Look at the world around you! There is a sudden surge of Off shore hiring in key companies in USA, posing a potential threat to the outsourcing companies world over; there are countries living under oppressive dictatorial rule; most of humanity lives on just a few dollars a day; an estimated 1 billion people lack access to health care systems in most countries.
 What reason can we possible associate these to? Is there one universal solution to wash away the emotional destruction caused to every individual facing such storming issues day in and day out? One has reasons aplenty to blame the system as well as the body which governs the system. Endless attempts by government bodies and corporate organisations to stabilise the economy by identifying and hiring skilled labor from every segment, devising training programs to augment employee efficiency and initiating new ventures to create job opportunities for the lower sections of the society has been but a whole hearted approach. Here, by a whole hearted approach, it means functioning from a state of awareness. Awareness of your actions thought and mind. Studies also clearly reveal that psychological structures have over powered the external systems, be it a family or an organisation, the community or the country that you are living in. Hence, a change in the system alone is insufficient.
Life is both about doing and being. We all know that ‘doing’ is external. It is about success and achievement. ‘Being’ is about the internal experiences of life in terms of joy, peace and harmony. And the two are mutually inter-dependant. The growth or decline of one, inevitably affects the other as one has its repercussions on the other.
That being the case, the solution is an ‘Inside-out’ approach - in the creation of individuals who function from self-awareness.
So what is awareness?
The mind is nothing but the coming together of various thoughts and emotions both positive and negative. Emotions such as pain, hurt, and jealousy result a state of conflict and emotional disturbance. Often in life we make decisions without enquiring and resolving our conflicts. Any decision made in this state of being would only prove disastrous. When people act from this state of being there is the maximum possibility of pain and negative consequences on oneself and on others.
Awareness is the observation of the mind in action. Awareness of oneself helps resolve conflict and move to a place of peace and joy. Right actions are born from right decisions and right decisions are made from a right state of mind/being. Awareness enables you to create a better world for yourself as well as for the people around you.
When destructive emotions and self-centeredness eat away at the human heart among the leaders, organizations become cancerous. They grow only to self-destruct from with in. When happiness and well-being of every single member of the organisation becomes a priority, we are creating a new culture, a new generation of organisations for a new age.
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