Making Money

[Jade]

I think of this quote often and indeed just reread session one, where it is stated:

Each of those in this group is striving to use, digest, and diversify the information which we are sending this instrument into the channels of the mind/body/spirit complex without distortion. The few whom you will illuminate by sharing your light are far more than enough reason for the greatest possible effort. To serve one is to serve all. Therefore, we offer the question back to you to state that indeed it is the only activity worth doing: to learn/teach or teach/learn. There is nothing else which is of aid in demonstrating the original thought except your very being, and the distortions that come from the unexplained, inarticulate, or mystery-clad being are many. Thus, to attempt to discern and weave your way through as many group mind/body/spirit distortions as possible among your peoples in the course of your teaching is a very good effort to make. We can speak no more valiantly of your desire to serve.

I too love my coworkers immensely but feel unfulfilled often at my job, and desire to spend more time withdrawn/with my husband, but I try to remember that it's important to mingle my energy amongst others, even if my energy is "better" the longer I'm away from the hub-bub. I think this is part of why we accept the somewhat ridiculous terms employment offers in our society - we are drawn into situations with people who *don't* necessarily share our interests in art and spirituality and maybe live more a mundane existence so they can experience the flavors of vibrations that we offer.

I think acting outside of the traditional money system is a very positive thing to do, and goes with the above. Even if others are judging you for your debt or your minimalist lifestyle or your "menial" job, you are acting as a mirror for them to realize in themselves that the possibility exists to be different and to not be confined by societal norms. Even if a thousand people pass you by with scornful disdain, the one who expands their being by the grace of your presence is The One you are serving.

In Session 2.1, Ra states:

There are few who will grasp, without significant distortion, that which we communicate through this connection with this mind/body/spirit complex.

So Ra is speaking to us, the few, those who desire to learn/teach and therefore teach/learn the Law of One, "the only activity worth doing", and encouraging us to go out and and experience one of the most efficient ways of learn/teaching.