Reiki Energy or Spiritul Energy... how do we know

Hello to one and all,

A question arose from a recent Reiki healing circle and we wonder if you shed some light on it.

During a recent Healing circle, one of our colleagues advised us that one of his friends, we will call him Andy, had chatted to him regarding a recent healing Andy had gave.

When Andy was about to commence his Reiki healing on his friend he got the inner urge to stand back out of his friends energy and realign. Now, this has happened on several occasions that Andy has been "told" to step back and realign before continuing with the Healing.

Here is the question: Being "told" to stand back happens in Spiritual healings, which I have experienced but I for one, have never experienced this in any Reiki healings that I have done. Our circle are still debating whether this is a Reiki healing or in fact a Spiritual healing Andy is doing.

Still not quite sure if Andy knows the difference between Reiki and Spiritual healing. Thank you all in advance for your feedback.

May the Angels keep you safe, even when you are sleeping.

Silverfox

By whom was Andy told to realign, and realign with what?
How do the circle members differentiate between spiritual healing and Reiki healing?

It depends on how limited you think reiki healing is, imho... In my own experience, being attuned to reiki opens many people to their spirit healing connection and they may find themselves working more directly with their spirit healing team. While reiki and spiritual healing may be debated and taught differently, they blend so naturally, one may work with both in a particular session. Andy's spirit healers may be teaching him to re-align simply because he is not properly detached while giving reiki.

Originally Posted by Enya

It depends on how limited you think reiki healing is, imho... In my own experience, being attuned to reiki opens many people to their spirit healing connection and they may find themselves working more directly with their spirit healing team. While reiki and spiritual healing may be debated and taught differently, they blend so naturally, one may work with both in a particular session. Andy's spirit healers may be teaching him to re-align simply because he is not properly detached while giving reiki.

Hi Enya, thanks for the reply. Totally agree regarding the blending of Reiki and spiritual healing, both so beautiful but both different. Its that difference that a Reiki / Spiritual healer can tell the difference but alas someone who has not had the same training ie dual healing abilities, perhaps get caught up in the energies around them but regarding Andy...what was it that told him to stand back to realign before completing his ?? Reiki healing..any help much apreciated.

with lots of love..
Silverfox

Originally Posted by pre-dawn

By whom was Andy told to realign, and realign with what?
How do the circle members differentiate between spiritual healing and Reiki healing?

\pre-dawn, \that is the question that we require an answer to.
Whilst the healing circle has both spiritual healers who are also Reiki healers and these persons can tell the difference in the way the energy is deliverd, Andy is purely Reiki healing but has appreciated from spiritual healing himself as the receiver but has not trained to be a spiritual healer??

Thanks for the imput
Silverfox.

Originally Posted by Silverfox

\pre-dawn, \that is the question that we require an answer to.
Whilst the healing circle has both spiritual healers who are also Reiki healers and these persons can tell the difference in the way the energy is deliverd, Andy is purely Reiki healing but has appreciated from spiritual healing himself as the receiver but has not trained to be a spiritual healer??

If the people who do both kind of healing can tell the difference then they must be able to say what the difference is.
Andy may just imitate them. Approval, acknowledgment, recognition may be some motivating factors.
Maybe he just doesn't need training in it but does it naturally?

Originally Posted by pre-dawn

If the people who do both kind of healing can tell the difference then they must be able to say what the difference is.
Andy may just imitate them. Approval, acknowledgment, recognition may be some motivating factors.
Maybe he just doesn't need training in it but does it naturally?

Hi there Pre-dawn.
Any spiritual / Reiki healing has to be done in a safe, protected environment. To do it outside these parameters would certainly be foolish. This is a very serious situation in where one of ours is doing something quite out of the "ordinary" and certainly needs addressed. The position we feel we are in is this....Andy was attuned by a certified reiki master and has been reiki healing for the last few months. We "feel" that something is not quite right with the reiki "hat" on, The question is... do we approach Andy direct and confront him..not really good for his spritual/reiki moral or do we say..Andy, take a couple of months off??

We don`t think he is imitating, just a wee bit off the mark.

HELP...please.

Originally Posted by Silverfox

Hi there Pre-dawn.
Any spiritual / Reiki healing has to be done in a safe, protected environment. To do it outside these parameters would certainly be foolish.

Let me deal with this first. While it is generally desirable that suitable conditions exist because it puts the client at ease, I do not see it as a client requirement but more a practitioner one. IOW, to insist on such conditions shows that the practitioner is not solidly rooted in his practice.

A Catholic priest does not wait until there is a safe, protected environment before he administers the last sacrament. He sometimes gives it to the person amidst the carnage, chaos and mayhem. Why should a Reiki practitioner not be able to do the same?

You may translate that to any life situation, near catastrophic or only mildly upsetting. The not-safe and unprotected environment is one's own mind creation, so ... create something different.

Safe and protected is an attribute of the ritualistic Reiki session and is designed to get all participants to a similar state of mind. As such it is a useful tool.

Originally Posted by Silverfox

The position we feel we are in is this....Andy was attuned by a certified reiki master and has been reiki healing for the last few months. We "feel" that something is not quite right with the reiki "hat" on, The question is... do we approach Andy direct and confront him..not really good for his spritual/reiki moral or do we say..Andy, take a couple of months off??

I would take the explanation in my previous post, then tell him that it was noticed that he mixes the two healing methods, and suggest that he focuses on one or the other, at least within a healing session.

If he takes offense to that then for a period of time he should focus on healing himself rather than healing others.

If he only has Reiki, then of course he should focus on Reiki.
It may mean that he has to ignore the commands he hears. All roles, in this case 'Reiki healer', impose certain requirements.
If his other worldly friends take offense to that then they should be sent away to do their own healing, instead of creating trouble.

Originally Posted by Silverfox

Here is the question: Being "told" to stand back happens in Spiritual healings, which I have experienced but I for one, have never experienced this in any Reiki healings that I have done. Our circle are still debating whether this is a Reiki healing or in fact a Spiritual healing Andy is doing.

Still not quite sure if Andy knows the difference between Reiki and Spiritual healing. Thank you all in advance for your feedback.

You are right! I am a Reiki healer and i havent been standing out to realign energy etc, we just invoke reiki and start healing. I think andy is doing spiritual healing, but reiki is so flexible it can be used along with any other healing modalities.