There is some studies on this method... I am in the medical field... I have seen pain go away from a child who has the warmth of his mothers hands on him... many times...
http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/.../healing-touch
http://nccam.nih.gov/news/camstats/2...survey_fs1.htm
The goal of Healing Touch is to purposefully use the energetic interaction between the Healing Touch practitioner and the patient to restore harmony to the patient's energy system.
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Originally Posted by trainedobserver
That just simply is not true. Where are the studies that show this sort of thing works? There aren't any that I know of. My personal studies and experience of many years has proven to me that "laying on of hands" and other such healing practices simply do not work. In fact there are studies that show that praying for people doesn't actually work. See the Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP)
The real point I'd like to make is that promoting, encouraging, or validating Scientology in any way whatsoever ignores the true origin, history, and facts about Scientology that have come to light in recent years and is my view a highly irresponsible and dangerous thing to do.
No Haitian will be "healed" through Scientology or any other pseudo-science or woo-woo. They'll be healed by trained medical professionals applying proven medial science. Praying for the people in Haiti only effects the person praying and it does so by presenting the illusion of actually doing something useful. The truth is that the situation will only respond to practical solutions and methods.
Doctors, Firemen, EMTs, Structural Engineers, Logistics experts, ... these are the kinds people that are needed in Haiti. Haiti will have to completely rethought and rebuilt, a truly monumental task is ahead of them. I sincerely hope that the people of Haiti are not further victimized by opportunistic organizations like the Church of Scientology in the process but they undoubtedly will. |