I've decided to revive this thread. It's been a good one, but went dormant - so a lot of people couldn't easily get the benefit of reading through it. As I mentioned before, from contacts with people on spiritual/metaphyisical paths, from reading, from reflection on my own experiences as a Reiki-ist and healing experiences of friends, I tend to think of the results of healing as being of one ore more sorts. I'd describe these sorts or levels as:
1. Inner healing of the person – substantial improvements in outlook, mood, self-image, calmness, personal capability, ability to relate interpersonally, increased sense of spirituality, and the like. (Sometimes people call it "soul harmony".)
2.
General physical healing – improvements to general wellbeing, daily energy level, resistance to viral & bacterial infections, increased coordination, restful sleep, and the like.
3.
Specific physical healing – resolution of an infection, an acute illness, a chronic illness, or disappearance of tumors, healing of a diseased organ, bone or other tissue restoration, and the like. (Far less common than the first two sorts.)
About two years ago, I was able to travel to Vancouver and spend about three hours with about 100 people and the guest of honor, Zhi Gang Sha. He gave an individual blessing to about 20 of us who had never been with him before, and he specifically treated eight or so people who had severe problems.
I was extremely impressed. I want to give the URLs of a few Youtube vids of Zhi Gang Sha working with glaring problems, which turn out to have dramatic results:
Acute leg ulcer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwDPMqH2suY
Lost central vision:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-EHQ7lnIzU
Child autism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km9dCC4jN1I