A Reiki Practitioner Vs. The Catholic Church: Reiki Healing Uses God's Love

And, to be fair, I have known people who were healed after praying to the Virgin Mary.

Perhaps she was sending them a Reiki treatment.

So we Catholics should ignore the bishops (the guys with the years of theological training, ordained by the power of the Holy Spirit, links in the great chain of apostolic succession) and listen to this Beliefnet reader instead?

"Reiki is channeling Love energy from the Divine Source."

As Catholics, we have the Sacraments as instruments of God's grace. If you want healing, ask for the Anointing of the Sick. What do you think we have it for?

"RCC... loves to make pronouncements on what a RC can and cannot do.

An organization shouldn't have a say in guiding its members? Interesting...

I sure would appreciate it if fellow Catholics payed more attention in CCD so they would know what why things like Reiki are incompatible with Catholic theology. And I'd really appreciate it if non-Catholics minded their own business.

I'm curious. What's to prevent a Catholic from learning Reiki, and then practice it, but call it "Prayer"?

So glad that the RCC thinks they know everything! Why does this (and some other treatments) scare them so much?? Are they afraid they might lose some more members because of Reiki? They are losing members but not because of that....or maybe it IS because of some of the ridiculous rules. Basicly they say don't go and get relief from pain, stress etc. UNLESS it is OK'd by them?
Carla, good to know that you have no conflict with your religion and being a Reiki Master. It's a shame some others can't see that there is no comflict.

==Reiki is a wonderful source of healing and is a benefit and blessing to all who use it or have used its healing energies to heal others. It is simply another method that can be used to bring healing into the lives of others with compassion and love.==

Just so much hokus-pokus. Just a bunch-a voodoo.

So, I guess Jesus was lying when He said that He is the ONLY Way to the Father. Is THAT it?

==Others have said that Reiki has helped them. ==

Sure, a lotta people say a lotta things help them. So, they deny that God, through Christ, helps the most. Now what?

==I have asked God for a reiki attunement ...==

"Attunement"? "ATTUNEMENT"????

This is a joke, isn't it. It's a pre-April Fool's Day joke, huh, and the "reikists," or, "reikibots," or, "reikiettes," or, "reikiistas," or whatever, are havin' a laugh on everybody. Yeah. That's gotta be it cuz this REALLY can't be serious.

wooOOOOOooooOOOOooooOOOO!

==You know exactly what about Reiki…==

I know that it isn't about Christ.

==Reiki IS a wonderful source of healing, that’s what, it’s for.==

Christ is the only healing we need, not some made-up, mystical BS voodoo like this.

==If you see it as hocus-pocus or voodoo, that’s you’re opinion, like your religion and your god.==

I don't have a "god." I got God. You don't know the difference.

==Personally, if Jesus lies or not doesn’t mean anything to me, since I’m not Christian nor do I believe in him.==

Just for the record, for future reference, He would like to know whether you believe He's a liar, nor not. Just for the record. You're not afraid to go on the record with it, are you?

== There’s no reason that I should want to believe in your religion.==

I have no religion. I got relationship. Again, you don't know the difference.

==Besides, you do a bang up job of showing others and myself why I wouldn’t want to be Christian.==

You decided trhat a long time ago, before I got here.

Anyway, take responsibility for yourself. I'm not responsible for your choosing not to be Christian.

== You, come on to a discussion, vomit your beliefs and condemnation ...==

I condemn no one who hasn't condemned themselves.

==...of everything or one not of your faith, thinking you’ve done everyone a service but more than likely turned everyone away. ==

I don't have the power to trurn anybody away. They choose to turn away.

==/==Others have said that Reiki has helped them. ==
Sure, a lotta people say a lotta things help them. So, they deny that God, through Christ, helps the most. Now what?
No one here has stated this, it’s purely you’re assumption and opinion. ==

They have said that this voodoo has helped them. That means that they reject God's help cuz god says that He is the ONLY Way to Health.

==You’re still trying to put words in people’s mouths...==

No, I'm not.

==... still trying to create issues where there is none.==

You'd like to think there are no issues so that you wouldn't be challenged.

==/== This is a joke, isn't it. It's a pre-April Fool's Day joke, huh, and the "reikists," or, "reikibots," or, "reikiettes," or, "reikiistas," or whatever, are havin' a laugh on everybody. Yeah. That's gotta be it cuz this REALLY can't be serious.==

And the word for you is Christ Cult...==

You don't offend, nor hurt me.

==... American Taliban...==

Again, you don't hurt me.

==... & Religious Reich.==

You got those from Lib Mafia websites, huh.

== I know you won’t be offended...==

Yup. Romans 8:1 {KJV]

== ...as you like to dish it out...==

Just like everybody else.

==... so of course you can take it.==

Romans 8:1 [KJV]

I've had no problem.

"I", "No they are not losing "members".

Gee, then I guess that all the reports of churches closing, and RCC schools closing is because they have too many members, huh? Of course part of (but no all of) the loss of churches and schools is because of all the money the RCC is having to spend to pay for the child abuse suits, but that's another story. I live in what once was a predominately RCC state. Membership, schools and churches are closing. But I'm sure you disagree. :o) No problem
Blesses Be

Reiki was explained to me as the laying on of hands for healing - which is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.As such, it is of God and should be seen that way. After all, God works in many mysterious ways and those ways are not always known to us.

I wrote the comment earlier about being a committed Christian and Reiki Teacher/Practitioner. I am very saddened by the lack of compassion and tolerance being displayed by Mr Incredible.

Mikao Usui, the founder of Reiki, asked those who chose to use his system to include the following ideals into how they deal with people:

Do not worry
Do not anger
Honour your elders and earn your living honestly
Show gratitude
Show compassion

These sit perfectly well with my understanding of the Bible and Christ's teachings in particular.

So Mr Incredible, I am not angered by your comments, I am not worried by your comments, I continue to honour those in the community who behave with integrity and honesty, I show gratitude daily and express it to those from whom I learn (including learning from these posts - thank you to the contributors of whatever faith), and I feel compassion towards all, including you.

I prayed for guidance when I first used Reiki in order to treat a long standing injury. I believe God cured me - and that the Reiki practitioner was simply the treatment provider. Just as when I seek assistance from a medical doctor, I believe God cured me, and the doctor was a treatment provider.

When that "still small voice" that I have been listening to every day for the last 43 years(and making decisions accordingly), tells me that Reiki is wrong, then I will cease to practise it.

The Enlightenment has been coming into being for about the last ~300 years by my estimate. Reiki, exorcisms, the laying on of hands, aromatherapy, acupuncture, crawling on your knees, etc. and things of this sort do us no good. Instead, I suggest putting your faith in evidence-based medicine. Actually, the latter practices can harm your health.

It rains on the sinners and the righteous alike after all. Which according to this layman means Jesus was saying that he isn't going to improve our circumstances, health or wealth. Life is going to be fickle and cruel and we will have to deal with things on our own. Even the bishops are smart enough to have good modern health care in case their prayers fail.

DML, Reiki is an adjunct to medicine, we work with medical professionals, we do not take their place.

Spirituality and outlook have been shown to aid in healing, and Reiki is but one of many ways one can bring focus to this important element.

It is sad to see those who believe in any given faith condemning those who embrace different elements of spirituality, in this case, one that is not of any religion.

"The insular arrogance of so many conservative American Christians is just plain frightening."

You know what's truly as arrogant? Assuming your individual interpretation of the Bible is the right one. As Catholics, we don't interpret it as individuals. We interpret scripture as a unified Church that has existed for 2000 years.

As the Sacred Scripture says:

Know this first of all, that there is no prophecy of scripture that is a matter of personal interpretation (2 Peter 1:20)

and,

"...there will be false teachers among you, who will introduce destructive heresies..." (2 Peter 2:1)

Or, Bob, to put it in simple terms...since when did the Bishop of Rome...his office is but a small distance from me here...abdicate to the US Bishops? I didn't see anything about it in L'Osservatore Romano.

Your arrogance in assuming that your narrow, provincial, uniformed perspective is the one and only true analysis of the Church and her position on this - and many other issues on which you so breezily here pontificate (sic) - is beyond description.

Again, I repeat. Telling people to leave the Church is a sin. Are you a Prince of the Church? If not, then hold your tongue!

How is it that a group of RCC leaders find a technique that makes a person physically feel better, can be "bad"? What is better about the "anointing of the sick" that makes it a better procedure? Why is calling on the Universal Energy for help better from a priest than from a Reiki Master?

All holy books, IMO are subject to interpretation, no matter what religion is represents.

I am a practising Catholic by choice not born into the Catholic faith but chose to follow their teachings. I have found at certain times a person who may know me or know of me, may say I understand you can heal someone of pain and injury by your hands.

I explain I have done so but it is not me but that of some greater power who seems to allow me to make people feel better.

The question that may be asked have I been trained in Reiki or by a Reiki Master. The answer is no, I dont know anything other than what I have read and I wouldnt know what a Reiki master may look like or what qualification he/she may have.

Another question may arise am I a faith healer the answer is no but for reasons I dont why, I am able from time to time able to assist someone not by touching them, but moving my hands at least six inches away from them with the thought of knowing of their pain and feeling that someone or something is guiding me to help that person.

Call it whatever one may, the ability is not mine but is from a greater power and I am only an assistant when needed

From my comments and experiance it is up to the indivdual to decide be faith, or training from a Reika Master which I know little of.

DML, by what measure does it 'not work?'

First of all, that starts with an assumption, which I would guess is the person heals... but healing comes in many ways, not necessarily physical healing.

Bias is pervasive in 'studies' and I suspect that study sought to prove Reiki doesn't work, as well as had inherent mis-assumptions made in the criteria by which they evaluated Reiki.

Even if it achieves nothing beyond giving someone peace of mind, well... I would call that a success, but for some I recognise, the human element should be tossed out the window. I guess they prefer to see someone go from ill to cure in a tangible way.

==On the one hand, you have folks condemning...==

The Word of God says the disobedient have condemned themselves already. We merrily report the fact.

==... bearing false witness...==

Where's the false witness? Who's to say? YOU?

==...Then you have the genuinely thoughtful conservative Christians asking questions.==

Translation: "The genuinely thoughtful conservative Christian is the one who agrees with me."

==I'm a Christian...==

You claim you are homosexual. That offends the Word of God. Therefore, as long as you act out that claim, you can't be a Christian.

==... even if Mr. Incredible, Hugh Henry and all the others commit the heresy of usurping God's authority to themselves. ==

God gave, to those who are born again, the authority to use the Word of God, to report His Message. That we do. Christ gives us authority.

== What a pity that, on the one side, people attack me for being a Christian, gay man married to another man.==

You can't claim to be homosexual and act on that claim AND be Christian.

==The insular arrogance of so many conservative American Christians is just plain frightening.==

Translation: "We need more conservative American Christians to come over to my way of thinking, so I won't be afraid."

==How can you let someone tell you how to communicate with God.==

Cuz there is ONLY One Way to the Father. That is, through His Word.

==How can you judge something you've never experienced? ==

I don't have to be hit by a truck to know it hurts.

== How can you say Reiki is wrong when anyone that has experienced it knows that it is pure unconditional love from where else-the Divine.==

John 3:16 doesn't say that God sent His Love, Reiki...

== In the bible Jesus says--even you will do greater miracles than these.==

However, we will not do greater miracles than those except through the Word of God.

== Reiki practitioners come from a place of love, what is wrong with that.==

Cuz it is not God's love. It is worldly love. They are not the same thing.

== Their hearts are full of love. ==

Their own love. Not God's love.

== How do you know that the healers were not put here by God...==

Cuz God won't violate His own Word.

==... to help the ones that need it-not to control others.==

Not scriptural.

== Geez folks, wake up. Take some responsibility for your own life.==

Not scriptural.

==Reiki is an adjunct to medicine, we work with medical professionals, we do not take their place. ==

It is an adjunct to voodoo.

==Spirituality and outlook have been shown to aid in healing...==

The only, REAL healer is God, through Christ.

==... and Reiki is but one of many ways one can bring focus to this important element.==

However, it has nothing to do with God.

==It is sad to see those who believe in any given faith condemning those who embrace different elements of spirituality, in this case, one that is not of any religion.==

Reiki IS a religion. It encourages people to separate themselves from God.

I am so happy for all of the positive people that have made comments. I am new as a Reiki Master and have heard true healing experiences with using Reiki. But most important is that it is truly about love and ones own beliefs that give them strength to want to help others to be better.
Much love and appreciation to all loving positive energy filled beings.
Love and peace
Linda

==Wow! You are one of the many that takes the entire bible as dictation then?==

Wow! Yes!

==Did you forget the point that all written in the bible was written well after "Jesus" was here...==

Irrelevant.

== & then picked apart & put back together by men who had NEVER met him? ==

So what? The King James Version agrees in the upper 90 percentiles with Textus Receptus which, in itself, agrees in the upper 90 percentiles with over 5600 manuscripts. The Hebrew text is accurate in the upper 90 percentiles.

==The want of "scientific proof of Reiki...where is yours of Jesus?==

The testimony of those who saw Him.

==Angels?==

The testimony of those who saw them and experience of them today.

== Hell?==

The testimony of those who lived to tell about it.

== Heaven?==

The testimony of those who have been there.

==...the list goes on!==

You must place doubts in your own head in order to justify yourself.

== But I CAN show you "scientific proof" that everything in this world IS made of energy.==

Energy created by God. So what?

== And being that you all want "scientific proof" of Reiki, What about the scientific proof of the theory of Evolution???==

There is none. That's why it's still called the "theory." Nobody has observed transitionals.

== Seems the Catholic church is still picking & choosing that which fits & that which doesnt. ==

Then, don't be a Catholic.

==Reiki is not Voodoo...==

It sure is.

==... nor is it a religion.==

Yes, it is.

== Before you make comments on something you clearly do not understand...==

Irrelevant. I'm against anything that separates people from God. This c r a p separates people from God by making people the agent of healing.

==... you should do some reading up on it.==

I don't care about it, other than its satanic attraction.

==Reiki is about universal love...==

So, IT is love. The Word of God says that God is love. So, which is it?

==... I believe that is the same moral basis Jesus was putting forward.==

And, yet, you are utterly incapable of providing a line of scriptural thought to prove that.

==... how hateful the loudest of the Christians tend to be, it gives it all a bad name. ==

You gave Christianity a bad name long before any of us came around. It's part of the mindset you had to create to justify yourself.

==I feel very sad for you... ==

Don't. I have the Joy of God in my heart, thanks to His Word.

==... & those like you...==

Don't. They also have a Joy of God in their hearts, thanks to His Word.

==... who are so full of judgement...==

God told those who are born again to judge Righteous judgment -- that is, according to the Word of God.

==... & who go through life so closeminded.==

Translation: "If you don't agree with me, you are closedminded.

== Do you really think that is not "spiritually harmful"? ==

It is not spiritually harmful if I align myself with a Word of God. All God's angels sing at the thought.

==I can tell you, I do not fear for my soul, I do fear for the world that people like you create.==

The Devil says that, too. However, Romans 8:1 [KJV].

==...may wisdom & love find you.==

I found both in the Word of God.

==there are many 'transitional' species to be found in the fossil record.==

MICRO, not macro.

== Mr Incredible is incredibly ignorant or, what seems to be more likely, incredibly dishonest.==

You must persuade yourself of that in order to be able to justify your position.

== The ability to shout louder,more ignorantly, and more dishonestly than others than others doesn't make what you say true.==

That's true. So, what I do is recognize the truth, and God's Truth, and shout that cuz they are true.

Mr "I", I would ask you to consider that your vitriole is merely serving to alienate you from others in this forum. If you really want people to consider your views with respect, then perhaps you could still express what you believe without being so provocative...

I pray to God every day, and have done so since I was 2 years old. We have a personal relationship. I thank Him every day for every good thing, including the gift of Reiki. I also raise my boys in a household where we speak of God openly. I thank God for all healing within my life, whether from a priest, my own body doing its God-given healing response, or a reiki practitioner, or a docter.

If someone asks me my beliefs, I witness. If someone doesn't ask, I like to think I witness anyway by the way I live my life - by caring for others, being polite, and sharing what I have.

Jesus was a wonderful example of someone who didn't judge - he accepted them, and then waited to see how they assessed themselves. Think of how he was - friendly with tax collectors, prostitutes, rich men, poor men, the sick, the ostracised. He held out his hand to those in need - you hold out words of effront.

In the 1920s, Mikao Usui went out after the major earthquakes in Japan and tended the injured and displaced. Is this not a worthy role model? This is historical fact. This man was the founder of the system of Reiki. Is Buddhism satanic? This man was a dedicated Buddhist - a lover of peace and harmony. He also was a scholar, and in the opening up of Japan during the Meiji period, he studied various religions and was aware of Christianity (please do not hold it against him that he remainded true to the faith of his family from many generations - perhaps if you had been born Buddhist, you would not be part of this discussion).

Perhaps it is time to remember "Love thine enemy", "Love thy neighbour as thyself", not to mention that if you are without sin "cast the first stone", and the parable about one with the splinter in the eye, and the other with the log in his.

Part of me wonders how young you are, and what kind of life you have had, that you can be so damning in your comments, rather than demonstrating the compassion that the Christ you argue so vehemntly for, displayed throughout His Life. You may not want my prayers, but I include you anyway...

==Mr "I", I would ask you to consider that your vitriole [sic]...==

What YOU INTERPRET, for whatever reason, as "vitriol."

==... is merely serving to alienate you from others in this forum.==

That they choose to alienate themselves from me is not my choice. It is not within my power to force them to alienate themselves. I'm pleased that you give me this power, but I don't have it, and I don't want it.

== If you really want people to consider your views with respect, then perhaps you could still express what you believe without being so provocative... ==

Jesus was provocative. Many people were turned off. So what? That doesn't mean He turned them off. They turn themselves off, based on their own agenda.

This is not a cumbaya session. This is a message board. A site for debate and discussion. People have provocative views, like those who claim to be homosexual. I have provocative views so what? We're invited to express them.

I'm not going to water down my views just because people choose not to consider them. They have their own reasons for considering, or not considering. They make the choice.

==I pray to God every day, and have done so since I was 2 years old. We have a personal relationship. I thank Him every day for every good thing, including the gift of Reiki.==

Except that God didn't give you that voodoo.

However, if it is a gift of God, you can give us the line of scriptural thought that proves this.

== I also raise my boys in a household where we speak of God openly. I thank God for all healing within my life, whether from a priest, my own body doing its God-given healing response, or a reiki practitioner, or a docter [sic].==

You were fine until you presented another gospel.

==If someone asks me my beliefs, I witness.==

More about that voodoo, or more about God? Tell us what the balances.

== If someone doesn't ask, I like to think I witness anyway by the way I live my life - by caring for others...==

Christ told those who are born again to care for others by giving them the Gospel. The Gospel is "love," as God intends it, through Christ.

==... being polite...==

Those who claim to be homosexual, their supporters and activists and other Liberals should take that cue.

==... and sharing what I have. ==

What's "what"?

==Jesus was a wonderful example of someone who didn't judge... ==

Except that He did, and He told those who are born again to "judge Righteous judgment -- that is, according to the Word of God. He told the unrighteous that they cannot judge cuz, inevitably, do the same things for which they judge others.

==... - he accepted them...==

No, He didn't. He didn't "accept" sinners. God doesn't accept sinners. He calls them to repentance. They must be born again. Only THEN, are they accepted.

==... and then waited to see how they assessed themselves.==

He railed against traditions of men. It is through the traditions of men that they assessed themselves. It is not their own assessment of themselves that is what He taught, rather God's assessment of them. He taught that they must see their condition before God before receiving the Offer of Reconciliation God sent through Him.

== Think of how he was - friendly with tax collectors, prostitutes, rich men, poor men, the sick, the ostracised. He held out his hand to those in need - you hold out words of effront.==

YOU take my posts that way. I'm not responsible for your conclusions. I'm not responsible for your thinking. I don't know why you give me that power. If I had that power, why didn't it work when I told people to vote Republican in the last election?

==In the 1920s, Mikao Usui went out after the major earthquakes in Japan and tended the injured and displaced.==

But not with the Word of God. He was operating on his own, for his own self. He was tapping his own power, not the power of God.

== Is this not a worthy role model? ==

Not according to the Word of God.

== This is historical fact. This man was the founder of the system of Reiki.==

So what? Charles Manson was founder of the system, too.

== Is Buddhism satanic?==

It is not of the Word of God. It is not of God. That which is not of God is of the Devil. If you don't agree, you have an argument with God. Take it up with Him.

== This man was a dedicated Buddhist - a lover of peace and harmony.==

So what? Being a lover of peace and harmony without God is not Godly. It is Godless.

==He also was a scholar, and in the opening up of Japan during the Meiji period, he studied various religions and was aware of Christianity... ==

God calls us not merely to be "aware" of Christianity.

==Perhaps it is time to remember "Love thine enemy"...==

Where God, through Jesus, tells us to love others, He means to give them what's necessary for their Salvation.

==... "Love thy neighbour as thyself"...==

That is, unselfish concern for the Salvation of others, as much concern about the Salvation of others, as I have for my own Salvation.

==... not to mention that if you are without sin "cast the first stone"...==

When Jesus said that, He was talking to the unrighteous, not the Righteous.

==... and the parable about one with the splinter in the eye, and the other with the log in his. ==

When Jesus talked about this, he was talking about unrighteousness, not righteousness. He was telling the unrighteous that they cannot judge, that they are not in the position to judge, because they, inevitably, do the same things for which they judge others.

He told the Righteous to "judge Righteous judgment" -- that is, according to the Word of God.

==Part of me wonders how young you are, and what kind of life you have had, that you can be so damning in your comments...==

I merely relate the Word of God. You see "damning" in what I write. I'm not responsible for that. You must take responsibility for your own thinking.

==... rather than demonstrating the compassion that the Christ you argue so vehemntly for...==

Why should I have compassion for those who say they are not sick? The well don't need a physician, do they?

The fact is that Jesus' compassion was for those who would die without Him. It was not a worldly compassion, as YOU promote. Don't worry, you're in good company cuz others promote worldly compassion and love, too, over the compassion of Christ. I don't.

==...You may not want my prayers, but I include you anyway...==

Everybody needs prayer. I pray every day for me and for others that He will guide us. I know He has answered my prayer for guidance.

Mr “I”, the truly incredible people on this planet are the ones who go out and assist others when needed, without the desire for recognition, recompense, or reward, which is exactly what Mikao Usui did after the earthquakes in Japan that I referred to earlier. Yet you accuse him of selfishness. I wonder how you can be so confident of this. Is everyone who ISN’T CHRISTIAN who gives to charities, works in shelters, volunteers with drug and alcohol rehab, works in third world countries, sponsors children who are badly off, gives generously and freely of time, skills, resources, and money, are all these people doing these things for selfish reasons? I don’t believe so.

You say I indulge in something that is of satanic attraction and that I gave my praise for healing to a reiki practitioner and a doctor rather than God. I thought it was pretty clear that I believed that ultimately, the healing came from God. If it will make you feel better, here it is... Praise God - I am healthy!

You also asked about “what” I include when I witness. That is about God, Christ, and a personal relationship. What do you include when you witness? I suspect we may cover a lot of the same ground. I try to use language however, that doesn’t make people feel as though they are being bashed around the head and force-fed a point of view. I am clear, concise, and polite.

All I ever asked you to do on this forum was temper your language. I did not ask you to change your point of view. I suggested it might be helpful for others to see your point of view more clearly if you changed your language. If you don’t want to do so, that’s your prerogative.

But do not confuse a personal sense of righteousness with that of righteous judgement. I will await the conclusion of my life to see how I am judged, and I will “judge not, lest ye be also judged.”

I am sure that God can forgive me any transgression - Christ forgave those who repented, regardless of what their sins were. If it turns out that I have sinned by being deceived into believing that Reiki is a gift from God, I am sure he can forgive that transgression. After all, I did ask Him about it when I was praying for guidance (ahhh, but you think I wasn’t really talking with Him...) Well, I asked. I certainly haven’t been told otherwise (and I do hear that still small voice - even Roman Catholics talk about listening to your conscience).

Doesn’t yours bother you sometimes? I know when mine bothers me, and in terms of Reiki, there has only ever been a strong positive response.

Thank you, God, for your many blessings in this life, including that of Reiki. Thank you most of all, for the on-going relationship we have, where I can bring anything to you, and You answer - even if it isn’t always the answer I might have hoped for! Like the child hoping to hear “yes”, it is sometimes “no”, and this I accept and act upon.

What everyone doesn't understand is reiki isn't a religion. It is a form of alternative healing. It does help. Our hospitals around here have been using it. I guess the people who where using it in the catholic hospitals and it was working on them would miss it. I guess priest are going to come sit at hospitals and "pray" over everyone.....sad news this is....

Its unfortunate to observe such fear coming from high clergy within the Catholic church. There is no other explanation except fear for such accusations being made by the bishops. We are all Divine sons and daughters and empowered through Christ Consciousness! Ofcourse we can heal ourselves and assist in the healing of others, it is our inheritance. Jesus claims this as such in the New Testament. Reiki is NOT religious based, it is a God-given gift that each person has within themself. I was born and raised Catholic and I am an Usui Reiki practitioner and an Angelic Reiki Master/Teacher. I have no guilt or doubts about providing and believing in the healing power of Reiki, because I know that it comes from Divine Source. People that come out against Reiki do so out of fear and a lack of knowledge. They would rather believe someone elses belief systems instead of forming their own.
To ALL Reiki practitioners and receivers...we don't need to get caught up in this drama, we are the observers, the do-ers, the movers and the shakers, and when all else fails (for example our healthcare system) we will prevail through the One True Source of Divine Love & Compassion.