As you progress with your sadhana you may find it necessary to change
your occupation. Or you may find that it is only necessary to change the
way in which you perform your current occupation in order to bring it
into line with your new understanding of how it all is. The more
conscious that a being becomes, the more he can use any occupation as a
vehicle for spreading light.
The next true being of Buddha-nature that you meet may appear as a bus
driver, a doctor, a weaver, an insurance salesman, a musician, a chef, a
teacher, or any of the thousands of roles that are required in a
complex society—the many parts of Christ’s body. You will know him
because the simple dance that may transpire between you—such as handing
him change as you board the bus—will strengthen in you the faith in the
divinity of man. It’s as simple as that.
- Ram Dass -
