating that

spiritual healers should be extensively available throughout the

entire NHS. Over 7000 healers are now registered to treat patients in

the health system. I know of no cases where spiritual healing when

given by a trained healer has been detrimental in any way, I know of

no side effects except better health.

 

 

Just a few reports – " When I had finished treating him, it was a real

delight to see how wonderfully glad he was to be able to use his legs,

feet, arms and hands again... and then he told me: " When I came here,

I was convinced no one could help me, and I came only to please my

Aunt, who brought me. "

 

You worked a miracle with his father when he was very ill 1983-84 when

I wrote to you, but you will be pleased to know he is now working for

the Council and lives a fairly normal life.

" You and the late Harry Edwards helped me so often and indeed I am

still pressing on 18 years after I was expected to die from my last

bout of cancer. "

 

" On behalf of my mother, daughter and myself may I thank you for the

lovely day at your Sanctuary last Tuesday. My mother is so much better

it is truly amazing. She can stretch out her arms and even raise them

to her head and her walking is much stronger. My daughter was very

impressed, too. "

My condition improved in as much as I now have much more

self-confidence and ability to deal with my everyday life.

 

Reiki,

Millions of people are aware of this fantastic healing energy and

there are literally thousands of healers [channels for this energy].

 

The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means " God's

Wisdom or the Higher Power " and Ki which is " life force energy " . So

Reiki is actually " spiritually guided life force energy. "

 

A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through

and around you. Reiki treats the person including body, emotions, mind

and spirit and creates many beneficial effects including relaxation

and feelings of peace, security and well being. Many have reported

miraculous results.

 

Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and

self-improvement that a lot of people can use. It has been effective

in helping virtually every known illness and malady and can create a

very beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction with all other

medical or therapeutic techniques sometimes to relieve side effects

and promote recovery.

 

An amazingly simple technique to learn, the ability to use Reiki is

not taught in the usual sense, but is transferred to the student

during a Reiki class. This ability is passed on during an " attunement "

given by a Reiki master and allows the student to tap into an

unlimited supply of " life force energy " to improve one's health and

enhance the quality of life.

 

It has been successfully taught to thousands of people of all ages and

backgrounds.

The Reiki system of healing is a technique for transmitting this

subtle energy to yourself and others. Reiki can restore energy balance

and vitality by relieving the physical and emotional effects of

unreleased stress. It can gently and effectively open blocked

meridians, nadas and chakras, and clears the energy bodies, leaving

one feeling relaxed and at peace.

 

Reiki can accelerate healing. Assist the body in cleansing toxins.

Balance the flow of subtle energy by releasing blockages. Help the

client contact the 'healer within.'

A treatment feels like warm, gentle sunshine, which flows through you,

surrounds you and comforts you. Reiki treats the person's body,

emotions, mind and spirit as a whole. Reiki is a simple, natural and

safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that most people

can use. Reiki is powerful, yet wonderfully gentle and nurturing.

 

During a treatment, the clients usually remain fully clothed. Reiki

is an effective alternative, or complement to massage therapy. Reiki

can support any medical or supplemental healing methods a client may

be using and is of growing interest to chiropractors, medical doctors,

physiotherapists, psychotherapists, psychologists and hypnotherapists.

In fact it is in use by quite a few doctors.

 

 

A Brief History of Reiki.

The history of Reiki, like all other histories, is tainted with

different views of the one event.

Reiki is seemingly an ancient form of healing that was lost and then

rediscovered, during a mystical experience, by Dr. Mikao Usui who was

a Japanese psychic. In 1922 Dr. Usui started a healing society in

Japan. He created three degrees (or levels) for Reiki healing and

initiated a small number of followers. One of his followers, Dr.

Hayashi, a retired naval officer, was charged with preserving Reiki.

He did this and further developed the Usui system.

 

He gave the knowledge to his wife and to Mrs. Hawayo Takata. Mrs.

Takata practiced Reiki healing and initiated twenty-two people into

Reiki mastership Today, Reiki is known and practiced in many parts of

the world and is increasing in popularity and acceptance.

 

One problem a student might have in learning Reiki is the existence

of different Reiki schools, giving different attitudes and different

symbols by different teachers.

All that is required is a genuine desire for spiritual growth and an

open mind.

 

 

Reiki Research

There are now quite a few experiments that validate the usefulness of

Reiki and other vibrational healing techniques. The following are few

of the more interesting experiments.

A registered nurse describes a Reiki experiment she conducted in her

paper, " Reiki Healing: A Physiologic Perspective. " In her study,

forty-eight people made up the experimental group while 10 made up a

control group. Both groups had blood samples taken at the beginning

and at the end of the experiment. The experimental group received

First Degree Reiki training. The control group was not involved in the

Reiki training.

 

 

The blood samples were measured for hemoglobin and hematocrit values.

Hemoglobin is the part of red blood cells that carry oxygen.

Hematocrit is the ratio of red blood cells to total blood volume. The

people in the experimental group who received Reiki training

experienced a significant change in these values with 28 percent

experiencing an increase and the remainder experiencing a decrease.

The people in the control group who did not receive Reiki training

experienced no significant change.

 

It is thought that changes, whether an increase or decrease are

consistent with the purpose of Reiki which is to bring balance on an

individual basis.

One individual experienced a 20% increase in these values. She

continued to treat herself with Reiki daily and after three months,

her increase had been maintained and in fact had continued to improve.

This improvement was appropriate for her as she had been experiencing

iron deficiency anemia.

 

Another experiment using a Reiki like technique has also demonstrated

its ability to increase hemoglobin values. A medical doctor conducted

an experiment with a group of 79 sick patients. Together the patients

had a wide range of diagnosed illnesses including pancreatitis, brain

tumor, emphysema, multiple endocrine disorders, rheumatoid arthritis,

and congestive heart failure. Laying-on hands treatments were given to

46 patients with 33 as controls. The treated patients showed

significant increases in hemoglobin values.

 

The effect was so pronounced that even cancer patients who were being

treated with bone marrow-suppressive agents which predictably induce

decreases in hemoglobin values showed an increase. The majority of

patients also reported improvement or complete disappearance of

symptoms. Both this experiment and the one above, demonstrate that

healers are able to induce actual biological improvements in the

patients they treat rather than simply create a feeling of well being.

 

Laying-on hands healing has been validated by experiments carried out

at St. Vincent's medical Center in New York. The experiment was

carried out by Janet Quinn, assistant director of nursing at the

University of South Carolina. The design of this experiment tends to

rule out the placebo effect. Thirty heart patients were given a 20

question psychological test to determine their level of anxiety. Then

they were treated by a group trained in laying-on hands healing. A

control group of patients were also treated by sham healers who

imitated the same positions as those who had training. Anxiety levels

dropped 17 percent after only five minutes treatment by trained

practitioners, but those who were only imitating a treatment created

no effect.

 

Daniel Wirth of Healing Sciences International in Orinda, California

conducted a tightly controlled experiment involving a Reiki-like

healing technique.

 

Forty-four male college students received identical minor wounds

deliberately inflicted by a doctor in the right or left shoulder.

Twenty-three then received a Reiki like healing and the other

twenty-one did not. The treatments were given in such a way that the

possibility of a placebo effect was ruled out. All forty-four students

extend their arms though a hole in the wall. In the other room, a

trained healer was present for those who received healing and

administered healing from a distance without touching.

 

For those who did not receive healing, no one was present in the room.

Both the students and the doctor who administered the wounds and later

also evaluated their healing rate had been told that the experiment

was about the electrical conductivity of the body. Neither knew that

the experiment was about healing. Eight and sixteen day follow-up

measurements of the rate of wound healing were done.

 

After eight days, the treated groups wounds had shrunk 93.5 percent

compared with 67.3 percent for those not treated. After sixteen days,

the figures were 99.3 and 90.9. After debriefing, the students stated

they did not know the true nature of the experiment and had felt no

contact with the healer. The possibility that expectations of the

students caused the healing was ruled out.

Dr. John Zimmerman of the University of Colorado using a SQUID

(Superconducting Quantum Interference Device) has discovered that

magnetic fields several hundred times stronger than background noise

are created around the hands of trained healers when doing healing

work on patients.

 

No such fields are created by sham' healers making the same movements

indicating something special is happening with the trained healers.

The frequencies of the magnetic fields surrounding the hands of the

trained healers were of the alpha and theta wave range similar to

those seen in the brain of meditators.

 

 

Dr. Barnard Grad of McGill University in Montreal, used barley seeds

to test the effect of psychic healing energies on plants. The seeds

were planted in pots and watered with a saline solution, which is

known to retard their sprouting and growth. With elaborate

double-blind conditions set-up, one group of seeds were watered with

saline solution that had been treated by a psychic healer.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Grad carried out similar experiments involving tap water and

plants. Sealed containers of water were given to a psychic healer to

hold and others were given to a severely depressed patient to hold.

The plants watered with the healer-held water had an increased growth

rate and those watered with the water held by the severely depressed

patient had a decrease in growth rate compared to controls.

These experiments involving plants, in addition to confirming the

non-placebo nature of psychic healing, scientifically confirm the

ancient metaphysical understanding that healing energies can be stored

in water for future use.

 

 

In another experiment involving psychic healer Olga Worrall, Dr.

Robert Miller used an electromechanical transducer to measure the

microscopic growth rate of rye grass. The device used has an accuracy

of one thousandth of an inch per hour. Dr. Miller set-up the

experiment in his laboratory and then left, locking the door behind

him to eliminate any unnecessary disturbance. Olga, located over 600

miles away was asked to pray for the test plant at exactly 9 PM that

evening.

 

When Dr. Miller returned to the laboratory the next day, the test

equipment had recorded normal continuous growth of 6.25 thousandths of

an inch per hour up to 9 PM. At that time, the record began to deviate

upward and had risen to 52.5 thousands of an inch per hour which was

an increase of 840 percent! This increased growth rate remained till

morning when it decreased but never to its original level.

 

The Spindrift group has done extensive research involving prayer and

plants. Their results indicate that prayed for plants always grow

faster and are healthier than non-prayed for plants even though the

conditions are equal for both groups of plants and those doing the

praying are miles away. These results were consistent regardless of

the distance involved and occurred over and over. They are described

by Robert Owen in his book, " Qualitative Research: The early years " :

 

One of the interesting results of their research work is that they

were best when the prayer was non-directional, that is when the prayer

was simply for the plants general well-being, rather than for a

specific result, such as a certain growth rate or overall height.

More experiments are being done and scientific theories are being

developed to describe Reiki and Reiki like healing techniques. As we

continue into the millennium, increasing interest along with more

sensitive equipment will allow science to more completely understand,

validate, and accept the reality of Reiki. As this happens, we will

see increasing use of Reiki and other laying-on hands healing coming

into common use by individuals for themselves and family along with

its use in hospitals and doctors offices.

 

The deeper understanding about the nature of health and the unity of

all life this re-discovered age old wisdom will provide will reduce

suffering and make earth a more worthwhile place to live. With this in

mind, let us be encouraged to continue in the spirit of Reiki to help

others and to heal the planet.

 

Practitioners have some real interesting stories. Reiki can also

enhances natural abilities. If you are an artist, it can help develop

your artistic expression. If you have an intuitive sense, Reiki can

heighten that. If you have a business head, Reiki can enhance that as

well. In the practice of Reiki, working with energy helps you to

connect with your path, your skills, and develop your senses. But it

takes practice and trusting what you feel.

 

Reiki is also present in some hospitals.

Reiki has been applied to these conditions and more with very

beneficial results. There are a lot more applications of Reiki – see

there web site for more information. http://www.reikimedresearch.com/

 

ADDICTIONS (drugs and alcohol)

Addictions and suicidal behavior

Appendicitis

Arthritis (osteo-, rheumatoid)

Add/adhd

Aids /HIV

Burns

Cancer all types

Cervical dysphasia

Childbirth

Chronic fatigue syndrome & fibromyalgia

Coma –phenomenal result

Croons

Depression

Diabetes

Dyslexia

Eye sight

Endometriosis

Heart conditions -saved surgery

Hypothyroidism

Insomnia –results good

Leukemia -recovered

Lupus-improvements

Mole – fell off

Migraine- pain free

Multiple sclerosis – beneficial results

Neuropathy

Pagets - beneficial results

Pain relief – very beneficial

Paralysis- beneficial results recovered

Polyps –surgery cancelled

Prenatal condition- child born healthy

Psoriasis 70% cleared

Seizure beneficial

Shingles- patient in remission

 

 

Karuna Reiki

Laura gifford gives some interesting differences between reiki and

Karuna Reiki and says that Reiki increases the awareness of the way

God works in life. Usui Reiki, is the connection to the highest and

most holy spiritual energies. Usui Reiki is unconditional Love. Usui

Reiki is gentle and peaceful, but very powerful. Usui Reiki is a

conduit for Karuna Reiki® to flow through.

When receiving Karuna:

 

Karuna Reiki® is very serious, let's get down to business energy.

Karuna Reiki® energy goes very deep, gently, but quickly. She

describes vibrating at a rapidly increasing rate, feeling like more

light than I am flesh. The first few times she received a Karuna

treatment she describes rising out of her body, and was taken into the

symbols used. One repeated occurrence has been that she has seen

flashes of traumatic experiences in this life, and from other times.

They appeared as if I am looking through a picture window.

 

The image briefly comes into focus so she was clear on what she was

seeing, and then a beam of white and gold light pierces the images and

shatters them into zillions of pieces, which immediately become pure

light. When she had these experiences she also felt and at times saw

physical releases within my body. She experienced deep physical and

emotional healing.

 

She describes Karuna being profoundly transformational for her as Usui

Reiki and she felt that it had come into her life to assist her in her

growth. She says how multi-dimensional Karuna feels to her. She felt

it working simultaneously on the emotional, mental and physical

bodies, and it has her me layers in her energy field and within her

consciousness that go beyond anything she can intellectually

comprehend. Karuna Reiki® takes her to that space beyond form, color,

time and sound that just cannot be described within the constraints of

words except perhaps, the purest sense of peace, and total love she

have ever felt.

 

Those words don't even do it justice.

She also had sensations of Karuna Reiki® reaching into other times,

connecting with karmic issues, and flashing through incarnations

linking them and bringing the related lessons to her conscious

awareness, and offering her the opportunity to transmute it in the

moment. So in this sense, she felt it very gracefully transcends time

and space on many levels simultaneously. She also used Karuna Reiki®

to do spirit release work with others.

 

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