Quantum Touch – Are You a Skeptic or a Believer?
June 15, 2009 by Gerber
Filed under Health, Personal Development
Lately I’ve been really surprised by the reactions some people have to alternative healing methods like Quantum Touch (QT) and Reiki. Some are skeptics who don’t believe anything outside their normal thinking patterns and some are absolute believers who can’t handle the criticism from other people. In this post I will go into my own experiences with QT and share some of the resources I found on the internet.
My Own Experience
I’ve been experimenting with Quantum Touch (QT) for some time now and the results so far look very promising. The breathing exercises have helped me to relax. I’ve also tried to help people with all kinds of pains (neck, back, head, arms, legs) and with most of them the pain stopped (if sometimes only temporarily). Nearly all of them experienced some sort of pain relief. I have done Reiki I and II, so that could have given me a head start in applying QT. In fact, I’ve heard from several people that QT can really strengthen your Reiki sessions.
What is Quantum Touch
QT was introduced by Richard Gordon in his book Quantum Touch: The Power to Heal. Richard Gordon tells us that being a healer doesn’t mean that you heal other people. People can only heal themselves. Or to quote Richard Gordon:
“A healer is someone who was sick and got well. A great healer is a healer who was really sick and got well quickly.”
You can’t heal someone else. You can only heal yourself. But you can help others with Quantum Touch.
I have only read the book, but I think it’s a great introduction to QT and it gives you many exercises to get you started. You can also attend QT workshops. If you just read the book passively, then you probably won’t get that much out of it. If you know yourself that well, maybe then attending a workshop could be the best thing for you. I’m still thinking of attending a workshop. It looks like a great way to practise with like-minded people.
If you’re not familiar with QT you can go to QuantumTouch.com or watch this interview with Richard Gordon and Beth Hilton.
Part 1
Part 2
Criticism
A few days ago I read a post about QT on a blog with the name Crap-Based Medicine. It’s one of the silliest posts I have ever read, but sometimes it’s good to have a look at what the critics have to say. It was very entertaining to read the comments on that post. Several people claim that an experiment by an 11 year old girl called Emily Rose (Wikipedia) is proof that things like Therapeutic Touch and QT don’t work. You have to be critical with alternative healing methods. I’m sure there is a bunch of crap out there. There are people out there taking advantage of others by making all kinds of ridiculous claims and asking ridiculous prices for sessions. But that does not mean that there aren’t any good alternatives to the traditional healing methods like taking medicines. And I think QT is a very good alternative.
Bottom Line
I don’t really care why QT works. All I can say is that I have had very good experiences with Reiki and QT and I’ve also heard great and inspirational stories from people that I trust whole-heartedly. I’m always open to new ideas, but I also like to take in the criticism to get a balanced view of a new idea. All things have their place. Traditional healing methods won’t disappear because of QT. They still have a lot of use. But so does QT. After experiencing QT for myself and taking in the criticism I like to see myself as a believer.
I would love to hear what you think about Quantum Touch. Let me know in the comments below.
Gerber
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If anyone is a skeptic, it is only because they are afraid to try something new or outside the box.
I’ve been teaching Reiki for nearly 12 years and Quantum-Touch for about 4 years. With Reiki, I really didn’t know what to expect. We would tell our students that it would reduce stress and help relieve pain. But then we started hearing stories about how it help people with a myriad of conditions.
Quantum-Touch only reaffirmed the ability to do healing work. For me, it has taken to a whole new level. I’ve seen a woman’s spine, deformed from scoliosis, and see it become virtually straight within 15 minutes. Even that blew me away. But, it is a testament ot the ability that we all have. We only have to learn to tap into this power and use it to help others and ourselves.
Hi Dave,
I agree! Most skeptics never try something new and then it is easy to say something does not work.
I have seen the results and know for myself that it works.
Amen brother!
I do have one quick question about Emily Rose’s experiment. Personally, because of the issues described, I wouldn’t give it much credence either regardless of the results. However, when it had such a devastating effect on the field, and the tests would be so easily performed again under more rigorous conditions, why then “to date, there is no published experimental replication or refutation of Emily’s original study. It presently stands alone as a test of TT practitioners’ raw ability to detect or manipulate an HEF.”?
If something that was so damaging at the time stands alone as the only test of TT, then why hasn’t it been studied further? If I were a big proponent, having peer reviewed experimental data that validates the claims I am making would be a huge asset and a benefit to all practitioners, as well as the people it could potentially help. And if I am such a proponent, I should be confident enough that the results of a rigorous double blind experiment would support my claims. So my question is, why hasn’t this been done?
Until that question is answered I find it very hard to trust the claims made by the practitioners (and I have tried it myself, as i am always one to try something new!), and I don’t think that’s an unreasonable position to take.