Charging
for Reiki
This is a hotly debated topic to charge or not to charge for
Reiki services/classes. Here is an explanation of how we view money
and Reiki.
Money is only green energy, a form of exchange for energy
expended/given by another. If we didn't have money we would barter
goods or services. There is no difference. Energy given fits the
following categories: working a job (9 to 5 or other), any kind of
labor or services offered, counseling, energy work, any time/energy
given to another who has asked for your service(s). So when you expend
your energy/time for another, money is the most common form of
exchange.
We can also choose to give our energy as a gift,
remembering that whenever energy is expended it must be replenished in
some way. If someone has asked you for your energy/time and you gift
it, without any exchange a debt of sorts can occur. This debt (if
giver begins feeling lack in anyway from the gifts they give) must be
repaid by the receiver at a later date. If you gift your energy
anonymously the Universe/Creator knows this and will replenish it and
there will be no debt.
Here is a statement about living and exchange
of energy:
Because of the nature of living in a corporeal body on the
planet Earth, in the year 1998 at least three basics come into
play:
The corporeal body has needs (food, shelter, clothing,
transportation, etc.)
Some form of exchange is required to fill these
needs (unless someone has chosen to provide these things for someone
else). The most common and acceptable form of exchange is money (or
green energy).
Some kind of service or energy must be given to get the
green energy to exchange for the needs of the body.
Questions to
ponder:
How do you live in this world? Who fills the needs of your
corporeal body? Where does the green energy that you utilize to fill
your needs/desires come from? How great are those needs/desires? Do
you own things (home, cars, boat, tv, stereo, dishes, clothing, shoes,
etc.)? If so how did you obtain all of them? If you give of your
time, essence and energy to a 9 to 5 job will you be compensated for
it? Do you feel worthy to receive that compensation? Or do you just
expect it for services rendered? If you don't work a 9 to 5 job, are
not on welfare/disability or drawing a pension of some kind or have
someone else providing for you; where does your green energy come
from? How simple/complicated is your life because of your
needs/desires? Have you chosen to dedicate your entire life to a path
like Reiki? Or perhaps another Spiritual pathwork of some kind (and
because of this you do not work in the traditional/most accepted
sense) if so, where does your green energy come from? If you do not
work a traditional job, have dedicated your life to a Spiritual
pathwork, and have made the choice to give all of your services as
gifts without "expectation of exchange of any kind" is the Universe
providing for you? Or is this just talk? Are you walking your talk?
Some people believe money is evil
Money is not evil. It is our
desires (or love of) which blocks the flow. The love of money has
become stronger then the love of God/Creator/Source for some. Those
who need or want more, focusing all their time and energy to
accumulate or to make ends meet, fit in this category. Either way a
lot of energy is spent in the direction of need/lack. It is how much
of ourselves, our energy and emotions we focus on fulfilling our
desires (or loving something to death) which is evil. When we spend
more time/energy lusting after our desires then we do communing with
Creator/God/Goddess; that is truly evil. Evil is live backwards - we
cannot truly Live and flow abundantly if we have a backward perception
of things/energy.
Is it not the Universe we owe an exchange?
When
we do a Reiki (Universal Energy) treatment on another it is true that
we receive Reiki in return. We receive it when we place our hands upon
ourselves as well. Every time we do Reiki it is brought into the
planet permanently to benefit all sentient beings. By doing Reiki we
are in effect helping to bring about Creator's Divine Plan. So what is
at issue, is not with the Universe, rather it comes back to an
individual basis. It is helping us to understand the flow of energy
(all energy including the green kind) and how our thoughts/desires
effect that energy; whether we perceive those thoughts to be from good
intent or otherwise.
Dr. Usui's Understanding
Another thing to
consider, which comes from the History of Reiki as told by Mrs.
Takata; Dr. Usui, after working in the beggar village for 7 years
said, "...giving Reiki away makes beggars of people." Or when you give
something to someone without some form of energy exchange, they
expect and beg for more, and no longer value what is given; "...it's
easier to be a beggar". In fostering this attitude the lessons will
continue at a much slower vibration or basal level and debts are
incurred. A change in thinking/action can change ones life and the
impact they have on others.
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