LEAD Magazine Issue 2018 | Page 38

D R A G O S B ATA S A N U 39 BATA SAN U Billion jobs will be automated by 2030. What will all these people do when a robot or an app will replace them? Here are three important points to keep in mind for the future: 1. Focus intensely on living in truth. Living in truth is the foundation on which you will build everything in the future. If you build on a lie, on the hunger to make money, to heal some old hurt), everything you build will crumble. The foundation must be Love. Living and doing meaningful work gives you the necessary drive to keep learn- ing, to work harder and invest your resources (time, money, energy) into building something that you are proud of, something that you want to share with the world. You might have to defeat social resistance and silence what others demand from you. If you are not sure what your passion is, fill in the gaps: Before I die, I will to... I come back in 100 years from now to live another life, what change to do I want to make today to make sure my future is the way I want it? 2. Develop skills and knowledge in the service of your passion. The results you get in life are in direct proportion with your knowledge and abilities AND with your willingness to do the work. Build everything in life from the profound knowing that you are perfect just the way you are and if results are not as you want them to be, understand that you need to learn what you don’t know. Once you know and have the willingness to apply this knowledge, success will follow. Passionate learning is the secret to your mind’s eternal youth and the honored mystery of the alchemists. No matter what age you are, when you stop learning and exploring, you instantly begin to grow old. Reality will rush by you. You will begin to live in the past, believing a truth that has now become a lie and wonder- ing around in a world that no longer exists. 3. Understand the difference between pain and suffering. If you follow your heart in life, you will not have regrets. You will be defeated, you will suffer, but you will not have regrets. You know what you most value in life. You know what brings you meaning. As long as you are alive, you know what brings you joy because that’s the voice of Spirit talking to you. Spirit will never leave you, and always answers your questions. But you do have the choice not to listen. You always know your truth and you know what your will is. Pain shows up every time you deny, ignore or rationalize away your will and your truth. Pain is unbearable because truth is denied and lies are made real in your mind. “I want to travel but...”; “I want to work with children, but...”; “I want to help others, but...” But creates pain because you are not using your mind to think of how you can do your will, but rather to make real the reasons why your will should be ignored or dismissed. Pain leads to anxiety, anger and depression. Pain leads to abuse, drinking and violence. Why don’t they take pain away? Because your truth cannot be denied. Is that simple. Suffering leads to love and understanding. You are aware of your truth and the fight to make your dreams real, and also embrace them in others.When you fully embrace the truth of who you really are, pain goes away instantly. Suffering might show up but will come as nothing more than small blows you receive along the way. Suffering comes in a battle that’s worth fighting. Pain comes by running away from it. Pain brings regret in the end. Suffering brings joy in the end. LEAD | January 2018