Reiki does not replace medical care but works in conjunction with; and compliments western medicine, promotes faster healing and is always beneficial to the recipient. Healing is life, the laying on of hands, it's the most natural therapy and the oldest in the world, it's not a luxury but something that can help all of us, whether we are human or animal. Healing
"The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole. No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul...this is the error of our day, that physicians first seperate the soul from the body." Plato
The English word 'heal' primarily meant 'whole', but it also meant 'healthy' and 'holy', These words have lost their connection to each other in modern times, just as western culture for the most part has lost its connection between health and wholeness. In Western medicine it is generally accepted that there is no 'soul dimention' to disease, only that disease originates in the physical body or from the environment and treatment focuses on a cure for the body. With body, mind and spirit disconnected there can be no complete healing. A soul that is sick will manifest its 'dis-ease' as physical symtoms in the body. Alternative therapies diverge from conventional medicine, the therapist sees the patient as being more than a body and seek to treat the spirit within; which is the key source of imbalance in our minds and bodies. Being healed is to become connected to soul and this might not always result in a physical healing and will be on a mental, emotional or spiritual level. It may be that it allows the person to approach the transition of the soul from the body in a way that helps them understand their life, complete their journey and accept their death. We therefore should not confuse being healed as necessarily being in good health. Our chief cause of suffering is based on our thoughts and feelings we have about ourselves and the world. We must explore these beliefs with compassion and without guilt also without judgement for the people who gave us these beliefs eg. 'I am not good enough'. Love and compassion is at the heart of healing, wishing to heal yourself or another is an act of love and compassion, When you are disconnected from love you are disconnected from others, when you are connected to love you feel closer to people and nature. Reiki can help us understand the root causes of any dis-ease that we are afflicted by, as it encompasses all of well-being.
