true economics
Spiritual contemplation, meditation and prayer. How do you find your motivation, reconnect with the source of your truth, call on help and make a connection with something greater?
After some thinking about the forces of our time, I am working on a plan to daily live a philosophy of “true economics” that is based on “Love, Kindness, Generosity and Severance.” pg 28.
my simple thoughts and initial plan includes:
Severance: detachment from results, to have dreams and goals but to not be attached to them, to pray and meditate on this daily.
Love: to love those I am with, to generate more love and to express love. to be specific about the love I feel and to direct it to the people, work, or reality I am facing.
Generosity: to consider what gifts I can offer. to not feel limited. to give, and give.
Kindness: to seek out those in need, and offer kindness.
This is my business plan as of today.
“Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity…” Baha’u'llah.
July 19th, 2010 at 7:16 am
Brilliant! Bravo!
I love that quote. I remember passing it hanging on the wall while paceing with a collicky baby when it really clicked in.
Be thankful in adversity.
While lack of sleep and the demands of new motherhood are even a fraction of what other people are going through every day I wasn’t handling it well and figured it qualified as adversity a little. So I decided to list all the things I was thankful for instead of dwelling on the hopeless situation I was in. It helped to take the attention off of myself for a little and get some perspective. In that moment the quote seemed to be addressed specifically to me.
I wonder what it would look like if we followed all the different parts of it? I think this is a project or a book in the making.
July 19th, 2010 at 10:32 am
You might be interested in reading ‘Right Relationship: Building A Whole Earth Economy’ by Peter G. Brown & Geoffrey Garver: http://www.bkconnection.com/ProdDetails.asp?ID=9781576757628
The authors use the Quaker concept of ‘right relationship’ as a framework to build a new global economy based on respect for the environment, sustainability, fairness, and the complete well-being of people – both material and spiritual.