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"Having heard of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, I picked this one up on a whim at a used book store and ended up really liking it. There are maybe two dozen pieces in this book, all of which were taken from a publication of the BPF. Some weren't reall"
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“...Think of it as 'Right Livelihood 2.0'... In addition to not causing harm to yourself or another, this is livelihood that is an expression of your Core Intention, work that you can fall in love with and that no longer feels like “work”: work that matters.”
― Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
― Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
“I believe that all of us have a natural brilliance that is yearning to come out and be expressed in the daily activities of our life, including our work. This spark longs to be seen by others not in a superficial, attention-getting way, but in the most authentic way possible. Buddhists call this “Buddha-nature,” our awakened self. It is luminous and radiant, and it is a gift we give to others. It is our original nature before a whole lot of internal and external crap gets piled on it. That luminosity is there in all of us but we often forget it or lose our way.”
― Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
― Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
“Whatever your favorite kind of resistance is, it is likely to go into full bloom as you start making changes to your livelihood because this is an area that is linked with survival (our job is what pays our bills) as well as identity (our job is how we define ourselves). As a matter of fact, the more resistance you encounter, the more likely that you’re hitting paydirt in your transformational process.”
― Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
― Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
“You may want to sit with the following question: How much am I identifying with a job title rather than what I intuitively know is my work to share with the world?”
― Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
― Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
“Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.”
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“As you consider how to take your next step toward a Liberation-Based Livelihood, often the first decision you need to consider is: Can I transform my current job into a vehicle for expressing my Core Intention? Or do I need to let go of it altogether?
This crossroads place is full of potential, and it can go in so many directions—not all of them positive! Bringing mindful awareness into the process greatly increases the possibility that you’ll make a healthy decision rather than a reactive one. As I shared in my own story, for many years I tended to leap out of unsatisfactory work situations very quickly. My unhappiness usually followed me into the next job, only to manifest there in new ways.
A good starting point to figure out if it’s time to leave your job is to consider if it’s harmful to yourself and/or to others. If the answer is “yes,” start planning your exit strategy as soon as possible.”
― Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
This crossroads place is full of potential, and it can go in so many directions—not all of them positive! Bringing mindful awareness into the process greatly increases the possibility that you’ll make a healthy decision rather than a reactive one. As I shared in my own story, for many years I tended to leap out of unsatisfactory work situations very quickly. My unhappiness usually followed me into the next job, only to manifest there in new ways.
A good starting point to figure out if it’s time to leave your job is to consider if it’s harmful to yourself and/or to others. If the answer is “yes,” start planning your exit strategy as soon as possible.”
― Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
“We’ve inherited beliefs about work that have been shaped by institutions and structures such as capitalism and patriarchy, often without our awareness. In the United States, the Protestant work ethic underlies many of our assumptions around work: we live to work instead of working to live. Beliefs like “Time is money” can lead us to override the intelligence of our bodies and hearts, to not listen when they quietly (or loudly) say to us, 'Enough!' When we accept, without question, these kinds of beliefs and assumptions, we limit our imagination about more nourishing possibilities for work.”
― Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
― Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
