The Beginning....

The Beginning....
When William Least Heat-Moon toured the country many years ago, his steed, if you will, was a van that he named Ghost Dancing. His journey of America was 13,000 miles. His book is Blue Highways, A Journey Into America. My steed will be a Subaru WRX (traded for an XV Crosstrek). My travels will be, what in the past were called, the blue highways of Virginia. Years ago, maps showed secondary roads in blue. Yes, the ones less traveled.

Monday, July 13, 2015

Energy Healing.... Yes, Ain't Life Grand.....

OK, I'll readily admit as I'm pounding away on my keyboard I'm ticked off. Well, actually
more than ticked off. The reason isn't important.

Where to begin?

Seemingly, no one has cornered the market, if you will, on energy healing. however, all of the so-called modalities (Reiki Therapeutic Touch, Jin Shi Do, BodyTalk, Quantum this that and the other) or whatever you want to call them, do have a few things in common.

They all talk about universal life energy. Yes, there are various names for this, one is Chi,  pronounced chee.

And, how does this go?

Well, most of them talk about meridians. Though there may not be a consensus, most mention twelve and they run from head to foot.  Channels, if you will.

They all talk about blockages. Yes, in the channels. And, they all talk about how to unblock them. (BTW, this is the same bullshit that acupuncturists talk about.) After all, if the old universal life energy is jammed-up your health will be influenced, any maladies you have will be exacerbated, and other problems may pop-up.

There are no telling how many of these modalities out there; however, a few have a leg-up on the others as they offer distance or remote healing. If you thought healing while the person is in your presence is weird...how about healing from a remote location? Yep, they claim they can heal you regardless of where you are. Using Reiki for the moment, the practitioners  claim they can lay on hands or send remotely massive (my word) amounts of Reiki energy. I believe they use the word limitless. 

OK, so how does a Reiki session work? OK, I fess up...I've never pissed away any money on this stuff, however, the practitioner will check out your meridians and look for blockages. Using acupressure they put their fingers on you pressing down. I guess you could say they are trying to mimic acupuncture but instead of using needles they use their fingers. Then lay on hands to infuse you with Reiki energy.

OK, stepping back for a minute. What will someone have to believe to buy into this stuff...yes, this energy healing stuff?

There is an energy (universal life) that has never been demonstrated to exist. Additionally, this energy can be manipulated. This energy, when unblocked, can treat illnesses and maladies. There are channels that will not be found on any physiology charts.

Now, let's say we visit our Reiki Master (dang, and they aren't even embarrassed to refer to themselves in this way) and we don't feel better. What might the old Master say?

Gosh, you may need more treatments.

Sometimes it takes a while for the treatments to kick in.

Maybe you don't want the healing enough.

Maybe you have doubts about the treatment working.

Sometimes you may actually feel worse for a while.

They may also throw-in, this has been around for hundreds of years.

So, here's my summary, if you will. You're spending money and not only doesn't energy healing work, it can't work. Sadly, if you have a medical problem you are putting off seeking actual medical treatment. 

Now, keep in mind, the James Randi Educational Foundation has $1,000,000 waiting for the person who can show that this stuff works. Out of the thousands and thousands of these so-called energy healers out there, why hasn't someone taken Mr. Randi's million bucks? You tell me. The next time you go to your healer ask why they haven't picked-up a million dollars?

Now, sadly nurses, yes, real-honest-to gosh nurses (RNs and LPNs) use this stuff. No, thankfully, not all of them. There are 50,000 plus trained. Of course they have their own name, it's Therapeutic Touch.

This video is one of mine. It's about Therapeutic Touch. Please note, there are a few minutes of the video when it rolls. Hang in there with me, it will stop. Sorry.







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