Karma - The Wheel of Life

2. Practice

Consider a troublesome relationship you are involved in now.

Think about the actions you have been considering taking; the manner in which you have been thinking about replying.

Really do take the time to consider this.

Now,

Contemplate the reply/response you are likely to get back from others, based upon your reply/response back to them.

In other words, imagine the boomerang effect your response will likely generate from others.

And how their response back to you will also tend to boomerang back on them.

How easy it can be to get caught up in cycle of negative responses, with no compassionate end in sight.

Action-Reaction, Boomerang, Echo.

The wheel of karma is turning,

And will continue to turn.

For as long as you supply the energy.

Over the course of the coming days, months, years, decades, eternity...

Imagine the echo of all your responses and actions in the world, reverberating out and back to you,

Just like they do in the relationship you are considering now.

Think of the likely consequences of all that you think and do.

Anger, retribution, fear, punishment.

Love, compassion, caring, kindness.

What is it that you truly want in the relationship you started out thinking about?

How have you been playing an active role in determining the future and destiny of this relationship?

What seeds will you need to plant now in order to harvest the relationship you desire?

What is the "right action" that you can take today, to help you begin to achieve the kind of future you desire?

Your future will be different if you act and think differently now.

How can you respond differently,

In order to truly best serve your needs,

And the needs of those you are in relationship with?

Both parties need to be served!

It is only natural.

How will you bear the burden of today's challenges, in order to best prepare yourself for the blessings of the future?

3. Online mini-workshop announcement

Join Charlie at his free mini-workshop online on Cultural Creatives, Conscious Work forum at http://CCCW-network.ryze.com. For two weeks, starting November 28 2005, Charlie will be available for discussing the topic: The Process of Ongoing Success: Managing Change in Organizations.

Charlie would like to present you with a radical idea - most, if not all, of your previous training and experience in people and process management has prepared you to be effective from the perspective of the past, and ineffective in regard to the future. The greater your past successes, the more likely it is that you will experience difficulties in the future.

Most managers have been well educated in regard to logic, analytical reasoning, and problem solving. These skills have been nurtured in the home, stimulated in every phase of education, and further developed and rewarded in the workplace. All of this learning takes place at the expense of developing the perspective and skills necessary for managing people and demonstrating effective leadership. Truly effective leaders cultivate an intuitive comprehension of non-rational, paradoxical people and situations, and understand and respect the emotional and spiritual longing that people bring with them into the workplace.

During the mini-workshop, we'll discuss how to better understand organizational change and renewal, and learn how to dialogue and bring the community together to plan change.

To join the mini-workshop, you are invited to register as Cultural Creatives, Conscious Work forum member at http://CCCW-network.ryze.com. The dialogue forum continues to be a haven and dialogue zone for issues about:

** conscious enterprise,
** cultural creativity,
** cultural creatives in business,
** socially responsible and sustainable enterprise,
** new ways of working, new paradigms in business, and
** myriad other emerging topics.

Your unique perspective and experience are welcomed, and help create a richer dialogue that is useful and inspiring to all.

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