Many years ago I was living on next month's paycheck, living from payday to payday; always wishing that my debts would mysteriously disappear, because if they did I could live comfortably on my current income. And then in September, 1984 I quit my job of thirteen years. I was thirty-seven and a half years old. I did not get along with my boss. I was afraid that in two and a half years I would be a bitter old man at age forty. I didn't want that. I knew that my boss wasn't going to quit, so I did. I told him that I would rather live in a tent and pump gas than work for him any longer. I meant it, too, although I knew that would not be necessary.

So I quit with my profit sharing and three months severance pay out of which I had conned my boss by telling him that I would not quit until I had another job. I had all that cash and was looking for a short term investment when I realized that the highest yield investment would be to pay off all of my debts, which I did. I lived comfortably for seven months before I had to find work again.

Since then I have not had a permanent, full time job. Whenever my finances began looking rather grim temporary work always seemed to show up and I could always catch up on all my bills and pay them off completely. Although I do admit that I was disappointed that every time I cast myself upon the waters of the Universe, they tossed me back up on the shores of insurance. But I concentrated on my Spiritual growth, even to the point of telling my prospective insurance employers EXACTLY why I was not interested in full time work.

For a few years I worked about half of the time and played the other half. I felt powerful in doing what I was doing. At times I wanted to take all of my cash and spend it on something I didn't need or to give it away just to stretch myself to see where the money I needed would come from, for I KNEW that I would be taken care of. I knew that I was following my path of Spiritual unfoldment and the Universe would ALWAYS support me in that endeavor, even if I didn't like some of the opportunities for money and turned them down. I knew that there would always be more.

I also knew that I was the Universe and that I would take care of myself. I knew that the Universe wasn't "out there" someplace but rather right here inside me. I am the Universe and will always take care of myself. Every time I ask it shall be given. Turning down one opportunity merely brings up another. There is no judgment in the Universe that is inside me and is me. I will ALWAYS be given all that I need or want and more, as much as I am able to receive.

As Mind or Spirit we exist on all seven levels of existence at once, simultaneously. We could look at our Consciousness as a seven story office building. On the first floor, in our conscious minds, we think this is all there is, for the ceiling is painted with one way paint. We think that we have to take the orders in , make the goods, ship them out, send out the billing, hire the help, make the plans, etc., even though we haven't the slightest clue how all of this is getting done. But we still think that we are doing it all!

On the second floor we are aware of ourselves on this floor and the first floor below us, since we can see through the paint on the first floor ceiling but cannot see through the paint on the second floor ceiling. On this level we have a broader perspective. On the third level we are aware of ourselves on this floor and on the two levels below us. And so on. Because of the one way paint, on each level we are aware of ourselves on that level and on all of the floors below us. On the seventh floor, which houses the corporate offices and the Board of Directors and from which all planning is done, we are aware of our total selves and see all that we are and all that we are doing.

So, when our consciousness is focused on the first floor, it is important to remember that we are not alone in our endeavors. We have vast resources within us helping us, guiding us and caring and providing for us at all times. It is these inner levels which are part of the total Universe and provides us with unlimited opportunities AT ALL TIMES. We are these levels, also. They are part of our total being.

The first floor is just the reception area where we meet the general public. The second floor takes the orders in and processes them. The third floor makes the goods. The fourth floor orders the component parts and raw materials. The fifth floor is payroll and accounting. The sixth floor is the Department of personnel and human (and not so human) resources. The seventh floor, of course, is our High Self and is the Board of Directors and is the level from which all long term planning is done.

If we wanted to show the relative importance of each of the different levels, we could imagine an inverted equilateral triangle. Take the triangle and set it upright on its tip. Now draw six horizontal lines equidistant from each other, dividing the triangle into seven components. The area in the bottom most component represents the relative importance of our Conscious Minds and Human personalities. The rest of the triangle represents us and our true Spiritual essence which permeates this physical reality but of which we are not generally consciously aware.

So, there is much more to us than meets the eye, the physical eye at least. Depend on this "other" reality, count on it, for it is us and we are there for us at all times. There is no judgment on these inner levels. There is only unconditional love, acceptance and support.

We are the Universe. We are the movers and shakers. It is we who make it happen. It is not someone or some thing out there. It is we who make it fall into place by our actions or inactions. The movement of our energy is what draws things to us. If we take no action, we create no gravitational pull.

Many of us are waiting for a sign, for something to happen to tell us what to do. There are no more signs. It is time to realize that we are it. What happens is what we make happen. This is a time of great creativity. SO DO SOMETHING. Do what it is that you want to do. In doing so you create your life. There are no wrong decisions. In doing what it is that you feel like doing in the moment instead of what you think you should be doing you are creating the New Age.

The New Age isn't just a catch phrase. It is a Heaven here on Earth in which we respect the Earth and work in harmony with the Mother; in which we respect and live in harmony with each other; and in which we come to realize and know that we are God, individualized essences of All That Is.