Guest guest Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Rowena, I just felt the need to reply to you because some of what you wrote didn't "feel" right. I think that much of it is a reflection on work that you may need to do on yourself. I don't take any of it personally, rather I recognize it as a reflection of your own feelings and beliefs. Read what you wrote and understand that I'm in no way attacking you, I'm hoping that you'll see what I saw in your words and pay attention to it for your own spiritual journey towards Self: "You could become a teacher (not a yoga teacher -- that doesn't pay enough to live on)" You couldn't really believe that, could you? What would you say to all of the people in the world who ARE making enough to provide for themselves by working as a yoga teacher? Perhaps the amount of money one needs to live on is relative to the amount of material goods he/she feels the need to aquire. It just struck my how un-true the above statement is. To discourage anyone from being a yoga teacher with that sort of advice is an injustice. or a forest ranger or any job that fits your interests. You like cats? You could become a vet tech or, if you had good grades, go to vet school. You could work at an animal shelter or a shop that sells pet supplies (NOT live animals). "The people who are corporate dropouts have usually done the corporate grind long enough (10-30+ years) to have made enough money that they can afford to quit their jobs. At 23, you are just starting out. You'll have to put in another 15 or so years of corporate drudgery before you can begin to think about quitting and becoming a corporate dropout." Again, to me this sounds like your ego talking. If you really believe that people need to work 10-30 years in a corporate position before they can leave their job to do something else than it's unfortunate. That's saying that people are stuck, that there is no way out. That we don't have choices. That people have to "pay their dues" before they can pursue their passion. My hope for you is that you don't honestly believe that, whether it's consciously or in the depths of your Being. "Most jobs that are interesting (like teaching yoga) don't pay enough to live on so you have to do them as a hobby... For instance, you can't make a living as a writer but there are jobs that involve writing and editing. You can't make a living as an artist but there are jobs that are visually-oriented. A lot of people who can't afford to do what they love teach it and then do it in their spare time (e.g., an art teacher)." To this I would suggest that you read a book called "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron. I'm so sorry that you believe that people can't make a living being yoga teachers, writers or artists. What do you say to the people in the world who ARE yoga teachers, writers and artists? Would you sit down to dinner with them and tell them that it can't be done despite them doing it? It would seem that you're pre-conditioned ideas, ideas you've been taught by no fault of your own (society, your parents, etc.) are slightly narrow minded. It's no way to exist. Read, read, read and expand your awareness. Meditate. There's no need to limit yourself by those sorts of beliefs. I do appreciate you taking time to respond to my post. I just had to point out what I saw in your reply. I guess it's because you replied to someone regarding their spiritual journey and it raised questions in me about your awareness level of your own spiritual journey/connection with Self. I hate to see people looking at the world with fog clouding their eyes. That's not to say I'm Self realized and have transcended ego, far from it. I just hope for you to be on the path to light, as I hope for all of us at some point or another. An inspiration to prove the above points would be my mentor: she's a Dean's List graduate of Vassar College (Latin, Psychology), earned an IBM-sponsored M.B.A., holds a D.R.S. (Doctor of Religious Studies, with a concentration in Spiritual Healing) AND a Doctor of Divinity Degree, is a former Fortune 500 executive (Vice President, McGraw Hill), a successful computer company entrepreneur, computer wizard, co-founder and first President of The Association of Personal Computer Professionals, co-founder and first Chairperson of The Society for Grateful Living, co-founder and first Executive Director of the National Reiki Association, and founding treasurer of the Tri-State Holistic Health Association. For decades, her career was in the computer industry, where she won many performance awards from companies including IBM, McGraw-Hill, Datapro Research and Auerbach Publishers. She was the only employee in IBM's history to win every award a competitive analyst can win. While serving at IBM, she was an award-winning co-designer of the prototype architectures (CP/67, TSS, TSO, Arpanet) now known as the Internet. She holds a fascination for peak performance and high accomplishment and is a graduate of Tad James' Creating Your Future seminar and a 1995 graduate of Anthony Robbins' Mastery University. She is published author (5 books), published poet, commercial artist whose work history includes line-art covers for IBM marketing magazines, singer who performed once at the Academy Ball at the prestigous Academy of Music in Philadelphia, PA, NY-certified interior decorator who in 1989 embraced Feng Shui, award-winning ballroom dancer, and choreographer whose credits include two award-winning operas, Der Vampyr and Faust. Her fascination with the Divine, connection to and with the Divine, all paths leading to the Divine and expressions of the Divine, first evidenced at a very early age and has continued throughout her life. She has been an animal communicator since birth and was very blessed in that her maternal Uncle was an animal communicator and hands-on healer long before those words were even in the public domain. Languages have always been a passion for her and she had strong family influences: her paternal grandfather spoke 7 languages fluently. She is fascinated by all languages, whether they are spoken languages, unspoken languages, or ancient languages of the wisdom literature. As of this writing she has some skill in 14 languages and has served as a sought-after translator. Her skills with Latin, Greek, French and German helped her immensely in her work with Oxford University's Greek New Testament and she easily finished her first Ordination as a minister in the 1970's. She subsequently earned a D.D. in Comparative Religion and now also holds a Doctor of Religious Studies (D.R.S.) from American World University (her dissertation on energy & prayer healing was judged "excellent in every way"). She received her Ordination as a Spiritual Healer through internationally-renowned Spiritual Healer Ron Roth's Celebrating Life Fellowship in 2002. Her accomplishments are chronicled in dozens of Who's Who books nationally and internationally, including: International Leaders in Achievement and The World Who's Who of Women, published in Cambridge England; and in the United States, 2,000 Notable American Women, Who's Who in the U.S., Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, and many more. She realized she is a healer as a result of a near-fatal boating accident, during which a miracle witnessed by 7 other people saved her life and revealed to her a deep understanding of healing and self-healing for people and animals. At the time she was the CEO of a computer consulting company specializing in the design and installation of computer networks. The 'accident' and the epiphany she experienced changed her life dramatically. She has subsequently studied and become an expert in the Energy Therapies of multiple cultures, including Prana (India), Qi Gong Breathwork (China), Reiki (Japan), Neuro-Associative Conditioning (U.S.) and Huna (Hawaii). As an intuitive advisor, lecturer, workshop leader, and spiritual healer, she specializes in helping people feel healing Grace. She is only one example of what people can do with their lives. You cannot read about this woman's accomplishments and then truly believe that you couldn't teach yoga, or write, or be an artist. You could do all of those things! Good luck to you on your journey. Namaste. >rowena28 >ashtanga yoga >ashtanga yoga >ashtanga yoga Re: Life/career changes >Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:50:50 -0400 > _______________ Take advantage of powerful junk e-mail filters built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://\ hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 Dear Cheryl, Your mentor certainly sounds fascinating & Highly achieving. Are there some books or a website about your great mentor that I can read about? Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Very well said, Cheryl! Gayathri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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