Holistic Life Designs with Gina Alzate

By Gina Alzate, The Concept Whiz

I came across an intense conversation on whether or not psychics and healers should be paid for their gifts.  A few maintained the position that “If spiritual gifts are gifts from God, why should anyone pay to benefit from them?”  Another group maintained their equally plausible position that “if others are paid for their natural gifts and abilities, why not psychics and healers?”

The first thoughts I had, and they were streaming within the first 10 seconds, were:  paying for something implies a perceived value for what was paid for by any means of energy exchange, either with money or work exchange or as a favor.  Everyone has spiritual gifts, meaning gifts from Spirit and of the Spirit, so everyone has some form of natural talents and abilities, which pave the way for skills acquired through training and education supported by experience.  I am not just speaking about experience gained from formal means like work and school.  I also mean experience gained from living in various family structures and cultures, from one’s neighborhood street to Wall Street, from knowing one’s community inside out to traveling the world on a shoe-string budget.

So, when we speak of spiritual gifts coming from God, where would the other natural gifts come from as well unless they also come from God.  If we are willing to pay for health care from our providers who we believe to have the gift of healing and counseling, or be willing to pay for education and training from teachers who we also believe have the gift of imparting information and knowledge, then why would psychics and healers be treated differently if we believe they have the gift of insight and energy healing?

There is a matter of discernment that one must exercise when working with any service provider.  We must discern if the service they claim to provide is backed by knowledge and experience, referrals from trusted sources, and integrity and esteemed quality of care.  Do we feel more confident to be medically diagnosed by someone who has the natural gift of healing as well as the education and experience approved by their own peers from an organization with long-standing reputation for integrity and high quality of care?  This confidence comes with a price we are willing to pay.  What would we be inclined to pay for the service of a student of the medical profession who clearly have the gift of healing but still lacking the credentials we are accustomed to seeing before we cough up a dime?  Many of us would not even think of approaching a medical student unless we are assured he or she is supervised by someone whom we deem has achieved professional status.

So, when it comes to psychics and healers, why would we treat this any differently than how we discern other service providers?  We do pay for our perceived value of the services they provide.  Many of us have spiritual gifts, some of us have tapped and developed them, some of us are still in gestation and quite unconscious of our gifts’ existence.  It takes time and money, effort and tenacity to develop spiritual gifts to the point that they become useful to others.  Then there is the time and energy expended in providing the actual reading and healing, depending on the level of energy requirement for spirit communication, energy healing, and spiritual counseling.  But before these psychics and healers feel compelled to go public with their gifts, as many of them are closeted, they have much inner work to engage and fears to overcome before they could feel confident to step outside their comfort zone.  To some, this process can take years of painstaking self-analysis and spiritual studies, depending on whether or not their social network support their off the beaten path ways.  This level of self-awareness with highly developed spiritual gifts that help mankind at large through insightful analysis and energy healing is what warrants the price tag for their service.

Of course, there are many sides to a story.  Another side to this story is a warning.  Be aware of people who claim to be psychics and healers but speak of doom and gloom and claim they can remove these bad spells on you for a price.  They feed on fear and they have learned to spot those who are not discerning.  Many of them use the buzz words such as being mediums, psychics, healers, spiritual, metaphysicians, astrologers, spiritual coaches, channeler, angel readers, etc.  This reminds me of the phrase, beware of the wolf in sheep’s clothing.  Watch what they do and say, and how they make you feel. If at any time you feel uncomfortable and unpleasant, excuse yourself and calmly let go of the interaction.

Psychics and healers worth their salt walk the talk and talk the walk.  You feel uplifted and calm when you are tapped into their energy fields, either through the phone, online or in person.  They offer you hopeful and helpful ways to overcome your challenges. They speak positively and without judgment.  They speak the truth in loving ways, and they are full of compassion.  They are balanced and centered, and they lead calm and creative lives.  They see beauty in everyone and they are filled with light.  They keep you in their prayers and they have a tremendous disarming way of making you feel safe, accepted and loved.  They have done their inner work, through forgiveness and love, and they have come to accept their life purpose and are working it.   Their mission is to achieve enlightenment and they seek to teach others to do the same.  What then is their service worth to you?

About Gina Alzate

Gina Alzate is The Concept Whiz. She is Holistic Life Designs’ Metaphysical Therapy Educator. She is Host of several online radio talk shows and Broadcaster for World Radio 365. She is a lifelong student of Leadership and Empowerment, World Travels and Diverse Cultures, Metaphysics, Holistic Health and Spirituality. She teaches about human consciousness and personal awareness through radio broadcasting, writing and workshops on land and at sea. Contact her through World Tours and Cruises. Follow her on Twitter @GinaAlzate.