Birgitta Noel Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 [url="http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?art_id=27130&vm_id=64"]This may be of interest....[/url]It just showed up in my inbox! Have a look.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezic Posted January 27, 2005 Author Share Posted January 27, 2005 Dr. Usui meditated for many days on a mountain. Not in a buddhist temple. They are right in the aspect that reiki does not have a spiritual congruence with Catholicism. it is a "form of secret knowledge". However, as a stark contrast in the light of the Gospel and the wisdom of Jesus Christ the entire concept takes on a different light as you ask God to heal the person while laying your hands. THe rest happens without conscious thought. The disciples did this quite often. Any spiritual value from the original system is negated by Christ and transformed to be a person is asking God for the healing of another individual. So yes, reiki as it is in the new age movement is very dangerous. Rename it and add God in and you have the first several hundred years of physician work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezic Posted January 27, 2005 Author Share Posted January 27, 2005 i like that article that you referenced. It is quite useful; however, it does not contain everything. This might not be the spot to critique it but i will add some stuff for discussion. after thinking about the argument i was going to make, it is obvious to me that the larger part of the new age movement is not how i see it. the stuff on reincarnation is also interesting. I do not think that is tied to the whole movement. It seems like the article did take a whole field of study and group it together as one thing. Kind of like protestants that don't understand the different parts and rites of the Catholic church. They tend to think that everyone is the same many times when really it is nothing like that. There are several different movements at work in the "new age". Many are wrong and bad and deal with stuff that is better left alone. I think that striving for a more perfect union with reality (like not materialistic western stuff) is not detrimental as long as it is done in perfect humility, prayer, and Christian meditation. Going into the spiritual aspects would certainly be bad. How many people really do that though? It might be that i only glimpsed inside and saw what i wanted to see. Any other inputs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 [quote name='jezic' date='Jan 26 2005, 04:20 PM'] How bout it? what do you think? [/quote] Can you define this a bit more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 well what about yoga? i know some practices of it are spiritually dangerous, but others are okay. i'm confused about this as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezic Posted January 27, 2005 Author Share Posted January 27, 2005 It depends how far you take it. yoga on a basic level is simply a form of exercise. It does not have to go deeper than that. Yoga is from the hindu culture. The spiritual part of it is dangerous because it follows much of the Hindu practices. At least at its deepest level, much is done like this. On a basic spiritual level even, it can be a simple mind body connection. I am not sure of the specifics on Church teaching. I would simply use common sense. You know God exists, don't let anyone tell you he doens't. Do not let go of the church doctrine and you are fine. That doesn't mean that all yoga classes and stuff are good, some teachers really stress the spiritual side. Much of the time you should stay away from them, but the simply practice isn't anything wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezic Posted January 27, 2005 Author Share Posted January 27, 2005 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Jan 27 2005, 02:28 PM'] Can you define this a bit more? [/quote] Well now we were talking about reiki a little bit and then some yoga now. If you mean defining energy medicine that is kind of difficult. Biofield therapy is specifically what i was referencing however, it might have been to specific. Energy medicine in general includes many so called "new age" therapies like reiki, healing touch, tai chi, actupunture, and others. If that helps some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiyoung Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 any time you take God out of the equation, it's a bad thing. or rather...when you exclude Him i suppose. acupuncture really isn't about God but it doesn't mean it worked independently of Him. acupuncture, as a part of my culture...i've gotta vouch for it. that stuff, and herbal medicine and stuff. God gave us these things, so i think we should use them as long as we do not do things in the name of anyone but God. i'm not making sense...it's 1:30 and i have school in the morning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezic Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 I understood what you were saying. I was just wondering how far down you had to look to find this thread. Maybe now though people will want to talk about it. I still wonder about it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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