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May 18, 2005
The lessons I learnt!
I was always blessed with enough money hence I had this feeling that that money was never important for survival. And I still think the same. But now I need to accept one fact that except for happiness, money can buy you everything else. All your desires can be brought into reality using money, and also many relationships are based on the amount of cash you carry!
When I decided to learn astrology in the year 2002, I always thought that I would practise astrology as a service – meaning I wouldn’t be charging my clients. It went on fine for few months till I started attracting too many freeloaders, who seek out astrological advice just for the heck of it, or should I say for entertainment purpose. I even started getting phone calls from one of my friends (a gym owner) asking if the day was good to visit a brothel!! And another person took a 15 years housing loan, and messaged me asking, ‘can you predict when I will be finishing off my home loan?!’ You don’t need an astrologer to answer those questions, even a roadside layman can answer if he has some common sense. Hence I decided that I need to stop being available for free - at least to filter off people who aren’t serious about this divine science.
I decided that I would start charging, but thought that the fees can be decided by the client himself. It went on for few months before I realised that even this was a bad idea. Given a choice any person takes out the least amount possible. And this I found with majority of the people. I used to spend hours together with clients to clear off their confusion & in giving them an insight into their future. They thanked & admired me, and end of the day paid me peanuts which affected my morale to a very large extent!
There is a notion well absorbed among the people that sciences like astrology & other divine sciences should not be practised for money alone. Yes, this held good when in olden days astrologers & people associated with divinity were paid really well by the Kings and the rulers, and their life was taken care well by the people surrounding them. Today, the scenario is different. Majority of the ignorant people prefer to put down the science which were valued greatly in the past.
So I thought enough is enough and that I am not free. Anyone who wants to consult me should pay me on the basis of time they spend with me. This worked. Giving a time frame didn’t allow them to argue about the science, which otherwise they did with utmost interest, and paying me first made them serious about what I was telling them.
Of course I haven’t compromised on my principles – if my predictions doesn’t come true, and if the client wants his money back I surely will return it, and people who are real seekers but could not afford me can always knock my doors for free predictions!
This blog isn’t for very few friends of mine for whom I prefer to do the reading for free ALWAYS!
Posted by Kenni at May 18, 2005 09:23 AM