Life equals work.

I want to put this Law of One Quote in the spotlight:

Questioner: [Aside: Jim, did you understand?] I’m a little confused. I partially understood you; I’m not sure that I fully understood you. Could you restate that in another way?

Ra: I can restate that in many ways, given this instrument’s knowledge of your vibratory sound complexes. I will strive for a shorter distortion at this time.

Two kinds there are who can heal: those such as yourself who, having the innate distortion towards knowledge-giving of the Law of One, can heal but do not; and those who, having the same knowledge, but showing no significant distortion consciously towards the Law of One in mind, body, or spirit, yet and nevertheless have opened a channel to the same ability.

The point being that there are those who, without proper training, shall we say, nevertheless, heal. It is a further item of interest that those whose life does not equal their work may find some difficulty in absorbing the energy of intelligent infinity and thus become quite distorted in such a way as to cause disharmony in themselves and others and perhaps even find it necessary to cease the healing activity. Therefore, those of the first type, those who seek to serve and are willing to be trained in thought, word, and action are those who will be able to comfortably maintain the distortion towards service in the area of healing.

Coming down from a high:

I think this is an important spiritual point that is not easy to find out there in the world. Not easy to articulate since many of the people that would articulate this kind of thing. Are either male and super high status and would never say anything like this (Male high status types are all about 'You gotta grind fella'). And most women talking about self care are talking to echo chambers. 

Man this feels good. 

I have talked about this on a Law of One forum where I got something back from them saying that it was only in this specific instance I think, as one of the point. No one engaged with it even slightly. Simply because, the people on that forum seem to me to not have the slightest interest in the Law of One. Especially in applying it. Asking the Law of One forum about how they applied some of the Law of One teachings, if their internet behaviour was translated to real life, feels as though you get surprised looks like you grew an extra head all of a sudden. "What the hell are you talking about, I've never heard of the Law of One!"

So I'll have to have a go at it myself and not engage any others in understanding this. It has some relevance to my life right at the moment. 

What does this quote mean, like really mean? They relevant part for me is 'Those whose life does not equal their work may find some difficulty in absorbing the energy of intelligent infinity'. This is a deeper description than "If you work hard you need to rest every so often". There is a kind of life that is described, captured in these words,

Equal. Your life must be equal to your work. A point here of relevance. What does the Law of One contact mean by "work"? It's a word that feels like it should have an obvious interpretation. But in fact, when you really think of it. It doesn't. I have often felt things like dream interpretation and music to be "work". The world would not agree. These are squarely in the leisure category. The only thing that is work to the world is something that qualifies as "wage slavery". 

So, to be clear here, let's search "work" in lawofone.info:

Questioner: This is a hard question just to ask, but what is the function or what is the value experientially of the formation of positive and negative social memory complexes, of the separation of the polarities at that point rather than the allowing for the mixing of mind/body/spirit complexes of opposite polarity at the higher densities?

Ra: I am Ra. The purpose of polarity is to develop the potential to do work. This is the great characteristic of those, shall we say, experiments which have evolved since the concept of The Choice was appreciated. Work is done far more efficiently and with greater purity, intensity, and variety by the voluntary searching of mind/body/spirit complexes for the lessons of third and fourth densities. The action of fifth density is, viewed in space/time, the same with or without polarity. However, viewed in time/space, the experiences of wisdom are greatly enlarged and deepened due, again, to the voluntary nature of polarized mind/body/spirit action.

There were other suitable passages but I think this will do. In a more exhaustive article this might be a section of it's own. How does the Law of One define "work"?

The term could have many meanings. I remember reading an article from a mens rights website that talked about how much therapy men get from work with their hands. Like, when you put a sword into water and it sizzles this can feel like it is changing something within. The 'wage slave' concept of work and the 'work in consciousness' as it is stated here, might be the same thing. But for this specific example, we can assume that 'work in consciousness' is explicitly relevant to this Law of One quote.

My life:

I bring this up for how it relates to my life. I do a lot of things such as dream interpretation. I do a lot to make the best out of myself. But this is obviously not normal "work". I don't get any money out of it. I wouldn't say I live in poverty, as I am supported by family. But, most of the time I only have money for food. But I have reasonable accommodation.

The point I am trying to get to here is 'life'. This quote doesn't seem to indicate "rest" is enough. It says your work has to be equal to your "life". What does "life" mean? Well life does not mean rest it means experience. It means joy. When I think of life I imagine going bowling with a mixed gender group. People chatting and giggling. 

Without having 'life' at the side of work. The person won't be able to absorb the intelligent infinity needed. The intelligent infinity in this context, is something like the breath of the creator experienced through joy and leisure. So where you have a conversation with someone you like and how that influences how you see the world might be an example. 

The way I am thinking of this is that if you were say, bowling with a mixed gender group, laughing with people and talking life over. It would refresh the individual and give them a mixture of positive energy that would then be pushed forward and channeled into the thing the person was considering "work".

Achievers:

This makes sense to me as I look out into the world because many of the people that have achieved massively have this kind of social side to their lives. A lot of the people that are out there achieving things didn't spend a long time in their lives with no friend and no intimate relationships. Playing computer games and drinking beer, watching TV. These people spend time with groups of friends and channel this level of 'life' into their work. So they have great work.

But, now it's time for humility. I have been having trouble. The reason I have been having trouble I believe is due to this quote. 

Most of my leisure things are half 'work'. Music as an example, is something that has a deeper element to it. Not only is it good to play but the creation of a song, that is hard work, also changes me a bit. It solidifies intuitive thoughts I have only slightly had. 

I don't really like movies. So I content myself with youtube vids, that still require a technical thought process. I have fiction books and other books. But they are books, they are not really relaxing. I do dream interpretation. Music. Meditation. Make videos on human design. All of this stuff is still a kind of 'work'. 

But, this is the point. I have no life. Like... No life. I have stopped enjoying movies. I don't play computer games. That might not be as much of 'life' as socialising, but they are still 'life'. A little bit. I don't have the money for a computer console. I have zero friends. I don't see most of my family. I don't have a job or any resources to join interest groups, social groups. Potential intimate partners is... well why even mention it?

Overload:

My life matches my work. I am not sure how important and relevant my 'work' is. Blogging and doing things on the human design seem profound when I do them. But they are not a legitimate career. Music is the same. These are things I do to improve myself but seem to remain of relatively low impact in the real world. 

Recently though, since turning my attention over to philosophy as a discipline. Working through some of those ideas and also, experiencing those things in relation to the Law of One and other previous ideas. I have become more animalistic. I have more of a desire for experience. My health might be a bit better; and I am working hard at getting a job. 

It is not likely in the modern economy but, I am still working at it. I don't know what else to do. I interviewed on Friday and have done a few other things in the upping of my effort in this area. But I was exhausted.

Once I became exhausted I couldn't calm back down. I was stuck in this hyper cerebral place. Experiencing my 'work disproportional to my life' is... painful. The only place to go and hide from the 'not quite able to get the interview out of my head' is in things like dream interpretation. That are less than relaxing. 

My solution has been to do something to get a little bit of "life" out of life. I saw a PS1 console today for £30 and I'd like it. The games are like £10. But I don't have that money. So I did the only thing that would allow me to enjoy a movie. Beer and chocolate!

I am not sure if this will allow me to relax but it seems like the only option at the moment. It pains me, that I will probably not be the person that achieves anything of note in this life. But, well, what can I do? Even the energetics, plus of course the disability, don't really allow me to "grind" and gain in some sort of way. I am what I am and I can't change that. Perhaps over the long term daily prayer will help. But like I just said, life is as it is!