Learning to balance internal and external, retreat and daily life, contemplative and engaged practice is difficult. It takes diligence and effort, and it usually means tilting to one side of the scale for a while, then over-adjusting, then trying to come back to equilibrium. I left my job and career a year ago next week, and I still don’t know what’s next. Only that this practice is whatever it is, and that is life itself. It took a lot to disengage from all that security and I’m not keen on jumping right back in. The word I tend to use to describe to people what it is that I’m doing is, to just let things unfold.
All posts tagged right livelihood
Opening to uncertainty and walking the path
Posted by sharanam on July 13, 2010
https://sharanam.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/opening-to-uncertainty-and-walking-the-path/
What we are meant to do
Like it or not, I have a brain for operations. I get in there, figure out what’s wrong, analyze the problems, get to the heart of them and make things more efficient. I use technology to help solve business problems. I have no passion for any of this, it’s just what I do well. In fact, I studied religion in undergrad and then proceeded to do a master’s in environmental policy. How’d that land me here exactly? So, the question is do I quit it? Well, I already did, but here’s a little back story.
Posted by sharanam on July 8, 2009
https://sharanam.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/what-we-are-meant-to-do/