ADVANCED
KARUNA® REIKI METHOD

THE REIKI OF COMPASSION

«Compassion and pity are very different. While compassion reflects the heart’s desire to empathize and suffer with another, pity is a controlled set of thoughts aimed at ensuring our detachment from the one who suffers. Compassion is the spontaneous response of love; pity is the involuntary reflection of fear.» (Paul C. Roud)

Karuna is a Sanskrit term that can be translated as compassionate action. Compassion (from the Latin cum patior, meaning to feel together, to share in another's suffering) is a state of self-presence that is realized when the self is centered in the heart. Through the heart, the self recognizes itself as a whole, necessary, non-random, filled with infinite resources.

The heart-centered self feels like Love, Intelligence, and Energy. The aware self discovers it is limitless, in connection with the All, with every single aspect of the universe. Through the heart, the aware self becomes Karuna, compassionate action that is pure, radiant, fluid, and open.

Developing Karuna means walking a path in harmony with the universe’s evolutionary intent. Those who realize Karuna within themselves radiate this motivating quality to everything around them, contributing to the evolution of the All.

The Advanced Karuna® Reiki Method opens up the possibility of working in closer connection with all Highly Evolved Beings*, both those physically present and those present at other levels of energetic frequency. The Advanced Karuna® Reiki Method also opens up the opportunity to come into closer contact with Presence — the conscious, strong, loving, non-judgmental self (being-present-to-awareness).

Highly Evolved Beings here refer to forms of awareness that, due to their high degree of love and respect, do not interfere in any way with the individual paths of human beings. They do not appear as angels, nor reveal themselves as guides or sacred spirits in mediumship or automatic writing, nor do they offer advice or directions. They manifest at most as a vibration, deeply respectful of human free will.

«You Are That which you are seeking, and it is the very effort of searching for what you already Are that prevents you from knowing it. No effort, no searching, no winding path, no obstacle course. You already Are. You Are That which you seek. You Are That.»

(Dario Canil, Tu Sei Magia, Mondadori)

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KARUNA – THE POWER OF COMPASSION

«Even where you least expect it, where you open yourself to feeling, you can find color, beauty, and perfection. »

(Dario Canil, Tu Sei Magia, Mondadori)

Compassion is a feeling by which an individual internally perceives another’s suffering with a deep desire to alleviate it. It is a very high vibration because it represents the purest form of love. When you can authentically express compassion, you create an energetic field so bright and powerful that it becomes genuinely healing for you and anyone around you.

It is essential to allow compassion to be supported by the simultaneous development of other qualities of being: power and wisdom. Developing your strength involves taking care of yourself and your precious biological machine holistically: good physical exercise, positive thoughts, fresh air, healthy food, good rest, positive human relationships, creativity, and meaningful use of your free time.

In this world, where everyone operates within a dualistic vision, the highest wisdom is understanding that all phenomena are illusory, conditioned, impermanent, and devoid of a self or soul. Be awake, present, reflective, and careful in shaping your beliefs, and where they can be updated or replaced with more forward-looking views, be flexible enough to allow yourself to change them along the way. The attention and compassionate love you direct toward others originates from the attention and compassionate love you feel for yourself. And this has nothing to do with selfishness; it is its very antithesis. You can truly understand others to the extent that you genuinely understand yourself. You can bring out only what you have first discovered within. Compassion is the way to remind you that inside and outside of you are the same.

Compassion is a magnificent higher expression of the Soul, and for this reason, it is not an automatic reaction accessible to everyone. Like the Soul, compassion can only manifest when it has been matured through a certain level of spiritual development. It is impossible to imitate compassion, nor can it be produced at will: either it is there, or it is not. For example, when faced with a certain type of suffering, people react very differently, depending on their ability to access the feeling of compassion.

Feeling pity or sorrow for someone has nothing to do with compassion. Some can perceive themselves as entirely one with another and empathetically experience all their suffering. But there are also those who feel the impulse to have nothing to do with the suffering, either by physically distancing themselves or emotionally withdrawing, closing a kind of protective shutter over the perception.

Compassion is an extremely high experiential path. Everything you genuinely and empathetically feel within you in response to another’s suffering is precious experience that you are assimilating in the present moment, and that your Soul will not need you to experience firsthand in the future.

When you are able to perceive another’s pain and feel it as if it were your own, wanting to do something to alleviate it, you are not only showing a big heart but also breaking the chains of the illusion of separation, which are typical of a dualistic vision. You are understanding that you and the other are the same.

Your willingness to meet the other as if they were yourself propels you out of the world of dualistic illusion and allows you to take a huge leap in your spiritual growth. This is the power of compassion.

(Dario Canil, Avrah Ka Dabra - creo la mia felicità)