#2 is a super common alternative. A colleague of mine was suffering from late-stage lupus and was told he had X years to live. Well, X+10 years later and he con

#2 is a super common alternative. A colleague of mine was suffering from late-stage lupus and was told he had X years to live. Well, X+10 years later and he continues to live (though dementia continued to get worse and he became less and less able to tackle basic life tasks), so he attributes these things to the Reiki healing techniques he's applied in his life despite being a normally very scientific person. I can't begrudge a guy like that - whatever brings him comfort as he nears the end of his life is fine with me.