Thursday, November 23, 2023

THE POSITION OF LEADERSHIP

 


                             THE LEADERSHIP QUALITY






                    THE ONLY THING THAT IS INEVITABLE IN THE LIFE OF THE LEADER IS THE CRISIS. WHEN YOU RISE TO A POSITION OF LEADERSHIP, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE CRISES REPEATEDLY - CRISES THAT ARE UNPREDICTABLE, UNBIDDEN, AND OTEN CAPABLE OF SERIOUSLY DAMAGING THE ORGANIZATION.


                     IT IS IN THE CRISIS THAT THE LEADER DEMONSTRATES HIS COMPETENCE. IN TIMES OF CRISIS, THE LEADER BECOMES CALM, COOL, OBJECTIVE, AND COMPLETELY IN CONTROL. THE LEADER ASKS QUESTIONS AND GATHERS INFORMATION. THE LEADER ASSESSES THE SITUATION ACCURATELY AND MAKES WHATEVER DECISIONS ARE NECESSARY TO MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE OR CUT THE LOSSESS.


                GREAT LEADERS DISCIPLINE THEMSELVES TO KEEP THEIR FEARS AND MISGIVINGS PRIVATE. THEY DO NOT SHARE THEIR CONCERNS WITH THEIR STAFFS, KNOWING THAT THIS CAN CAUSE THEIR CONCERNS WITH THEIR STAFFS, KNOWING THAT THIS CAN CAUSE CONFUSION AND LOSS OF MORALE. INSTEAD, THE LEADER ASKS A LOT OF QUESTIONS, PROBES DEEPLY INTO SITUATIONS SO THAT HE OR SHE UNDERSTANDS THEM THOROUGHLY, AND KEEPS HIS OR HER FEELINGS PRIVATE.


                 AS FAR AS THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE CONCERNED, THE LEADER IS ALWAYS CALM, POSITIVE RELAXED , AND IN COMPLETE CONTROL - NO MATTER WHAT IS HAPPENING. 



                      SELF-CONTROL AND LEADERSHIP






                   THERE IS A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUR ABILITY TO DISCIPLINE YOURSELF AND YOUR BEHAVIORS AND YOUR READINESS TO LEAD. IT IS ONLY WHEN YOU PROVE TO OTHERS THAT YOU ARE IN COMPLETE CONTROL OF YOURSELF THAT THEY DEVELOP THE CONFIDENCE TO PUT YOU IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION - AND KEEP YOU THERE.


                   THE LEADER REALIZES THAT EVERTHING HE SAYS TO OR ABOUT ANOTHER PERSON IS MAGNIFIED. THE LEADER THEREFORE PRAISES AND ENCOURAGES PEOPLE, BOTH IN THEIR PRESENCE IN THEIR PRESENCE AND WHEN THEY ARE NOT AROUND. HE NEVER SAYS ANYTHING NEGATIVE THAT COULD BE MISINTERPRETED OR THAT COULD DEMOTIVATE OR OFFEND ANOTHER PERSON. IF HE HAS PROBLEMS WITH SOMEONE, HE ADDRESSESS HIM PRIVATELY, OUT OF SIGHT AND EARSHOOT OF ANYONE ELSE.



                               LEADERSHIP QUALITIES 





                         LEADERS DISCIPLINE THEMSELVES TO PLAN, PREPARE, ORGANIZE, AND CHECK EVERY DETAIL. THEY TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED. THEY ASK QUESTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF A SITUATION, PROBLEM, OR DIFFICULTY.


                       GREAT LEADERS ACT AS IF THEY OWN THE ENTIRE COMPANY. THEY ACCEPT A HIGH LEVEL OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. THEY LEADER NEVER COMPLAINS, MAKES EXCUSES, OR BLAMES OTHERS FOR PROBLEMS.


                        LEADERS ARE INTENSELY ACTION-ORIENTED. THEY GATHER INFORMATION CAREFULLY AND MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY. THEY SET MEASURES AND STANDARDS AND HOLD OTHERS TO THEM. THEY INSIST THAT THE JOB BE DONE QUICKLY AND WELL.



                            BECOME ALL YOU CAN BE






                          THERE IS AN EVEN MORE IMPORTANT REASON FOR YOU TO PRACTICE THE SELF-DISCIPLINE THAT LEADS ONWARD AND UPWARD TO THE GREAT SUCCESSESS THAT ARE POSSIBLE FOR YOU. THE PRACTICE OF SELF-DISCIPLINE ENABLES YOU TO CHANGE YOUR CHARACTER, TO BECOME A STRONGER AND BETTER PERSON. THE EXERCISE OF DISCIPLINE HAS A POWERFUL EFFECT ON YOUR MIND AND EMOTIONS, DEVELOPING YOU INTO A DIFFERENT PERSON FROM THE ONE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN WITHOUT SELF-DISCIPLINE.


                         IMAGINE YOURSELF IN A CHEMISTRY LAB. YOU MIX A SERIES OF CHEMICALS IN A PETRI DISH AND PUT IT OVER A BUNSEN BURNER. THE BUNSEN BURNER HEATS THE CHEMICALS TO THE POINT AT WHICH THEY CRYSTALIZE AND BECOME HARDENED. BUT ONCE YOU HAVE CRYSTALLIZED AND BECOME HARDENED. BUT ONCE YOU HAVE CRYSTALLIZED THESE CHEMICALS USING INTENSE HEAT, THEY CANNOT BE TRANSFORMED BACK INTO LIQUID FORM.


                       IN THE SAME WAY, YOUR PERSONALITY BEGINS LIKE A LIQUID. SOFT, FLUID, AND FORMLESS. BUT AS YOU APPLY THE HEAT OF SELF-DISCIPLINE, AS YOU EXERT YOURSELF TO DO WHAT IS HARD AND NECESSARY RATHER THAN WHAT IS FUN AND EASY, YOUR PERSONALITY CRYSTALLIZES AND HARDENS AT A HIGHEST LEVEL AS WELL.


                      THE GREATEST BENEFIT YOU ENJOY FROM EXERTING SELF-DISCIPLINE IN THE PURSUIT OF YOUR GOALS IN THAT YOU BECOME A DIFFERENT PERSON. YOU BECOME STRONGER AND MORE RESOLUTE. YOU DEVELOP GREATER SELF-CONTROL AND DETERMINATION. YOU ACTUALLY SHAPE AND STRENGTHEN YOUR PERSONALITY AND TRANSFORM YOURSELF INTO A BETTER PERSON.


                      THE RULE IS THAT "TO BECOME SOMEONE THAT YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN BEFORE, YOU MUST DO SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE". THIS MEANS THAT TO DEVELOP A SUPERIOR CHARACTER, YOU MUST EXERT EVER-HIGHER LEVELS OF SELF-DISCIPLINE AND SELF-MASTERY ON YOURSELF. YOU MUST DO THE THINGS THAT AVERAGE PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO DO.


                        ANOTHER SUCCESS PRINCIPLE IS THAT "TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE NEVER ACHIEVED BEFORE, YOU MUST LEARN AND PRACTICE QUALITIES AND SKILLS THAT YOU HAVE NEVER HAD BEFORE".


                      BY PRACTICING SELF-DISCIPLINE, YOU BECOME A NEW PERSON. YOU BECOME BETTER, STRONGER, AND MORE CLEARLY DEFINED, YOU DEVELOP HIGHER LEVELS OF SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-RESPECT, AND PERSONAL PRIDE. YOU MOVE YOURSELF UP THE LADDER OF HUMAN EVOLUTION AND BECOME A PERSON OF HIGHER CHARACTER AND RESOLVE.



Wednesday, November 22, 2023

THE IMPORTANT OF BREATH

 



                              THE BREATHING PATTERN






                       THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BREATH CAN BE APPRECIATED BY OBSERVING SOME OF THE MIND'S PROPERTIES, FOR THE MIND TENDS TO FILTER MANY EVENTS OUT OF CONSCIOUS AWARENESS IN ORDER TO AVOID A CONFUSING BARRAGE OF SENSATIONS. THIS ALLOWS IT TO FOCUS ON THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. IN OTHER WORDS, A NEW PATTERN OF THOUGHT OR A NEW ACTIVITY INITIALLY ATTRACTS MUCH CONSCIOUS ATTENTION, BUT WITH FREQUENT REPETITION IT BECOMES UNCONSCIOUS AND HABITUAL. FOR EXAMPLE, WALKING IS EFFORTLESS FOR AN ADULT, IT REQUIRES LITTLE OR NO CONSCIOUS ATTENTION ALTHOUGH THE CONSCIOUS MIND CAN EASILY INTERVENE IF NECESSARY. HOWEVER, THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATING THE MOVEMENTS OF WALKING INTO THE MIND TOOK YEARS OF TRIAL AND ERROR BEFORE IT BECAME HABITUAL AND COULD BE RELEGATED TO THE UNCONSCIOUS.


                   THE INTERNAL ORGANS (FOR EXAMPLE, THE HEART, KIDNEY, LIVER) RESPOND IN A SIMILAR MANNER. BIOFEEDBACK RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT SOME OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF THESE ORGANS, PREVIOUSLY LABELED INVOLUNTARY, CAN BE CONSCIOUSLY CONTROLLED WITH TRAINING, ALTHOUGH MUCH PRACTICE USUALLY REQUIRED TO BECOME PROFICIENT IN CONSCIOUSLY CONTROLLINGV THESE ORGANS.






                    BREATHING IS UNIQUEAS A PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTION BECAUSE FEEDBACK SIGNALS FROM THE LUNGS AND FROM OXYGEN AND CARBONDIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD OFFSET THE RATE AND DEPTH OF VOLUNTARY MUSCLES. FOR EXAMPLE, DEPENDING UPON ONE'S PROFICIENCY IN DEALING WITH THE BREATH, THE RATE AND DEPTH OF BREATHING CAN BE ALTERED, BUT INVOLUNTARY REFLEX ACTIVITY LIMITS THE DEGREE TO WHICH THIS CAN OCCUR. THESE REFLEXES ACT AS SAFEGUARDS, AND ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE NEED TO BREATHE IS FUNDAMENTAL. THIS IN PART REFLECTS THE KEY ROLE PLAYED BY OXYGEN IN METABOLISM, FOR WITHOUT OXYGEN THE BODY CANNOT BURN FOOD AND GENERATE ENERGY.


               MODERN SCIENCE HAS COME TO UNDERSTAND MANY OF THE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN THE PHYSICAL ASPECT OF BREATHING, FROM THE MUSCLES AND ORGANS WHICH TRANSPORT OXYGEN INTO AND THROUGHOUT THE BODY, DOWN TO THE MOLECULAR REACTIONS OF METABOLISM. HOWEVER, THE PURELY INTELLECTUAL APPEAL OF THESE COMPLEX PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS HAS LIMITED THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY'S CONCEPT OF THE BREATH TO THE PHYSICAL LEVEL ONLY, EVEN THOUGH THE MOST CASUAL REFLECTION INDICATES THAT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BREATH EXTENDS BEYOND ITS PURELY METABOLIC FUNCTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, OUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONS AND THE BREATH, FOR INTENSE EMOTIONAL STATES APPEAR TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES IN BREATHING. THE SOB OF GRIEF AND THE TREMBLING BREATH OF ANGER ARE COMMON EXAMPLES. IN ADDITION, PHYSICAL STIMULI SUCH AS PAIN AND EXERCISE CAN ACT TO CHANGE BOTH THE BREATH AND THE EMOTIONAL STATE.


                    ONCE THESE OBSERVATIONS ARE STUDIED, A WHOLE SERIES OF QUESTIONS ARISES, WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EMOTIONS AND THE BODY AND BREATH? WHAT IS THE UNDERLYING VEHICLE? DOES THE BREATH INTERACT WITH OTHER REALMS OF THE MIND? CAN EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL STATES BE ALTERED BY CHANGING THE BREATHING PATTERNS?






                      THESE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH SCIENCE OF BREATH ADDRESSES. EACH CHAPTER DEVELOPS ONE ASPECT OF THE CENTRAL THESIS THAT THE BREATH IS THE LINK BETWEEN THE BODY AND MIND, AND THE AUTHORS WEAVE TOGETHER THE DIVERSE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES OF THE WEST AND THE RICH EXPERIENTIAL INSIGHTS OF THE EAST INTO A THOROUGH AND BALANCED EXPOSITION. AFTER THE BASIC TENETS OF THE BOOK ARE OUTLINED IN THE FIRST CHAPTER, DR.ALAN HYMES PRESENTS THE PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY OF THE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT FROM AN UNUSUAL PERSPECTIVE, AND EXAMINES THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF VARIOUS BREATHING HABITS. A DISCUSSION OF THE NOSE (AN OFT-MALIGNED BUT RARELY UNDERSTOOD ORGAN) AND THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT FOLLOWS IN A CHAPTER BY DR.RUDOLPH BALLENTINE. HERE, THIS PORTAL IS EXAMINED IN TERMS OF THE PREPARATORY FUNCTIONS IT EXERTS UPON THE INCOMING AIRSTEAM AND THE COMPLEX PATTERN OF NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND ENERGY FLOW WHICH THIS EVOKES. IN THE FINAL CHAPTER, SWAMI RAMA DESCRIBES THE VEHICLES FOR THE BODY/MIND INTERFACE: PRANA, ACCORDING TO THE ANCIENT YOGIC TEXTS, PRANA IS THE MOST SUBTLE UNIT OF ENERGY. SWAMI RAMA DISCUSSESS ITS ORGANIZATION INTO A PRANIC SHEATH, OR ENERGY FIELD, WHICH UNDERLIES THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING OF THE BODY AND WHICH IS POTENTIALLY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE MIND.






                    THE GOAL OF SCIENCE OF BREATH IS TO PRESENT THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE BREATH IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT CAN BE APPLIED AS A TOOL FOR PERSONAL GROWTH. TO THIS END, A SERIES OF PRACTICAL EXERCISE AND TECHNIQUES FOR SYSTEMATICALLY WORKING WITH THE BREATH AND CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF PRANA IS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL. THESE SERVE TO EXPAND BREATH AWARENESS, FOR A WE OBSERVE THE WAY IN WHICH WE USE OUR BREATH, VARIOUS MORE BENEFICIAL ONES. JUST AS A CHILD OVERCOMES HIS CLUMSINESS BY BECOMING AWARE OF HIS BODY AND LEARNING TO WALK, SO DOES BREATH AWARENSS GRADUALLY BRING BREATHING UNDER GREATER CONSCIOUS CONTROL.


                     AS THE BREATH IS THE LINK BETWEEN THE BODY AND MIND, IT CAN INTERVENE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF EITHER LEVEL. WITH INCREASED AWARENSS AND CONTROL OF THE SUBTLE ASPECTS OF BREATHING, THESE INTERVENTIONS CAN AFFECT DEEP PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES. SCIENCE OF BREATH, THEN, OPENS UP NEW AVENUES OF BEING TO THE CONSCIOUS MIND,  PROVIDING A POWERFUL TOOL IN THE PURSUIT OF TRULY HOLISTIC HEALTH AND PERSONAL GROWTH.



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