What is an adept? - the activation from red to blue

[JustLikeYou]

Ankh, I work at a grocery store where alot of the well-to-do folk in my town shop. I am one of a few there who have post-graduate degrees. I've noticed that the other people I've worked with who have post-grad degrees (or even bachelor's degrees seem to be upset that they still work a job that anybody could do. The fact that I am largely undisturbed by my status as a grocery clerk within Mainstream Society despite knowing that I am qualified for much more challenging positions tells me that I have been able to separate from the "thoughts, opinions and bonds of other-selves". Another interesting phenomenon is that I only just realized that some of these well-to-do folk probably think less of me for being a grocery clerk. I smile and talk to everyone (unless their energy tells me not to -- but even then I still smile), and nothing stops me from bouncing off the walls. ;-) (except when customers complain about me "ninja-kicking" the door to the stock-room open...).

The point I'm trying to make is this: I've noticed that the thoughts, opinions and bonds of other-selves are largely just party-pooping feelings. They expect something different of themselves, so they expect something different of you, too. They think that certain ways of acting or certain ways of engaging your life are appropriate, so they want to enforce this concept of appropriateness on you. I don't mean to suggest that it is not challenging to learn to let these things fall away, but what makes it so much easier for me is recognizing how much happier everyone would be if they just stopped concerning themselves with all those expectations. So I choose to set and example by happily defying expectations. I don't need to explain to anyone why I work in a grocery store when I could be teaching at a university. If you really want to know, go watch American Beauty.

For me, every single moment is an opportunity to share the peace of the One Infinite Creator. It makes no difference where I am. Anywhere I go, people have troubles, concerns, hidden feelings. So anywhere I go I can present the opportunity for others to know the self, accept the self, and become the Creator. Mainstream Society is just a picture-show, a game that I play so that I have the opportunity to meet with these other-selves and provide this opportunity to show the Creator to others and to see the Creator in them. In my mind, being an adept means doing this with the utmost focus and balance at every moment.