The Science Of Spirituality
When I launched Mind Over Image Consulting in 2001, the website read 'Bringing together Eastern philosophy and Western methodology in work ethics'. What that really meant was that I was exploring ways to implore organisations to use the knowledge of spirituality to run health efficient companies.
This was in 2001. Unfortunately, in 2018 I still haven't really seen the adoption of these strategies from a holistic corporate point of view, however, personal adoption has been rampant but only so far as 'mindfulness'.
Workplace wellness has become a measurement for good HR Policies and is meant to capture the workplace's commitment to the health of its employees. This is generally incorporated into the health and safety policies of a company.
In my opinion, most of the 'wellness' that companies implement seem to be knee-jerk reactions or a cut, copy and paste from other company's policies.
If you want your company to do well, then the employees must do well. Employees do well when they are both physically and emotionally healthy and happy. Healthy, happy employees surge with creativity, flexibility, determination and develop far more harmonious relationships within the workplace.
The way the world is shaping up requires us to recognize that the qualities we once needed from our employees have undergone a mammoth shift. With the technology advancements one needs to focus more on interdependent skills and , therefore, being motivated, open to learning, and creating an aura of enthusiasm in the workplace is more important now than ever before.
The other day I had a patient who was extremely 'depressed'. He claimed that he had left a series of jobs behind him. The grievances had nothing to do with salaries, but relationships with colleagues. Value is what humans are craving for. Value is what they feel they should find at work given the fact that 70% of their day is spent there.
The human capital is now a prized commodity and cannot be treated as mere objects fulfilling certain tasks. Every employee is encouraged to THINK. It sounds easy, but to be able to think well is a spiritual journey. To first dip into silence is a meditative practice. Meditation helps one calm the 'reptilian' brain and access the lateral prefrontal cortex capable of creating more rationality and increased logic.
Let's impact the bottom line by creating value to our top customers, the employees.
Our philosophers, our ancient scholars, whether Indian or Chinese or Buddhists studied their chosen subjects in great depth and were pioneers in mastering inner peace for elevated holistic achievement. It has been centuries later but now we have proof of the benefits that were once only felt.
Hence, this is no more a question of do we need wellness in the workplace? It is rather: what is wellness in the workplace? Does it refer to a spa? A meditation retreat?
Wellness at the workplace means an environment which enriches rather than depletes. Where employees, managers, CEO's grow holistically rather climb a ladder. It is a company built on symbiotic growth, where conflicts are resolved peacefully and the job is not a grind.
Is it scientific processes versus spirituality at the workplace?
It is time to bring in an alliance that will elevate your present consciousness into a much higher state of being. Engage into your soul, figure out who you truly are and what you can be.
Never stop discovering who you are and who you can be. There's no greater joy than being in a constant state of evolution of mind, body and soul, through which you can achieve the highest state of excellence.
It's now time to stand out.
But how can you stand out if you haven't looked within and explored the deep reservoir of knowledge and learning which you haven't tapped into?
There is a gap between you and the fantastic you: a gap which only you can erase through a constant purpose of learning, accepting and elevating. Modern day society asks you to confirm rather than revolutionize, stay away from the traps that make you generic.
Carve your own path, own your journey and find a version of you that will supersede your own expectations.
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