Work, Work, Work

1999-1-1 08:36:00

My friends.

You have written so much food for thought the past couple days I hardly know where to begin. I know I can't cover everything, but will write about what comes. If I miss a point you wish to be covered by me please let me know.

Tracy's words come to mind about the difficulty of seeking God and the frustration of being trapped in a job you don't like. I'm sure few of us on this list are working at our number one choice (which would probably be being paid for writing postings for this list), but we have found that most have to do quite a lot of "regular" work just to make a living.

Tracy received some great feedback from all of you, and I also found the following chapter from "The Aquarian Gospel" very inspiring on this subject.

Let me quote:

¹ "In silent meditation Jesus sat beside a flowing spring. It was a holy day, and many people of the servant caste were near the place.

² "And Jesus saw the hard drawn lines of toil on every brow, in every hand. There was no look of joy in any face. Not one of all the group could think of anything but toil.

³ "And Jesus spoke to one and said, Why are you all so sad? Have you no happiness in life?

⁴ "The man replied, We scarcely know the meaning of that word. We toil to live, and hope for nothing else but toil, and bless the day when we can cease our toil and lay us down to rest in Buddha's city of the dead.

⁵ "And Jesus' heart was stirred with pity and with love for these poor toilers, and he said,

⁶ "Toil should not make a person sad; men should be happiest when they toil. When hope and love are back of toil, then all of life is filled with joy and peace, and this is heaven. Do you not know that such a heaven is for you?

⁷ "The man replied, Of heaven we have heard; but then it is so far away, and we must live so many lives before we can reach that place!

⁸ "And Jesus said, My brother, man, your thoughts are wrong; your heaven is not far away; and it is not a place of metes and bounds, is not a country to be reached; it is a state of mind.

⁹ "God never made a heaven for man; he never made a hell; we are creators and we make our own.

¹⁰ "Now, cease to seek for heaven in the sky; just open up the windows of the hearts, and, like a flood of light, a heaven will come and bring a boundless joy; then toil will be no cruel task.

¹¹ "The people were amazed, and gathered close to hear this strange young master speak,

¹² "Imploring him to tell them more about the Father-God; about the heaven that men can make on earth; about the boundless joy.

¹³ "And Jesus spoke a parable; he said, A certain man possessed a field; the soil was hard and poor.

¹⁴ "By constant toil he scarcely could provide enough of food to keep his family from want.

¹⁵ "One day a miner who could see beneath the soil, in passing on his way, saw this poor man and his unfruitful field.

¹⁶ "He called the weary toiler and he said, My brother, know you not that just below the surface of your barren field rich treasures lie concealed?

¹⁷ "You plough and sow and reap in scanty way, and day by day you tread upon a mine of gold and precious stones.

¹⁸ "This wealth lies not upon the surface of the ground; but if you will dig away the rocky soil, and delve down deep into the earth, you need no longer till the soil for naught.

¹⁹ "The man believed. The miner surely knows; he said, and I will find the treasures hidden in my field.

¹⁰ "And then he dug away the rocky soil, and deep down in the earth he found a mine of gold.

²¹ "And Jesus said, The sons of men are toiling hard on desert plains, and burning sands and rocky soils; are doing what there fathers did, not dreaming they can do aught else.

²² "Behold, a master comes, and tells them of a hidden wealth; that underneath the rocky soil of carnal things are treasures that no man can count;

²³ "That in the heart the richest gems abound; that he who wills may open the door and find them all.

²⁴ "And then the people said, Make known to us the way that we may find the wealth that lies within the heart.

²⁵ "And Jesus opened up the way; the toilers saw another side of life, and toil became a joy."

(The Aquarian Gospel, Chapter 33, by Levi H. Dowling)

Read the whole book for free at: http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/agjc/

JJ:

The reason this forum is so effective is that we have many of the same truths enunciated by different personalities. I may say something that will inspire some, then others may state their views, and give an insight that was completely missing in my writings. Then someone else may give an experience that brings the concept down to earth for others. I am pleased rather than ego-threatened that you find much inspiration in writings other than my own. And I am doubly pleased that most of us find almost all the writings of all sincere participants inspiring and helpful. I'd be willing to bet that we have the highest quality postings on the whole web.

Now if I was a representative of the Beast I would only want my writings to be extolled and if I saw that someone else was getting some praise I would subtly undermine them and let the group know that only I can be trusted as being trustworthy. The truth is you can only trust me or anyone else to the extent that the words make sense and are verified by the soul within. I know that many of you have felt my words speak to your soul and that pleases me beyond measure, but I also know that you have felt the words of many others in the group speak to you.

This forum will never be a competition to see who's the best. If there is any competition at all it will be who can learn and benefit the most from the good presented by the whole.