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Hello there! I just wanted to write a short comment here because I have the feeling leaving this post the way it is on such a negative note may not be the right way. Firstly, let me address your undescribed bad experience and the link you posted that has a negative story with it as well. I for one have not gone through any Reiki attunements or had any sessions with a Reiki practitioner however I do believe the gift of healing resides within me. I am currently praying and searching scripture for verification if I should or should not go through with such attunements. I want to address the issue of demonic attack you experienced with your reiki session in a few sentences. Simply stated, my gut feeling about your experience is that you had a practitioner who had demonic influence in their life. You opened your heart to recieving what they had to offer and there was a supernatural transaction which took place. I can see this as a theme of what happened to you as well as the related story you had a link to. In the related story can you not sense the practitoners SELFishness getting in the way of true Spirit-wrought works? I for one, as a born again Christian, would have my focus upon Christ, his love, atonement, and the work he does to bring back the spirit within us to life as a safety net. I would reccomend that you read "The Spiritual Man" - by Watchman Nee. He gives great detail and breaks down information so it is easier to digest. Sometimes when studying the Old Testament and New Testament in english translations we sometimes get in a habit of reading over things rhetorically and think that soul & spirit are the same thing. When people talk, sometimes they speak about soul, spirit, or heart interchangeably but they are very specific and seperate things. In the fallen nature of man, the flesh has dominion over the soul and the spirit has not recieved quickening by the Spirit - the life of Christ. If we kill our flesh by not living in the desires of the , we walk in the spirit. The flesh has lusts (desires) that are contrary to the Spirit and the spirit even lusts (has desires) that are contrary to the flesh. If anyone is interested I really recommend that book. It talks about many good things and has helped me make sense out of supernatural encounters I've had when I was heavily enntrenched in sin in my life. So basically, the vessel that was trying to bring healing to you was not a purified vessel. They attracted demonic activity to the session, I speculate, because of sin or strongholds in their own life. And if you are not hedged about with protection from the Father of Lights...I'm sorry to say you experienced whatever they opened the door to. Rei - universal - ki energy. So far I have concluded that it may be the Father's will and good intention in pure-hearted vessels to work through this way and break through the strongholds of sectarianism (sects/division is a work of the flesh) in dogmas and doctrines that in some circles that say ALL supernatural is from the devil and the power works of the Holy Spirit in the days of the Apostles are not meant for today. I disagree with this concept and if by the indwelling Spirit in a believer, if God draws a person who pureheartedly seeks Reiki as a way to reach lost sheep and Glorify Christ Jesus as an expression of the Gift of the Spirit - healing - then so be it. I shall not judge so I shall not be condemned on this. However...judging and discernment are two different things  Love and good thoughts to you all! Sincerely, Hayden Post edited by: hbirch2580, at: 04/11/2008 15:47 |
