healinghands said on
>I have never experienced any Reiki to do harm nor have I ever been told that it can. Okay so with that in mind, I have never had any adverse reaction to giving or sending anyone Reiki. Too much in a general area sure I can see where that may cause certain things but as for harm I haven't had any experience with that.
Experiences of reiki and harm have been mentioned in a number of reiki discussion board threads. E.g., on this board someone who'd insisted that reiki never causes harm -- after all, that's what her teacher said, and how dare any of us disagree -- backpedaled after flareups of her own autoimmune condition were severely exacerbated by self-reiki and reiki treatment by her husband. Another example -- on another board, someone mentioned her sleep being wrecked by someone else sending reiki to her every hour over an extended period of months. In light of such experiences being shared, do you see why your saying some people are "hung up . . . on the permission" can be seen improperly dismissive?
BTW, in addition to the issue of possible harm, there's the issue of autonomy. If I don't want someone sending reiki to me, that person shouldn't send reiki to me. Period.
>bruce: I believe what I believe because life experiences have brought me to this point.
Again -- what particular life experiences have brought you to the point of believing that reiki goes to the earth if the intended recipient doesn't want it? E.g., have you seen it go to the earth? If so, what have you seen the earth do with it? If not, then -- again -- why do you believe it goes to the earth?
Bruce
