firekeeper said on
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>- what I find rather unique about Reiki is that it can be done at a distance for others (I would doubt that many tai chi or qi gong practitioners know how to 'share' that energy with others - rather they do the practices soley for themselves)
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>- but, I am quite willing to hear otherwise on this last matter in particular
Some years before exposure to the reiki system, I used qigong methods to work long-distance (by telephone) on a friend who had a partially detached retina. His retina re-attached, and he cancelled the laser surgery that had been scheduled.
More generally, a qigong practitioner's sending energy into others for their healing is termed wai qi liao fa (external qi healing method) or wai qi zhi liao (external qi knowledge of healing); in this context, the term "external" refers to outside the practitioner's own body.
The "internal" qigong exercises that strengthen the qi within the practitioner's own body are just a first level of practice. Complete systems also teach "external" qi healing, in which the practitioner can direct energy into others. Incomplete systems might not ever reach that level.
Bruce
