As A Man Thinketh, So He Is -
Either A Spiritual Man
or A Materialist!
Recently, I went through an experience that has created a motivation to become more of the “director” of my life.
Our daily work routines give us clues as to who we have been in the past. What we have done in these pasts has created the now circumstance. I have seen in my work relations as a handyman that there have been some very negative events that I have been involved in the past, where I was a participator in what I now see as a band of marauders, thieves, and hoodlums.
This has come about in many ways that I have seen where some unethical business practices have taken place. I have been asked and told to do things by the boss that I knew inwardly were not right. Since it was my job, I felt I should do it. I needed the money and a job. However, this led to further and further stress and dislike for the boss but really dislike and disgust for myself.
Some of these practices could actually cause harm and even create a destructive scenario. I have had to electrically wire up some things not to code so we could finish the job, and I put together parts that were faulty and were not the right part for the application just so I could “hurry up and get the job done so we could get paid.” To me these were events in the past like setting fires to homes, destroying peoples’ lives, and stealing money from unsuspecting people.
There have been many events that I have not felt right about since I started working for the company. One event which has caused me to recently quit and to truly realize that IT HAS GONE TOO FAR was this: I was witness to seeing the boss taking a new paint sprayer he had purchased from a supplier, take out the parts of the new machine he needed for his broken machine, and put these on his machine. I was asked to check out his paint sprayer and I noted that the air hose was still leaking. He then threw me the new one from the opened new box and said use this one. Then he threw a totally different one back in the box and told another employee to take this sprayer back and get his money back, which I found out has since transpired.
This is stealing and my participation in the TEST event was wrong because of not saying something at the time. I was caught up by surprise. By the end of that day, it ate at me so badly I could not go on. I felt fearful, guilty of getting caught to the extent of becoming physically and mentally sick. By dinnertime of that day I had made the decision to quit this job and to let the owner of the company know that it was wrong to do.
I felt this was my responsibility to stand up for truth and no longer be a part of this kind of past. This really hit me to see what kind of character I have been. Firsthand experiences are the way I have had to learn. I now see I have had karma in this life related to stealing.
Many years ago when I was in my teens, I was a witness to a person stealing some money from a safe where I worked. He then told he would give me some if I would let him stash it in my car, which I did. We got caught and were both fired and had a police report drawn up. Again I was the ACCOMPLICE.
I know that the past shows up in an infinite variety of ways and that I must always be on the lookout for the EVIL of my past . . . “sufficient unto each day.” This has taught me to become more responsive to my spiritual progression and not just go along with the program. Becoming a spiritually minded person is hard work and takes all I have to combat the reality of who I am from my past deeds.
To help me see that there was some inner guidance involved in this, today, one day after I quit, I received a call out of the blue to do some handyman work for another person. It is the way of Spirit letting me see that we are all inwardly helped when we step upon a path that is led from the higher inspirational values of life. I am ever thankful for the directorship that the Unarius principles have taught me. It is helping me to create a more whole-some character of the self.
I do feel good about myself today in knowing I am beginning to make more clear-headed choices that will shape my endless future. I appreciate the forum to share some of life’s many experiences we all are a part of and hopeful it might help someone who is on the edge of making a decision of a right or wrong situation. Our actions are important.
—Michael L.