Our Real Jobs
Our real job is to become aware of the Divine Presence within and to free ourselves from inhibitions, frustrations, and poverty.
There is no global recession. There is no coming catastrophe, and there is no need to worry about the future. Markets are adjusting themselves and becoming more efficient. We don’t need all these people working to create what the market currently puts out.
And so, a great number of jobs are being lost that are no longer needed maintain the same output.
Is this something to be afraid of, something to worry about? Is the world going to end, are millions of people going to end up on the streets?
The answer is no, at least not because of lack. We grow food more efficiently now than ever before. There are too many houses and not enough people to fill them. There is no lack anywhere, except for the ones we arbitrarily create for ourselves.
So why the panic? Who gains by all this negativity, all this pessimism and doubt?
Nobody, and it’s time to face facts. Though we may be losing jobs all over the world, we are gaining an unprecedented opportunity.
Think of all those intelligent, hard working people who have just been laid off. Previously, they were working well below their potential. They now have plenty of time to be creative, to sit and think, and to create the next generation of innovation.
Because innovation never stops. It refuses to be hung up by big business or big government or doomsayers. We create and we innovate, because that is what god did when he created the universe, and that is what we will continue to do because we were made in his image.
We do not look to the world and ask where we fit in. Instead, we look to the world and ask what we give from within ourselves.
Ten thousand jobs is something we can live without. Falling demand is something we can deal with. But what we cannot deal with is people who chose to be beaten.
If we stop believing in the impossible, in our power to transform the world for the better, then we can start to worry. Because the whole world works only through faith; faith in money, faith in employment, faith in economies, faith that our efforts will see benefits.
What benefits will you reap from this economic downturn? Will you take it as a chance to create something new you’ve dreamed about, or will you use it as an excuse to continue blaming others for an imaginary lack?
