For this reason greatest spiritual teachers of modern times teach necessity of discarding ego as a guide to our thoughts and actions. Buddha for instance came to see that in absence of ego our minds are all united into a collective consciousness. The mind that is voice of “A Course in Miracles” and who’s name is poorly translated into word “Jesus” came to see that in absence of ego our mind’s fuse into a collective mind he calls “Sonship.” The shadowy figure of “Don Juan” chipped away at Carlos Casteneda’s ego like a jackhammer using spiritual knowledge from a Mesoamerican point of view.

Each great teacher shows us that there is a higher collective mind that is ready and willing to be our true guide if we will but listen and follow. Is this true inner guide voice for our collective Mind and great Mind that created our collective mind? Is laying aside of ego path to our collective grandeur as opposed to a separate and petty grandiosity offered up to us by our perceived little separate selves?

Jeff’s feeling that there was something missing in his career is all too common. Despite money, telecommuting—and even sandals—a growing number of IT professionals are complaining that their work lives seem to have no meaning. And on surface, this doesn’t seem to make sense. These folks seem to have necessary interest in technology, even basic aptitudes for it. But they are frustrated by their work, find it tedious and rarely spend their free time reading trade magazines about their profession.

What’s explanation?

In nature, plants and animals flourish when environment matches their needs. That’s why you don’t find frogs in desert. But this is a lesson too many people ignore.

According to one recent study, 80% of corporate employees were in jobs that did not make use of their talents. So is it any wonder that up to 60% of polled workforce plans to switch jobs in next 12 months?

Most people—including IT professionals—spend more time researching a home computer purchase than they do deciding on their life’s work. They simply assume because they’re fascinated with computers that IT is career for them. Besides, it pays well. But this kind of thinking is all-too-often a direct route to a “toxic job”.

What to do?

We all know how to figure out which computer is best for us. We make a chart. We gather information. We assign values. We find right match between our needs, our desires and pocketbooks. The same kind of evaluation can help us find right career match. We just need to evaluate a different set of parameters: our interests, values, personality style, temperament and life goals.