Origin of the Karuna System of Reiki
- Developed by William L. Rand
- The symbols were channeled by several other Reiki masters including Marcy Miller, Kellie-Ray Marine, Pat Courtney, Catherine Mills Bellamont, and Marla Abraham.
- Rand used the symbols and found them to have value, but felt that they had greater potential than had previously been accessed.
- Meditation on them led him to develop the attunement process and to call the new system Karuna Reiki.
- Some of the symbols used in Karuna Reiki are used in other systems, but they do not have the same effectiveness or healing energies as in the Karuna system.
- Karuna Reiki energy is different than Usui Reiki, and most find Karuna to be more powerful.
- The energy of Karuna has a more definite feeling to it than Usui and works on all the energy bodies at the same time.
- Students report feeling that the energy surrounds them and the client as well as flowing through them.
- Karuna also has a grounding effect.
- Karuna practitioners often report experiences with their guides, angels, and higher self and feel the healing presence of other enlightened beings.