Comments on: Ask gia | Why do you need money?

By: giacr

giacr — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:10:57 +0000

Hi Anthony,
Thank you for sharing your healing way. Good for readers to know that there are many ways to approach healing.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:31:42 +0000

Hello

I am a healer; I do not charge; I neither advertise nor market; I do wait for those who need me to find me…

However, I do have a day job…

regards
Anthony

By: Cherisse Acosta

Cherisse Acosta — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:03:40 +0000

gia, wow, thanks for that blog. it certainly brings things into a much better light. hardest part of what i do has always be charging and how much to charge, i can safely say not any more.

By: Lori Mertz

Lori Mertz — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:06:50 +0000

ROCKIN’ response. What great insight and information and reminder!!!!!!! I soooooo LOVE your clarity and am so greatfull that you share it so freely and communicate it so clearly!! So simple – makes so much sense. Great information for everyone, regardless of their path.

Always – all ways – big love!
xo,
Lori

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:26:04 +0000

Fabulous! Thank you. I get in my own way about money and receiving payment for the gifts i have. They were gifts given to me and they are gifts that i have worked hard to “uncover.” Yes, i was born with them and yet, i had to create the opportunity to “see” them – this took time, effort, and money.

We all have gifts to share. My gift is to support others in healing themselves. It takes time, energy, presence and focus to do that. And i joyfully do so.

Each of us has a part in the creation of this universe. We give more value to certain jobs and less to others. Should a baseball player charge for “playing” ball – especially if s/he loves it? Should a veterinarian charge for their services?

Our society decides the value of a particular task by paying money for it. Maybe the plummeting financial markets are a way of forcing us to redefine what is really important and of value.

Thanks, gia, for inviting us into a really important discussion!

By: Lexi Sundell

Lexi Sundell — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:31:24 +0000

Great post! People get so tangled up about spiritual gifts and payment. So although you have dedicated yourself to your own spiritual growth, worked at it, and learn more about it all the time, some think you should give the fruits of those efforts away for free.

Yet it is expected that doctors charge a lot for their healing services. You do not claim to be a doctor nor is your energy healing work the same work a doctor does, but why should one be paid and the other not???

As an artist, I find I am able to paint far more paintings if I sell them. If I did not sell them I would have to spend more time doing something else to pay my bills, which do not stop no matter what I am doing.

I don’t see that energy healing, creating art, inspired cooking, or any number of other avenues of service are any more or less spiritual than each other. All are as spiritual as the person doing them. Being spiritual does not stop the bills, and charging for valuable services that take acquired skill and concentrated time is just how we get along here.

And being paid makes it possible to offer more of those particularly inspired efforts than if they have to be sandwiched around making a living doing something less inspired and less useful.

It also insures the person receiving recognizes the work as something of genuine value. Free often equals throwaway. But if you have paid for something, you are going to make sure you get your value from it!