right livelihood

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I'm new to this list and as a means of introduction to my quest/dilemma, I offer

the following:

 

Today I've been reading through the Kundalini yoga pages and in the Lesson #11

(kundalini yogakyt11.html) right livelihood is mentioned.

 

This is a huge struggle for me - knowing what my right livelihood is to be.

I've experienced two career tracks (medical then computer - 8 years each) so far

in my life and am intensely interested to know what is next for me. Both of

these vocations were very interesting to me at outset, during the learning and

discovery phases, but each lost it's allure after a period of time; they didn't

feed my soul. Additionally, none of my avocations have turned into "fruitful"

endeavors either as I am certain that there is always someone (or many

someone's) out there who can do what I do far better than I ever could. I'm

afraid that I really enjoy many different subjects but am the master of none.

 

If any of you could offer any assistance or direction to me in this pursuit, I

would be most grateful for your advice.

 

 

 

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it's comforting hear someone else say this.... i'm in the same place!

 

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Monday, December 18, 2000 4:47 PM

right livelihood

 

 

> I'm new to this list and as a means of introduction to my quest/dilemma, I

offer the following:

>

> Today I've been reading through the Kundalini yoga pages and in the Lesson

#11 (kundalini yogakyt11.html) right livelihood is mentioned.

>

> This is a huge struggle for me - knowing what my right livelihood is to

be. I've experienced two career tracks (medical then computer - 8 years

each) so far in my life and am intensely interested to know what is next for

me. Both of these vocations were very interesting to me at outset, during

the learning and discovery phases, but each lost it's allure after a period

of time; they didn't feed my soul. Additionally, none of my avocations have

turned into "fruitful" endeavors either as I am certain that there is always

someone (or many someone's) out there who can do what I do far better than I

ever could. I'm afraid that I really enjoy many different subjects but am

the master of none.

>

> If any of you could offer any assistance or direction to me in this

pursuit, I would be most grateful for your advice.

>

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Sat Nam,

 

Monday, December 18, 2000, 7:47:04 PM, you wrote:

 

c> I'm new to this list and as a means of introduction to my quest/dilemma, I

offer the following:

 

c> Today I've been reading through the Kundalini yoga pages and in the Lesson

#11 (kundalini yogakyt11.html) right livelihood is mentioned.

 

c> This is a huge struggle for me - knowing what my right livelihood is to be.

 

Though we have free choice, we must also face the consequences of the

choices we make and therefore it is important to ask ourselves what we

really want of life and even more important, what does Life/God/Soul

need from us.

 

Write out what you want from Life exactly as it comes to your mind.

Give more attention to your Soul. Attention equals love as far as your

Soul is concerned. Your Soul has its own purposes to fulfill. Listen

.... write ... prepare yourself ... follow your Soul.

 

Life is a gift and consciousness can make it wholesome or degraded. By

releasing what is no longer valid, a deeper Truth is allowed to unfold

and manifest itself. Understanding the basic functions of life and its

natural patterns - just by observing Life and reflecting about what you

observed - will give a direction in your life. Participating in

bringing about that natural patterning will help you to realize the

reality of things. This will bring you closer to God, closer to your

Soul but this closeness is a personal affair and cannot be discussed,

any more than a kiss between lovers can be talked about. In doing so

the purity and perfection of its essence is somehow lost.

 

Wahe Guru,

Gabyclau

claudiagiovani

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I just read about your dilemma and although I too have similar self-doubts (I

ended an 8 year career as a lawyer to be a yoga teacher - an obviously less

lucrative choice and one in which I have far less expertise), that is not

what impels me to respond.

 

The first thing I thought of is how lucky you are to have so many things that

interest you and from which you draw pleasure. And I am assuming that you

are at least good, if not great, at many of these. So the big question is,

why do you feel that in order to embark on a path, be it career or whatever,

you have to be the best at it? So what if others do it better than you do? Do

you think I was the best attorney that ever was? Well, I was pretty talented

at what I did, actually, but certainly others are better. That's not why I

stopped though. Like you, it didn't feed my soul. And yes, it is hard to know

what does, and you have already gotten advice, I see, about tuning in to your

truest nature to find out what makes you tick, so to speak.

 

On a less spiritual level, you might try keeping a pad or journal of some

sort, and every time you experience something that you love, that really

seems to satisfy you, write it down. If its eating chocolate ice cream, write

it down. If its walking down a certain street, write it down. Write down the

things you imagine in your dreams - awake or asleep - that please you or make

you smile. Without the effort of sitting and thinking about it - which will

certainly do you no good, as you will disrupt neutrality and thus block

insight - you will nonetheless be devoting a good deal of attention to what

makes you tick. The process itself may even start training you to become more

aware - and thus more appreciative, perhaps - of the joys in your life. It

will help the answer to come. And if it doesn't, after a few months, you

always have pages and pages of notes to review. What are the trends, the

themes? What things repeatedly pop up as candy for your soul? Then you don't

have far to go to figure out what you can do that incorporates these things

(even if you have to be creative). And something tells me it will be

something you're good at. Which brings me back to the real intent of my

reply. (This exercise was an unanticipated tangent, actually.)

 

Give up having to be great at what you do, or certainly, the best. Just give

it up, ok? There are a lot of people out there who need a lot of things and

they can't all get it from the one single person who does it best. Besides,

what is best? Not everyone wants the same thing or judges "best" by the same

measure, any more than 20 men in a room would agree on who the most beautiful

woman is. What you have to offer, whatever you do, is the best at the way you

do it, because you are uniquely qualified to offer yourself. Some people will

naturally be drawn to what you have to offer, especially if it comes so

purely from within and is an expression of your love - for what you're doing,

for yourself, and for others. So don't quantify, judge or compare. It would

be the equivalent of trying to mimic another's yoga practice in spite of what

your body was telling you. It is not authentic and therefore not as

beneficial. Just feel it and do it. If it feels right, it will be.

 

Good luck.

 

Sat Nam,

S