Spirituality, Me and the Corporate Dilemma

Not a day goes by that which we are not implied in a certain type of conversation about the shenanigans of corporation currents. The media are consumed by injustices of corporation and the conversation of part of dining is turned thereafter towards which is latest to study. While many conversations turn around ethics and of morality in the world of businesses, I suggest that there is another prospect - spirituality, rather, the lack of spirituality. And executives of corporation of current preoccupations with a crisis not only, but those which give them particular lessons while the well-there must be a hearth on the integrity and the authenticity at the two ends of the equation.SPIRITUALITY, NOT of MORALS OR ETHICS.For of drive I, it is all about spirituality. Agitation about what occurs in the arena of corporation is about "spirituality", not about ethics or of morality. Why? Morality is often connected to the points of law and of forgery and thereafter is based on the trad! itions or the consensus social which change culture with the culture. At the end of the day, morality becomes subjective and of judgement and separates one from the others. Moreover, ethics is a code of the values which translates "morality" into everyday life, C. - with-D., making and being. It "defines" right and forgery, how we pay to others, how we lead businesses and how one behaves generally generally principal with the judgements, gain-lose, right-false, we occupy of the plays and the substance me-based. Spirituality is not-of judgement and not-separation. Spirituality is invariable, so much there is not any discussion, right-false, I counter you, which spirituality is and is not. At the end of the day, us all soaps what it means to live place of our heart and hearts. For those which come from a spiritual place, there is no label and the definitions and the spirituality is a manner of being which is common to all humanity, does not have need for any description, defi! nition, etc Ainsi, at the end of the day, "morals" is hymn and! for mor e or less the same reason, neither one nor the other is "morals.  " The hymn is that which enables me to be not-of judgement, and to be used of witness, observer and observer. The hymn is not solid totals that nonquantifiable of GIFT of the "knowledge" of "spirit", is not "information" is not, DOS and les'. It is the manner, manner beyond that. Thus, whereas the "moralist" and the "ethicist" expenditure of the hours innumerable and enormous energy "discussing" the lines and the evils of the world of corporation, in their heads, intellectual substance, one which practises notes of spirituality just, for example, "that is interesting." "Is Hmmm, that thus?" without all judgement, C. - with-D., right-false, good-bad.EGO AND SPIRIT moral or moral; WHO rightly, WHO is WRONGWith that a ground in the spirituality one is not committed during "discussions" me-based and spirit-based without end about the morality of corporation and ethics (read: "I must be right; thus you are wrong." ! "I gain the argument thus you lose." "My labels and categories and information are exact, thus your labels, and the categories and information are incorrect." I, I, I - spirit of me, judgement and comparative. The true spirituality does not judge, dish and simple. The true spirituality comes from the interior individual to one, gasoline with one, with an integrity, a honesty, a sincerity and a individual-responsibility which leads thoughts and actions to one. Such a spirituality proclamation models and the behaviors which are common in all the life. Spirituality is an essential gasoline of human nature, a nature which all with is often opacified, with decreased and with twisted during our education. Thus, which often occurs is that we grow less informed our detailed arrangement spiritual of the events, and actuates more starting from one subjective mentality and of judgement external-world-control of "moralist" or "ethicist" based on information and of the mental models whi! ch are stored in our brains in time. The gasoline of which we ! are real ly, our true individual, becomes muddied while we grow, and "my ethics and morals" then are developed based on the models, the belief and the thoughts who emanate from our parents, schools, churches, synagogues, television, publicity, the friends, reality mental TV etc on the tilted side is that I come to believe that MY mental models, MA belief and acceptances and images of the world, MY ethics and my morals are truth (my véri té et ainsi, la vérité pour chacun autrement aussi bien). Un qui est fondu dans l'arrangement spirituel véritable n'est pas engagé dans un tel stuff.WHY moi-basé que NOUS DISCUTONS AU LIEU d'OBSERVEBecause ainsi bon nombre d'entre nous identifient avec nos esprits de moi, SUIS c.-à-d., JE ce que je sais ; JE SUIS mon information ; JE SUIS mon esprit ; JE SUIS ma connaissance et, naturellement, J'AI raison, on a souvent l'ennui accepter et amuser quelqu'un d'autre perspective. Consciemment ou subconscient, on sent obligatoire pour regarder la « perspec! tive » d'une autre personne davantage en tant qu'une « position », un point sur un continuum, ou une fin d'une polarité, qui se force alors pour être engagée dans un « droit-faux », moi-esprit, conflit, parce qu'on identifie pas avec le noyau ou l'essence intérieur à un où il n'y a aucune polarité, mais avec la personnalité et le moi-esprit externes à un qui ont besoin d'étiquettes, de catégories et d'analogues droit-faux pour donner un sens (faux) à un d'individu et d'identité. Spirituality , on the other hand, surfaces as simply witnessing another's perspective and generates no need or desire to "fight the good fight", to be right. No ego; no mental drama. Just reading, listening, watching, and moving on, noticing, observing, witnessing with a "beginner's mind."CORPORATE STATE OF AFFAIRS AND LESSONSSo, grounded in spirituality, one witnesses and observes what is happening in today's corporate environment from an interesting perspective. Spirituality allows one to know and! understand that when the Universe wants someone to learn a le! sson, be it one person, a family, a team, a corporation, and one refuses, then the Universe will deliver a rather hard "slap on the face" as a wake-up call. For the individual, this often occurs in the form of a divorce, an accident, death, loss of a job, bankruptcy, etc.For the corporation, it can mean total demise. Practicing spirituality, a "spiritual observer" sees what is happening in the corporate world and rather than excoriate the CEO, CFO, etc., based on ego-driven mental models and beliefs about good-bad, right wrong, asks a larger question: What's the lesson/learning here for me (not for you, not for "them," but FOR ME)?Thus a spiritual perspective can tutor the executive, and those who coach the executive, in the following ways:1. Spirituality is an inherent need of human nature. And with a single focus on spirituality comes healing (mental, physical, emotional, spiritual and creative). Without a focus on spirituality, we become spectators, bystanders who feel good about! pointing fingers, judging others, analyzing others, prescribing for others, but not being self-responsibility for the betterment of people. This "feel-good-type-conversation" or perspective permeates the talk shows, Internet chats, water-cooler conversations and dinner gatherings. We hear lots of talk about "them." We allow little or no time for an honest evaluation of "me" (as it's too scary, too sensitive ...). There's lots of talk about the corporate folk, but few take the self-responsibility to "show up" in integrity and be honest and sincere in our dealings with people in our office, at our own home, at play, right here, right now.2. On a macro level, in this country, to say the least, systems are breaking down. Education, health, environment, and corporate. No surprise. Coming from a perspective of spirituality, for me, this is as it should be. Shocked but not surprised. Why?Folks have not gotten it on a micro level - as individuals seeped in a culture of excess, gre! ed, toys, materialism, self-medication and the need to acquire! - creat ing a culture of greed, corruption, dishonesty. Often, when we don't "get it" on an individual level, the Universe gives us a larger slap on the face, on a larger level. Thus, the demise of larger systems - currently, the corporate arena.3. It's crucial to ask the question, "How am I comporting myself on a daily basis?" Again, lots of "discussion," mind stuff, information, but how many of us "walk the talk" when it comes to acting with honesty, sincerity and self-responsibility at work - right here and right now, in the past hour, the past day, the past week?4. It's crucial to ask, "Am I showing up and acting with honesty, sincerity and integrity, according to my inner essence, my True Self, in alignment with my inner core values right here, right now in my workplace environment?5. The tug on our collective (corporate/business) sleeves urges us to reconsider what we value, to evaluate how so, so much of our life, our faux joy, our faux happiness, our well-being, our health, ! our identity, our self-image (who we take our self to be), and our ego is tied up in money, wealth, the "packaging", and the externals. "Why do I have such an inextricable attachment to money, that I can be close to ruin (mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually and creatively) because of money and what it represent?".6. Finally, it's crucial to ask one's self some tough question, when it comes to how many of us, self-righteously, pontificate about the current corporate state of affairs. "Am I being hypocritical, a phony, fraudulent, inauthentic, insincere, dishonest in my own everyday affairs?" For example, consider the following situations, without judgment, and then ask, "How can I tug on my own sleeve about my integrity and authenticity?" "How am I doing in my own everyday life with respect to coming from my essence, my spiritual side, my inner source and core values when I relate to others?"Consider:Scenario 1: Lunchtime during a busy day. It's 1:30. I go shoppin! g and am running late. I cut into the checkout line, pay the c! ashier, not listening to her greeting, and dismissing her, bump into folks on the way to the parking lot, drive out cutting someone off, run a red light and make a right turn at the sign that says "no right turn between 1:00 and 3:00 pm" so that I can get back to my office and engage in a conversation about the "morals and ethics" of corporate America.Scenario 2: Friday evening. Out to have drinks with some of the team. Spend lots of time being sarcastic to, and verbally abusing, some of the younger teammates (with what I call my "wit" and fine sense of humor in a "just for the fun of it" or "only kidding" context) so I can appear smart and witty, while criticizing some of the staff behind their back, with the excuse that I'm just letting off steam after a hard week of work while, at the same time, presenting my "noble, moral and ethical" opinions about how to clean up corporate America.Scenario 3: Wednesday morning 6:00 am. I'm at the gym with a buddy and rather than work out, we s! pend forty-five minutes watching the "babes" in their aerobics class and making lewd, sexist comments interspersed in our conversation about what's "wrong" with corporate America.Scenario 4: Tuesday night after dinner I watch TV and some cable talk shows, which I "steal" through a "black box", resting and relaxing while watching a program on how CEOs are stealing from their companies.Scenario 5: Friday lunch - I drive to lunch, make suggestive comments to the waitress, gorge myself with too much food, have one Vodka too many and speed back to work, endangering my self and others, so I can have a few minutes to get on the Internet and read how corporate folks are being irresponsible.Scenario 6: Wednesday morning. I wake up late and am angry and take it out on my spouse and children, feeling every bit a victim, and behaving downright mean and nasty, while I think how the CEO being interviewed on TV this morning should be more "humane."The point? It's not about "them." It's ab! out me. At the end of the day, as a spiritual witness, observe! r, watch er, I am aware that if I take care of my spiritual self, and the next person does the same, and the next, the cataclysms that we witness will no longer rule the day. It all starts with tough questions and starts with me, right here, right now.Spending precious time and psychic energy in moral and ethical conversations about "them" won't do it.So, for me, this is the $10 (spiritual) question. How am I allowing my soul to manifest right here, right now? How am I regarding my fellow employee, colleague, spouse, child, neighbor, stranger, right here, right now, this minute, today?What's driving my do-ings and be-ings? My soul? Or my ego-driven self-images and limiting beliefs that are often tied to the past (resulting in anger, resentment, abuse, frustration, control, defensiveness, blaming, greed, pride, jealousy, argument...) or the future (fear, worry, tension, stress and anxiety)?How much of this day, so far, have I spent analyzing, judging, and criticizing the actions, thou! ghts, beliefs and deeds of others (i.e., corporate folks, and others), as compared to looking inward to grow my own soul and manifest right action, right thought, and right understanding--right here, right now?So, the challenge is for me to watch, observe and witness my self in every moment, be present and in the now, and tug on my own sleeve, rather than play at being judge and jury, being concerned with what's happening in the corporate arena (which allows me, at the end of the day, to be no more than a spectator trying to believe that I am effecting change).Either "I" walk the talk, or I don't. It's about me, not "them."As Gandhi said, "If you want to see change, be the change." Corporate and business change begins with each of us, the executive and the executive and coach, - right here, right now. This is what spirituality is really, really, really all about.(c) 2007, Peter G. Vajda, Ph.D. and SpiritHeart. All rights in all media reserved.You may reprint this article as! long as the article is printed in its entirety, including the! author' s information.---ABOUT THE AUTHOR---Peter G. Vajda, Ph.D, C.P.C. is a founding partner of SpiritHeart, an Atlanta-based company that supports conscious living through coaching, counseling and facilitating. With a practice based on the dynamic intersection of mind, body, emotion and spirit - that is, Essential Well BE-ing - Peter's approach focuses on personal, business, relational and spiritual coaching. He is a professional speaker and published author. 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