[Rose of Cairo]

Originally Posted by Daffy Duck

That's true. I'm thinking that Reiki doesn't fall under this category though, no?

I think it does. I think people who are totally not open to believing it works can cause it not to work.

I'm not trained in Reiki and I don't know how it works exactly. But based on what I have learned so far about energy healing in general, what happens during an energy healing session is that the practitioner simply holds a high energy. By having contact with (or being close to) the patient, the patient's energy raises too, to adjust with the practitioner's energy.

It's like if I have cold hands, and you have warm hands, and you hold my hands, my hands will get warm too. You're not really "giving" me energy, it's more that my energy adjusts to yours. Seems to be the same phenomenon with energy healing.

And when it has this new high vibration, the patient's body has enough energy to do what is necessary to heal itself. That's why "the healer" actually is the patient, not the practitioner.

Now if I try to do energy healing on someone who totally does not believe it can work, I can imagine how they could have such resistance that their energy cannot adjust to mine. Maybe because they subconsciously refuse to have their beliefs challenged, so it mustn't happen, or because their doubts and negative thought patterns create such a negative low energy that it just cannot raise high enough to have an healing effect.

I'm convinced that the ex-boyfriend's scoliosis thing would NOT have worked if he hadn't been sleeping. Because he totally rejects all kinds of "esoteric stuff" and I'm sure in his conscious state he would not have let me influence his energy.

Does this make sense?

(When I say "high" or "low", I don't know if that's accurate. I have no clue what it is really. Could be that it is not about high and low but about harmonious vs. chaotic, for example. But the principle is the same.)

It seems no one likes being lied to. We all naturally want honesty and the truth, so maybe there's a reason.

You seem to be afraid of being tricked and deceived. Could that be? I bet that's about more than just the Reiki thing. What would it mean about you if you were deceived?

I don't think healers would intentionally be frauds. Some might be delusional (or just not skilled enough! as in any profession), but I think they generally mean well and genuinely believe in what they do. Wanting to help others is a matter of the heart.

The people I've known who have mental conditions which cause them to lose their grip on reality have not shown this to be a positive thing. It does not increase their growth or happiness. So to me, Truth seems like something worth pursuing, though I'm content to take an Agnostic approach (I don't know / Not sure) on many issues until more information becomes available.

Having a mental illness is not the same as believing in Reiki. People with mental conditions don't consciously choose to believe what they believe when they lose their sense of reality. But mentally healthy people who believe in Reiki have made a conscious choice. I know plenty of people who believe in Reiki, angels, spirits and homeopathy and who are very well happy and growing.

Maybe I'm wrong but I feel some fear and pain in what you write. I'm sorry about your mother. Big hug.