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Originally Posted by hunnychile
I chuckle at the people who have never had a Reiki session and yet they are the first to say it just doesn't work. I totally understand why the Catholic Church is down on Reiki, cuz you can learn to give it to yourself and feel pain disappear or mental axiety relief. No need to pay to light a candle or get that expensive dispensation.
How many of you tfp folks have HAD a Reiki session? And if so, then tell me why it didn't help/work/make you feel different or better. Well.........?
I've given it to a doctor and 2 different Nurse Practioners who were much relieved and asked that I share it with them on a regular basis.
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Why should I have to try a quack treatment myself to be able to form an opinion on it based upon my understanding of science and a quick review of the scientific evidence? I haven't tried homeopathy, coffee enemas, or many other quack treatments, but I can still say with a fair degree of confidence that they're all probably bunk.
And I have no doubt that a Reiki session may feel good. So does a nice massage. My issue is that Reiki practitioners claim to be doing 'healing', and yet there's no scientific evidence that it's an effective treatment for anything at all. None. There's no plausible explanation for Reiki being anything more than feel-good mumbo-jumbo. Which is fine with me, so long as people don't claim that it's anything more.