So it’s a case by case thing. There is a story of a man who came to a guru for healing. The guru told him to travel to a faraway land and climb a mountain to a spring, then return with the water from the spring. After he did, the healer blessed the water and told him to drink it. He was cured instantly. Then the healer confessed that there was no special healing power from the water, that he could have been healed simply by that one word of power from the blessing on a glass of water from the tap, but without the investment in his own healing that the man made by his journey, it would not have been received. The journey invoked the man’s own power of faith.

I have also had clients tell me that they could not have received as powerful of a healing if they were not paying for it because they feel guilty getting “something for nothing,” and that allows the ego to block the healing. I think in the end there are no hard and fast rules — we need to be present to that individual who is coming to us for assistance in their healing and listen to our inner guidance from Spirit.