Work
Work in the World
Directives
"Do not seek an easy life. Do not seek a life without work. Do not seek a life that is all joyful and wonderful, pleasurable and relaxing. That is not a real life. Pleasure and enjoyment will attend you if your work in the world is meaningful. If your work in the world is meaningful, then the relationships that are associated with that work will be meaningful."
- Relationships & Higher Purpose, chap. 13, p. 145
Short Quotes
"Your work in the world is in two arenas. One is the transformation of your experience of yourself and your relationships, and the other is the rendering of your specific contribution to the world."
- Relationships & Higher Purpose, chap. 1, p. 5
"The world is a place of doing. Your Ancient Home is a place of being. The world is a place of doing because it is a place of work. Work involves accomplishing tasks."
- Relationships & Higher Purpose, chap. 1, p. 10
"When you speak of spirituality, speak of work in the world and of meaningful relationships, for this is where spirituality lives and expresses itself through the love and labor of people."
- Relationships & Higher Purpose, chap. 13, p. 146
Long Quotes
"Your spiritual purpose is not necessarily the practical work that you do in the world. This is especially true at the outset. Here, if you are a student of Knowledge, work is merely a way to provide for yourself while you undergo your spiritual preparation. This is necessary. You will also find that the work that you are drawn to do may have great benefit, particularly in the future."
- Relationships & Higher Purpose, chap. 4, p. 37
"In considering the greatness of Knowledge, do not think that this means taking on a great role in the world. For Knowledge expresses itself in the most simple ways, in the simplest gesture, in the most mundane activity, in the simplest life and in the most humble work."
- Relationships & Higher Purpose, chap. 6, p. 52
Work on Self
Directives
"You must learn what you do, where you make your mistakes, where you are courageous, what your predispositions are, how you respond to difficulty, how you respond to loss, how you respond to success and how you respond to failure.... You must learn something about your own tendencies in order to learn how to work with yourself....You must learn to work with your design."
- Relationships & Higher Purpose, chap. 1, p. 10
Misconceptions
"People often think of self-love and self-acceptance as a form of passivity where you don't have to work any more. You can go on vacation or holiday with yourself. But real self-acceptance is very different from this. Here you realize that your lack of self-respect and your propensity for error require correction and are opportunities to express that which is genuine and meaningful within yourself."
- Relationships & Higher Purpose, chap. 9, p. 84
The Greater Work
"Your calling is where your greater work, born of your Knowledge, becomes evident. It is born of your preparation in Knowledge, it is born of your readiness for Knowledge and it is born of your marriage to Knowledge within yourself. This makes true marriage with others possible. Your calling represents a specific set of tasks to be carried out in the world. This represents your life's work."
- Relationships & Higher Purpose, chap. 11, p. 97
"(A) deeper reality was created by God. It does not have a nametag. It does not have a social function. It is not simply based upon one’s role in a family or a culture. It is not based necessarily on one’s work or vocation."
- Deeper Recognition in Relationships, September 11, 2008
"In your life, you will find that certain people who are really ready to participate with you and who have the right qualities will come into your life to assist you with your greater work, whatever that may be."
- Deeper Recognition in Relationships, September 11, 2008
"Relationship at the level of interdependence is rare and very special. It can take the form of a marriage. It can take the form of working together in spiritual community. It can take the form of a great alliance at one’s work. But it has this greater dimension, this greater power and this greater stability."
- Interdepence, July 4, 2008
"Your work ... becomes increasingly more an expression of the emergence of Knowledge within you ... when your spiritual calling begins to emerge."
- Relationships & Higher Purpose, chap. 9, p. 85