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Reiki is capable of curing everything because it works at the elementary levels of reality. However it must be remembered that even though the capability is there, that is not always what happens.

The limits of Reiki appear to be the recipient’s readiness to accept the change offered and to also accept the healing. Reiki’s level of reality operates in the underlying force structure of matter surrounding us.

According to Reiki practitioners it functions at a level where anything can be changed because everything is fluid-like and malleable. Emotional troubles are thought to be just as healable as the physical ones due to emotional issues being directly present in the structures of energy. Therefore Reiki can also be used in the emotional sense as well as the physical.

The word ‘healing’ in the Reiki context has different meanings from the widely accepted meaning which seems to be a medical doctor curing one’s symptoms. The meaning for healing in the art of Reiki as well as other related areas is the return of the greater wholeness.

There is an ideal form we all have and aspire to, and this is the clearest and highest expression of who we are. Pain and disease derives from any deviation between a person current (ideal) form in the 3D physical world. Healing is by bringing this physical form into a closer alignment with this ideal form.

We acquire deviations from the ideal form by accepting limitations into our life. This mostly comes from our early childhood because it is the phase in our lives where we are most open and inquisitive about life. An example of a limitation of this is our parents telling us to ‘‘Be quiet!’’ so many times that we learn not to speak. Another good example is a phantom pain, when a person continues to limp after the physical injury has healed.

Limitations such as these are behaviour patterns, eating patterns imagines physical and imagined limitations, psychological, mental or emotional ways of living, being, loving, expressing that is not in an alignment with our personal highest expression.

The goal in any healing is to find the limitation whilst recognizing the pattern and where is came from before letting it go. Reiki accomplishes this by providing the recipient with enough energy to metaphorically step above to see all that whilst having the courage to let go. This doesn’t usually happen consciously as a result of Reiki although Reiki does sometimes give the recipient the conscious awareness of the pattern along with recognising where it came from.

Reiki is an ancient Japanese healing art and the word "reiki" means "universal life energy" in Japanese.

This form of alternative medicine works on the basis that we all have Reiki energy, or are composed of Reiki - which is some sort of life force energy.

The person or Reiki practitioner who uses this form of natural healing is more susceptible to the energy through the laying on of his or her hands.

Students practicing Reiki believe that the Reiki energy opens a channel for cosmic and universal energy, which it flows down and which is usually through the top of the head, through the body and out through the hands. This amplifies the body's vibratory frequency rate and sets off a 21 day cleansing process.

The word Reiki can be split into two - "Rei" means spiritually guided and "ki" means life-force which is similar to the chinese word chi.

It is said of Reiki that it helps us avoid harmful behaviour patterns - such as smoking, drinking too much and overeating. In doing so, we then no longer make illnesses happen to us or attract weird accidents. Over time then, Reiki helps us move towards the path of spiritual maturity.

Tests in the United States involving Reiki on people suffering from terminal cancer showed that over half the group were still alive after two and a half years later.

Healers say they don't "do" the healing, but that the individual being treated is the one who decides, on a subconscious level, how much healing energy he or she wishes to take and use. Tests carried out on injured rats showed that rats treated with Reiki energy recovered much sooner than rats that were not treated at all.

So, as far as "reiki" goes - there is no "doing". Instead, reiki is always drawn through a channel. Further, it is not possible to give too much "Reiki" as the channel will simply take what is needed and that is all.

In fact, research studies carried out in Stanford show that the energy appears to enter the body from the top of the head (which is the crown chakra). It then passes down through the body, through the heart muscle, to the Reiki practitioner's hands and from his or her hands it then passes to the patient being treated. Some of the energy passing through the Reiki practitioner's body is actually absorbed by him and, because of this, Reiki practitioners are never left drained after giving a treatment as they too are treated whilst they give a treatment.

That said, self treatment is one of the greatest benefits of Reiki. It provides tremendous benefits in that it aids stress release and helps one to relax.

People who opt for Reiki treatment need not necessarily believe in the treatment. All that is required is a sincere wish to try it and to be open to what it may bring.


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