Grant time again! Since today--yes, today!--is the deadline for a rather big grant I'm writing (not quite R01 level, but a respectable three year project if I can get it), I was up until the wee hours of the morning trying to put this sucker to bed. Being the ever-benevolent blogger, though, far be it from me to deny you some Insolence. It'll just have to be recycled Insolence. Not just recycled Insolence, either. Old recycled Insolence, four years old, to be precise! Unbelievable! In fact, it's so old that the links don't even work anymore; so you'll have to take my word for it that I quoted it accurately. On the other hand, given how old this is, if you've been reading less than four years, it's new to you! In any case, I'll be back tomorrow; that is, assuming I've recovered. If not, it's more recycled Insolence.
Regular readers will know my opinion of Reiki or "energy healing." No need to rehash it here, at least not at the moment. But if you're a believer and looking for a Reiki practitioner, Reiki Blogger has some suggestions for you of things that "are NOT OK" in a first Reiki session:
I recently read what I can only say was a very disturbing account of a persons first ever reiki session. The person went along to a "friends" husband who was, as well as a reiki person, a medical doctor.
Now, you would expect to be reasonably confident to follow this persons instructions. Well, think again. He asked this poor lady to undress, completely, and then proceeded to give her hands on reiki, everywhere.
Nudity: Reiki does not require you to remove your clothing. Even during a massage your body is covered except for the area being worked on. If someone asks you to undress, leave. Immediately.
Inappropriate contact: Reiki can be given 1-2cm above the body. There is no need to make contact with areas of sensitivity. Genitals for one.
I've always had a question about Reiki. Why wouldn't clothing interfere with the "energy" field that the Reiki master is supposedly manipulating? But that's just me. I guess my aura needs some manipulation to cleanse me of those skeptical thoughts.
Of course, Reiki Blogger warns you to stay away as well if you hear your new Reiki master saying things like (among several others):
Good warning signs, all. Of course, the most truthful and applicable warning I've ever heard about Reiki is to leave if you hear a Reiki practitioner say:
Probably one of two things (rhetorically speaking). First, the unfortunate combination of trying to use reiki to cure a serious illness. Second, facing the fact that reiki didn't cure a serious illness and realizing he/she was claiming it did;-)
So, last evening hubby goes down to the basement to do a small load of dirty laundry. He opens the shut-off valves to fill the washer and hears a high pitched sound...hot water is spurting out of the adjacent oil-fired hot water tank. He shuts off the valve that feeds the water into the tank and calls the oil burner/hot water service provider. Serviceman comes out and "diagnoses" the problem and sets up a service call for this morning.
I, on the other hand look for "alternatives" on the internet because I have been reading Orac's blogs about Reiki therapies. (Hell, Reiki Masters say they can cure people medical problems and pet medical problems through actual face-to-face sleight-of-hands and "remote" reiki treatments).
I scored a "hit" at "Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki-Chapter 8-Reiki Guidelines" with this gem, "Even inanimate objects contain life energies. Many have been successful in using Reiki to fix car problems, appliances problems and computer problems".
Rather than hauling out the 300 lb. tank on my back to schlep it to the local reiki master or paying for a "remote" reiki treatment for the leaky tank, I opted for the "traditional" treatment. I am now the proud owner of a new replacement hot water tank.
Actually therapeutic touch doesn't involve actual contact either. The only thing that gets touched is the patient's "energy field". The main difference is Reiki has more ritual (symbols) and you need to be "attuned" by a Reiki master in order to do Reiki.
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