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.

The treated saline was held by the healer in a sealed container for
fifteen minutes. The other seeds were watered with untreated saline.
The person watering the plants did not know which group was getting
the treated saline and which was getting the untreated saline. The
plants watered with healer treated saline solution grew faster and
were healthier producing 25% more weight and having a higher
chlorophyll content. These experiments have been replicated in Dr.
Grads lab and in other laboratories as well.


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.

Giving a Karuna Treatment: The process of giving a treatment is very
similar to giving an Usui treatment. She felt however, a clearer
connection to my guides, and she had been introduced to other
spiritual beings that she did not have knowledge of before Karuna.
Her clairvoyance has increased since working with Karuna.

In the Light of the Creator...We See Only Love
Other exponents have also commented that Karuna Reiki®, is somehow
facilitating an inter-dimensional flow of energies. By this I mean
it is allowing the practitioner to activate soul awareness of
healing technologies from ancient and future times, and to link
through the dimensions to bring them into the current time space
that we know to be third dimensional reality. -This sounds fantastic.

Many healers are tapping into Lemurian, Atlantean, Egyptian and
Biblical healing techniques and systems. This is happening to many
healers as they raise their vibration and release their fears of the
unknown and travel into these other dimensions or planes of
consciousness, tapping into the time continuum. It is very common
for new Karuna Reiki® practitioners to receive glimpses of Biblical
or Egyptian times, including memories or visions of healing chambers
inside the pyramids, healing oils and rituals.

Apparently Lemurian's were both physical and etheric beings and thus
the energy of their time is of a higher vibration than the
Atlantean's and ancient Egyptian's. As we work with Karuna Reiki®
and other high frequency healing technologies, our vibration raises
and we are able to tap into the crystal temples of Atlantis, and the
rainbow crystalline energy of the Lemurian temples and chambers.
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