Mel, I don't know the laws in Australia but in the USA your employer cannot dismiss you or take any other actions against you because of your absences during jury duty. I recommend you discuss this with your employer as soon as possible to let him know your circumstances, and then see what he has to say.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Mel <gunnar19632000@...> wrote: > > Greetings to all >  > ...Which is why I try so hard to be with the moment..instead of some distant > future, but it's not easy. I have just recently been called up for Jury duty > by what Americans call the Dept. of Justice. I've just started this new job > I'm currently in only since July last year (after a very long period of > unemployment), and there's a lot of pressure coming down on the boss from the > customers. The job is very unhealthy and hazardous, as I'm forced to > breath flour dust, icing sugar and similar on a daily basis. I could lose > my job if worse comes to worse, especially when I heard that one of our major > trials here in Australia concerning certain Muslim terror suspects > apparently lasted for 6 months last year. As it stands, I worry now about > losing my precious (albeit hazardous) job because of a court case. In other > words, one could say that I'm fretting over an unknown future when I should > be enjoying the last few days I have left of my annual leave. > Perhaps the next job offer may be better and safer if I lose my current > one...or, the court case may be postponed. Common sense is telling me for the > moment to just concentrate on this email and others, and then go home for a > good night's sleep after zazen and some readings on the Tao or Buddha...or > maybe even after watching an episode of LOVE BOAT with another bowl of > yoghurt icecream. Oh, my....despite all things I write/post above, I > certainly suffer a lot from dualistic thinking >  > in Buddha's compassion > Mel > > > ________________________________ > From: ED <seacrofter001@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, 15 January 2012 2:20 AM > Subject: [Zen] Zen Story: Cause and effect > > >  >  > Zen Story: Cause and effect > There lived an old farmer who had worked on his fields for many, many years. > One day, his horse bolted away. His neighbors dropped in to commiserate with > him. "What awful luck," they tut-tutted sympathetically, to which the farmer > only replied, "We'll see." > > Next morning, to everyone's surprise, the horse returned, bringing with it > three other wild horses. "How amazing is that!" they exclaimed in excitement. > The old man replied, "We'll see." > > A day later, the farmer's son tried to mount one of the wild horses. He was > thrown on the ground and broke his leg. Once more, the neighbors came by to > express their sympathies for this stroke of bad luck. "We'll see," said the > farmer politely. > > The next day, the village had some visitors â" military officers who had > come with the purpose of drafting young men into the army. They passed over > the farmer's son, thanks to his broken leg. The neighbors patted the farmer > on his back â" how lucky he was to not have his son join the army! "We'll > see," was all that the farmer said! > http://www.buddhagroove.net/2010/06/zen-story-cause-and-effect.html > >  > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
