No matter how
“spiritual” or “evolved” you may consider yourself to be, you must
first learn to take care of your basic physical world needs (such as food, shelter, and some degree of physical
as well as emotional comfort) before the Universe will entrust you with great levels of “success”.
This doesn’t mean that you can’t have *some* success before you have mastered creating a solid foundation
for yourself. It just means that, to a great extent, how much
success you are able to experience hinges on your ability to stay “centered” while in the material world &
master the daily details of life. (Yes, this does mean things like laundry, sweeping
the floors, paying the bills, taking care of the kids, and providing a home for yourself.)
Of course, just creating a solid foundation for yourself isn’t enough to reach your highest potential as a lightworker
or new age entrepreneur, simply because being a new age entrepreneur isn’t only about yourself. It is also about reaching out in love and compassion to others, which is where
the Virgo “requirement” comes in.
To be successful as a New Age Entrepreneur, you must not only think about your own success but you must also think
about what you can give to others & how you can best serve at the time.
Notice I said, “best serve at the time”. You
may want to serve as a highly regarded spiritual teacher doing a national speaking tour. But if
the only “teaching” job that is available to you right now is working with the children of your church during
Sunday school, then you may want to take it.
Why? Because it is an opportunity to serve, and even if it is not the opportunity which
you eventually hope to “attain” (there’s that word again), it *does* give you
a chance to share your gifts with the world & help others, which is what service is all about. Also,
by being willing to do the “small” jobs in life, it proves to the Universe that you are ready for the “big”
jobs, and you will find greater & greater doors opening for you.
Unselfish service is the path to attainment. By putting our own agenda aside to help another, we
gain fulfillment of our highest destiny.
Of courses,
you don’t want to *martyr* yourself (hurting yourself is still hurting a living being, and does not contribute a thing
to the enlightenment of the planet). Service must be balanced with that “solid foundation”
we talked about earlier. Which is to simply say that you must learn to
take care of yourself before you inspire or take care of other people. Once you have done
this, you must then learn to think about other people, and to share your gifts with the world in the best way possible at
the time.
This might mean writing a newsletter, designing a web page, volunteering at church or your local spiritual center,
doing a complimentary reading or healing for a stranger or a friend, giving a free talk, or just being willing to listen or
“help out” at a time when it is most needed.
And the more you do this—the more you willingly serve & share your gifts with the world (even in
ways that don’t seem that “significant” or “ideal” to you) the more success, prosperity &
influence you will attain, and the more Light you will help to spread upon our planet.