posted May 20, 2007 01:29 AM
Lol Mannu, good stuff Depending on what your services are... you could ask for donations, then people will give what they can afford.
If I was offering Reiki healings (i will be one day) from home, I wouldn't charge only because I will be selling other products. If I was only doing Reiki, and putting a lot of time and energy into it, I would charge a small fee, money is a completely acceptable energy exchange for spiritual services INMHO.
It also depends on your intentions, what you want to gain out of your work, why you are doing it, how much time and effort you put into it, and what other things you do in your life. If you give of yourself and expect nothing in return all the time then asking for a little payment for a specialized service then that is karmically balanced.
Linda talked about the exchange between student and teacher. The spiritual 'teachings' should be free. Yes.
But an actual service like drawing up Astrology charts, spending hours analyzing someones chart, and the like, that's completely different.