What Happens When You Give Menial Subserviant Work To Highly Intelligent People?

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I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves. ~ Bruce Grocott

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[Daniel]

Well to start with it really really sucks. Then you go into a mild to moderate depression. Of course when considering holons and Spiral Dynamics the dysfunction clearly stands out. Holons of thought and inspiration in the noosphere. Your corporate masters are less evolved than you and yet they are your feudal lords. You revolt. Better to be an independent agent amongst the poor than a slave amongst the rich. Money screams profanities (thanks Bob Dylan).

Patriot, free thyself.

(Of course, the Zen Master sweeping the floor is a whole other kettle of fish. There is a big difference between practicing mindfulness at a humble task and buckling under the suppression and exploitation of corporate greed and corrupt democracies that craft words of justice with silver tongues while turning their backs to it in the same breath).

[marshall]

What happens is the selling of one's soul, the loss of integrity, the dilution of authenticity. But, my dear friend, that may be a temporary abberation. Think of it as the burn and pain that one experiences in a good workout. You work the muscles to a point of fatigue, until you are unable to lift half of the weight that you started with, but in the following days, you are all the stronger for it.

So bro, have faith. Sometimes the only way out is to go through.

[Daniel]

Thanks for the encouraging words Marshall for all those who carry the weight. Being in Medicine I can tell you that I am getting more upset about corporate medicine. Healthcare costs are projected to double in 10 years, any chance the ever present push for bigger profits from "for profit" hospitals has anything to do with it? Or the pharmacy companies, the medical equipment companies? And why doesn't the government step in and take control? How about dissolving corporate medicine? Uncle Sam should say "We're shutting you down, the money is now going into the pocket of the American citizen, not the pocket of the CEOs". Health is a basic human right, not a profit margin. I'm at the end. I may very well be selling my house and moving up to a better job away from the abusive environment I find myself working in. It pays the bills sure, and I am thankful, but how sick of job can you get that just goes around in circles like a merry-go-round. Again, I am grateful from where I have come from and there has been much good come out of it...but I am moving on.

Thank you for the thoughts brother, you understand those turbulent currents in life and how to skillfully dodge those rocks.

Dan

[Daniel]

Footnote:

The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. You don't know what you've got until it's gone. We moved to Florida at the sacrifice of an ideal job to replace it with dysfunctional political crap and doing exactly what I had worked for years to avoid. I see it as simple karma perhaps. Apparently for a middle class family with multiple responsibilities raising children it's just not that easy to snap your fingers and you advance two spaces and collect $200. Rolling the dice the wrong way can get you into a lot of hot water. This is in essence a life lesson for me. I have always been a gambler even though I don't like to gamble. When I was young I threw my fate to the wind and watched where it would land. I did the same thing when I moved to Florida, although more calculated and with less risk, still it was a chance to take. I am sad to have dragged my family through this nonsense. I must face the results of my decision and calculate my next move with as much precision as possible. This time I'll hit the mark and make it stick.

Dan

[henry]

very best wishes dan, i trust you and beautiful family will thrive

[Liz]

I think it's impossible for one person to raise the awareness of a whole organisation, instead it just drags you down. Hope you get to spend your work time with some like minded people, that would make such a difference

Liz

[Daniel]

Thanks everyone. It's another transitional period and I am in the heat of the drama. My best bet so far is a connection from a woman in Chicago who has helped pull strings for me. I have always believed in the fair way by entering the front door of an organization and to present oneself wholly upon merit. This has turned out to be the hard way and basically almost never works. Its all about who you know and political horseshit, meaning it only takes the whisper from one close confidant into the right ear to make you or break you. It all comes down to which side of the street you find yourself.

It will all turn out well, through the drama trickles of ecstasy have been flowing. I know this in part from my connection with the immense light from all friends in this Integral world.

Namaste.

Dan

P.S. It consumes your life. You wake up at 5 AM and come home at 10:30 PM. Sometimes you don't see your kids for days at a time even though you live under the same roof.

[Jana]

What happens is the selling of one's soul, the loss of integrity, the dilution of authenticity. But, my dear friend, that may be a temporary abberation. Think of it as the burn and pain that one experiences in a good workout. You work the muscles to a point of fatigue, until you are unable to lift half of the weight that you started with, but in the following days, you are all the stronger for it.

One thing I just learned about meme wars is to figure out ways to speak to the "otherside" in their own language if you have to live around them. Offer them resources they can immediately use without directly contradicting their world view, or patronizing them with your superior worldview.

Jesus said in essense to love your enemy as yourself---to pray for and bless your enemy.  "Ye have heard that it has been said, ?Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.? But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven."
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/sermons/571117.002_Loving_Your_Enemies.html

I think this is so powerful because it makes ignorance the enemy, and forces us to find nonconfrontational, creative, magical, transcendent ways of dealing with difficult human dynamics. In this way every difficulty in human relations turns out to be an exercise in our evolution.