Of all the TM employers I had, not a single one would be happy with the below advice. They'd pay it lip service, but giving them mostly only "body" instead of "all of one's mindful efforts for the business' sake" would getcha fired in short order if you were up-front about it.
On the other hand, there is that old adage: "I'll only put out enough work to not get fired, and the boss'll only pay enough to keep me from quitting." Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > > > From: Blaine Watson [mailto:blain...@...] > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 8:29 AM > To: undisclosed-recipients: > Subject: more about the soul and its nature > > Yesterday's quote was from Guru Dev as is this one today. > > 'Having become a devotee of Paramatman one can never remain unhappy. This is > our experience. The ego (Jiva) is going on doing its work from several > births; its tendency to work exists from time immemorial. Therefore, if the > work is just started with a little co-operation of the mind it shall > continue to go on just like the wagon moving a long way off ... if it is > just jerked and pushed by the engine. It is necessary to bifurcate the work > of the mind as main and secondary. Apply your body mainly and your mind > secondarily to you work . > When your mind is mainly engaged in Paramatman you shall receive his grace, > Paramatman is all-powerful. Even a little of His grace is capable of > bestowing on the ego all that is good in its entirety. The declaration of > the Lord that is proved by the scriptures is this; "Whosoever thinks of Me > with one-pointed devotion, I shall conduct his necessary work also". The > experience of the bhaktis also goes to prove the declaration of the Lord. > Accumulate wealth (artha), but in such a way that is not against > transcendental wealth (param-artha). That which hinders transcendental > wealth and results in accumulation in sin is not wealth but a burden, a debt > (anartha). > As is the cloth, so is the price. For carrying on the short-lived activities > of the work, employ your short-lived body and wealth. Mind is a permanent > thing, which remains with you always. Even in the other world it will > continue to stay with you. Therefore connect it with a permanent thing, > Paramatman, being the eternal existence in animate and inanimate things, is > the only permanent thing of the highest order. Therefore connect your mind > with Him. If the mind is satisfied with wealth, wife or children, why does > it go elsewhere? Because if cannot stick onto anything. From this it is > clear that it is not satisfied with anything of the mundane world. It runs > after things, taking them to be good and desirable, but after a short while > it leaves them. > Nobody wants your mind in this world, and the mind is not satisfied with > anything of the world. The mind is not fit for the world, or the world for > the mind. When the mind realizes the transcendent, it is permanently > established there and does not desire other things. From this we can > understand that the transcendental field of life alone is fit for the mind > and nothing else. > Keep this in mind; that your mind, which is not wanted by anyone else in > this world, is useful to take you near Paramatman. Therefore, in this > marketplace of the world, carry on work with your body and wealth, and allow > your mind to go towards transcendence. Then your work in this world will get > on well, and the path to transcendental wealth will also be clear.' >
