{"id":11573,"date":"2013-05-04T10:28:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-04T14:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=11573"},"modified":"2026-07-19T21:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T04:01:19","slug":"reiki-master-writes-to-lighthouse-trails-says-lt-has-it-all-wrong-about-reiki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/reiki-master-writes-to-lighthouse-trails-says-lt-has-it-all-wrong-about-reiki\/","title":{"rendered":"Reiki Master Writes to Lighthouse Trails: Says LT Has it All Wrong About Reiki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sir,<\/p>\n<p>I stumbled across your website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/reiki.htm\">http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/reiki.htm<\/a> and feel strongly you have not done enough research on the topic to understand what Reiki is or is not.\u00a0 As a Reiki Master\/Teacher, I can understand why you are saying what you are in the video [see video below], but this appears to be on one person\u2019s teachings; therefore, I am going to briefly describe it and lead you to websites that I hope will provide you with a better understanding of what it is and is not.<\/p>\n<p>For one thing the person in the video is citing one source of teaching and one person\u2019s experience that could be questionable of her own psychological well-being just as there are bad Christian occult organizations, there are some bad Reiki teachings and practitioner\u2019s, but please \u00a0do not classify them all as the same.\u00a0 Reiki is scientifically proven and follows more closely to traditional Chinese Medicine where it follows energetic meridian lines to work and allows the person being worked on freedom and to follow their own beliefs and not the practitioners.\u00a0 Reiki is religiously neutral and practitioners are not asked to change any religion or spiritual beliefs they may have and is free to believe anything one chooses and is encouraged to 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underline;\">http:\/\/www.christianreiki.org\/info\/BishopsStatement\/ResponseToBishopsStatement.htm<\/span><\/a> should you have difficulty opening the document.<\/p>\n<p>The following is a Christian website regarding Reiki at <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20241204090907\/https:\/\/www.christianreiki.org\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/www.christianreiki.org\/<\/span><\/a> and feel this will help you to have a better understanding from a religious perspective which will also lead you to the last two websites I provided.<\/p>\n<p>My recommendation is you contact William Lee Rand to learn more about Reiki at the following website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reiki.org\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/www.reiki.org\/<\/span><\/a>, as I feel the websites I am providing will give you a clearer understand of what Reiki is and is not, as it is clear you are basing your information on one person.<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend you 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