Guest guest Posted May 19, 2000 Report Share Posted May 19, 2000 In a message dated 5/19/00 4:50:30 PM Mountain Daylight Time, maread writes: << Then in December my awakening occurred. I won't say much about that here except this. Now, I am a mystic! I know for sure what Rumi's poems are about! :-))))))))))))) Anyway... A few months ago I was offered a short term contract at $95 an hour. The job came literally 'out of the blue' as the saying goes. Now I am flush with money again and have an excellent job offer. >> I enjoyed your post very much! This was my experience also. In fact, the more money has become irrelevant to me, the more of it there seems to be around. Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2000 Report Share Posted May 19, 2000 Over on nds the main topics of the past few days have been death, money, and what is non duality. I posted this excerpt of my life and my perspective about money on nds and think you may enjoy it here - or not. :-)) ----------------------- Well, folks, my days of idle pleasure are soon to end. I have recieved a very lucrative job offer with a local telecom. You may think me mad, but I may still turn down the job. It is after all for a mere annual salary of 90k. Geeze, and to think I'll be working 3 on 4 off 4 on 3 off. Since my awakening experience last year I have developed a completelydifferent attitude toward money. Different that is from what I used to have. I was raised on welfare as a child. There were times when we went hungry for days on end. I always thought that money would solve all problems. Sheesh! Eventually I began to notice a pattern in life. No matter how much money I had or didn't have somehow I was always being taken care of. This was demonstrated most vividly for me during the past year. When I learned of my mother's terminal cancer I left my position with a very successful consulting company to be with her. At that time I had about 12 grand in the bank and was doing ok. Well, of course the money rapidly disappeared. About two months after Mom passed on I took a nice position with a dot com company. That lasted a month. I immediately went to work for another company, that lasted about three months. Then, again the money ran out. Financially I was on the verge of losing everything I owned. House, car all that stuff was on the line. But, strangely enough, I wasn't worried. My most pressing desire was to learn the ultimate answer to life's biggest questions - Why? What does it Mean? Who the fuck am I? That sort of thing. :-)) Friends started loaning me money without my asking. I found little short term (1-2 day) contracts that kept the small bills paid. I even shoveled llama dung one weekend! Then in December my awakening occurred. I won't say much about that here except this. Now, I am a mystic! I know for sure what Rumi's poems are about! :-))))))))))))) Anyway... A few months ago I was offered a short term contract at $95 an hour. The job came literally 'out of the blue' as the saying goes. Now I am flush with money again and have an excellent job offer. So, does it matter whether one is rich or poor? No, not really, for as JC said '...consider the lilies of the field. They niether sow nor do they reap. Yet Solomon in all his glory was not so well adorned as these.' Or something like that! ;-)) All is a gift I am the gift I am the giver I recieve myself in all that is. Pass the wine of yourself and deeply will I drink of your love. HAHAHAH and HOHOHO! Peace - trust - Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 Hi Michael and all, Is that mean you got the meaning of life??? I would be glad if all of you here wish to share your knowledge and wisdom with me. Please tell me the meaning of life. Thanks. With Love, Nasir > ---------- > Michael Read[sMTP:maread] > Saturday, May 20, 2000 5:49 AM > > Money? Yeah, Baby, feed me! > > Over on nds the main topics of the past few days have been death, > money, and what is non duality. > > I posted this excerpt of my life and my perspective about money > on nds and think you may enjoy it here - or not. :-)) > ----------------------- > Well, folks, my days of idle pleasure are soon to end. I have > recieved a very lucrative job offer with a local telecom. You > may think me mad, but I may still turn down the job. It is after all > for a mere annual salary of 90k. Geeze, and to think I'll be > working 3 on 4 off 4 on 3 off. > > Since my awakening experience last year I have developed a > completelydifferent attitude toward money. Different that is from > what I used to have. I was raised on welfare as a child. There were > times when we went hungry for days on end. I always thought that money > would solve all problems. Sheesh! > > Eventually I began to notice a pattern in life. No matter how much > money I had or didn't have somehow I was always being taken care of. > This was demonstrated most vividly for me during the past year. > > When I learned of my mother's terminal cancer I left my position with > a very successful consulting company to be with her. At that time I > had about 12 grand in the bank and was doing ok. Well, of course the > money rapidly disappeared. About two months after Mom passed on I took > a nice position with a dot com company. That lasted a month. I > immediately went to work for another company, that lasted about three > months. Then, again the money ran out. > > Financially I was on the verge of losing everything I owned. House, > car all that stuff was on the line. But, strangely enough, I wasn't > worried. My most pressing desire was to learn the ultimate answer to > life's biggest questions - Why? What does it Mean? Who the fuck am I? > That sort of thing. :-)) > > Friends started loaning me money without my asking. I found little > short term (1-2 day) contracts that kept the small bills paid. I > even shoveled llama dung one weekend! > > Then in December my awakening occurred. I won't say much about that > here except this. Now, I am a mystic! I know for sure what Rumi's > poems are about! :-))))))))))))) > > Anyway... A few months ago I was offered a short term contract at $95 > an hour. The job came literally 'out of the blue' as the saying goes. > Now I am flush with money again and have an excellent job offer. > > So, does it matter whether one is rich or poor? No, not really, for > as JC said '...consider the lilies of the field. They niether sow nor > do they reap. Yet Solomon in all his glory was not so well adorned as > these.' Or something like that! ;-)) > > All is a gift > I am the gift > I am the giver > I recieve myself in all that is. > > Pass the wine of yourself and deeply will I drink of your love. > > > HAHAHAH and HOHOHO! > > Peace - trust - Michael > > > ------ > Porsche Boxter. You and a friend. Nine dream days from > Napa Valley to Beverly Hills. Provided by CarsDirect.com. > Click to enter. > http://click./1/3993/7/_/520931/_/958776585/ > ------ > > // > > All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, > perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and > subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not > different than the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the > nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. > It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the > Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of > Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self. Welcome > all to a. > > To from this list, go to the ONElist web site, at > www., and select the User Center link from > the menu bar > on the left. This menu will also let you change your > subscription > between digest and normal mode. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 Nasir Chang wrote: > Hi Michael and all, > > Is that mean you got the meaning of life??? Rather, I would say, the meaning of life got me! :-)) > I would be glad if all of you here wish to share your > knowledge and wisdom with me. > Please tell me the meaning of life. > Thanks. By way of allegory and myth - just for fun: Well, there I WAS, Nasir, this vast and incomphrehensible BEING filling all of the VOID. One non-day I decided that I wanted to do SOMETHING so I 'created' EVERYTHING. Why? Because I COULD! So, I DID! Then I dove into it, you might say, and fired IT all up and set IT into MOTION. Every once in a GREAT WHILE one of the countless forms of apparently sentient beings will just stop for a moment to gaze out upon the PLAY and wonder - 'What does it all mean?' I LAUGH and LAUGH and LAUGH at the wonderful STORY of MYSELF! SILLY and DRAMATIC, ain't it? With LOVE, Your closest FRIEND and Ally - BEING. :-)))))))))))))))) > With Love, > Nasir Love you right back! All is a gift I am the gift I am the giver I recieve myself in all that is. Pass the wine of yourself and deeply will I drink of your love. HAHAHAH and HOHOHO! Peace - trust - Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 Hi Michael, Have nothing to say...but HAHAHAH...and...HOHOHOHO...:-)))) Peace, Nasir > ---------- > Michael Read[sMTP:maread] > Monday, May 22, 2000 11:05 PM > > Re: RE: Money? Yeah, Baby, feed me! > > Nasir Chang wrote: > > Hi Michael and all, > > > > Is that mean you got the meaning of life??? > > Rather, I would say, the meaning of life got me! :-)) > > > I would be glad if all of you here wish to share your > > knowledge and wisdom with me. > > Please tell me the meaning of life. > > Thanks. > > By way of allegory and myth - just for fun: > > Well, there I WAS, Nasir, this vast and incomphrehensible BEING > filling all of the VOID. One non-day I decided that I wanted to do > SOMETHING so I 'created' EVERYTHING. Why? Because I COULD! So, I DID! > > Then I dove into it, you might say, and fired IT all up and set IT > into MOTION. Every once in a GREAT WHILE one of the countless forms > of apparently sentient beings will just stop for a moment to gaze > out upon the PLAY and wonder - 'What does it all mean?' > > I LAUGH and LAUGH and LAUGH at the wonderful STORY of MYSELF! > > SILLY and DRAMATIC, ain't it? > > With LOVE, > > Your closest FRIEND and Ally - BEING. :-)))))))))))))))) > > > > With Love, > > Nasir > > Love you right back! > > All is a gift > I am the gift > I am the giver > I recieve myself in all that is. > > Pass the wine of yourself and deeply will I drink of your love. > > > HAHAHAH and HOHOHO! > > Peace - trust - Michael > > > > ------ > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker combinations. > Remember the good 'ol days > http://click./1/4053/7/_/520931/_/959011558/ > ------ > > // > > All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, > perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and > subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not > different than the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the > nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. > It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the > Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of > Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self. Welcome > all to a. > > To from this list, go to the ONElist web site, at > www., and select the User Center link from > the menu bar > on the left. This menu will also let you change your > subscription > between digest and normal mode. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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