Resonance is not born from work-life balance—Labor severed from the soul

"I want to do work that makes my soul tremble."
While holding that wish, why is it that we lose sight of that "resonance" within society?

Once upon a time, labor was life itself.
But before we knew it, "occupation" and "way of life" were separated.

A way of working severed from the soul
may be quietly giving birth to our current malaise and confusion.

In this article, we will dig up the "initial questions" for living a trajectory of the soul,
which the term work-life balance cannot reach.

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<Series> Soul & Work Life Balance (4 parts total)
— Declaration of escaping work-life balance

Part 2 | Resonance is not born from work-life balance
— Labor severed from the soul

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Is it enough to just "not get sick"?

"So you don't get sick"
"So you don't overdo it"

We have entered an era where these things are said.

But—
Isn't what truly matters
"whether you are resonating"or not?

Work and life.

From the moment that term was born,
labor began to be separated from "living."

The philosophy of balance
was an idea born from "carving up"
things that were originally inseparable.

As if
work were a source of stress,
and private life were healing.

But—

Work that has resonated cannot be carved up.
It is continuous with your way of life and connected to your way of being.

In truth,
working and living
should have been a single vibration from the very beginning.

When were the soul and labor separated?

If we trace history back,
the soul and labor have been intentionally separated.

Favor and service.
Edo period merchant society.
The Industrial Revolution.
Hourly wages.
Mechanization.
Professionalization—

Labor was reduced to a "role,"
and eventually incorporated into the system as a "profession."

A way of working that can be done without offering one's soul,
a social structure that does not require resonance.

That is how what was born was
the separation between "labor that is subject to evaluation" and "the soul that is not subject to evaluation."

No matter how much the system is improved,
no matter how much working hours are reduced,
no matter how much time off is increased,

work where the sound of the soul does not ring out
will eventually become sick.

The missing question

"Not getting sick,"
"resting,"
"it's okay to run away."

Those words are certainly important.

However, that alone is not enough.
Because the trembling of the soul is left behind.

What we truly need to ask is,

"Is it possible to work in a way that resonates?"

—this question.

Not just being employed,
not just becoming self-employed,
and not just the fantasy of "living by doing what you love."

For the resonance of the soul to be connected to the actual structure of labor,

• a perspective that sees through that "gap"

• the will to create a new conjunction of prayer there

is required.

Are you truly living and working?

We are re-questioning.

The gap that has formed between systems and the soul.
The division between living and working.

Are we,
right now, truly
living and working?

📖[Next Story] Beyond Work-Life Balance — The Intersection of 'Soul-Life' Where Soul and Living Synchronize

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Resonance Does Not Emerge From Balance — When Labor Is Severed from the Soul

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If a feeling that cannot be put into words remains,

please keep it as it is,
and touch what lies ahead.

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🖋️ Destiny Coach Yuki Shoji
Founder of Destiny Structure® / Resonance Studies™