Most people pursue a career based on what the ego wants, not based on what they — their true self — really want.
This is the simple, yet invisible, reason why so many people are involved in a job that does not fulfill them. They have basically sacrificed their happiness for the APPARENT SUCCESS that a well paid job brings.
This worldly success is apparent and not real, because the only measure of true success in life is one’s personal evolution. A job where you are not allowed to express your passion and talent in order to become your best self, is not worthy of who you are.
Many authors have begun to highlight the importance of focusing on one’s strengths and talents: Tom Rath and Marcus Buckingham, for example.
However, the deeper question still remains: Do you want to be TRULY happy and successful, or do you settle for apparent happiness and apparent success?
In other words, do you choose the ego or do you choose your true self?
Here’s a simple test to know whether your current job is more about the ego or is about your true self.
Suppose you had all the money that you could possibly need, and no longer need to work for a living. Plus, suppose you did not care what other people thought about how you make a living. Would you remain in your current job?
If the answer is no, then the ego has deceived you. It has “stolen” your life and has prevented you from finding your true self.
Notice that I say “the ego” and not “your ego” because ego is an impersonal unconsciousness pervading all of society, a cover-up machination that prevents people from discovering their true, unique self.
On the other hand, if you had all the money you needed, and STILL decided to keep doing your present job, then it’s likely that your job is based on your true self. That is, it enables you to self-actualize and fully realize your potential as a human being.
In most cases, people will admit that their current job does not fulfill them, but they “have to” do it. Why? To pay the bills, to survive financially, to pay debts previously incurred.
I’m not suggesting that people become financially irresponsible, quit their job and run to join the circus!
What I’m suggesting is a gentle recognition that ego may be running your life, and has usurped your power to shape your life to become the masterpiece you want it to be.
“Usurped” is actually not the correct word, for you ALWAYS have power over your life; you only THINK that you’ve lost power.
As you realize, more and more, that you do have power — the power to discern, evaluate, decide and make up your own mind — you will gain greater clarity about what you want and the means to get it in life.
So even though you might currently be in a job you don’t like, you will begin to see opportunities to escape from it. For example, you might see opportunities to work elsewhere, or you might decide to launch a business, or you might reuse your skills in a different way in order to get a more fulfilling position within the same organization.
What is certain is that once your eyes are open, you WILL see many more opportunities than you are currently seeing. Of course, as can be expected, the ego wants you to live your life with your eyes closed.
How do you know if your eyes are closed or not? Well, if you are blaming others, are complaining, are criticizing others or the “system”, are justifying why you can’t do this or that, etc. then it is certain that your eyes are closed.
A new life full of possibilities await you, if only you opened your eyes, and see Reality for the first time.
This Reality (notice the capital “R”) is not the same reality that you’ve been accustomed to in the last few years, where you are merely a “body” living in a world populated by 6.5 billion other “bodies.”
This Reality is one where you are truly the creator, in every moment and situation, of your life.
All are called to experience this amazing Reality, but few choose to open their eyes. If you are among the few courageous ones, then a life of infinite abundance, happiness and fulfillment is waiting for you.
If you do not yet have the courage to awaken from the ego’s dream, then it’s okay too. But eventually, you too will awaken at precisely the time that you choose to.
Every person chooses to evolve at her own pace. My role or function is simply to offer the guiding knowledge to those who choose to awaken now, and who need a brother to help them to become masterful creators of their careers and lives.
I awakened partially from the ego’s dream in June 2000, and my brother Joe awakened about two years ago. Through PowerKnowledge.net, a portal offering highly valuable knowledge free of charge, we wish to help those who seek knowledge and guidance in order to create the amazing, limitless life that they deserve.
In the end, all human beings deserve to have an amazing and fulfilling life. I know that. The question is, do you believe that you deserve an amazing and fulfilling life?
If you do, bookmark this blog for this is where I will share with you the best knowledge, gathered from over 800 books as well as my own exhilarating journey, so that you too can reclaim and learn to use your power to create your dream life.
