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Written by Christina Margeti.
Some people express the opinion that energy healers should not be paid for the Reiki they offer, because, according to them, Reiki is pure energy of universal love and should not be commercialised. I agree only with the idea that Reiki is indeed the selfless, pure flow of universal love. However, money is also a form of energy exchange. In everything there is a giving and receiving. It is important that balance exists in this. If this balance does not exist on every level and in every area of our lives, and there is only “giving,” it becomes exploitation… I personally consider it energy theft.
Regarding Reiki, in urgent and serious cases of need, it is of course understood that free help should be available to anyone who needs it and asks for it. This is self-evident. Sometimes the practitioner may also accept exchange in kind (as suggested by people who are opposed to monetary payment), which can be positive and acceptable. But how long can there objectively be a need for the kinds of goods someone is offering in exchange?
The propaganda and belief that money is “demonic” conveniently serves the global “elite” (I am referring to this following the reasoning of some people), as long as the masses reject it under the belief that it is evil. Of course, the way you earn money matters. If you are murdering people, stealing others’ hard work, or engaging in human trafficking, then yes — I would agree that money obtained in such ways is “cursed.” But that is another issue entirely, separate from the general demonisation of the concept of reward — that is, receiving what you deserve, what you are worth, and consequently abundance and prosperity in your mindset and subconscious.
After all, in the universe itself there is abundance of everything, wealth in all its forms, and plurality. Why should we on Earth adopt a mentality of scarcity and misery? Moreover, the energy healer, in most cases at least, has invested energy, time, and certainly money in order to purchase relevant books, attend sessions, lessons, seminars, to learn, practice, train, improve, and evolve in order to become what they are today. Of course, they should be rewarded for their journey, their effort, their time, the energy they dedicate to what they love doing, their sessions, their work, and everything they provide. The effort and work of every person (in everything in general, not only Reiki) should be rewarded. For me, this is self-evident. All other attitudes I personally consider “on credit,” stemming from mistaken perceptions about money and from restrictive mental programming, which negatively affects a person’s personal development and prosperity.