All living things produce bioelectricity. This life force is what is referred to as ki or
chi in Asian Energy Medicine. To understand bioenergy it is useful to first know how energy waves behave
and how bioenergy compares with them.
There are many different kinds of energy waves. They differ in length and speed travelled. An energy wave
consists of an electric field and a magnetic field at right angles to each other and both at right
angles to the direction the wave is travelling. The number of waves formed in one second is called the frequency
and the distance the energy travels (at the speed of light = 2.9989 x 10^8 meters/second) during one oscillation is
its wavelength. The higher the frequency, the shorter the wavelength and the lower the frequency the longer
the wavelength.
Electromagnetic radiation spans an enormous range of frequencies. The shortest, Gamma Rays, are a tenth
of a billionth of a millimeter long and vibrate sextillions of times per seconds. Belonging to this group of waves
are x-rays and the shortest type of ultra-violet rays. The next largest group includes energy that
can be seen by the human eye. This band of visible light vibrates hundreds of trillions of times per second.
Microwave frequency is measured in gigahertz or megahertz at millions and billions of cycles per second. At the
lowest end of this spectum are ELF waves or Extremely Low Frequencies which vibrate
at 10 hertz. It is these same ELF waves or alpha waves (.025 volts per centimeter) that are produced by the human
body. This electric field is what is recognized as the bioelectric field. For more information on bioelectric
fields, I recommend that you read The Body Electric by Robert Becker MD and Gary Selder.
How does the body produce this boielectric field? There are several factors involved in this process. One factor
seems to be the human pineal gland. This small gland, located in the center of the brain, is responsible for the
production of melatonin, seratonin, and two neurohomones that assist in controlling the bio-cycles
in the body including the bioelectric field. A symbiotic relationship occurs within the body because research groups
have proven the magnetic field of the body also in turn influences the functioning of the pineal gland.
Another factor in the human bioelectric field is due to neuroepidermal junction P-N diodes. Bones contiain
P-N junction diodes (Wolff's Law of Growth and Regeneration). These diodes emit electrical energy. The human skin
also contains P-N junction diodes used in triggering regeneration of skin which produce current emmissions of light and
energy from the skin. This emmission is the biofield energy in humans. This bioelectricity is also called chi or ki
energy; the human life force.
So how does a Reiki practitioner channel energy? There is reason to believe that people who are considered to
be "gifted healers" are exceptionally good conductors of this energy and that they generate supportive electromagnetic
effects which they then convey to their patients.
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