Survival On The Path Of Enlightenment

[egoless]

As we choose to follow the path of Enlightenment there should arise many practical obstacles in our everyday lives. Until we get awaken we need to sustain ourselves somehow. The main issue is that we do not know in advance when the awakening will happen, it can only happen in presence - we can not "strategize " about it. What are the best careers and jobs to sustain our day to day practical needs while we are on the journey of Enlightenment. This journey requires extreme loneliness and self inquiry. Unfortunately the modern world does not forgive that. It endorses extroversion and active social people. Please offer the solutions to this issue.

Edited August 6, 2017 by egoless

[Nahm]

@egoless look at it differently. 

[egoless]

Just now, Nahm said:

@egoless look at it differently. 

What do you mean?

[Nahm]

The whole thing, reality, your 'life', all of it...is you. It is infinite. It is not actually 'physical'. It IS you, the higher Self, You. 

When you type about what it is, that literally, to you, IS what it is. You are unaware that that is how you are creating it. 

Have the balls to start calling it what you want it to be, and it becomes that too.

The thing is, every person thinks their perspective on reality is the most realistic, the most accurate.

The joke is, that it is. Not because they're smart, but because each of us is creating it. 

You are not expanding your understanding of it, you are expanding it it's self, with your thought & actions.

when you state "the modern world is not forgiving", "there should arise many obstacles", "we can not strategize our own awakening", "requires extreme loneliness", "it endorses extroversion" , you have made more certain, that for you, that is all true.

 

Whenever you say "reality is such and such", reality only says, "ok".

 

The only question is, what do you want your reality to be?

It's yours already. You've been making it the whole time.

 

 

[cetus]

@egoless If you awoken to realize that you are absolutely everything that is happening, what difference would it make what career you have? All careers would be included in that 'everythingness' wouldn't they? The answer to your question is -it's a personal preference and nothing more.

[egoless]

21 minutes ago, cetus56 said:

@egoless If you awoken to realize that you are absolutely everything that is happening, what difference would it make what career you have? All careers would be included in that 'everythingness' wouldn't they? The answer to your question is -it's a personal preference and nothing more.

The question was adressed to the period during which you are on the "journey" of the awakening. I realise that when you are awaken it does not matter anymore. 

[cetus]

25 minutes ago, egoless said:

The question was adressed to the period during which you are on the "journey" of the awakening

@egoless If you awaken while your digging ditches, you will see that is exactly where the universe wanted you to be at that moment.