by Laurelle Shanti Gaia
I have received many questions about Karuna Reiki® from those
who wonder about the concept of multiple Reiki practices and
their purpose and intent, as well as, questions regarding
the differences between Karuna and Usui Reiki. In this article
I share with you my personal experiences of Karuna Reiki.
I was a little skeptical of a new system, after all Usui Reiki
is the love of God and it has transformed my life, why would
I need anything else? My inner guidance told me, for over
a year, this new system was not for me.
Then one day I was almost driven to pursue it.
I feel
that all things on this planet are evolving, including Reiki.
It was my diligent use of Usui Reiki daily,
for many years, that strengthened my inner guidance to the
point that I feel my powers of discernment are very keen.
I was guided to study Karuna Reiki and I for this I am eternally grateful.
Knowing that Reiki is evolving; it seems right to
me that something as powerful as Reiki, which facilitates
such wonderful healing experiences and manifests so purely
in the form of unconditional love, would itself find ways
to help us continue to grow. As we grow and heal with Reiki,
our vibration changes, and we become more infused with light.
In this lighter state of being we benefit from higher vibrational
energies. We are not yet able to infuse the full light of
the Universe into our beings. I am open to energies that assist
in bringing me closer to this as a reality. For me Karuna
Reiki was the next step.
So, how is Karuna Reiki different from Usui Reiki?
When receiving Usui Reiki:
I feel relaxed, peaceful and very open to Divine Guidance.
Usui Reiki increases my awareness of the way God works in
my life. Usui Reiki, is my connection to the highest and most
holy spiritual energies. Usui Reiki is unconditional Love.
Usui Reiki is gentle and peaceful, but very powerful. Usui
Reiki is a conduit for Karuna Reiki to flow through.
When receiving Karuna:
My first impression was, Karuna Reiki is very serious, let's
get down to business energy. Karuna Reiki energy goes very
deep, gently, but quickly. I find myself vibrating at a rapidly
increasing rate, I feel like I am more light than I am flesh.
The first few times I received a Karuna treatment I felt myself
rise out of my body, and I was taken into the symbols used.
One repeated occurrence has been that I have seen flashes
of traumatic experiences in this life, and from other times.
They appear before me as if I am looking through a picture
window. The image briefly comes into focus so I am clear on
what I am seeing, and then a beam of white and gold light
pierces the images and shatters them into zillions of pieces,
which immediately become pure light. When I had these experiences
I also felt and at times saw physical releases within my body.
I also experienced deep physical and emotional healing.
Without going into the details of my personal healing issues,
let me say that Karuna has been as profoundly transformational
for me as Usui Reiki , and I feel that it has come into my
life to assist me in my growth. In this sense they are the
same, but I wasn't ready for Karuna 8 years ago, I was ready
for Usui Reiki. Usui Reiki helped me in countless ways, and
it still does each day. Karuna Reiki has proven to be equally
beneficial, just in other ways on other levels.
Another thing I would like to share is how multi-dimensional
Karuna feels to me. I feel it working simultaneously on the
emotional, mental and physical bodies, and it has shown me
layers in my energy field and within my consciousness that
go beyond anything I can intellectually comprehend.
Karuna Reiki takes me to that space beyond form, color, time
and sound that just cannot be described within the constraints
of words except perhaps, the purest sense of peace, and total
love I have ever felt.
Those words don't even do it justice.
I have had sensations of Karuna Reiki reaching into other
times, connecting with karmic issues, and flashing through
incarnations linking them and bringing the related lessons
to my conscious awareness, and offering me the opportunity
to transmute it in the moment. So in this sense, I feel it
very gracefully transcends time and space on many levels simultaneously.
I have also used Karuna Reiki to do spirit release work with
land. I shared this story in the Winter 96 issue of Reiki
News. The power Karuna Reiki offers for this type of work
is unlimited.
Giving a Karuna Treatment: The process of giving a treatment
is very similar to giving an Usui treatment. I however, feel
a clearer connection to my guides, and have been introduced
to other spiritual beings that I did not have knowledge of
before Karuna. My clairvoyance has increased since working
with Karuna.
The healing that has taken place in my life since I began
teaching Karuna has been my greatest blessing. I am just beginning
to learn the far reaching potential Karuna has for healing
our individual families, segments of society, the human family,
and all creation. I feel the true power of Karuna is just
beginning to unfold.
In the Light of the Creator...We See Only Love
Laurelle Gaia is the founder of the Infinite Light Healing
Studies Center of Sedona, AZ, and Dir. of Teacher Licensing for the International
Center for Reiki Training. Laurelle can be reached via email
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