Duration of Reiki sessions

[markings]

I am wondering why Reiki practitioners are so hung up on 30 min or 60 min Reiki session? Or the 3 minute hand movement cycle. What is so magical about these periods that almost everybody seems to talk about it?
Why no 5 minute Reiki session? 3 hour sessions?

IIRC, Braco, who heals by gazing at the people takes around 5 minutes only. Why can he do it in that time but Reiki people can't?

Some Reiki practitioners claim that Reiki is the same energy Jesus used to heal. If that is the case why did Jesus heal in an instant but Reiki takes almost forever, relatively speaking.

What is your opinion?

[Leon]

Firstly we do not know if Jesus healed in an instant, he could of touched the afflicted part of a person for seconds or minutes, we do not know. It is hard to heal someone who is not relaxed, so you need a period of time for both the healer to relax and the patient to create a connection. Some healers can obviously work faster than others, and you must remember the whole of a person is generally being healed and not just one part, so the practitioner will have to move positions every few minutes to get to various parts of the body. Reiki practitioners usually move every 3 minutes, but this is only a gauge.. 10 minutes can be taken on one position or just a few seconds, it is a personal choice. Also you must note that every healer is not the next Jesus in waiting, so they will not have the same power, some healers give off more healing energy than others, it all depends on their connection to God or the universe, however you look at it. You cannot gauge anyone on the time they spend doing something, what matters is the quality of the work after all.

[sparklekaz]

Hi Markings,

You don't say if you have received Reiki from more then one reiki practicioner or not. I'm assuming more then one even several, as you've made a generalist statement. All I can say is that as a Reiki practicioner myself, I don't even think about how long I am in different positions whilst channeling Reiki. I just go with the flow and where I am drawn. I just carry on channeling in a certain area for as long as it takes it. Reiki has a conscious awareness of it's own, and as the need from that area subsides, so does the flow. I have also received Reiki from other practicioners and I've never noticed them clock watching

As for your comment about Jesus healing the sick. Well he was the son of God wasn't he. I don't think any healer would compare themselves to Jesus. Unless to say how that Jesus said, "as I do, so can you" to his disciples. Also there is the point Leon made. Every healer is an individual. Some are more tuned in and connected then others. Speaking for myself, I can't speak for others. But I know that the more I work on my own healing and character. Ego etc. The more I become a better channel. It's as if I need to let go of and clear out all my own 'stuff' to be able to 'give more' to others. Remember too, that we are all responsible for our own health. If someone has become unwell through their own neglect or by living an unhealthy and stressful lifestyle. They need to make some changes in their life, to ensure that they continue to get better. No healer in the world can make those changes for someone else on a permanent basis. I believe lasting health and spiritual wellness must come from within. Even if it is just a genuine desire to be well. Ultimately, we are our own healers.

Love and light
Kaz

[holistichealer]

When I did Reiki, and the way I was taught to do it, I would follow the ebb and flow of the energy. So, while I may have had my hands in one location for "X" amount of time in one location, at another location I would typically remain there for more or less than "X", because I could feel the energy for more or less time at a specific location. When the energy subsided, I moved. It's intuitive and responsive. And IMO, having some idea that you need to remain on each area for the same amount of time, makes it less- so.

Reiki takes a long time because the underlying issues related to the discomfort of the client are rarely, if ever, addressed.

Jesus (and some healers today) had insight into the person's life when he worked with them, which, I believe (though as Leon said, cannot be verified) was an essential ingredient for him working with the person.

Most illness is karmic. Karma is a result of making mistakes. "Sin" is actually "missing the mark", or, in modern day language "making a mistake in your actions"- your behavior. If you look at the one thing that Jesus was known to say in a healing context, you will find, "Go and sin no more.". That, IMO, is an indicator that as he worked with someone, he cleared their karma. "Your karma is clear now. Keep it that way."

Granted, Jesus had an edge that few, if any, have shared- the ability to simply clear karma. For most of the rest of us in the healing arena, it takes more involvement than simply willing it to be so. It takes dialogue with and conscious decision- making on the part of the client before karma can be balanced. To de-cide is to cut off- in this case, to choose clearly, or, with the benefit of hindsight, to "make a different decision" about one's actions from NOW on. And, if successful, the admonition is still, as before, "With an understanding of what karma is, do your best to live in a way that keeps yours from accumulating in a negative manner from now on."

So there is a certain catalytic effect that the healer brings in being able to focus the client's thoughts upon his or her own role in the illness. This isn't "blame", it's educational. It's bringing to their recognition just how mush power they truly have- to un-create an illness, just as they, in essence, created it.

The client doesn't get that by simply laying on a massage table silently.

By the way, Markings...

Braco may be very perceptive and adept at dealing with imbalances he finds in a person's energy field. But if Braco doesn't address the cause of the illness, the illness will eventually return. The only way around that one is if he has unusually good karma himself and literally gives some to each person he heals.

The reason illnesses return if the underlying issues are not rectified is simple: The repetitive thought of the client continues as before, and such thoughts continue to accumulate (i.e., "thought forms") in the same areas as before, cause the same interference of the free- flow of energy in the affected areas as before and therefore produce the same symptoms as before.