| You may have heard someone say how | | | | pain for a few days after the session. This is |
| wonderful the Reiki healing they had was because | | | | called a "healing crisis" and is a sign that the |
| they could really feel the heat from the healer's | | | | energy disruption is coming to the surface to be |
| hands. Sometimes people marvel at the feeling | | | | let go of. |
| they get when they get or give a Reiki | | | | - Just a treatment. Often, people think that Reiki |
| self-healing, and sometimes they are disappointed. | | | | is the laying on of hands. That is a very small part |
| Of course, that is OK. However, to limit Reiki to a | | | | of Reiki.Reiki is: |
| hands-on healing treatment is to miss out on | | | | - An energy that helps the healee's energy |
| most of the wonders of Reiki. Let me illustrate. | | | | become more balanced, allowing them to heal |
| Reiki is not: | | | | from within. |
| - An energy to be felt during the treatment itself, | | | | - An intelligent energy. Reiki goes towards |
| although this does often happen. | | | | wherever it is most needed for the Highest Good. |
| - An energy to be directed towards what we | | | | For example, if someone had knee pain due to a |
| want, eg feeling calmer, feeling hot or cold, feeling | | | | foot problem, Reiki will keep going to the foot until |
| a reduction in knee pain, etc. | | | | the foot is finally healed. |
| - An energy whose felt intensity has any | | | | - An energy that may or may not be felt by the |
| correlation to effectiveness. The two are totally | | | | healer or the healee, the work of which is seen |
| different things. There are even some people that | | | | by long-term improvement in the healee's situation |
| become "Reiki junkies". They sadly have no real | | | | for the Highest Good. |
| interest in getting better but are addicted to the | | | | - An energy that brings up issues to the surface |
| intensity of energy felt during the healing. Some | | | | to be let go of. This is when the healee must |
| even become Reiki Healers and then go on to | | | | attend regular Reiki sessions to keep releasing until |
| become "attunement junkies", attending one | | | | they feel better. |
| attunement after another and wasting a great | | | | - A way of life. If you are a Reiki healer already, I |
| deal of money. One person I know has been | | | | highly recommend that you attend Reiki shares. |
| attuned to 17 different disciplines of Reiki from | | | | These help in your spiritual self-development and |
| Reiki 1 to Reiki Master - that is 51 different | | | | true inner peace. If your experience is that of |
| attunements for no reason except that he has an | | | | receiving hands-on healing and you want to know |
| addiction to them! A good Reiki Master would | | | | more, ask your local Reiki Master to train you to |
| decline attuning an attunement junkie and help | | | | Reiki First Degree. You can still go to your good |
| them find their own inner peace instead. | | | | healings, of course. And you can additionally enjoy |
| - Necessarily relaxing; a healee may well cry all | | | | all the other amazing benefots of Reiki. Enjoy |
| the way through the session or feel increased | | | | your learning and healing journey. |