It is estimated that 90% of people intensely dislike the working week, which is a product of efficiency for the industrial revolution and machine system of living. So, 10% of people have a living that is ideal for them. They could work 15 hours a day and still love what they are doing. The rest of the 90% suffer through a work day dreaming about the evenings or weekend and their freedom from being a work-slave. Most hate Mondays, and like Fridays because it is nearly the weekend. (and that’s an improvement – I knew old people when I was a young kid that had worked six days a week with Sunday off to attend church.) One of the most common mental ailments in modern life is depression. Just look at the symptoms below and understand that many can be attributed to problems from modern living! From the Mayo Clinic site. Symptoms – Although depression may occur only once during your life, people typically have multiple episodes. During these episodes, symptoms occur most of the day, nearly every day and may include:
- Feelings of sadness, tearfulness, emptiness or hopelessness
- Angry outbursts, irritability or frustration, even over small matters
- Loss of interest or pleasure in most or all normal activities, such as sex, hobbies or sports
- Sleep disturbances, including insomnia or sleeping too much
- Tiredness and lack of energy, so even small tasks take extra effort
- Reduced appetite and weight loss or increased cravings for food and weight gain
- Anxiety, agitation or restlessness
- Slowed thinking, speaking or body movements
- Feelings of worthlessness or guilt, fixating on past failures or self-blame
- Trouble thinking, concentrating, making decisions and remembering things
- Frequent or recurrent thoughts of death, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts or suicide
- Unexplained physical problems, such as back pain or headaches
- I will add, a lack of self-love
When I asked my students in class to describe a perfect Saturday, it almost never had anything to do with ‘work.’ It almost always came down to relaxation, doing their ‘sport’, or hanging out with friends and family – doing things they love with people they love! Imagine now that you have a psychological workweek, where everyday is either a Friday or Saturday mentality and you choose!! Think about work that you loved so much that you might work 10 days straight and then maybe take off 5 days (you might have to be told to take time off). It’s a sunny day, so you and your friends might just take the day off without going to work – no permission needed. Before you dismiss this as silly, this is the way humans evolved and essentially lived for most of human history – big generalization of course, but it’s the idea I present here. Of course, you need to do specific tasks when they need to be done but you have real freedom to manage your time as you prefer. And yes, this is part of living a spiritual life – a deep profound connection to everything around you. You will still have bad days and people that irritate you – that’s being human – but think about being happy and content most of the time because the life you lead is sustainable in a myriad of ways.
So what is love if it is more than the physical intimacy and attraction we obsess over so much. Obviously more to discuss. At this point I will quote from my favorite modern mystic, Michael Roads.
“Love is not an emotion. Love is the power of creation being expressed through humanity. It is your very existence. There is our normal daily love, and there is unconditional Love. We emotionalise and dramatise love. Our concepts of love are mostly acquired young, from observing our parents, watching movies, television, and reading. Quite a mixed bag! Unconditional Love is rare. Very rare. Mostly we achieve the ‘I love you, if you love me,’ type of love, and that’s fine. But we do need to move on from there. The Love that is most important in your life is unconditional Love for yourself. This is the deepest, truest way that you can experience Love. And it is the most difficult.” Michael goes on to say: “There is what I call human love, and there is Absolute Love. Human love is all about high emotions, while Absolute Love is pure creation. ‘ALL’ life is ‘One’ energy. That’s it. When you ‘get this’ you live a holistic life, loving humanity on a soul level. If you do not Love ‘all’ humanity – it’s all One energy – how can you Love a single one? In truth, you cannot. So we play the personality game, where all people are separate and some are better or more loveable than others, and some are bad. An illusion game that we call, history! So, all the people you think you Love is really your emotional bond to them . . . and this can be super strong. We call it love. I love you and I love my car! This is the best most people can manage . . . and it’s all okay. You can Love the Whole, with all its individuality, but you cannot Love the individual without Loving the Whole. So, we – humanity – are learning just what Love truly is; as individuals we are at many different stages of this… Remove all self-blame, all self-judgement, and all self-criticism . . . and it is done. In the utter Peace, is Self and Love as One with All. This is why, over and over, I do my best to point all my readers in the One direction that holds the power of creation. It is as simple, in your everyday life, as constantly and CONSCIOUSLY . . . choosing Love!
The story here gets more convoluted for the many who still hang onto the illusions of modern living. Perhaps it is time to explain the reality of the world we live in from a quantum perspective. Once we understand that, it should be clear why we have the power to easily create the world we want, and to be the content, happy, healthy people we would like to be! Remember, sainthood not required or needed. It’s not about us all being in some perfect place. It’s about us reaching into the core of us we really are and just living a life we want to live that is free of stress and control. Most indigenous peoples were doing this before we brought them civilization. Yes, they may have been low tech, but it isn’t the technology that is the primary problem, it’s how we think about technology. So first, a little about how we connect what the indigenous peoples can tell us with the best of today!
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