Feel the Difference says Debra and Willaim Miller - Workplace Spirituality

[Guest guest]

FEEL THE DIFFERENCE

 

When we work in resonance with our true spiritual

nature, we will set the tone for our relationships. We

will “feel” the difference inside ourselves rather

than striving to “see” the difference in the external

world.

 

A friend of ours, who likes to share inspiring

messages about spirituality in the workplace over the

Internet, sent us an e-mail he had received and asked

how we would respond:

 

"I find it very difficult to practice the human values

of truth, love, peace, righteousness and non-violence

at work or to trust anyone at work. My colleague who I

considered my best friend betrayed me, so I cannot be

sincere and tell everything that is in my heart or my

mind because she is not sincere. It is the same with

other colleagues, I have to lie sometimes, which is

something I hate doing."

 

Our friend’s question prompted a great deal of

reflection on our part. Feeling betrayed by a best

friend at work can be a very painful experience and

can cause us to lose faith in the goodness of others.

It can also weaken our resolve to practice goodness

ourselves, in reaction to how others treat us.

 

This reminded us of the tendency we often have to

smile when someone first smiles at us; but we rarely

smile when someone scowls at us. We often let others

“set the tone” of a relationship, rather than taking

the firm initiative to create a relationship based on

our own high standards. To us, that means expressing

our selves with courage and resolve in accord with our

true, spiritual nature.

 

Reflecting further, our thoughts went to the epic

teaching that Krishna gave Arjuna in the Bhagavad

Gita. Arjuna was overcome with grief in the middle of

the battlefield and did not want to fight. Krishna

dispelled Arjuna’s delusions by elevating his

awareness of his true, spiritual nature: that we are

the Divine spirit (Atma) that inhabits the physical

body, not the body itself. Jesus gave this same

teaching to Nicodemus, a well-respected Jewish leader

who asked Jesus for spiritual wisdom.

 

What difference can this awareness make when faced

with the ups and downs of relationships at work?

Ashoke Maitra, former Director of Human Resources for

the Times of India, spoke to us about how he addresses

this in the corporate world:

 

"We are telling people that, 'Yes you have joined an

industry. Yes, you need your children, family, a

certain amount of technology, and money to survive in

life. Yes, you must have, but this is not all there

is. Your true joy will come in your own spiritual

realisation. The real joy comes when you are in touch

with your original self. If you are happy by your own

self, then anywhere you go you will be happy'."

 

When we express our inherent spirituality in our daily

work (which we like to call “working from the inside

out”), we naturally begin to practice human values

such as:

 

*Extending unconditional love to others, no matter

what their attitude or actions may be

*Speaking honestly in ways that resolve issues and

bring people together

*Feeling peaceful whether our circumstances are

positive or negative

*Seeing others as spiritual beings, even though they

may not be aware of it

*Seeking to find harmonious solutions

 

Working in resonance with our true spiritual nature

helps us to realise that what is “internal” is more

important than what is “external”. We will “feel” the

difference inside of ourselves, rather than striving

to “see” a difference in the external world. Wayne

Dyer, a popular international author who wrote You’ll

See It When You Believe It, shares how we can “feel”

the difference inside when we stay true to our

spiritual nature:

 

You will find yourself slowing down and living in that

quiet inner space where you can appreciate what comes

your way. You will know in your heart that you need

not be threatened by the view or actions of anyone

else. You will find it easier to accept contrary

views, knowing that you are not defined by anything or

anyone external to yourself. You will eliminate

conflict and confrontation as you find it unnecessary

to prove yourself to anyone. You will discover things

about yourself that you have perhaps not considered

before.

 

So, ask yourself: “What difference do I feel inside

when I am living true to my spirituality at work?”

 

Source: http://spirituality.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1231884.cms

[Guest guest]

Thank you Ajith,

William and Debra Miller are great!

Do you also know their www.globaldharma.org website, with the modules of the

workshop '' Human Values at Work"'they are developing together with Peter and

Kirsten Pruzan.

Everyone can download the modules and use it as long as you don't ask money for

it to others , as they are developing all the beautiful work for free

themselves as a loving service to Swami.

Last year I had the opportunity of following the modules 1 and 2 of "Human

Values at Work" with the authors as group leaders and it was surprising and

miraculous;

Most of the participants were not knowing Sai Baba, but this workshop simply and

suceedingly invited them to put the Human Values into practice in their daily

life, without being "pushed " towards Sai Baba. Very Universal, very clear and

inviting.

 

We are now translating the modules into our language of the Netherlands.

I do recommend these modules to every "spiritual inclined person", as the

authors call them.

They can help you put spiritality into practice in one's daily life...

 

Sai Ram to all of you, brothers and sisters,

Marjuna

 

 

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