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Transform your Life with Reiki
by Anil
Bhatnagar. Penguin Books, New Delhi. Pages
336. Rs 250.
 Reiki is believed
to be a Japanese system of hands-on healing, but the author
believes that this system was practised in India ages ago and
was lost till it was rediscovered in Japan towards the end of
the 19th century.
Anil Bhatnagar,
himself a Reiki master, describes how he was introduced to Reiki
and how he finally dedicated his life to it, giving up a job
with SAIL, which he had held for 21 years. He now delivers
lectures on Reiki and subjects like spiritual growth, time
management, interpersonal communication, yoga, pranayama and
meditation. To him Reiki is not just a healing therapy, it is a
way of life, a method of energy healing which can bring
all-round growth and development. He believes that Reiki can
transform your personality, your relationships, your emotional
life, and your creativity. He describes this healing system
which works on the notion that human problems and diseases stem
from the illusion of separateness, and asserts that Reiki
restores the lost connection with the oneness around us. The
Reiki master elucidates how to start, how to go through the
early sessions, how different positions of the hands work, and
how to integrate Reiki with other medical treatment.
The catch,
however, lies at the very beginning. In small print, like the
warning on packets of cigarettes, is the caution that the
contents of this book should not be treated as a substitute for
professional medical help. The second warning is that the
ability to heal yourself or others cannot be gained only by
reading this book, or by watching demonstrations or listening to
lecture tapes. You need a bona fide Reiki master for this
purpose. The author and the publisher do not accept liability
for any damage resulting directly or indirectly from its
application.
This certainly
cannot be called an incentive to those who feel inclined to
repose their faith in this system. After this warning, one may
not even feel like going through the book.
Handy
Feng-Shui Solutions to Day-to-Day problems
by Rakkhi
Sameer. Rupa and Company, New Delhi. Pages 64. Rs. 195.
 Success in life, a
worthwhile job, more money, love and happiness are some of the
attainments that every human being longs for. Here, in this
book, Rakkhi Sameer offers a simple Feng-Shui road to these
goals, which in effect amounts to little more than rearranging
the decor of your room, changing the colour of the dress that
you wear, placing a potted plant on your window sill, closing
one window and opening the other. Rakkhi Sameer assures you that
the flow of ‘chi’, ‘yang’ and ‘yin’ energies that
will thus pour into you and your house will do the rest.
If you are looking
a job, Feng-Shui tells you that you need more ‘yang’ and
should absorb more ‘chi’ energy. All you need to do to get
this is to place a bowl of fresh water in the eastern part of
your house, have tall plants, wooden furniture and decorate this
part of the house with bright green colour. Those looking for
wealth need ‘chi’ energy and should sleep with their heads
towards the south-west or south-east.
There are similar
tips for developing friendships, selecting partners, ensuring
peace in the house, dealing with difficult husbands or
mothers-in-law and your other day-to-day problems. And all this,
under the Feng-Shui scheme of things, involves processes as
simple as changing the colour of your dress or covering the
corners of your room with plants. Since these entail neither
great expense nor effort, you may give them a try, even if you
are not entirely convinced about their efficacy.
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THE
shift from a planned economy to a market economy has produced
several challenges which often look paradoxical. The consumer is
happy since he gets a wider choice and better products at
competitive rates. For those who control and manage the means of
production, the transition has often meant a departure from
established concepts and systems of management. In the absence of
any clear models of this transition, they have to experiment and
learn from experience. The effect of this transitional turmoil shows
itself clearly at the point of contract between the firm and the
consumer. Managers have to cope with competition and find ways to
derive advantage from a competitive market economy. The focus of the
author in this book is on creating value for the customer. He
chooses Indian examples to illustrate how it should be done in a way
that can be an incentive for others to try and achieve similar
results. The author, who is a practitioner-turned-academician,
strikes a workable balance between theory and practice and tries to
show Indian managers how to cope with global competition and the
challenge of creating Indian multinationals.
