ParsonsMatt
Alas, Tyranny
Bullshit, all of it.
Well, not all of it.
There is a very real placebo effect going on. The rest is bullshit.
Well, not all of it.
There is a very real placebo effect going on. The rest is bullshit.
Past life regressions and other new age stuff
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guitarguru777
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Go to the very bottom of this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiki
See how easy it is to falsify shit on Wikipedia
Granted that will probably only stay there a day or so, maybe only even a few hours. But citing Wikipedia is always a BAD idea.
EDIT:
Ahhh shit .. gone already ... go figure. Well it did say HI Jeff! for a few minutes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiki
See how easy it is to falsify shit on Wikipedia
Granted that will probably only stay there a day or so, maybe only even a few hours. But citing Wikipedia is always a BAD idea.
EDIT:
Ahhh shit .. gone already ... go figure. Well it did say HI Jeff! for a few minutes.
guitarguru777
Member
Whether its placebo effect or not, it is helping people deal with pain, stress, and other parts of their lives that cause them some form of irritation or uncomfortable feeling.
ParsonsMatt
Alas, Tyranny
Yeah, but it isn't real. IMO solving any problems is a far better way to reduce pain, stress, etc. than some mystical placebo bullshit.
GarethSE
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I generally believe in past lives.
On a molecular level, we are constantly being recycled. We have been many other things in many other times and places. When our current forms die, our purest molecular form will become parts of other things.
I dare say certain things could carry over between different forms, perhaps in unusually powerful way.
And as for Reiki, I'm not at all experienced or learned in the subject, but it seems you're just describing a state of mind which some would call enlightenment, others will call reiki, etc.
Being content to live in the calm little center, harvesting the energies which surround you and using them to imbue yourself with positivity and mental well-being, etc. It is all things I firmly believe in and I live my life accordingly.
I don't see how hard that is to believe though, or rather why it's swept aside as "spiritual bullshit" or "hippy crap" or whatever.
It's just a more descriptive way of saying if your mind is well your body will also be well.
On a molecular level, we are constantly being recycled. We have been many other things in many other times and places. When our current forms die, our purest molecular form will become parts of other things.
I dare say certain things could carry over between different forms, perhaps in unusually powerful way.
And as for Reiki, I'm not at all experienced or learned in the subject, but it seems you're just describing a state of mind which some would call enlightenment, others will call reiki, etc.
Being content to live in the calm little center, harvesting the energies which surround you and using them to imbue yourself with positivity and mental well-being, etc. It is all things I firmly believe in and I live my life accordingly.
I don't see how hard that is to believe though, or rather why it's swept aside as "spiritual bullshit" or "hippy crap" or whatever.
It's just a more descriptive way of saying if your mind is well your body will also be well.
guitarguru777
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So let me ask you this Matt,
If you had some communicable disease or ailment and were suffering, and your doctors say you can have treatment for your ailments but it comes with the cost of extreme pain, and suggested to you to do Reiki treatments in order to manage the pain. Would you not do it? Even it it were a "placebo" effect? Isn't it all perception? If your perception of the pain is lessened to some degree because of it wouldn't that mean that its doing what was intended? because of the treatment whether its actual pain reduction or just a perceived pain reduction, (rephrasing this section) ... Its still making the pain easier to deal / live with.
If you had some communicable disease or ailment and were suffering, and your doctors say you can have treatment for your ailments but it comes with the cost of extreme pain, and suggested to you to do Reiki treatments in order to manage the pain. Would you not do it? Even it it were a "placebo" effect? Isn't it all perception? If your perception of the pain is lessened to some degree because of it wouldn't that mean that its doing what was intended? because of the treatment whether its actual pain reduction or just a perceived pain reduction, (rephrasing this section) ... Its still making the pain easier to deal / live with.
guitarguru777
Member
Wen the fuck did you grow a brain? Im just Kidding!!
You hit the nail on the head brother.
Interesting stuff Guru and all, I'll look in to it - really, my feeling is it can't hurt, unless one chooses to forsake modern medicine in favor of it, or dwell on experiences in one's "past life" as the sources of problems in one's current life (rather than taking responsibility and addressing them for what they are) which is where I tend to get a bit skeptical
GarethSE
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It's all too easy to use it as a crutch, or it may seem that way.
Most I have met that have gotten into things such as this use their spiritual or esoteric beliefs to make themselves more well rounded people rather than less rounded, more reliant people.
Most I have met that have gotten into things such as this use their spiritual or esoteric beliefs to make themselves more well rounded people rather than less rounded, more reliant people.
drew_drummer
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Go to the very bottom of this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiki
See how easy it is to falsify shit on Wikipedia
Granted that will probably only stay there a day or so, maybe only even a few hours. But citing Wikipedia is always a BAD idea.
EDIT:
Ahhh shit .. gone already ... go figure. Well it did say HI Jeff! for a few minutes.
Dude... this actually just proves that citing Wikipedia is a pretty safe thing to do. You *know* there are anal nerd types out there who will correct erroneous information if it can be corrected.
Wikipedia is like the real-life Akashic records
drew_drummer
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guitarguru777
Member
And what Gareth said is really he point of it all. Reiki and PLR's are meant to help you understand why something is the way it is. Its not meant to be used as an excuse to continue doing the negative things you do.
PLR's in particular just are just ways to explain how your current life got to where it is. If someone chooses to use that and say "well I cant do this because of my past life" then they just don't "get it". PLR's are not excuses to be, act, or react a certain way. They are windows for you to see past mistakes / triumphs and use those to overcome your current obstacles.
PLR's in particular just are just ways to explain how your current life got to where it is. If someone chooses to use that and say "well I cant do this because of my past life" then they just don't "get it". PLR's are not excuses to be, act, or react a certain way. They are windows for you to see past mistakes / triumphs and use those to overcome your current obstacles.
drew_drummer
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guitarguru777
Member
Dude... this actually just proves that citing Wikipedia is a pretty safe thing to do. You *know* there are anal nerd types out there who will correct erroneous information if it can be corrected.
Wikipedia is like the real-life Akashic records
Yes but it still proves that if the over anal assholes dont agree with something, they are going to change it
Wikipedia is now without its own form of bias.
SocialNumb
Damn Christians!
Skinny Viking
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SocialNumb
Damn Christians!
drew_drummer
Dancefap
Skinny Viking
¯\(°_o)/¯ How do Lydian?
