Matt and I went out to do a cleansing last night. A house energetic cleansing. They take a little time, depending on the size of the house, and the severity of the negativity. Last night wasn't bad at all. We did the cleansing of the house and its' occupant, and prepared to leave.

We were asked what they could pay us, we both said immediately, "Nothing!". We cannot accept payment for this.

When you take on the spiritual /metaphysical life there are some things that you cannot charge for. When they are a spiritual helping or teaching you do not charge. Especially if they are Native American spiritual teachings.

I am sure people get confused over what to charge for and what not to. It can be confusing. However, some people purposefully get confused and put a price tag on their "help".

When someone is in spiritual need, you do not charge. If you called your priest and said you were having a crisis, could you speak to him, would he charge you?

When we do these things, there is an exchange, it is an exchange of energy. Last night we were paid in a way, with thanks, good converastion, seeds and a cup of coffee. There was an energy exchange. Money is unfortunately the only "Payment" some people see, however money has its' place!

There are all sorts of guidelines to follow in the spiritual /energy/ metaphysical area.

If you give reiki treatments for a living, and a stranger calls and says they want to use your services, you charge your going rate. If you are or are not a person who does this for a living, and a distraught person contacts you saying that they are sitting in ICU watching their loved one pass, and they need help, you don't.

When you are teaching spiritual studies, you do not charge. When you are teaching Native American spirituality, you do not charge. You ask to be taught alone, by an individual, and you dedicate years to the study.

When you want to learn a process, like reiki treatments,  how to read tarot, how to make an astrological chart, how to do relexology, then you pay a teacher (depending on what you are learning, you may need to go to an accredited group, like reflexology, or a certified Reiki Master for reiki).

You don't cleanse a house, help people pass, do a pipe ceremony, or setup a prayer chain and accept payment.

Think of it as...is this something my spiritual advisor (priest, reiki master, temple master, Rabbi) would charge for? If not, then you don't either.

Don't charge for "helping", and be careful that you do not get to the point where you do not charge for anything. When you do that, you take the value away from whatever it is, and make it literally worthless. There are people who have  been giving away for years what others make a living off of, and wonder why it doesn't work as good as it used to. They devalued it, they gave it away all the time, so the Universe says,it must be worth nothing to them. Remember your fellow humans who may be trying to make a living off of what you are giving away!

On the other hand, if your famly member needs a reiki treatment, I sure hope that you aren't charging them. Money is not evil, and it is not the thing that makes you happy. It is what you make of it. But it is a form of energy exchange. It gives things value. We also have to make sure we are not abusing that value, like charging someone over $9,000.00 to enter a sweat lodge. Each situation needs to be individually assessed as far as payment or not.

Make sure that the person you are helping knows your real credentials, and I shouldn't have to say this, but make sure YOU have them. They are people walking around calling themselves things like "reiki master" who are not reiki masters. Ask for their certificate, and their teacher's name. When they are "real" they will have all of that. Giving reiki treatments as a reiki master and charging a fee,  when you are not a reiki master, is fraud. Legally, spritually, literally, fraud.

Reiki, reflexology, healing touch, etc. all come in repetitive classes over a span of time (usually years),  and work completed. They all come with a certificate from the institution/person who taught the class. People spend a lot of time and money on these classes, and that is why they charge a fee. They have made it their life's work, and it should not be degraded by people who take on titles they didn't earn.

When you aren't sure, ask. Ask the person who taught you what you know, if you should charge in a particular situation. When all your learning comes from books, find a respected teacher and ask them, and while you are at it, set up a class with them! Use different teachers in different settings and see what varied and wonderful things you will learn! I learned to quilt from books, but when I took classes...WOW, it was like a whole other world opened up to me.

Many times I have learned that what someone told me (not is a class thank goddess), was 99% incorrect. But I always go and check it out, many do not. They are like little sheep. But that is a blog for another day.






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