Ms. Roxanne,
/*\ Namaste :-}}
- in theory, it primarily means that the 'recipients' would not know whether they were getting Reiki, another 'treatment', or placebo
- and, the researchers would not know who was getting what either so that data interpretation would not be polluted in any way by such knowledge
- also, it would help keep any researcher interactions with the 'subjects' as neutral (and blind) as possible for subjects and researchers alike
- so, one way would be to have similar hands-on work done by more than one person without specifying which one was doing Reiki and which was not
- but the one doing Reiki would always do Reiki (but recipients would not, of course, be told that this was the Reiki person) and the ones doing 'something else' or placebo would also be the same folks for each subject (all of who would have to be very careful not to give away any information to recipients during sessions as to the nature of their participation) - the conversation would have to be kept neutral at all times and not refer to the research
- so, tricky? Yes!!
>:-}}
- will all these guidelines (and perhaps others) be followed?? Hard to say.
>:-}}
Reiki All Around,
All Blessings,
Firekeeper
