Provision
"Your duties in the world are small. They are meant to secure provisions which you need physically and to maintain those alliances with others that are beneficial for your well-being and for their well-being as well. These are important, but your mission is greater. Do not undermine your ability to receive your mission by being in failure concerning your duties. This is only a form of self-avoidance." [1]
"If you are concerned only with your survival, your natural inclination for honesty will become obstructed and distorted. If you do not trust life, you will attempt to outmaneuver it, and you will attempt to use cunning and craft to get what you want because you do not think that life provides for those who are honest. Yet if you are honest, life will provide for you at every moment, and you will be able to follow the progression of life. This will place you in a far better position to make wise decisions concerning your relationships at all stages of development."[2]
Provide for yourself
”It may take you a long time to find your real work and a much longer time for it to support you financially. In the interim, you do work that supports your real work. This is perfectly all right. In fact, it has to be this way. If you live in poverty because you have refused to do any work other than what you think is your real work, you will not have the power, the stability or the foundation to do your real work, even if it becomes known to you.” [3]
“To build a foundation for learning and living The Way of Knowledge, it is necessary that you be able to provide for yourself in order to meet your basic needs and expenses and that you deal with these resources—money, time and effort—effectively. If this is neglected, you will be disabled in your attempt to build your foundation and to begin your journey into the next great stage of your life, which is the reclamation of Knowledge and the discovery of a greater purpose.” [4]
"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."[5]
References
- ↑ Steps to Knowledge, Step 165: My duties are small. My mission is great.
- ↑ Relationships and Higher Purpose, Chapter 14: Completing Relationships
- ↑ Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training, Step 51: My work is an expression of my life.
- ↑ Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 5: The Pillar of Work
- ↑ Relationships and Higher Purpose, Chapter 4: Your Relationship with the World
See also
Further study
- Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 5: The Pillar of Work
- Preparing for the Great Waves of Change: Building your Ark