Is it possible to pick up individual thoughts from people nearby because I have had experiences where I have heard a comment from but I wasn't sure whether it was verbally said. It tends to be very direct comments people could normally think but keep to themselves in situations where I have never met or know the person. I'm just trying to decide whether it is a psychic issue or just that I have met rude people

Thanks for the response Silent.  I agree in regards to feeling uncomfortable myself about charging people for reiki although I paid for the 1st and 2nd level attunements I do fully accept that they gave me something that wasn't there before the attunements. I didn't have any beliefs regarding spiritual healing as I didn't even have an interest in that area and I took the attunements as a way of working on and hopefully clearing my own personal issues. Just to clarify  I would say my question refers whether there will be a greater interest in spirituality in the general population who currently dismiss or ridicule such things, and will reiki play a part in all that.  And just for the record, I'm in no way a new ager just someone who is open minded

Ok. I think that a definite no, then Any more takers?

did they give you an indication of what type of healer you are? There are things out there such as reiki which operates as a hands on and there are plenty of books available on this subject. Also there is a lot on the internet which can be researched which may help you out.

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From all that I have read it seems to be a supposed raising of consciousness to a more spiritual level.

Yeah I just read about it myself. It doesn't sound too scientific or a serious study into the subject, the story also implicated that if the results are negative then obes are nothing but hallucinations??

Is it possible to increase the flow to a higher level by reusing this symbol during a healing?

A point I have considered is maybe those people who pick up new things almost through instinct, or those who are exceptionally gifted in certain areas, could they be tapping into previous life experience/knowledge which we all must aquire during the countless incarnations. This on the surface would make someone look like a genius or superhuman.


                                                                                             

Hi
    I read this recently and found it to be an interesting book which was easy to follow. There is another companion book called indestructible truth which I haven't read but would be happy to know if any others have read it. Both are written by Reginald A Ray.


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Just finished reading this one. Dealing with Chan Buddhism (chinese zen) and written by Chan Master Sheng Yen this book is an easy read and I liked the way it addresses stages within meditation. It isn't too heavy on dogma explaining more about the practice of retreat and meditation in a straightforward manner.


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Yeah, ET. I have been looking at the book you mentioned for a long time whenever i'm at the bookshop. I might get it eventually A lot of books explain emptiness in the form of an analogy like "See form as a reflection in a mirror." Fair enough to understand an analogy but a reflection cannot be touched or felt so that produces more questions. I'm beginning to amass a lot of buddhist books because of all the questions

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Thanks Gillian,
                   I will have a look. Reading about Buddhism does raise a lot of questions which never seem to be fully answered. Maybe its because it deals with issues outside conceptuality

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Can anyone recommend any Buddhist books that give a comprehensive study on emptiness? Most of the books i have read do discuss emptiness but they seem to skirt over a really detailed discussion of the subject. Yet this seems to be one of the most important concepts to understand within Buddhism.

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Hiya,
 Can anyone help. I have been attuned to reiki 1+2 and after the first attunment I see a light in the sides of my vision field which wasn't there before. I can only generally see it if my room is dark and if I close my eyes and rotate my head left to right I can see a light effect similar to waving a light source in the dark. I can also make this light grow brighter by meditating or relaxing. Is this the beginning of auric vision because I cannot see light around other objects or people, only around my head.

Thanks, Tom. I was considering that some people may be uncomfortable with hands being layed on them (Personal space) and this looked like a good alternative for those people.