| When
it comes to listing tasks
we consider menial and
preferably left to others
or to automation, dishwashing
ranks at or near the top.
Quite often, we consider
ourselves too busy to invest
the energy to ensure that
our service-ware is
impeccable. At other times,
we simply consider ourselves "above" this
and similar levels of endeavor.
Even during those times
when we submit and commit
our hands to the water,
rather than honoring the
task with our full, upfront,
all out attention, we've
become content to whisk
through the process and,
if need be, employ a thumbnail
to remove any residual
leftovers, prior to reuse.
Absent awareness of how
each thing we do lends
to building our souls,
it has become customary
to defer to other persons
or devices, and to accept
whatever results come about.
A
similar way of being
is reflected in the way
we approach our spirituality.
When I speak of spirituality,
I am speaking of each
of our need to connect
with our soul's highest
intent for our lives.
While often voiced as
a search for our "life
purpose," our
level of spirituality,
or that which leads to
the unfolding of our
purpose, is evidenced
in our demonstration
of the willingness to
do all things as though
we are doing them for
God.
| The
Tao of Dishwashing
- Tasking a Master
Soul is divinely
inspired for the
times we face. It
is clear that - in
both our inner and
outer worlds - we
are experiencing
a dismantling and
reordering of the
status quo. This
universal wave of
change is challenging
each of us to return
to our center to
revisit the premises
upon which we've
built our lives.
The shifts instituting
the change are affording
us an opportunity
to slow
down and re-invest our
minds, hearts and
souls with principles
that, in a sense,
are age-old, yet
I call them "New
Paradigm Thinking." I
call them new paradigm
thinking because
they will prove faultless
and invaluable in
our efforts to actualize
our inherent power
and responsibility
for shifting the
collective consciousness
paradigm. |
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While
considering your Soul the
ultimate dish or vessel
from which you offer
your gift of service
to humanity, the Tao
of Dishwashing equates
each step of the hand
dishwashing process with
a principle that is certain
to aid your pursuit of
life-purpose and authentic
self-expression. Each
chapter includes a summary,
affirmation and A Task
(to be completed in the
workbook) as an aid to
unfold the energy of
life-fulfillment that
is invested in each of
us.
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