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An article in THE STAR today about a person who charges $200 an hour for spiritual help prompted this comment from myself:
We can not charge money for spiritual gifts. That limits our help only to those who can afford to pay our fee. Our gift stops being spiritual.
Jerzy Zaborski, an extremely high ranking Tibetan Lama, said to me, “You are a Crazy-Wisdom-Yogin.”
I said, “I hear crazy often enough. What does the rest of that mean?”
He said, “It is the highest compliment, I, as a Buddhist, can pay. It means you are living absolutely the life you are teaching.”
I said, “I know how far below the mark I fall. Would you care for a beer?” Luckily, he did, Even more luckily, I had a lot of beer.
We then spoke for hours about things most do not dream about.
After he left I looked up what it is to be a Crazy-Wisdom-Yogin. I learned Canada had one. His name was Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Jerzy Zaborski accompaniued The Dalai Lame on his first journey across Canada. He said, “If you quote me put a flame after my name to indicate my rank.” Jerzy discovered the Egyptians had commerce with the Americas as far west as California lomng before the Vikings.

I don’t expect this to stop anyone from charging a fee for spiritual help. I do know that when we do this the well dries up.

An indigenous Shaman refused to help a person who offered him a lot of money. The person offered him more. He said, “No.” He was offered more. Again he said, “No.” Offered more and more he kept saying no.

We either take trhese things with the seriousness they demand or we do not.–Reg Hartt

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