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
In 1854 Henry David Thoreau published Walden, his treatise inspired by living a mostly solitary life in nature. He explains: I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I … More Thoreau’s message to embrace life
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
A strange turn of events led me to a xeroxed copy of an article on the “phantom leaf effect.” I believe it was first printed in Research in Parapsychology in 1982. In my opinion, this effect has profound indications for healing, and I’d like to share the basic premise with you. The phantom leaf effect … More The phantom leaf effect
I was interviewed by Holistic Health Luminary, an e-zine, about the practice of Reiki, and I’d like to include the interview here as my responses may be helpful to those who have questions about Reiki. Here it is in its entirety: Can you tell our readers what Reiki is? The simplest explanation is that Reiki … More What is Reiki? (an interview)
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
I have just become a beekeeper, and the wisdom and mystery of a honeybee hive is astounding to me. Millions of years old, these tiny creatures know quite a bit about health and healing. A feral colony housed in an oak tree near some tennis courts where I play was in danger of being exterminated … More Honey bees and healing
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
I believe that healing has four levels. The physical level, of course, is the one we are most aware of. When our back aches, we are quite aware and we want it to stop. We go to a doctor, a chiropractor, a massage therapist, a Reiki practitioner, and we ask to be healed. The emotional … More healing and creativity
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
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