Executive summary about reiki usui By Timothy Brainard
Understand the Concept
The first way to know if Reiki really works is to get a better
understanding of the philosophy behind it. When you can understand the concept,
you become more open to a knowledgeable and personal experience of that concept.
Although Reiki was discovered less than 100 years ago, the
underlying concept is thousands of years old. Based on the ancient Eastern
assumption that everything in existence is, in essence, energy, and that all of
life is, at its foundation, simply an infinite interplay of those energies,
Reiki is a branch of holistic health and alternative medicine that purports to
address the foundational source of a dis-ease or illness (be it physical or
mental-emotional), rather than merely cloaking the symptom. This is similar in
many ways to other forms of healing within the holistic health system and
offers a new perspective from the more analytical, symptomatic view of Western
medicine.
The Scientific Explanation
The second way to know if Reiki really works is to gain a deeper
grasp of the scientific underpinnings. What's really happening? If Reiki really
works, there must be some scientific explanation, right?
Until very recently, there simply wasn't any scientific
framework available into which the energetic activity involved during a Reiki
healing session could fit. The Newtonian view of the universe provided a
staunch and concrete perspective that seemed hopelessly at odds with the
ancient Eastern view of existence as energetic interaction. Though many claimed
positive effects, there was no scientific basis from which to validate those
claims that Reiki really works.
But now, with recent advances in the sciences pointing more and
more toward the ancient energetic perspective, Reiki is finding its place as a
scientifically validated healing experience.
Quantum scientists are providing the body of research and
evidence necessary to understand how and why Reiki really works, and because of
the large body of evidence amassed in recent times, many progressive hospitals
now offer Reiki as a legitimate pre- and post-operation treatment, because of
the exciting fact that Reiki really works!
Try It For Yourself
The third and most effective way to know if Reiki really works,
though, is to find a means of experiencing it for yourself. Whether you do a
little research and find a Reiki practitioner in your area or decide that you'd
like to learn the healing ability for your own personal benefit and for the
benefit of those around you, you will be most convinced and best educated by a
personal experience of some kind. Though learning Reiki for yourself has
typically been a costly venture, it has become more widely available and far more affordable through more recent
course offerings like distance-learning programs and home study courses.
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by learning Reiki
for yourself, and if you're determined to know whether Reiki really works, your
best bet is to get "hands-on" and develop a personal judgment based
on personal experience.