I noticed on another blog that a disagreement arose regarding the act of charging and monetary gain within Budo. There was a great deal of conjecture regarding this and this is my own thoughts on the matter.
I think the question of monetary gain or fee’s can be likened to energy and if i may, i would like to show a comparison with another Japanese traditon. I am sure that everyone has heard of the healing modality “Reiki.” Dr Usui, after receiving the transmissions went into the leper colonies at the time and began to teach and heal for no monetary gain. He taught people the secrets of the energy and helped them to change their lives. The lepers and the poor turned their lives around but only for a short time and on Usui’s return - he noted that they all had returned to their negative ways of living. They had taken everything for granted because it was given freely. The poor had become poor again and those that were healed or had the power to heal had squanderd the gift and reverted back to thier former self.
Dr usui decided that from then on, there would have to be an energy exchange, a way to value the gift or what you are being taught that may be utilized for the benefit of mankind. By offering an energy exchange such as money, help or anything else - you are in fact placing a value on what you are being given and not necessarily taking it for granted. My personal oppinion is that soke is perhaps acting in the same manner and we value the gift of the Bujinkan by offering our energy in way’s such as fees or help that is offered by those living and training under sokes tutaledge. Personally, i believe the bujinkan is a gift just as is our intuitive or spiritual aspects of our being.
I think the question of monetary gain or fee’s can be likened to energy and if i may, i would like to show a comparison with another Japanese traditon. I am sure that everyone has heard of the healing modality “Reiki.” Dr Usui, after receiving the transmissions went into the leper colonies at the time and began to teach and heal for no monetary gain. He taught people the secrets of the energy and helped them to change their lives. The lepers and the poor turned their lives around but only for a short time and on Usui’s return - he noted that they all had returned to their negative ways of living. They had taken everything for granted because it was given freely. The poor had become poor again and those that were healed or had the power to heal had squanderd the gift and reverted back to thier former self.
Dr usui decided that from then on, there would have to be an energy exchange, a way to value the gift or what you are being taught that may be utilized for the benefit of mankind. By offering an energy exchange such as money, help or anything else - you are in fact placing a value on what you are being given and not necessarily taking it for granted. My personal oppinion is that soke is perhaps acting in the same manner and we value the gift of the Bujinkan by offering our energy in way’s such as fees or help that is offered by those living and training under sokes tutaledge. Personally, i believe the bujinkan is a gift just as is our intuitive or spiritual aspects of our being.
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