Healing with the terminally ill, can mean the difference between a peaceful passing and a painful traumatic one. Many of you will probably feel that there is very little point in giving healing to someone who is going to die. Apart from making them feel more comfortable and at peace with themselves, miracles can happen.

My own father was diagnosed with cancer and given only a month to live.  He died some four years later. He had seen a spiritual healer and throughout his illness was never in any pain and was at peace with himself and the world. At the end there was no need for hospitalisation or drugs and he died peacefully at home.

Many people who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness are very frightened and their biggest fear is that of dying itself. Healing helps on all levels, mind, body and spirit. So by giving someone who is terminally ill, healing, it can bring calm and peace emotionally so that the fear of dying fades, as well as helping with the physical problems of pain and discomfort. It has been known for healing to  eliminate the illness completely,  but you must always remember that Reiki and Spiritual Healing is not a miracle cure, but the healing will always help in some way.

More and more hospices are now using complimentary therapies such as Reiki. The medical profession in general need to open their eyes to complimentary therapies, especially for the terminally ill, instead of holding on to conventional medicine (as if their lives depended on it), as the only way to deal with illness.