Methods in Healing, Absent Healing and Reiki

HEALING

A brief overview

There is evidence of 'hands on healing' being performed for at least the last three thousand years. Images of such practices are ubundent, in the friezes and carvings, that have been unearthed in many ancient Egyption temples & tombs. References have also been found in diverse cultures as far afield as the Kahunas, in Polynesia, the Aboriginal Australians, the traditional Hindu regions of Asia (with references made in the Sanskrit texts), Chinese and far eastern writings and also by the Semitic language peoples of Northern Africa, Turkey & Arabia.

In basic terms, 'healing' is improving and assisting the well-being and health of a person (or even an animal or plant), whether required due to injury, illness or stress. It can be transferred by touch (Hands on Healing)

or from a distance (Absent Healing) ...where the recipient does not have to be in the same room or even locality as the healer. Healing is a 'complementary' practice rather than an 'alternative' one, so it is therefore not in conflict with conventional medicine. Those receiving treatments can, and should, continue with their 'normal' medication etc.

Healing can be of benefit to everybody regardless of their religious or cultural beliefs. In fact, there is no requirement for the recipient to hold any religious or spiritual beliefs at all. Animals are especially 'open' to such treatments, as, unlike people, they do not possess the interlect ...or scepticism ...that can create a 'barrier' for the healer to overcome during the channelling of energies.

Over the last twenty years or so, healing has become more widely accepted by the medical profession world wide, with 'Reiki' methods being the most widely adopted of all the healing practices. Many hospices are encouraging patients to undertake a Reiki session, with many patients benefiting having done so ...reporting being less aware of any pain they may have been enduring, and simillarly, a reduction in stress.

Reiki (ray-key) is a technique that manifests itself as a flow, or high frequency, of 'energy' into and through a practitioner, out of their hands, and into the recipient. The system of Usui Reiki Ryoho grew out of the original teachings of Mikao Usui, in Japan, in the early part of the last century. He called this system 'My System' or Usui-Do. A typycal Reiki treatment includes placing the hands on or above the recipient in order

to relieve any restrictions or pain they may have. Each hand position is held for as long as the practitioner feels is necessary ...and can last anything from two to ninety minutes. A treatment creates a wonderful radiance that is both deeply relaxing and beneficial for client and practitioner alike. Reiki healing, unlike some doctrines, involves the use of sacred symbols (passed down from Mikao Usui). The intrinsic value of these is as a focusing aid for the healer.

Spiritual healers are able to recognise, locate or 'feel' problem 'hot spots'. They usually have a heightened sense of empathy and, therefore, feel a sympathetic or related pain or discomfort in the same location as that of the person they are treating. This enables the healer to locate the area that needs aid. Almost all physical pain is 'held' by the patient themselves ...that is, there is an inabilty within the mind to release that pain. In extremes

some people, perversely, perhaps subconciously, actually find a level of comfort from their suffering or illness. This, obviously, makes the healers task that little more difficault, but, in any case, once a healer has enabled a degree of pain relief, the natural healing abilities and systems of the body are then free to heal the way they were intended to. Throughout the whole process the patient or recipient is wholly encouraged to be calm & relaxed, It is not uncommon for recipients to fall asleep during a session. It is also important for the healer to have gained the trust of their client before commencement. The mind has to be open to this sort of practice for it to be successfull ...it is only ever the intention of good on the part of the healer.

Absent or distant healing can be performed whilst the recipient is in a wholy different location to the healer, the scale of distance is irrelevent. It is, however, important for the healer to have either met the person beforehand, or at least, have access to a photo or image of that person, in order to visualise the 'subject'. Using this visualisation technique the healer can then work on the recovery of the subject by using a very profound thought process. It is also vitally important that the person receiving the remote healing is aware of it, that is, they should be the one that has requested this form of healing ...either themselves or through a third party (the healer, in all cases, must obtain the recipients permission before attempting any healing practice, crucial in order for the recipient to be open to receive).