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Hi,
I wonder if any of you have read this book, by Dr. Eric Pearl?
He believes he has found a new way of connecting with The Source of healing, that is different to any other. He mentions Reiki amongst other modes of healing.
But all the things he mentions about the Reconnection, seem to me to be just like Reiki!
A lot of what he writes, I agree with, regarding healing generally, but there are some interesting asides, and one or two points of contention.
Would be interested to discuss it if anyone else has read it yet?
Love and light,
philanty

Hi Philanty,

I read this book not that long ago. Found it very interesting, and like you say it does seem to be pretty much like Reiki. He really does believe in the intent in energy work, both from the practitioner and the receiver.

With it being a positive, healing energy, and so similar to Reiki, it makes me think that this is another argument for realizing that all energy leads to the source. No matter what name we give our favorite 'brand' of healing, it is all one and the same.

Would one of the contentious points be the fees charged? On one hand he says it should be freely shared, yet on the other hand he has ended up in training others to pass on the energy for a fee. I guess it's a fine line....if one wants to make a living in energy work there has to be an income supplied.

All in all it was an enjoyable read, and there is some aspects of it that I have carried on into my daily life with Reiki.

Did you by any chance check out his website?

With light and love,
Featherpoint

Hi Featherpoint, namaste ...

Thank you for your reply. Yes, I agree with you about all energy leading to The Source.

Dr. Pearl seems to believe that his Reconnection healing has a higher vibration than other healings. And yet ....
all the things he says about it, smacks of how I know Reiki.

We have all seen wonderous things happen through Reiki, just as he did through the Reconnection. Several things I would like him to have expanded on ... the DNA theory, surely that could be tested? And the Pleiadian idea, wouldn`t you think he would have explored that further too?. Likewise he decries using crystals and other tools, yet wanders around with moldavite in his pocket, and explores its properties!

But I admire his sincerity over his healing, and I also love his sense of humour which shines through his writing.
Also his ability to happily say "I don`t know", when he doesn`t!

I liked his ideas about attunement, which seemed to make sense to me.

I was not so sure about his views on permission, in that he feels that because you can only offer a healing, you cannot inflict it, you dont have to ask, that permission is automatically requested in the offering. Personally I think asking is important. That was one of the contentious areas I mentioned.

Regarding payment, I think he changed his view as time went on ... not sure about that, each must make their own choice.

He says at one point that he usually starts healing at the crown or at the chest .... elsewhere in the book he says he usually starts at the feet, which puzzled me somewhat.

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book, it gave me food for thought at times, and I laughed out loud too ... an unusual combination of attributes.

Love and light,
philanty

Sorry, one other thing, yes I have had a look at his website ... a strange mix of healing and commercialism!
L & L
philanty

Hi philanty,

Several things I would like him to have expanded on ... the DNA theory, surely that could be tested? And the Pleiadian idea, wouldn`t you think he would have explored that further too?.

It would have been nice if he did explore both of these further, but that would have taken away from the line of the book (dealing with healing energy) somewhat. He could write another book though! LOL!!

Likewise he decries using crystals and other tools, yet wanders around with moldavite in his pocket, and explores its properties!

I think because the moldavite was a special gift to him that he is not consciously thinking of what it really is. I wonder if anyone has pointed that out to him since his book was published? <mischievious grin>

I was not so sure about his views on permission, in that he feels that because you can only offer a healing, you cannot inflict it, you dont have to ask, that permission is automatically requested in the offering. Personally I think asking is important. That was one of the contentious areas I mentioned.

Oh that permission, a problematic issue is it not? I agree to the extent that we cannot inflict healing on someone. So if they refuse, the healing will not occur. However, I also like to have permission - I think of it as honoring the other persons Spirit and free will.

This reminds me a long time ago I was watching a Red Skelton interview. He was asked why he always said "may God bless" instead of just "God bless" at the end of his shows. His reply was "If I say 'God bless' then I am telling God what to do. That is not right. I don't like to tell anyone what to do. If I say 'may God bless', I am saying I hope God will bless." Not forcing or inflicting, but asking permission. I saw this interview when I was quite young, and his comments have stayed with me all this time. :)

Regarding payment, I think he changed his view as time went on ... not sure about that, each must make their own choice.

I think he did too. If I recall he found he was having too much of a demand placed on him personally. In an effort to reach as many people as possible he decided to train others to work on his behalf. So I get a sense it was done begrudgingly, but I hope he and those who work with him will still offer to train those who cannot afford the fees.

He says at one point that he usually starts healing at the crown or at the chest .... elsewhere in the book he says he usually starts at the feet, which puzzled me somewhat.

Hmmm.... I vaguely remember something about this. Could he have been referring to the treatment of certain issues? Perhaps he found some issues responded better when he worked from the crown, while others responded better starting with the feet?

I also enjoyed the book, and will go back and give it a re-read in time.

Namaste'
Featherpoint

Hi Featherpoint,
Yes, I too will have a re-read in due course, there was such a lot that was of interest in it.
Thanks for sharing the "may God bless" re. Red Skelton ... I think that may stay with me too, I really like the thinking behind it.
P`raps there might be another book, from Eric P., you never know.
What did you think of his website?
Love and light,
philanty

Hi philanty,

I did look at his website, and was very surprised at how much commercialism there is in it. It is 'all business' and definitely lacks the personal touch that his book had. Now that being said, the website is nicely laid out, and has a bright, clean look to it which I do appreciate.

As to writing more books? I'm sure he will, but not for a while yet. I think he is on a big wave right now with the business aspects of the Reconnection, and won't feel the desire to write more, or perhaps won't have the time to, for quite some time. I really don't think we've heard the last of E.P., or his healing modality! He seems to be too much of an explorer to let things lie idle with just the Reconnection. He has much, much more to experience, learn and share with all of us.

Regarding the Red Skelton quote, I'm glad you like it. I remember watching him on t.v. and getting a sense that he was a very gentle spirit.

With light and love,
Featherpoint

I read it and really disliked it. I feel like any of my students could have written a better book after 6 months of practicing Reiki than this. Yet, he says Reiki is not near as good as what he does.

I found nothing new, just the average day with Reiki. Maybe if he had researched another energy modality he would have realized that this stuff that he thought had never happened before, does.

But the way he put down everyone who ever came before him as an energy worker really bothered me. Even if he really does believe he has been given a greater gift than anyone else ever alive on this planet, he might want to tone that down a bit since we've all heard that dozens of times. Of course, that's what sells books, I guess!

Hi Leslie,

Interesting input on this book!

"Yet, he says Reiki is not near as good as what he does."

I do remember this part, but just kind of wrote it off as a difference of opinion. I saw a tremendous amount of similarities in his work as can be seen in Reiki, so I just looked on it as another form of healing in general.

"But the way he put down everyone who ever came before him as an energy worker really bothered me."

I interpreted this as his absolute excitement in the discovery of working with healing energy. It seemed like he was trying so hard to encourage everyone to believe in healing energy.

I'm glad you posted - it's great to get thoughts from both sides of the coin.

With light and love,
Featherpoint

Hi Leslie,
Namaste ....

I was interested to read your comments on Eric Pearl`s book. I too, felt that what he practised was very like Reiki ... but I did appreciate his cynical sense of humour which showed throughout.
Like Featherpoint, I think he was just so excited at what was happening to him, that he was not thinking in a logical kind of way, just going with the flow, so to speak.
From what I remember of the book, he does speak at various medical functions around the world, and this, at least, is bringing healing into the conventional medical sphere, which can only be good.
Glad to read your posting.
Love and light,
philanty

"But the way he put down everyone who ever came before him as an energy worker really bothered me. Even if he really does believe he has been given a greater gift than anyone else ever alive on this planet, he might want to tone that down a bit since we've all heard that dozens of times".

I definitely felt that he was arrogant about his work and condescending about other healers (as he terms "new agers"). He says that "new agers" have told him they were envious of his healing abilities b/c they "had been trying to attain his level of mastery their whole lives".

A lot of his ego came through in this book. But then again, he came from the more conventional world of chiropractics (as opposed to the "new agers"). I think though that is his purpose, as he is connected to those in the closed, medical community and can bring these possibilities to them. He is more of an acceptable source for the traditional, non-spiritual institutions.

Hello all,

I bought this book because someone recommended it and it sounded interesting, but I found it very disappointing.

I agree that having discovered his gift he would have been disinclined to give other healing methods much credence, as his is obviously very powerful and almost immediately effective.

If it hadn't been for the self-deprecating sense of humour that did come through, I wouldn't have even finished the book - it was all me, me, me!

I felt although it is certainly ULE he uses, it isn't Reiki.

Kiga

Hi All,

I finished the book 4 days ago, and i experience a different energy type than reiki, it felt more powerful and the past 2 days i helped 2 people using the energy, one the person got electrocuted while changing and add board, he had some pain in left arm and numb middle finger, so i tried with intent of using the energy, and the energy felt different than reiki. his arm felt better after awhile. and report that the pain+numbness is gone by noon. the second have a headache and vertigo for around few years. she felt better after a short treatment. I should do follow up on her in the next few days. i have learned reiki since 1994. and from my experience this energy felt different. and as the technique and things that he wrote, it seems like a mixed technique from different tradition, nothing new.

Well, I have a contrary view. In browsing through the book several times, I didn't see anything that I wasn't already doing in energy work, and didn't notice any particular energy associated with the book itself. If the book helps you, though, that's great.

Bruce