Karuna Reiki, the Reiki of Compassionate Action

Karuna is a word from Sanskrit that means compassion. The boddhisatva of compassion is referred to as the Maha-Karuna, or the sound that illumines the world. In Karuna Reiki (R), we bring in a system of eight healing symbolic energies that heal at the cellular level and, as such, bring us to a place where there is no "other" in our world.

Each person is a reflection of our journey. As we heal with our hearts, we see ourselves and our own journey in those around us.

I may feel joy at the election of a particular politician, but still know that I must connect with his opponent because part of my journey is reflected in his experience, the experience of loss.

The Karuna Reiki (R) system comes from the International Center for Reiki Training in Southfield, Michigan (URL: http://reiki.org/). The energies, however, originate in a time and place that predate that center. Some sources indicate that the energies were used in the originating Tera Mai or Tera Mai Seichim systems. Some say that they come from the sage Sai Baba. What I would say is that the energies take us to a very deep healing level extremely quickly, open, clear, fill with light, and bring us back before we, as the client, may even be aware of the process.

Karuna Reiki (R) is taught to those who have completed Reiki Master training at the practitioner level for the first eight symbols and the teacher level for the Master symbols of the system.

I first learned Karuna from Laurelle Gaia in Del Ray Beach, Florida. The energy seemed to make me feel connected to everyone around me on the street, on the plane, in the ocean, you name it. I felt what the ocean felt when we worked with the energy at sunrise; I felt a sense of "why not?" come over me that resulted in my having my first website created three days after I completed the course.

The changes in my life since learning this system have been profound: growing a practice, becoming a full-time practitioner and teacher two years later, opening an office two years after that, doubling the space two years after that. Growth has been the rule, rather than the exception as I have moved forward on my healing path, the path of the boddhisatva, one who helps lead others to enlightenment.

Over the past year, I have learned compassionate action for my own journey, that I need to receive as well as give, to have quiet time as well as activity. That is part of the healing path: to be whole as you walk in support of others and ourselves.

I am in the middle of teaching Karuna Reiki with Patricia Bonnard this week and am finding the class very healing from a personal perspective, since I really needed this energy once again myself. There will be another Karuna Reiki Practitioner and Master class next month. You can see the link above for more information or our calendar at http://reikicenter.info/calendar.htm#karuna1.