Reikijim wrote:

Hi,



In my opinion,the short answer would definitly be yes...The practice of reiki can cause chemical change in an individual...

How could it not, when every other enviromental stimulus that we encounter causes a chemical reaction...? Even if reiki only affects our perception, a change is still evident...

I guess another question in this might be ...If the mind truly controls the body, could it be that reiki really only affect the brain...using the brain`s control over the body to enlist our natural healing abilities?

I say this because, I get the impression from some, that reiki acts on it`s own, like an "outside force". Regardless of how they qualify the belief...

If i put my hands over a laceration...I`m an outside force...attempting to change the chemistry of another...

I know reiki can slow down blood flow from a laceration...But does the energy affect the area locally, or does the energy trigger the brain and it`s associated systems to fix the problem by sending a coagulant in the blood system to that area?

If healing is inherant in everyone,and the persons body is already reacting with a normal response to stop the bleeding in a laceration, then what am I contributing, and what am i affecting...?

I can answer my own question...But what would be the fun in that?

Have a great day...

Jim

I don't think Reiki only effects the brain. In any case it would then also effect the heart which ancients have always said is where wisdom and intuition eminates from... Modern science has verified that the human heart has an estimated average of 40,000 nerve cells (neurons/braincells). Its not just a mechanical pump. Also the elctromegnetic field it generates is much greater(farther reaching) than that of the brain. Maybe what we are doing/effecting is entraining/synchronising our hearts wisdom with that of the recipients, who's electromagnetic field then syncs in with it's neighbor upstairs and "tells" it what to do in order to heal.....just a thought

LuvSoulJah wrote:

Reikijim wrote:

Hi,



In my opinion,the short answer would definitly be yes...The practice of reiki can cause chemical change in an individual...

How could it not, when every other enviromental stimulus that we encounter causes a chemical reaction...? Even if reiki only affects our perception, a change is still evident...

I guess another question in this might be ...If the mind truly controls the body, could it be that reiki really only affect the brain...using the brain`s control over the body to enlist our natural healing abilities?

I say this because, I get the impression from some, that reiki acts on it`s own, like an "outside force". Regardless of how they qualify the belief...

If i put my hands over a laceration...I`m an outside force...attempting to change the chemistry of another...

I know reiki can slow down blood flow from a laceration...But does the energy affect the area locally, or does the energy trigger the brain and it`s associated systems to fix the problem by sending a coagulant in the blood system to that area?

If healing is inherant in everyone,and the persons body is already reacting with a normal response to stop the bleeding in a laceration, then what am I contributing, and what am i affecting...?

I can answer my own question...But what would be the fun in that?

Have a great day...

Jim

I don't think Reiki only effects the brain. In any case it would then also effect the heart which ancients have always said is where wisdom and intuition eminates from... Modern science has verified that the human heart has an estimated average of 40,000 nerve cells (neurons/braincells). Its not just a mechanical pump. Also the elctromegnetic field it generates is much greater(farther reaching) than that of the brain. Maybe what we are doing/effecting is entraining/synchronising our hearts wisdom with that of the recipients, who's electromagnetic field then syncs in with it's neighbor upstairs and "tells" it what to do in order to heal.....just a thought

Hi,

Well I would say that`s definitly a great thought! No doubt the questions just lead to more questions...
Thanks for your reply...something for me to ponder...

Jim

ahh the heart! every healing training I have ever been involved with has placed great emphasis on this centre....( except some recent training)... I have always been taught to make a heart to heart connection with a recipient in regards to healing...I create a kind of three way triangle, where my heart centre and the heart centre of the recipient represent the two bottom points of a 'sacred triangle', the top point representing the heart of the Divine....the source of all healing.... I have also been taught a variety of meditations which place great emphasis on the opening and healing prowess of the heart.....I bring earth energy up through the soles of my feet and cosmic energy down through the crown of my head, to meet at my heart centre.......where upon the mixing of these two energies have great healing ability... there are also meridians which lead from the third finger on each hand to our hearts.( thats why we wear our wedding bands on these fingers)...and also why ( as I have been taught) that we focus our awareness on the point of these two fingers during Gassho.. but not everyone has been taught the same stuff... My first Reiki teacher placed great emphasis on the heart...as did all my previous teachers...when we feel compassion for another, it is our heart that creates that state within us, not our heads...

another healer whom I didn't train with, but receieved healing from, told me about some scientifc research that had been done with murderers......she said many of these had malformed thymus'....and when we hug another she felt like it was the power of the thymus gland that had reign over the energetic ability of the heart...she relayed some very interesting food for thought.....

Milarepa wrote:

Pachamama wrote:

Nature is healing, being in the great out doors is the most satisfying food the soul can get....the feeling of communion that nature inspires is incredible.... we are threaded upon the same creative force that is Divine......and I have a real connection with the earth and plant life, but i do not feel that plants have an individuated soul or consciousness....

Plants , as in individual plants will respond to outside stimuli, such as postive or negative music, surroundings, etc. Plants also emit a sound, akin to a squeal once they are cut, or 'injured'.

The biggy for me, is my time in shamanism, in which i would commune with the spirit of different, individual plants.

Also, we must be aware of animism.

And, Hinduism beleives that we may under certain circumstances reincarante as a plant.

Pachamama wrote:
they have a conscisousness but it is differnt to human consciousness... ( in my experience)

maybe, maybe not. it's immaterial what form of consciousness anything in existence has, surely.

Pachamama wrote:
so if healing can only occur because of soul......then it is not because of individuated soul, but because of the One soul....

speaking about Reiki. All healing isn't Reiki. what i was getting at is the process a practitioner does, may begin with their soul. I cant comment anymore on my thoughts, it's been mentioned on here before anyhow.

warmest wishes
Wayne

as regards being reincarnated as an animal or plant.....thats not my belief....
as regards soul....well we're all figuring out own ideas of what that means....my views do not necessarily relate to many other peoples views...