Working a job and having a life
Well, I haven’t written for so long my family is writing to ask me if there is anything wrong (awww.. isn’t it nice to be loved?). Anyway the answer is that things are going GREAT.
My new 40-hour office job as a technical writer, that I was so fearful about taking on, has been a totally unexpected blessing. Yes it’s long hours, and yes the work itself does not enthrall me, but I am enjoying my boss and relating to the other people there, and the financial stability it is bringing has initiated a whole new era of happiness and productivity in myself and in my household. Truthfully, it’s been intoxicating, all the creative and positive energy it has released and all the possibilities that have opened up as a result. I am going to the gym every day for a pretty intense workout, I have started a two new blogs that have been high-power fun, we’re growing our community through expanding Mark Groups and booking events at our house (we’re hosting a full-weekend event here for the first time in September, a core-energetics workshop). Things with Rebekah and the kids are better than they have ever been. I am also doing extensive research into Andrew Cohen and other leaders in Evolutionary Spirituality and writing about it.
So, thanks for asking :)
Note that the previous “Marc’s life and travels” email list will be subsumed by the blog (where you can subscribe using an RSS-to-email service called Feedburner), and “Marc’s life” is going to be shut down within the next few issues. If you want to stay subscribed to “Marc’s Life” you will need to re-subscribe from this site.
You may be glad to hear that rather than sending out a “brick” every 3 months, I will send out shorter articles every few weeks. Also, since the blog is a public site, I will no longer be sending you the intimate details of my sex life :).
The basic philosophy I am presenting is that living in a group is a pathway to liberation. Liberation itself is a state of mind, which happens to be one-and-the-same as a joyful and passionate engagement with the world, yet beyond attachment to form. Please check out some of my articles and add the same delightful and insightful comments to the blog that you have been replying to my emails!
Much love,
Marc
September 29th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Dear all -
People seem to be a bit confused about subscription and the relationship between “Marc’s life and Travels” and the new blog. Let me explain briefly your options.
1)If you are interested in remaining on “Marc’s life” and also interested in my thoughts on the nature of Enlightenment and Rebekah’s thoughts on the benefits of a life centered on pleasure, you will need to re-subscribe from the blog (http://manifesting.net and fill in your email on the box on the right, or else use an RSS reader like My Yahoo). NOTE I CANNOT DO THIS FOR YOU – you know, spam control laws and such. If you use a spam filter, make sure you add marc to your whitelist.
2)If you like “Marc’s life” but have no interest in boring soliloquies on Enlightenment, I feel for you, but you will still need to re-subscribe to the blog and then use your “delete” button when articles come through on the above-mentioned topics. Remember though that I am trying to post shorter articles at greater frequency rather than sending out a “brick” every 3 months.
3)If you have no interest in any of this, do nothing. You will fall off the list automatically within the next 2-3 issues.
Cheers,
Marc
September 29th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
A level of monetary stability (it doesn’t even have to be super-high, just consistent) seems to necessary for a “happy” life without undue stress. It doesn’t matter how much of a bohemian, artist, spiritual being you are, or think you are. Just the stability enables one to work on other aspects of one’s personality, life, and growth.
I’m so glad to hear you’re so happy and have some financial stability.
I have another type of happiness. Creative. I’m really enjoying directing and making “Montana Amazon.” Working with extremely talented (and sane) artists like Olympia Dukakis, Haley Joel Osment, and Alison Brie, plus talented craftsmen like the Director of Photography, James Mathers, has been a real joy and soothed my restless, frustrated artistic “soul.”
Deborah