One of my many correspondents asked if there were any principles that could be applied to healing modalities like Reiki, Dar’ Shem, Quantum Touch etc., that come under the heading of energy work. This is the gist of the letter I sent in reply, with matters personal to the correspondent deleted. I hope it will be of interest, though it only skims the surface of an immensely deep subject.

There is a child's prayer that lots of people used. It begins, “Now I lay me down to sleep.”

One of my many correspondents asked if there were any principles that could be applied to all healing modalities like Reiki, Dar’ Shem, Quantum Touch etc., that come under the heading of energy work. This is the gist of the letter I sent in reply, with matters personal to the correspondent deleted. I hope it will be of interest, though it only skims the surface of an immensely deep subject.

There is a child's prayer that lots of people used. It begins, "Now I lay me down to sleep." If a person understands thoroughly the difference between the I and the me in that line, and identifies with the I instead of with the me, they are not far from enlightenment.