Traditional Science and Unexplained Phenomena

As a practicing Reiki Master Teacher and someone who has a long-term interest in the science of healing, I am intrigued by the numerous scientific forays into the energy-healing world. Additionally, as the co-editor of the Rhine Online with a personal interest in psi, I have often noticed audiences at Rhine events lamenting the scientific … More Traditional Science and Unexplained Phenomena

Scientific experiments involving energy healing

Bernadette Doran, trained Reiki Master, writes in the International Association of Reiki Practitioner’s July issue of The Reiki Times of an experiment that conclusively shows physical effects of hands-on healing. Her article is entitled “The Science Behind Reiki.” I was so intrigued that I looked up the original document of this experiment, and I’d like … More Scientific experiments involving energy healing

Right speech

Andrea Adler, in her book The Science of Spiritual Marketing, writes of advice she was given from Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, “meditation master and spiritual head of the Siddha Yoga lineage,” about “right speech” (195). The following four questions are what Chidvilasananda calls the “four gatekeepers of speech”: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it beneficial? … More Right speech

Dreams

Chuang Tzu, the Taoist sage, “woke one morning from a dream in which he was a butterfly. The dream was so vivid that it left him unsure whether he was Chuang Tzu who had dreamt he was a butterfly or a butterfly that was now dreaming it was Chuang Tzu.” This was a powerful teaching … More Dreams

Indigenous beliefs

Angeles Arien, a writer and anthropologist, writes of four questions that indigenous cultures ask when an individual is depressed or out of synch with their life purpose (from her book, The Fourfold Way, HarperCollins, 1992). They ask: When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop becoming enchanted with stories? … More Indigenous beliefs