Part 10 - The Future of Health
Throughout this exploration of energy care, we've aimed to provide clear, evidence-based insights into its potential. We believe that energy medicine deserves a pragmatic approach, one that acknowledges both its strengths and limitations. Below is a summary of our reflections.
Chapter 10.1 - Why Ignore Effective Solutions?
Energy medicine is often dismissed as pseudoscience by the international scientific community. Yet, when practiced in harmony with Western diagnostics and treatments, energy therapies can be profoundly effective, and at the very least, they are harmless. Given its proven ability to alleviate pain and reduce reliance on medications, it should be accessible to more people.
Energy therapies prioritize listening, emotional support, and attention to the whole person—traits often missing in conventional medical settings. As mental health issues continue to rise globally, the psychological benefits of energy work are becoming increasingly important. Energy treatments should be used before more invasive solutions like prescription drugs, offering a non-invasive alternative that prioritizes the well-being of the patient.
Moreover, the growing presence of Reiki in American hospitals has demonstrated its value in shortening hospital stays and improving recovery times. This is not only a health benefit but also an economic one, helping overburdened healthcare systems save costs. In light of the hospital crisis, energy therapies should be recognized for their health and economic benefits.
Chapter 10.2 - Ego, Inquiry, and the Limits of Modern Medicine
We talked about modern medicine’s excellence, that it is very effective, very sophisticated and yet powerless on several levels, including time spent on patients, which results in a lack of consideration of the holistic body. Energy medicine and modern practices, preventive and curative, can stand together to create a style of healing that is fluid, inexpensive and sometimes self-administered.
To truly grow, as a person and as a society, we need to ask questions and explore. If society weren't so focused on conflicts, money, and ego, and if new solutions weren't dismissed or hidden just because they challenge our views, healing could be much more accessible and successful.
It's time to embrace greater humility and discernment. This isn't about admitting we were wrong—conventional medicine is remarkable—but rather acknowledging that we don't have all the answers and that other approaches can be both relevant and necessary. What if we set aside our egos and chose to come together? This call to let go of ego applies to everyone—doctors, caregivers, scientists, Western practitioners, you, and me. It's fundamental to our humanity, our evolution, and to reshaping our world for a better future for all.
“We are not in competition with doctors, nor are we trying to compete with them. We simply have different skills that can coexist and complement each other. [...] It is crucial for a magnetizer to be grounded, stable, and to have done personal work, to be able to question themselves, and to completely let go of their ego. Those who see themselves as all-powerful gurus, think they are doctors, or view this as just a business are on the wrong path.” Jean-Luc Bartoli, quoted in “The Mystery of Healers - An investigation at the frontier of medicine” by Audrey Mouge, published by La Martinière, 2013, p.18.
Chapter 10.3 - Hope and Love: The Core of Energy Medicine
Energy therapies channel a universal flow to prevent and to cure. They also draw on a strength that is too often neglected, forgotten or even despised by conventional medicine. This power is however free, infinite and oh-so efficient too. It is based in benevolence, empathy, compassion and understanding. In a word, it is love. Energy therapies are medicine full of love and intention that works on the deepest levels, from the psyche to the physical.
All the energy practices that we have identified are based on the transmission and circulation of energy but also on listening, consideration, trust, intention, and sharing. They also appeal to our fundamental, universal values. They put energy at the center of the healing process. The patient and practitioner walk together, creating a solid and reassuring relationship. The main thing is to be in touch with those who suffer, to accompany them, to strengthen their confidence and hope, their vitality and their ability to share love.
Chapter 10-4 - At the Edge of Change
At Luminara, we position ourselves as delighted, informed and ever-curious explorers of the energy therapy territory: without judgment, without preconceptions, with a healthy and benevolent curiosity anchored in our body, heart and soul.
The enthusiasm of practitioners and their clients, the development (both in number and quality) of energy therapies, their success and the relative letting go of Western medicine out of pure practical pragmatism, opens up promising new perspectives. In our opinion, this is not an ephemeral trend on the personal development market or an effect of some New Age marketing. On the contrary, we are convinced that we have arrived at a new era of care.
The notable improvement at the start of the 21st century is that these therapies are starting to talk to each other. There is resonance and synergy, and they sometimes even share a common language. We have moved from the reign of confrontation and distrust, to that of more or less peaceful cohabitation. More and more connections are being established: acupuncture, Reiki, reflexology, hypnosis, yoga... These practices are helping to promote peaceful coexistence among different peoples and cultures.
The combination of the two systems, the practice of a true global, holistic and integrative medicine, would greatly facilitate the application of the popular saying “prevention is better than cure” for the benefit of all humanity. Better integration of energy practices into care pathways would imply better health management through prevention, therefore reducing the costs of the current curative health model, which are only increasing.
Luminara has decided with humility and intention to do our part. We place ourselves, modestly but firmly, in the history of energy practice by trying to understand it, promote it and democratize it. We feel it is our mission to forge links, provide a place for reflection and bridges between cultures, health practices and our different perceptions of the world.
Very concretely, we start from the observation that there are too many medical deserts in our countries. Telemedicine is exploding, as 34% of adults in the U.S. prefer telemedicine over traditional in-person visits to the doctor, with a higher preference noted among younger adults, where 45% of those aged 18 to 44 prefer telemedicine (BioMed Central) (American Psychiatric Association).
Luminara was founded to make legitimate and vetted energy treatments accessible to everyone, everywhere. Relying on the fact that these practices can be handled remotely, Luminara has selected excellent practitioners who offer their treatments via an online experience designed to offer maximum efficiency.
More broadly, we envision the creation of countless bridges between different forms of medicine, advocating for more scientific research, better communication, increased training for therapists, greater oversight, and less dogmatism. Above all, we call for greater attention to the powers of the mind and consciousness, and a deeper respect for individual beliefs. This is a vast field of exploration—philosophical, neurological, and perhaps even metaphysical. In essence, we promote a new approach to healing: combinatory, holistic, integrative, bold, confident, and filled with love. A dynamic and universal medicine that, like energy, flows, vibrates, and finds balance.
Finally, in our world faced with countless challenges and complex civilizational issues, we remain optimistic, believing that our suffering humanity has both the desire and the capacity to overcome them. We even believe that humanity is an exceptional patient! In the sense described by Bernie Siegel: a rare, creative, and courageous patient who takes control of their life and manages to defy even the darkest prognoses.
Because we believe in both reason and the power of the spirit, in love, intelligence, and human kindness amidst an anxiety-inducing environment, Luminara is more determined than ever to spread the incredible potential of energy, holistic, and integrative medicine. Perhaps because the world is precisely waiting for this to find peace: for us to finally be capable of unleashing the most noble qualities of our species.
The time is now.
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The Luminara team ✨