In our culture, where how we define ourselves seems to depend greatly on what we do in our daily job, it is very easy to lose track of one's spiritual development. We can find ourselves lost, confused, disappointed, bewildered - often relentlessly as we speed along from one situation to the next, finding again and again the same patterns of disillusioning experience. The world of business and economy is defined in terms of material gain, without direct reference to any individual's well-being. For this reason, we find ourselves tossed around like a commodity, our value gauged only by some external standard of accomplishment that is set subjectively, in the interest of people we do not know and who do not care about us. We are rewarded when we reach a goal; we are discarded when we do not. In a working world, no matter how high our status, we remain a tool to some larger entity's success. Today, we may be appreciated - tomorrow, we will be replaced.
So what is this all about? Aren't we setting ourselves up for an inevitable failure? Is there any way we can find peace, contentment, and joy in our working lives, without living in denial of the "big picture"? Is there no solution but "going numb"? Where does the spirit come into this mechanistic, brutal enterprise we simply call "work"?
I intend to explore this question in these pages.
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