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What's your profession?
betaboy
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Just a fun thread - what's your profession, do you have fun in it, does it help or hinder in your mindfulness/precepts or other practices?
Just share freely. Thanks.
Just share freely. Thanks.
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In my experience, the priority you place on your practice determines what helps or hinders your path. A profession is just a word for that part of the path that pays the bills.
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Life is nothing without a challenge or 2
Today?
Not so much......
Ah well.... it is what it is......
Any how for work, I am a lawyer, some days I like it, some I don't.
My job is to build community partnerships in en effort to spread the message that there is a great need for foster/adoptive parents. I go to events, give speeches and presentations, and in general network and foster connections. I love being a recruiter and as far as jobs in cps go it feels rewarding.
The biggest thing my job has taught me regarding dhamma is that you cant save or change anyone but yourself.
In 4 months i hope for my profession to BE dhamma. Almost time to renounce.
Lucky them! Lol.. Out of ocean? Yes, that is my plan. Going in this may
I'm a Tax Examining Clerk for the IRS...please don't
hold it againest me guys... hahahaha
Do I have fun in it?...Yeah, Congress is a hoot! hahaha
I foresee a whole new level of respectful responses to any of your posts by our American friends
and some grovelling from me if your influence extends north of the 49th parallel.
Although I'm new to Buddhism I have to use compassion very often in my line of work and not rise to the ranting general public. I enjoy my job.
@betaboy.. what do you do and how do you apply your practise?
Thank you. To use a line from the best arthurian movie ever(merlin 1998): "i dont know what ill do or what ill become, only what i am. "
I have a good hunch that the monks life is for me, but the only way to find out is to take the jump. Essex... *shudder*
I can only help you with compliance .....
My actual job is part-time retail and it's only for a small amount of disposable income. I don't plan to stay there forever. My career plan is to be a Chaplain or to work for religious/secular institutions as a social worker of sorts.
Does it help in my mindfulness and ( spiritual ) practice ? Yes it does !
Not really, I'm just a normal service bus driver in North Yorkshire but I do really enjoy it apart from the lack of Space Buses and routes to drive that are in Space.
I like the regular passengers (especially the space ones) and meeting all the new ones. Much patience is required and often a little compassion (but not space compassion because it's all the same wherever you are) when dealing with the public. Sometimes I add a little dharma in there when one of those chats with passengers suddenly takes an unhappy turn and they start telling me far more than I expected when I said "Where are you off to today?"
Really though, I do want to be a Spacebus Pilot...
@jayantha I hope you can find time to come around once a while and tell us how things are going. It would be fascinating to hear your story.
The one thing I'm not sure I will be able to do is be on staff at the buddha center in second life anymore. That remains to be seen. Either way I'm excited to start this next part of my life and to see if I can hack it in the life.
It's not really "fun"... But I'm learning lots, being around monks all the time is great, and I do lots of meditation and help people out a lot.
Roll on October!!
@Jae - which ferry service do you work for? Is it B.C. Ferries? :-)
I enjoy my work very much. In fact, I do not see it as work but as a vocation.
Great place, 6 anagarikas currently, I'm number three.
You're off to Wat Metta?
I am practicing/training to become a tattooer.. and hand poked at that. I've always been fascinated by the connection you can make with a tattooer who hand-pokes, even when there are no words exchanged. There is something very personal and peaceful to it, and I can easily see it being a supplement to buddhist practice rather than just a profession. Applying ink with love and care can simply be another metta practice I think
like with everything, from guns to computers, there is no inherent bad quality to having internet connection, it's how you use it that determines if it is beneficial or a detriment.
like with everything, from guns to computers, there is no inherent bad quality to having internet connection, it's how you use it that determines if it is beneficial or a detriment.
So your meditation center has guns then?????
Which of these is not like the others?