OPINIONS
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What should one expect as fair compensation for one's work? This question
has been occupying my mind all month. Not surprising, since I have been
putting in work weeks of 60 to over 100 hours while the timecard system
of my employer only allows me to report 40 hours each week. There is something
VERY WRONG about this practice. My contract with my employer is for 40
hours of work per week at an agreed to salary per week. Doing the job well
requires at least 60 hours per week with peaks that have exceeded 100 hours
in a single week. Under the current system, there is no way to report and
be recognized for the actual time expended. It is not that people
are not aware of the time that I am putting in. It is obvious to over 50
people now. Further, it is not that everyone, or even several people for
that matter, are doing what I am doing. No, I am not a slave. No one is
forcing me to work so hard for so long each week. But I am driven, because
I see work that MUST be done that others either do not see or do not take
personal responsibility for. As a wayshower, I have no choice. I
must do what SPIRIT places on my plate and moves me to do.
Spiritual law ensures that I will reap what I have sown. It ensures that I will indeed receive all that I need in return for the service that I provide. Spirit does not care what "contracts" are in place between employers and employees. It holds each individual and each organization to a higher standard. This standard involves fair compensation for services rendered and services received. In my present work environment, there is a CLEAR IMBALANCE in the exchange of energy. That this will be righted in time is CERTAIN ... for spiritual law has no exceptions. Balance is always achieved. No situation of imbalance is allowed to exist for very long. It will be interesting to observe what transpires in the weeks and months ahead. I find it curious that my LIFE now demonstrates spiritual law in action so readily. No, the corrections do not occur overnight. However, they always occur when the time is right in a manner that permits the greatest expression of spirit possible within the constraints of the circumstances. I stand back as an observer. While I am intimately involved in the process, I am also very detached ... open to whatever will happen, anxiously awaiting what it will demonstrate about the nature of reality and in particular how spiritual law is manifest HERE and NOW in this world.
SPIRIT knows everything that is happening. It is not for me to judge how spirit is expressed in any circumstances. Rather, I am the observer, watching what I experience, and learning as much as I can about my SELF and how spirit expresses from every encounter and experience in my life.
I am blown away every day by what SPIRIT reveals unto me and by what SHE does through me. I have no experience of creating any of this. It just happens. It just unfolds before my consciousness. I AM THAT I AM. I would be none other that I AM. But, even more important, there is only ONE I AM. Each day this is experienced to a greater degree. More of the world becomes part of "Wayne's World". And, with each piece that is brought in there is a greater level of awareness and understanding.
As I type this, I am sitting in an airport. My head is moving from side to side observing everything that is around me. There is a song that I am humming as the words flow forth. I have no idea of where they originate. They flow through my consciousness and my fingers effortlessly. I am completely at PEACE and at ONE with the world. I am HERE and NOW. All that matters is experiencing this moment fully and ENJOYING the process of spirit expressing in this manner HERE and NOW. I am in THE ZONE. As I look around, it is clear that there are no others in my world at this moment. Yes, there are many people within 100 feet of me in the terminal at the airport, put they literally have no awareness of the reality that I am now experiencing. Interesting, I have never been in exactly this state before. There is a blissfulness that transcends everything that I have experienced to this point in my life. I have arrived at a LOVELY place. This is indeed HEAVEN. Yes, right here, right now, I am in HEAVEN! But, this is only a first step. Where this will ultimately take me is UNKNOWN. It is truly BEYOND IMAGINATION. I am not making this up. I am describing what I AM as fully as my understanding and awareness permits at this moment. I find it absolutely fascinating. The world is truly PERFECT at this very moment. What a wonderful state to experience. It is as if I have reached the top of a great peak of awareness. From this vantage point, the world is a very different place. Not only the world, but ALL THAT I AM.
There is a profound sense of peace. I am fully relaxed. Yet, at the same time I am aware in a way that I have never been aware before. I am AWAKE, as if for the first time in my life. All that has come before in the past few years is childs play compared to this present awareness. Yet, this too is only a step along the way towards the experience of WHOM THAT I TRULY AM. Oh, don't get me wrong. It is a BIG step. But, it is still only a step on a wondrous journey that has truly just begun.
At this moment I am without need. I am without lack pf any kind. I am spirit enfleshed to a degree that I had not imagined was even possible. Yet, how can I describe this state in a way that is meaningful to others. SERVICE is foremost in my mind. It is in SERVICE that spirit expresses. SERVICE is the mechanism through which all need is filled. Hmm... what an interesting concept. The key to filling any need is to GIVE ... to give as fully and completely as is possible in each moment. Any lack that is felt is there because one has not found a way to SERVE. All that matters is the maximal expression of spirit. When this is occurring, everything else falls into place naturally. How is it that I could not see this before? At this point it matters not. What was before is no longer relevant. All that matters is what I AM now ... and the degree to which I am able to allow SPIRIT to express through me. The expression of SPIRIT is always to SERVE, in whatever manner is required in the moment. What this is will be clear when one is operating in the ZONE, where spirit is freely flowing in everything that one does. There are no longer any separations or compartments in life. It is ONE ... a single FLOW in which consciousness bears witness to a reality that miraculously unfolds.
My head still moves from side to side as it has throughout the time that I have been typing these words. My attention is multi-faceted at this moment. I am simultaneously aware of so many things that I am amazed that the words can flow forth at all, much less at a regular pace. My fingers move faster than their normal pace. But what is being expressed occupies only a small fraction of my awareness. I have observed my mind doing multiple things concurrently before. But, this is very different. Something NEW has kicked in that has never expressed in this manner before. How privileged I am to bear witness to what is unfolding. This is indeed a special moment. I long to share it with others, yet I know not how. It is as if such is impossible. It is as if such experience for me can only come by increasing my understanding and awareness of SELF to embrace the fact that what is perceived as "other" is but another aspect of the ONE SELF of which I am not yet consciously aware.
By that standard, I have a long way to go. Yet, now I know that such is indeed where I am headed. I have caught a glimpe of eternity. No longer is the true reality a concept in my head, It is a living awareness enfleshed in this body!
Hmm... I guess I have gone beyond what is generally expression as OPINION. Yet, somehow it is appropriate that this be expressed in this manner at this time. I guess the cosmic joke is on me. This was my reward for the LEVEL OF SERVICE that I have been providing at work. It is a reward that is priceless! I guess that is SPIRIT's way of showing me that my service has been priceless as well.
As I thought in the beginning, SPIRIT's economic system is simple: from each in accord with their abilities ... to each in accord with their needs.
THANK YOU SPIRIT, for giving me exactly what I needed in this moment. Thank you for once again expanding my consciousness to embrace more of the UNKNOWN. The rewards of the expression of spirit are endless. LIFE is truly a GIFT, the GRANDEST GIFT of ALL. THANK YOU ... THANK YOU ... THANK YOU!!!!