Gilly wrote:
'Chi' means the same as the 'ki' in Reiki, nirvana. It means life-force energy.
It's up to the individual to decide what they want to do with their Reiki - i.e, focus on individuals / countries etc, but it's something I've tried to encourage people to do simultaneously for a common cause on forums - though not exclusively Reiki - whatever people trust, be it faith healing, meditative visualisation, other forms of healing, prayer etc as well, because I think (instinctively really) that the result would be greater than the sum of its parts.
A few of us did it a few years back on you know where. Out of all the members there, there were only a handful of us took part, but the results were great. It was when there were bush fires blazing in Australia, and the media over there were panicking like hell, announcing that they couldn't see an end to it.
So, after a while, it rained sufficiently to get the fires under control.
Nobody can know that it wouldn't simply have rained anyway - though, again, the media were apparently acting a bit shocked, because it came so unexpectedly. Perhaps the focus of intention caused it, or helped. I know from reading about it afterwards, that there were little groups of people all over the world who were doing the same thing we were.
My own opinion is that this is the kind of thing that those at the top are afraid of. They're scared that people will realise their own power to influence things. The other side of the coin is that it was typical that out of the thousands of people on that forum, there were only a very small number of us who gave it a go. I think most people are either just basically disbelieving, or afraid of ridicule, so they won't ever explore the possibilities for themselves.
And it doesn't help that there are people in all walks of life who are out to make a fast buck. Some of these healers are charlatans, and some may have good skills, but are basically just there to rake cash into their coffers. That doesn't apply to everybody, but, often, the genuine people will automatically get tarred with the same brush.
It generally costs money to get the Reiki atunements, but in all honesty, I don't think you need them to be able to do it.
There's a story about a person who meditated for a long time, and eventually, the Reiki symbols just appeared to him out of the ether (I can't be bothered going into more detail). The idea is that he then attuned others (by imprinting the symbols into their energy fields) and on achieving the Reiki Master level (3rd degree) these others were qualified, in turn, to perform attunements for other people - so every attunement that takes place is supposed to link directly back to that 1st practitioner.
The story is, that he was dumbfounded and disillusioned, on learning that people he'd healed, often continued their lives as beggars etc, because that was what they knew. That's supposedly why he started charging money for the healings, because people only seemed to appreciate the value of it, if it actually cost them money. And that's why people are supposed to charge you for the service.
Personally, I would feel very uncomfortable charging money, so I've never done it. That's not to say I condemn anyone who's genuine and makes a living out of it.
There is scientific evidence around (may try & seek it out tomorrow, but am too tired now) in the form of photography, similar in nature to Karillian (can't even be bothered looking up right spelling) photography, which demonstrates that when anyone who's reasonably healthy, places themselves in close proximity to someone who's sick, their vibrational energy can have the effect of influencing the poorly person's vibrational energy positively. I don't think it's 'magic', but some kind of science that the authorities would not wish to be known to their paying pharmeceutical customers.
I think when we go beyond our little ego's there is something that unites us all some kind of life force even Einstine mentioned the field that connects everyone. Paul mckenna did a experiment a few years ago with the national lottery and told the audience and viewers on tv to concentrate on these numbers and imagine them coming out . Anyway 4 out of 6 numbers came out the following week and camelot complained and tried to ban this experiment from taking place again.
Definantly makes you think if we all focused on something what we could collectivley achieve.
Surprised these experiments are not more common place.
). Reiki's reputed to be incorruptible, and impossible to use for harmful purposes, so to my mind, it can't be a bad thing. 
