Dear Raju,
thank you for expressing your thoughts.
Considering myself thinksmart, i would pose the question
> This is how I have responded to the question - reproduced below - posed by
> "thinksmart" people. I consider this worth sharing with you all.
>
> > If you were the Chief Spirituality Officer, what would you do?
> > How would you increase spirituality in the workplace without
> > interfering with individual religious beliefs and rights?
> > What would you expect the benefits of those actions to be?
>
differently: "who am i?", then "why am i?" and after that your questions
"what am i to do?" and ending with "how do i do this?". This fits me
better, also because the questions are recursive: "how do i do this 'what
to do' until, i realize why i am 'who i am'?". Like a spinning circle, or
better, a spinning spiral, seemingly to travel in to two directions at the
same time.
So, wereing a Chief Spiritually Officer, i would do the same i've done for
years, the same we all do, expressing my self through developing, through
journeying, my own path. In my view these journeys are for the journey
themselves, not with a specific end, just a journey we make, being pulled
to an end. And sometimes we travel together, sometimes apart; sometimes we
lead, sometimes we follow, sometimes we serve, taking responsiblity for
some, all according to the terrain.
A terrain which we in part self-create (the principles and laws of
creation were not ours). In a way, we, people, are able to create our
environment, not only physically, but also mentally. Sometimes we
encounter with mentally created problems, or perhaps better, self-created
obstacles on our journeys. And as no-one has supplied me with a map,
sometimes I get lost, sometime we piece together parts we've found,
sometimes I retrace my steps and sometimes we must create a new landscape.
Now, being Dutch, that is our speciality! So i am aware of the obstacles
in creating your own environments.
Developing, finding your path, yourself goes best, as any journey,
together and by using some guides. The best guide i've found sofar is
Peter Tufts Richardson's Four Spiritualities. He kindly integrated a few
notions i was working with, MBTI, personal mastery, working with teams,
spirituality and i'm still sitting at the milestone he provided me with.
By the way, he seems to live in Andover, Massachusetts. What is so special
about Massachusetts, i wonder?
> The following questions from the book "Dharmic Management" - I suppose it
> was written by Richard Bach - form the basis for my response:
>
> Is this the way you want to live your life?
> Is this the way you want to be treated by others?
> Is this the way you want to treat others?
> Is your action taking you away from your spirituality?
>
> These four questions are not at all religious. Spirituality, according to
> me, is a faith in something - that can be righteousness, being truthful,
> the God or a value / set of values and even a religion! This faith
> becomes a "unique entity" within each individual. In other words -
> rather to put it succinctly - we all indulge in talking to ourselves and
> we also listen to ourselves. It is this talking and listening that forms
> our spirituality.
...snip by your host...
Look after your Self and be firm in your goal - Dhammapada,
Kind regards,
Jan Lelie
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