| Nowadays, Reiki Christian treatments are a definite | | | | Reiki gives its practitioners a practical, easy outlet to |
| healing and cleansing option for those who might want | | | | express their compassion for others and through |
| them - even for those who belong to churches or | | | | which they can work to minimize the suffering of |
| institutions that are strict regarding their members' other | | | | others, if not end it altogether. This of course dovetails |
| affiliations, and who are thus wary of any possible | | | | very well with the Christian exhortation to be merciful, |
| conflicts that may arise between Reiki and the | | | | charitable and generous, and to follow in Christ's |
| Christian faith. | | | | footsteps when he healed the sick. |
| With the increase in popularity of Reiki around the | | | | Third, healing in Christianity is seen as a spiritual gift |
| world, and with people rapidly becoming convinced of | | | | from God, and this is quite similar to how Reiki |
| its many benefits, many people across different | | | | practitioners view what they do - Reiki practitioners |
| cultures and from different parts of the world are | | | | seek to open themselves up to divine life-force energy |
| beginning to consider Reiki as a real option - either as | | | | in order to channel this energy to heal themselves or |
| an add-on program to augment ongoing health | | | | other people. So Reiki Christian healing is not at all a |
| programs or as an actual substitute or replacement for | | | | contradiction in terms. And lastly, Reiki is not at all a |
| existing medical programs. Christians are among those | | | | religion; it is a technique that is designed to combat |
| groups that are discovering that Reiki is not at all | | | | stress and disease in order to improve one's life. Dr. |
| incompatible with their own set of beliefs. This is | | | | Usui, the founder of Reiki, fully intended it to be a |
| because Reiki has some characteristics that may be | | | | simple, easy to learn healing technique that just about |
| viewed as in support of Christian faith, or at least | | | | anyone from any faith whatsoever could use. Reiki is |
| which may be seen as points of congruence or | | | | completely neutral in the religious sense. It is not magic |
| agreement with Christian faith. Reiki is well within | | | | in any sense at all. Nor is Reiki a cult, as it does not |
| alignment of the proscriptions and strictures of the Holy | | | | have any religious bearing whatsoever. |
| Bible. | | | | These and other such points reduce Reiki's potential |
| For one, at its most basic, Reiki is a healing technique | | | | incompatiblies with the Christian faith and make it |
| that makes use of a laying on of hands, not dissimilar | | | | practicable for many Christians. So those in search of |
| to the techniques Jesus practiced, as mentioned in | | | | Reiki Christian healing can elect to go with Reiki without |
| Scripture, when he laid his hands on the sick and | | | | fear. But not only Christians - people of many other |
| healed them of their illnesses and conditions. Secondly, | | | | faiths may also be able to use Reiki without fear. |