Professional Ethics in the Spiritual Industry
Earlier today in my Facebook wanderings I came across Toronto Star/W5 articles about fraudulent psychics in Toronto. you can read the two articles here and here.
It made me angry as I am starting to move into the professional area with my gifts. I am also part of many closed groups on Facebook that offer free readings. I re-posted these articles to make people aware to choose carefully when seeing a reader of any sort.
In my book, anyone that want to charge you exorbitantly in this industry for solving your problems is not professional in any way. If you need professional help a good psychic will tell you to seek a medical profession or councilor, not dig into your pockets.
This also lead me to really posing the question in the group and to myself, what are my Ethics as a reader again. I know want to share with you what I shared there.
When I really started thinking about how to earn money with my gifts I really had to look at what I wanted to achieve in the end beyond the money. I had to take a hard look at my spirituality and constantly do to see if I am living up to the person I want to be both professionally and personally.
I believe in Law of Attraction and Karma. What we give is what we get. I know I will always be giving back for my gifts so free readings and being available to charity events is important to me. It is something I have no intention of changing. Also I will never turn down someone that really needs a reading over a matter of money. Law of Pay it Forward.
I want to empower others. When I read for someone I want to give them honest workable solutions. Now I can not make someone take my advice, that is up to them but I will give them options that do not include buying something else to fix it. I believe everyone already has those tools inside them and if they choose to pick up crystals, oils candles and various other spiritual tools to give them comfort and follow what is thier path, that is their choice. I will not push them.
When I was suffering I was blessed with wonderful teachers who stark honesty helped me help myself. No, I didn't like what they told me from time to time but it is what was needed. I will do the same.
I will not read people without their personal consent. To me it is akin it looking into someone's bedroom window. If you want to know about your relationship I will tell you from the perspective of you, not what is going on with your partner.
I will not read someone multiple times in a short period. I believe with every reading in order to change something you have to work at changing it and manifesting it. If you don't work on changing your own life, no number of readings from me will help.
Hope and love. If I can give you nothing more then placing this in each of your hands, then I am more then happy that I have provided you with what you need most in life. That to me is the greatest way to share my gifts.
As I grow and meet more and more people, both other readers and clients, I find more things that I work into my personal code of spiritual ethics. I encourage you to question anyone you go to for a reading. Learn about them as a person. Most readers are open to sharing their personal stories, if they are not willing to share with you, then you shouldn't share any part of yourself, especially your hard earned money.
