The spirit knows the balance of rest and work that it needs. When you have worked too much, your spirit feels like not working anymore. It simply means you need to take more frequent rests. When you have rested too much, your spirit feels like doing things and involving in activity.

The internal motivation system for rest and work follows the principle of rhythm. The measure of the swing to the left is the measure of the swing to right. There is a rhythm of rest and work.  When you have worked for a certain amount, you will be compelled to rest a certain amount. When you have rested for a certain amount, you will be compelled to work for a certain amount.

There is a force that you find very difficult to resist. It is spiritual force that follows the universal laws of nature. The best way to live your life is to just go with the flow.

In everything we do, we need energy and energy comes from our spiritual being in connection with the energy of The Source. We are designed to function in harmony with the pattern of the universal mind. The universal mind always follows balance because it is balanced. Balance is symmetry and symmetry is perfection. The pattern of the universal mind is the flow of the spirit. The principle of rhythm is the principle of balance.

People that take frequent rests are often the ones who are most productive at work. Everything has its ebb and flow. The waves of the ocean crashes onto shore and recedes back in a continuous fashion. There is a rhythm of effort and rest. There are moments to apply effort and moments to rest. When you apply, apply fully. When you rest, rest fully.
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Even when the time comes for you to rest and you do not, you will still rest in some way such as doodling, engaging in useless conversation, blanking out, making mistakes at work. Even when the time comes for you to work and you do not, you will still work in some way such as reading something just for novelty, getting yourself busy with unimportant tasks, doing something that makes you feel like you’re getting work done.

One way or another, you cannot escape the force. If you cannot work, stop working and start resting. If you feel like working, stop resting and start working. Don’t waste the force. The spirit leads you by desire. Desire is a feeling. Your hunger leads you in what to eat, when to eat, how much to eat. God uses nature to direct you. Follow nature and you are obeying God. It works the same way for everything else. Desire leads you in what to do and when to do it.

Play is also rest because play is a form of rest. It is always rest and recreation. Play is a time to recreate your mind. The line between work and play is blurred when you are doing something you enjoy. Your best work is doing that which you enjoy. Blur the line between work and play as much as you can. Mix business with pleasure at every opportunity.

Learn to divide your focus. There are times when you still have to do something even if your mind has to handle multiple things at once. Allow your thoughts to jump around. Sometimes you’re meant to learn or experience several things at one time so you can have a varied range of experience. Conventional “focused work” can seem too tedious. You can do it in small bits and pieces and have fun while working, so that it doesn’t seem like work at all. You may work more productively on the long run that way because it is more relaxing and enjoyable.

Everything in life works with rhythms and cycles. One of the keys to mastering life is knowing how to work with rhythm. For example, there is a rhythm for staying in and going out. If you have been staying in your house for a certain period of time, the rhythm changes and you would feel like going out. If you resist the rhythm and continue to stay in, then you would feel bored about staying in and your productivity will drop. The same goes when you are outside for too long and you feel like returning home. If you continue staying out for too long, you would start to feel tired and have no mood to do anything further. If you just go with the rhythm and not resist it, you will find yourself being able to sustain productivity and the right activity at the right time.

Follow the spirit, move as the spirit moves. The spirit always knows what is best for you to do at every moment. It communicates to you through a feeling or motivation. There are times when you are thinking of doing something, but you can’t really settle into doing it because your motivation and desire is in doing something else. You just feel like you’d rather be doing that thing instead. That is because your spirit knows that is the better thing for you to do at the moment. When you follow the spirit, you will do the right thing at the right time. Things can become smooth, flowing, easy and effortless.

Your spirit knows the bigger picture, it has knowledge of the big plan. It knows how everything falls in place. It knows the best sequence of doing things. Perhaps what you are doing now can be replaced by something else, because you don’t really need it now and may be better for you to focus on at a later time instead. Your spirit is there to direct you. Listen to it and you will never go wrong.

When we refer to the spirit, we are actually referfing to the higher mind. Your subconscious in connection with the superconscious, your higher mind in connection with the universal mind. It knows all things because it is in connection with the divine.

How does the spirit lead you? By feelings and desires. Perceiving what the spirit is telling you is a sixth sensory perception. It is an inner feeling and inner knowing. A certain frequency or state that we feel. Frequency is how we speak to our spirit as well. When we think a statement of affirmation, it isn’t just the words that we use but also the strong feeling of it being so that counts.

When the spirit directs us, we would feel an inclination to take a certain action. We feel like doing something, we want to do it. We have a desire to do it. That desire is what is known as an inner prompt. Follow your inner prompts and you are following the spirit.

Sometimes the spirit communicates to you in the most subtle way that in the moment it could very well be ignored or acted upon. There is almost no force exerting itself upon you in either direction. You are in a very balanced position where you can tip yourself towards any direction. That shows that your spirit is giving you the choice of total free will with complete freedom of decision. When you look back after making the right decision, you would probably think that you almost might not have done what you did. It happened so freely as if by chance.

The pace of the spirit is never too fast or in any bit hurried. That is why it is important to give yourself ample time in whatever you are doing. Do not prepare to leave at the last moment. Do not leave anything to the least amount of time needed left before you do it. Take your time, never hurry. Hurry is a manifestation of fear, he who fears not has plenty of time. Hurry and fear will instantly cut your connection with the universal mind. You will get no power, no wisdom and no information until you are calm. Fear turns strength into weakness.

There is a difference between going fast and hurrying. The difference is the feeling you experience in each mode. Those who are wise about the pace of the spirit never seem hurried, they’re always cool and taking their time.

Live in the present. Forget about time. Don’t allow the concept of time to deter you from Living. Flow from one moment to the next. Slow down and be patient. Go faster only when you have the energy or rhythm to do so.

Don’t worry about what you need. God will always supply your need right at the moment when you actually need it. His time is on the dot according to his rule of waste not, want not. Even when you did not get what you originally sought to look out for, there will still be something else good in place that you’ll find. It’s still part of what you’re looking for. The actual original thing you sought for can still come later.[/hidepost]