SHOULD WE PAY FOR
SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE ? My question is whether you have any tips for
performing one's own Vision Quest or Past Life regression -- is it
possible, or safe, to embark on such a quest alone, without a guide? You've outlined the basic components for "getting on
the Spiritual Internet" (in your Spiritual Healing Principles article),
but most of your case histories are about individuals whom you've guided
through the process (not "do it yourselfers", like me). I have a strong desire to develop more spiritually, to
help others, and to write fiction. In the past 4 years, since my
mother's death, my psychic abilities have developed quickly -- I've
become a Tarot reader, am working with crystals, learning astrology,
experiencing sporadic interactions with spirit entities, etc.…. I would like to open up more, go deeper, and develop
my gifts and abilities. However, I have strong reservations about
charging (or being charged) for spiritual guidance. I realize that the question of money is a very
personal issue, and I respect other "Light Workers" positions when it
comes to making a living, being compensated for their time, knowledge
and energy, etc. But personally, I perform Tarot readings on a donation
basis, because I feel that the question of $ interferes with the clarity
of my vision, and it also seems discriminatory to refuse to help someone
if they can't pay -- as if only people who are well-off can receive
spiritual guidance. This brings me back to the question of being my own
guide, since I don't currently have the means to pay someone to help me,
and would probably have an issue doing so even if I could afford it.
Any advice, insights, or thoughts on this question would be highly
appreciated! With all due sincere respect!
WOLFGANG
There is another group of light workers in Western tradition, but they
are not considered respectable. They are treated in a way like
prostitutes, a lot of people would takes their services, but rarely
admit to it, because it is in a way considered shameful and definitely
non Christian.
Actually the Christian Church murdered and tortured a lot of them in the
past. All in the name of the love of Christ and the pope has not
even apologized for it yet. This sleazy lot of light workers were the
gypsy, wise woman, witch, astrologer and magician. Most of these people
were either paid for the freelance work or traded in chickens and eggs,
so to say, by the poor. Some of them had regular occupations that
guaranteed survival, and some were full time pros. They probably helped
out their friends and those in dire need for free, but their time and
effort was generally rewarded with more than with mere sweet words.
In
As per the shamans in tribal societies, they probably hunted and
gathered for them selves when they could. They were surely supported by
the tribal members for services rendered and time spent on ceremony
instead of getting food. You would give a blanket, food or
gathered fire wood to show your appreciation.
Without a shaman the tribe was without guidance from the spirit world or
without a healer and that was considered dangerous. Of course
there were also spiritual sister- and brotherhoods that could fulfill
some of these rolls, but in general traditional people somehow supported
their light workers.
Of course times have changed. In the modern world one needs a car,
insurance, living quarters, food from a store, etc. In short,
there is a monthly overhead of money to be raised or one becomes
homeless. Most people have to work 8 hours a day to make ends
meet. And giving a blanket or a leg of venison to your local
healer will not do. This being said lets consider different scenarios:
Let us assume I work 8 hours a day to bring home the proverbial
vegetarian bacon. You come to me and want my help lets say for 2
hours. You want my time for free because it is spiritual and
should be given freely to a stranger. Is that is what you think?
In no tradition spiritual gifts are given for free, so where does this
idea come from, that a light worker should give freebees? I will
have to take 2 hours away from my son, my garden, my physical exercises,
meditation and my other routines like cooking, cleaning or recreation.
But you are not the only one. Most people have serious problems
und unnecessary suffering and they are poor and I could help them.
How much time should I take from my family away to serve strangers?
Do you expect me and my family to turn my household into a monastery,
living on the bare minimum of life, so that we can help you?
Also by the same logic, do you expect a car mechanic to get your car
fixed for free just because you are poor and will suffer a lot without a
car? Maybe you could do my laundry or mow the lawn and clean the
house, but a just exchange of energy seems to be the fair thing to do.
Otherwise you are a beggar asking for free handouts of time, energy and
expertise from strangers without performing any austerities yourself.
The system has always been one of a fair energy exchange and one of
practical respect given for services rendered. And because in most
cases we cannot barter money is being used.
You may say: “Wolfgang, God has given you a gift and you are charging me
as much as a car mechanic. Are you trying to make easy money off
me?” Fair question:
First of all, I gave up a very well respected, paid and rewarding
material career for my spiritual gifts. I was voluntary celibate
and meditated 2 to 4 hours a day for 12 years. I slept on a hard
stone floor with a $2 straw mat for 6 years and worked for free (Karma
yoga) at a time when other people make a career and pay their house
mortgage off. Now I have hardly any retirement funds for my old age and
do work very humble jobs due to missing time. I fasted from food
and water, did sleep deprivations and performed all kinds of austerities
that brought me to my present level of understanding.
Even if I get paid it is probably not enough.
Of course it is extremely rewarding to permanently change the life of my
clients for the better. There is a lot of love flowing through me
and huge amounts of energy. There is the support of the Universe
in every healing or teaching. And of course I feel compassion for
people, having experienced a wide variety of suffering myself.
That is why I try to give to the world as much as I can. My
spiritual musings are my attempt to gift the world. Momentarily I am
working on free videos so people can try to help themselves through
guided meditations, but that will never come close to a personal session
for many reasons.
I
can only make a cookie cutter guided meditation. Follow a certain
pattern, point you in the right direction, but I cannot address specific
issues as they come up. Some issues can be dealt with in a blanket
way, but there are so many possibilities with most issues that they
cannot be all addressed.
Lets say your biggest trauma comes from a past life where you where
tortured by the inquisition. So you find yourself in a past life
getting poked and singed. How do you deal with that? Would
you see or look for draconian demons implanting you with all kinds of
cordings while you are wide open due to the traumatization? Even
if you see it, what would you do about it? Would you have the
presence of mind to ask your spirit guides or Jesus or other divinities
for help and advice? Would you even know what to ask for? Do
you know how to clear implants? Would you keep a clear head or
turn into a sobbing piece of misery? Can you switch from intuition
to rational thought while in an altered state? Do you know what to do
if your Kundalini goes off?
After receiving my first past life regression I ventured out,
experimented and walked many paths by myself. It still is very
difficult for me, even after many years of mental discipline, yogic
training and vast metaphysical studies to look at my own stuff. It
is easier to see the splinter in someone else’s eyes than the beam in
your own. You will have to overcome avoidance behavior, personal
bias, and inexperience. Yes, you can do it alone, but it is like
reinventing the wheel. It is much easier with a guide.
My advice for you is: save enough money for a 1 ½ hour session. I
will work with you on a discount, but I have been burned on donations.
I will show you how to talk to your guides, sub-personalities, how your
higher self feels like, how to deal with trauma and how to channel love.
Once you have experienced the basics (initiation) you can invoke
protection, guidance, etc. and start exploring by yourself. That
is what I did.
QUESTION Yes, you can use my e-mail on your site to discuss
the payment questions it has brought up, with one condition: writer to
writer, I am asking that you cover this issue in a balanced way. Even
though I've chosen not to work in the journalism industry, I have a BA
in Print Journalism from USC, and this educational background has left a
strong imprint on me both as an individual, and a writer. One of the 1st
lessons we learned in journalism school, was the concept of balanced
reporting; we were always expected to fairly present both sides of a
story or issue, even if we personally didn't agree with one of them. As I read about your background, I was struck by what
a rich, rewarding journey you've been on -- all the interesting places
you've seen, and wonderful people you must have met along the way! In a
sense, the journey can be seen as its own destination, its own reward.
And my questions to you, which I'd love to see explored on your site,
are: - When you left the "regular" job,
trading it for an unconventional path of spiritual exploration, did you
ever suspect that you were, in a sense, giving up financial security? In preparing to write this message, I worried about
how to respond to this "monetary compensation" issue, and so I did a
small Tarot spread, asking the question:
8 Swords, Tower, Hermit What immediately jumped out at me in this spread, is
that the Hermit is turning away from the trauma and chaos of the
preceding 2 cards. This is reinforced elementally, since the Hermit's
Earth element in ill-dignified, compared to the preceding Air & Fire. If
we think of the Hermit archetype as encompassing, for example, Jesus
Christ or Buddha consciousness, the idea of them turning AWAY from those
in need is simply incomprehensible! Thank you for explaining to me why it is necessary to
have a helper, or guide, for the type of spiritual purification & growth
that I desire. Again, my sense of pride would shudder at the thought
that I "owe" someone, that I am indebted. If your offer to guide me
still stands, please know that I would not forget this debt, and would
compensate you as soon as I could.
WOLFGANG
As a card reader you deal with other
peoples spiritual poop too. Our roles could be reversed, so nothing
personal here. During my time at the new age store I have never seen
any readers making good money. They were more like priests and
priestesses having to live very austerely to make their services
available. Most readers were exactly that in their past lives. But
they had to struggle. Was that due to old poverty vows that were still
having an effect or was it that institutional religion had replaced
their services with kooky cutter solutions? Is the modern light worker
the equivalent of the mom and pop store that gets ruined by the Walmart
religion?
Personally my desire to help people got
me into a lot of trouble, when I tried to help people that were not
ready to hear. I had to learn the hard way to discern who was ready and
on what level. So I was never out for money to begin with. I actually
found it most rewarding when I became an instrument for spirit. Wisdom
would flow from my mouth and I could transmit all the energy and love
that was needed, as long as I came from the heart and not the mind or
ego.
I also observed that every time I helped
in an unconditional way I got rewarded with gifts which came in the form
of spiritual revelations, magical moments or material things that gave
me great satisfaction. Of course there is always bliss right at the
time of coming from the heart. This rarefied love I experience at those
moments is the morphine that makes it bearable for me to feel the pain
of my fellow human when they descend into the dark pits of human trauma
to recognize and release it. Those field trips into the underworld
would not be possible without the protection of love.
Through deep suffering the
shaman/healer/light worker is forced to find ways of healing to get
relief, liberation, mukti. The seeker learns to heal himself, therefore
can help others and receives further healing, while healing others.
That is also one of the spiritual rewards. That is the whole idea with
Mahayana Buddhism compared to Nihayana. Those Tibetan monks are bliss
boys compared to the
It is good that you feel pride and not
wanting to owe anything. If you feel guilty for not respecting the
gifts you received, your payment would be much greater, not just mere
dollars. You would pay by loving yourself less and cutting yourself off
the love of others, because you would feel unworthy of love. Feeling
guilty is a sin because it separates one from the love of God. I am not
talking from dogma here but from direct experience, having seen so many
lifetimes of my clients, having seen the horrifying effect of guilt, how
it turns us into victims.
I have to admit that I never paid for the
spiritual guidance I received in cash. I always felt entitled to
free lessons because I gave it out for free whenever Spirit guided me.
Love and light
Wolfgang
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