Also, the spirit weeps in the work place because it has no outlet to exist. Many workplaces are built to silos you from your true self and we are left to create another life, another existence for two of the seven days of the week.
Some are beginning to see this and build otherwise a life that creates more for them as a whole and not compartmentalized brain and life.
Curious your thoughts about when you make those things that give you so much energy (and the stuff you do even when not getting paid) things you do get paid for and how that can actually impact the relationship with those activities.
A different relationship is required with the work you're doing to pursue your calling compared to say, hobbies. Hobbies give us personal pleasure, needed and necessary. However the work we do for our vocation is for our own development, others and the soul. It's not a hobby.
I've noticed that when people are trying to make the work they do only pleasurable and treat it like a hobby but still wanting to be paid, that it will actually make things harder. Because it's not that anymore, and it's in it's own category. Shifting our understanding of what the work is and connecting it to our calling, gives us that sustaining and replenishing long-term energy I'm alluding to in this article.
Insightful.. But it's difficult to reconcile not just money vs the work we do.. But social status, peer pressure, belongingness... Yes modern work is spiritually unhealthy.. But we cannot expect work to fulfill all our spiritual needs
I don't think it's about work fulfilling all of our spiritual needs, as much is it changing the way we think about work; I think he means that we should be careful not to stay in environments that are soul sucking, and leave us feeling empty in other areas of our lives. I agree that it could be difficult though. Personally, I prefer a lifestyle where both my biggest interest and my field of work eventually converge. Salute Tanoy!
Love your point about changing the way we think about work. I think the more that we question the work we do, the intention behind it, the way we approach it and the settings that we find ourselves in, the more space opens up to us. Which is exciting for all of us.
Pursuing our calling is difficult, you're absolutely right about that. But that's no reason to avoid pursuing our vocation. Because the calling is sacred and to not pursue the work we're born to pursue is to neglect a vital spiritual need, which includes the development of our own soul, serving or inspiring others in a way that only we can and playing our role amongst the collective of humanity. Work won't fulfil all our spiritual needs, but without the proper work it will cause a black hole in the spiritual life of anyone. I plan on sharing more about this because it's a noisey topic.
That question can definitely knock out our foundations. I've always wondered what it would be like if before we took on a job or career or started a business, that if we had to answer this, how different the world's career choices would be.
This article was amazing! Thank you!
Also, the spirit weeps in the work place because it has no outlet to exist. Many workplaces are built to silos you from your true self and we are left to create another life, another existence for two of the seven days of the week.
Some are beginning to see this and build otherwise a life that creates more for them as a whole and not compartmentalized brain and life.
It’s either all of me or nothing else.
Curious your thoughts about when you make those things that give you so much energy (and the stuff you do even when not getting paid) things you do get paid for and how that can actually impact the relationship with those activities.
A different relationship is required with the work you're doing to pursue your calling compared to say, hobbies. Hobbies give us personal pleasure, needed and necessary. However the work we do for our vocation is for our own development, others and the soul. It's not a hobby.
I've noticed that when people are trying to make the work they do only pleasurable and treat it like a hobby but still wanting to be paid, that it will actually make things harder. Because it's not that anymore, and it's in it's own category. Shifting our understanding of what the work is and connecting it to our calling, gives us that sustaining and replenishing long-term energy I'm alluding to in this article.
Thank you! This is so well articulated, and I appreciate you sharing
Insightful.. But it's difficult to reconcile not just money vs the work we do.. But social status, peer pressure, belongingness... Yes modern work is spiritually unhealthy.. But we cannot expect work to fulfill all our spiritual needs
I don't think it's about work fulfilling all of our spiritual needs, as much is it changing the way we think about work; I think he means that we should be careful not to stay in environments that are soul sucking, and leave us feeling empty in other areas of our lives. I agree that it could be difficult though. Personally, I prefer a lifestyle where both my biggest interest and my field of work eventually converge. Salute Tanoy!
Love your point about changing the way we think about work. I think the more that we question the work we do, the intention behind it, the way we approach it and the settings that we find ourselves in, the more space opens up to us. Which is exciting for all of us.
Pursuing our calling is difficult, you're absolutely right about that. But that's no reason to avoid pursuing our vocation. Because the calling is sacred and to not pursue the work we're born to pursue is to neglect a vital spiritual need, which includes the development of our own soul, serving or inspiring others in a way that only we can and playing our role amongst the collective of humanity. Work won't fulfil all our spiritual needs, but without the proper work it will cause a black hole in the spiritual life of anyone. I plan on sharing more about this because it's a noisey topic.
True... We can't giving up what we are born to do will be spiritual suicide.. Look forward to more write ups n the topic
"But how much should one be compensated to repress one’s soul?"
Oof, knocked the wind right out of me.
That question can definitely knock out our foundations. I've always wondered what it would be like if before we took on a job or career or started a business, that if we had to answer this, how different the world's career choices would be.
P.S. Zodiac Bootlegger is a cool name.
My secret is to find joy in anything I do — no matter how banal it may be. Achieving my personal bests motivates me.