The Lure For Free
Long ago there was a comic strip in which the woman of the
house goes to a sale to buy a VCR. She comes back with a TV. On enquiry from
her husband she says, “The VCR was free along with the TV, since we required a
VCR I bought the TV.”
While there are some opportunities for free is good, the
lure for free can have unpleasant consequences.
When you buy a trouser and get another free, which is good.
You are trying to grab an opportunity which has presented itself. Though I have
always believed that the price of the free trouser is included in the price of
the paid one and nothing is free. However, in case of clearance sale this may
be a profitable proposition. The problem happens when we go on a shopping free
and buy stuff we do not require just because something free was available along
with it.
The bigger threat is when we look for medical advice,
astrological advice and vastu advice for free. The advent of social media has
fueled this desire of ours that everything should be available for free. When
free we do not look at the credentials of the consultant, their track record
but are ready to follow what he suggests for free.
Another reason we want the advice free is because it is
intangible and we do not want to pay for the knowledge which the consultant has
gathered with his qualifications and experience. This is the reason why most
consultants give free advice, work on the fear psychosis of the client and sell
them gem stones or yantras. The gullible client is unable to hold the
consultant responsible as he did not pay for the advice he only paid for the
stuff for which the consultant has delivered the goods so the transaction is
over and done with.
This tendency of looking for free consultation comes out of
poverty consciousness. When you are not ready to pay for the service of others,
you are giving a message to your own subconscious that advice is free and so it
is unable to attract paying clients to you in the domain you specialize in. You
may be deserving a pay rise in office but your subconscious has been tuned by
you to not attract that pay rise because talent, experience, qualifications are
all intangibles like to knowledge of the consultant whom you do not want to
pay.
So in effect by aspiring for free consultation you are
feeding the poverty consciousness and not allowing the prosperity consciousness
to attract wealth in your life.
VastuAcharya Manoj is a Senior Mahavastu consultant and
can be contacted at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com
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Dear Manoj ji,
ReplyDeleteSometimes it happens person has the intention to pay but at the time of consultation the person doesnt have that much money what consultant is looking for. In this situation what would you suggest?