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Summary: REVIEW BASED ON THE MOVIE BASED ON THE BOOK
Review: AS A SERVANT PASTOR IN MY LOCAL CHURCH, I AM INVOLVED IN THE INTERCESSORY PRAYER MINISTRY AND BELIEVE IN THE LAYING ON OF HANDS AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. I AM WELL AWARE THAT GOD HAS GIFTED SOME WITH THE GIFT OF HEALING AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THOSE WITH THE GIFT TO COME FORWARD AND SHARE THIS GIFT WITH THE WORLD AS THAT IS WHY IT WAS GIVEN. THE ONLY GLORY THAT SHOULD BE GIVEN GOES TO JESUS CHRIST WHO BY HIS STRIPES AT CALVARY SET UP THE GIFT OF HEALING. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GIFT AND USE IT AT ANY EXPENSE TO YOURSELVES WILL BE BLESSED MANY TIMES OVER AS LONG AS YOU GIVE THE FATHER GLORY! ONCE AGAIN DO NOT HIDE THIS GIFT BECAUSE YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT! I WILL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHY AND HOW YOU MAY HAVE COME TO HAVE THIS GIFT IF YOU PROMISE TO USE IT FOR THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER. MAY GOD BLESS YOU SO ABUNDANTLY AS YOU USE HIS GIFT TO YOU TO HELP OTHERS IN NEED.
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Summary: Mixed bag: Useful & interesting, but also tedious & myopic
Review: As a student of hands-on healing techniques, I particularly appreciate the how-to section, in which Dean provides instruction for those of us who are not as "spontaneously gifted" as he in some of the techniques he uses for self-healing and healing others.
Dean's personal journey is also interesting and the stories of his success with people who have no more to hope for from the medical establishment are inspiring.
However, much of the book reads like a long, tiresome self-agrandizement, and he makes it sound as though he is the only true healer among energy and laying-on-of-hands healers, and the rest are simply non-professionals with no real ability.
Brugh Joy, M.D., Barbara Ann Brennan, Rosalyn Bruyere, Janet Mentgen and thousands of certified Healing Touch practitioners, Reiki healers and others work within hospitals and other professional health care settings and have been scientifically documented to have a beneficial effect on patients, contrary to the impression Kraft gives. Many massage therapists do hands-on healing as a part of their practices, and they often get results far beyond what can be explained by the benefits of massage alone.
It is disturbing to hear the many, many anecdotal stories, several of them among these reviews, in which Kraft or his wife appear to turn a deaf ear and a cold heart to desperate people begging for help or hope. It is completely understandable that Kraft cannot see everyone who wants his help, but it would be easy enough for him and his wife to refer patients seeking hands-on healing to a registry of certified healers, even if the referral included a caveat that Kraft does not endorse any other healing technique, but only provides the referral as a possible source of help because he is unable to see the patient.
Kraft's instruction section has given me a technique or two to add to my toolbox, but overall his hand-placement regimen is very similar to basic Reiki and to Healing Touch's chakra balancing routine. His instruction to spend 10 to 20 minutes in relaxation and preparation before touching a patient may well be an important element many healers overlook.
I intend to try Kraft's technique of using the infinity symbol (a figure 8 on its side), which is very similar to what I do by placing my hands on each side of the person's body and gently allowing my energy to ebb and flow back and forth between them, "washing" the body parts with healing energy as it passes through.
Dean's visualization techniques and his strong encouragement to acquire and use medical texts and to ask for a medical history from the patient also are suggestions many healers probably would do well to follow. Some healers seem to believe using intuition is better than simply asking the patient what is already known about the condition. While many healers, Kraft included, develop better intuitions than we had before we started healing, not to look at X-rays and other medical reports, and not to take advantage of the patient's knowledge is to ignore valuable information.
A curious aspect of Kraft's technique is his repeated discussion of how healing can drain him of his energy and leave him depleted. Both Healing Touch and Reiki instruction teaches the practitioner how to use "universal" energy for the healing, letting it flow through the healer without depleting the life force necessary to continue working and even living. Most of us who use that technique feel energized after a healing session, rather than depleted, as Kraft says he does.
Overall, the book is a valuable contribution to the literature of hands-on healing, but despite his assertion that he wants to promote the practice and encourage thousands of people to do what he does, Kraft gives the impression he believes all other healers are charletons and non-professionals, when nothing could be further from the truth.
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Summary: A TOUCH OF HOPE
Review: Bonjour,
veillez m'excuser si je vous écris en français, mais je n'ai pas un bon anglais.
Voici ma situation, j'ai un enfant qui a des défficiences aux niveau des cellules du cerveau, et j'aimerai rentrer en contact avec DEAN et ROCHELLE KRAFT pour peut être me déplacer aux Etat Unis pour les rencontrer.
Je n'ai pas trouvé de site internet à leur nom. Pouvez vous me dire si ils en ont un.Mille merci d'avance
Patrick
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Summary: A TOUCH OF HOPE
Review: Bonjour,
veillez m'excuser si je vous écris en français, mais je n'ai pas un bon anglais.
Voici ma situation, j'ai un enfant qui a des défficiences aux niveau des cellules du cerveau, et j'aimerai rentrer en contact avec DEAN et ROCHELLE KRAFT pour peut être me déplacer aux Etat Unis pour les rencontrer.
Je n'ai pas trouvé de site internet à leur nom. Pouvez vous me dire si ils en ont un. Mille merci d'avance
Patrick
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Summary: Touch of Hope
Review: I did not read the book, but I did watch the movie last night, and was very touched and amazed. I was hoping to find a email address for Dean Kraft. My son has ADHD, and I was hoping to get any thoughts from Dean. I hope someone can help me on where to reach Dean. Thank you.
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Summary: Touch of Hope
Review: I did not read the book, but I did watch the movie last night, and was very touched and amazed. I was hoping to find a email address for Dean Kraft. My son has ADHD, and I was hoping to get any thoughts from Dean. I hope someone can help me on where to reach Dean. Thank you.
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Summary: No Hope From Dean
Review: I first watched a story about dean kraft in 1992 on tv. I then got his address from tv and wrote him. His office sent me back a couple of books and information about him and his phone number. At that time he had two offices, one in Beverly Hills California and one in New York. I called his office and left a message on his answering machine. Believe it or not his wife Rochelle called me a year later. She then asked me my problem and discussed my case with Dean Kraft. She called me back and said I was better speaking with his sister. I got her phone number and called her but never made an appointment. I know he can help many people and I would like to see him for my problem. My head for some reason races very fast and makes me talk fast. I have taken every test and tryed medications. I have lived with this for over eight years, and I know he is the only one who could cure me. If anyone has his office number or his sisters number please email me at abr5@aol.com. I would fly out there as soon as possible. Thank You Adam Roth
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Summary: you can't change your time
Review: I just finished watching the movie "touch of hope" on lifetime and I was left with feelings of negativity. Surely his story sounds promising and moving but beneath the hope there is an incentive to make money. If Kraft's miracles were true he would aid and help everyone without asking for money. A true healer's intention is to help and cure not to find ways to milk people. I would support his attempts if his gifts were not used as means of collecting money. It's a shame that many people regain hope for health and happiness and fall into this trap. If you have lost hope do not search for it in the hands of others, the only place you can find it is in yourself. The life you are given is marked by your ability to make the best of what you have. That is where you can find your happiness. It is unfortunate that many suffer but focusing on false solutions is a waste of the time you have left.
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Summary: This book has helped me find a way to a cure for my cancer
Review: I learned about Dean's book last year and was so inspired, as a Lymphoma patient whom is only 36 years old with 4 small children, I had very little hope left. After reading the book it gave me the courage and hope to try and alternative the traditional medical treatment I had been receiving over the last five years, that proved to be ineffective. Basically my doctors told me to that all they could do was PROLONG my life, however there was no CURE. Needless to say I was devastated, as my youngest baby is only two. I took the chance in seeting up an appointment with Dean Kraft, and have seen have every month for the last 7 months. My tumors are shrinking!!! My last Cat Scan looked great, and my doctors are baffeled!!!. I am currently under no other treatments, other than Dean's hands on healing. I take his book to bed with me every night and read a chapter as even though I have read it several times, it is my inspiration and continues to give me the hope and courage to fight this awful disease. Dean and Rochelle Kraft are true Angels from above, and I beleive anyone who suffers from a fatal disease MUST read this book, it will change the way you think about the power of beleiving, as it will also change your life. God Bless all, and Thank the dear Lord for Dean Kraft.
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Summary: Seeking Dean's help
Review: This book has given me hope that there could be an end to a seven year nightmare. I have a soon to be 10 year old boy (Jacob). When he was 3yrs.of age he was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor,astrocytoma optic glioma.He has undergone numerous treatments chemotherapy,radiation,and multiple surgery.The tumor has developed a cyst causing more problems. I beleive Dean Kraft could help Jacob and so does Jacob,he watch the movie on PAX TV. If anyone could help us in reaching Dean Kraft please email me at greese@niia.net.
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