Leisure, and time for learning

[Plenum]

I'm back to work tonight after a 3 week break. It's been most productive, and a very fluent time.

and even though I'm back to work, I'm only part-time at my job (a personal choice), so I still have plenty of hours that I can consider to be 'my own', and can allocate to the processing and integrating of catalyst that is triggered during the bouts of ordinary living.

I definitely appreciate that I am able to make the lifestyle that I've chosen work for me; in the sense that the bills are still paid, and that its a work/life balance (to use a cliche) that is most definitely in my favor. It's something I appreciate and have gratitude for most definitely.

but I know that many people don't have such an option available to them. Either the profession/career in which they work is 40-60 hours per week, or if they do more shift type work, then overtime is usually available on the 6th day, and it can help cover the bills to work that extra day. So working 8 hrs or more each day is a given, and extended over 5 or more days.

that's just how our society and economy is constituted right now.

although, there are plenty of stories of people making it on their own (Monica was an example of someone who made a home business work for her), and everyone finds their own way to navigate the money/work/responsibilities equation for themselves.

but its also the case that the catalyst is intense upon this plane (both intense in quality of experience, and also abundance) and that we do need some time to process it. The most obvious example of this for me is dreamwork. If you wake-up to the alarmclock, and get straight up and do your 30-40 min preparation routine (bathroom, shower, breakfast, clothes, grab phone off recharger, pack workstuff, get keys, race out the door), you aren't going to remember your dreams in any way, and absolutely won't have a chance to decode them before the day gets underway.

so we really need to give ourself a chance to work with the catalyst that is exposed (and during a work day, there is plenty that will trigger reactions), and utilise that experience to the fullest.

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Ra had this thought on Tesla and his original mission of bringing unlimited energy to this 3d sphere:

11.28 Ra: I am Ra. The product of such a freeing would create two experiences.

Firstly, the experience of no need to find the necessary emolument for payment, in your money, for energy.

Secondly, the leisure afforded, thereby exemplifying the possibility and enhancing the probability of the freedom to then search the self for the beginning of seeking the Law of One.

Few there are working physically from daybreak to darkness, as you name them, upon your plane who can contemplate the Law of One in a conscious fashion.

and:

11.29 Questioner: What about the Industrial Revolution in general. Was this planned in any way?

Ra: I am Ra. This will be the final question of this session.

That is correct. Wanderers incarnated in several waves, as you may call them, in order to bring into existence the gradual freeing from the demands of the diurnal cycles and lack of freedom of leisure.

so there is definitely a sense that leisure time is of significance.

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in fact, for those who have had the privelege/honor of attending college or university, one of the great boons of that type of experience is having heaps of freetime. Now, you can use that freetime however you please, and getting drunk is most definitely a popular choice. But you also have the opportunity of meeting/socialising in unexpected ways, and just exploring the aspects of life as a young adult; and having the freedom to stuff up and try new things. Its opportunity in the greatest sense.

and so yes, there is always a balance to these things. Too much leisure can have untoward consequences, much like too much work has untoward consequences. We each have to find the balance point thats most comfortable with where we are at present. And that can take some doing to implement and make into a reality that both pays the bills, and enables a fulfilling inner and social life.

namaste all.

life is an ongoing balancing act here!!

plenum

[Jeremy]

I'm pretty sure the lack of leisure time is what lead to my eventual burn out pertaining to seeking. Unfortunately any type of reprieve from such a demanding schedule is not even on the horizon so I'm forced to figure out a work around to which I have been unable to accomplish.

[Plenum]

I'm pretty sure the lack of leisure time is what lead to my eventual burn out pertaining to seeking. Unfortunately any type of reprieve from such a demanding schedule is not even on the horizon so I'm forced to figure out a work around to which I have been unable to accomplish.

yeah Jeremy, sorry to hear that.

I remember we've discussed at length your work type arrangement, and I was a bit taken aback by what you put yourself through to meet your financial commitments.

I remember my dad working 7 day weeks, years on end, as he was the main person (along with my mum) behind the small chinese take-away business that they had for over a decade as I was growing up.

one really does need a timeout every now and then to recharge.

[Ashim]

I remember my dad working 7 day weeks, years on end, as he was the main person (along with my mum) behind the small chinese take-away business that they had for over a decade as I was growing up.

So, not to derail your thread, but what is the secret behind fried rice?
How do you guys get that...taste??

Is it something to do with the wok?
Or the oil?

Come on Plenum, spill the beans.

This would represent my goal for leisure and time for learning.
I have already discovered the secret of home made indian 'take away' curries - now, just before reaching the summit of all spiritual knowledge, I would dearly love to experience the 'fried rice initiation'.

Obviously one of the Dragon Family's closely guarded secrets.

[Plenum]

lol Ashim.

time to spill the beans, huh?

well, this is just my personal taste, but I think a great fried rice is all in the shallots, and how they're used. Finely cut, and towards the last third of the leaf/stem; not the really fine tip, but closer in from that.

when that portion is chucked into a wok and high temp oil, it can really release a pungent aroma, and it really seeps into the rice. When thats really done well, I can gobble down a bowlful in about 30 seconds, although that's not always the best for the digestion lol.

just the right smattering of scrambled eggs also makes it a nutritious eat as well. (scrambled beforehand that is).

[Ashim]

lol Ashim.

time to spill the beans, huh?

well, this is just my personal taste, but I think a great fried rice is all in the shallots, and how they're used. Finely cut, and towards the last third of the leaf/stem; not the really fine tip, but closer in from that.

when that portion is chucked into a wok and high temp oil, it can really release a pungent aroma, and it really seeps into the rice. When thats really done well, I can gobble down a bowlful in about 30 seconds, although that's not always the best for the digestion lol.

just the right smattering of scrambled eggs also makes it a nutritious eat as well. (scrambled beforehand that is).

Thanks. Yeh, that's how I do it too. I guess it's just the high temperature - and a seasoned wok. I just love watching the guys in our take away, it's like performing magic - blink and you miss what they do.
I just love asian and indian food!

[Spaced]

I'm feeling somewhat unbalanced in my work/leisure time balance these days. Too much work and not enough play makes Spaced a dull boy. Been getting cranky hehe.

[Parsons]

Yeah... I definitely work too much (which is around 40 hours). I see many around me working even more than me that think I work too little. However, they don't understand the concept of processing catalyst, so I don't take offense to the constant goading.

Sometimes I still wish Tesla had been more successful in his mission, although my overriding philosophy is that things will be as they be. Perhaps I will see a world freed from it's self imposed slavery some day. I think the first step will be a large percentage of the people waking up and realizing we shouldn't have to work 40-70 hours just to make ends meet; that scientific advancements that were intended to grant us more free time have been used as an excuse to work the people even harder.