Today at the swimming pool, the moment I jumped in I came to the surface, without any effort. I felt buoyant, like never before. And I swam and swam, but did not get tired like many times before.
It made me wonder. What was different? The water’s buoyancy? Can’t be. My own buoyancy. It seems so. What made me buoyant? I examined my system. I saw that my mind was completely uncluttered and clear. I had had a fantastic and deep meditation in the morning.
Now what happened then was even more interesting. Some complex problems which seemed to be troubling me due to their unsolvability, started getting solved. I had some illuminations which made me feel “This was staring at you, stupid. You just didn’t pay attention.” And mind you, these were out-of-the-box ideas.
So, a big learning : out-of-the-box ideas come to your consciousness, when the mind is light and relaxed.
What is so new about this simple learning? Why is it so BIG?
Because when it comes to managing organizations, we often forget such simple truths.
Watch this video and what I’m saying will be clear :
We want our personnel in the middle level and down below to be “innovative / creative” , but we simply ignore our role in providing an enabling, light and buoyant atmosphere. We expect them to be light in the mind and spirit……by doing their own meditation, but we simply do not provide the opportunity for them to learn meditation in the workplace.
Just thinking.
Shridhar Thoda
