Guru Purnima. Dispeller(s) of darkness/ignorance. Saasthang Namaskaar to all of you. Day of Krsnadvaipayana Vyasa; Buddha; Siva; Krsna; Guru/Teacher. Gurus/teachers make all the difference in our lives. Our value does not decrease based on someone’s inability to see our worth. And a teacher sees more than what we see. A teacher can increase our value. A teacher can take us towards ‘release’.
Political realignments. 15-part opposition coalition with Nitish as convener? BRS meets BJP and tones of communication change. Supriya Shule becomes working President of NCP, and NCP splits. Ajit Pawar joins Maharashtra Government. Congress attracts new faces into its fold. Sharmila may join Congress. BJP shuffles and announces new Chiefs for States. Kishan Reddy as Telangana Chief. Purandeshwari as AP Chief. A Union Cabinet reshuffle is on the cards. We also hear of changes in Governors soon. AAP-Congress play hide and seek.
Manipur continues to burn.
Narendra Modi refers to Amrit Kaal (75-100 years of Independence) as Kartavya Kaal. Amrit? Kartavya? Or both? PM meets the NRLM SHGs on the ground in Madhya Pradesh. SHGs have acquired political ‘clout’. Have not they?
Can we see Natural Farming, Climate Change Resilience, decreasing/preventing environmental footprint, El Nino, farmer crises, water crises, energy crises, mounting fertilizer and electricity subsidies et al clearly articulated in the manifestos of the political parties? Can we see their promises getting converted into action plans in the manifestos? We also hope these manifesto items get actualized when they get into ruling.
Do we care to go for a talk only if we know the subject reasonably well? Will we not get exposed, if otherwise?
Should we write? Writing for ourselves, or to influence. All writing – isn’t it the same? Presentation, report, paper, note, blog, etc.? At the abstraction level. We need to be precise, detailed but simple and concise. How do we balance? All writing is reading and all reading is writing, isn’t it? Can we be useful when we write? Can we be honest? Can we continue to read, see, observe, analyse, reflect and so on?
Can we be strict, diligent, rigorous, harsh, disciplined, etc., without being abusive and vulgar? Can we be soft? Can we call out and punish the abusers? Can we discourage abuse in public and private places?
What do we do in the third/fourth deep-long transitions of our lives? May be around 40-50 and 60-65. To live our lives on our terms. Freedom to do what we like, love. To be in nature. To be useful more ‘fully’. With confidence as long as life permits. To learn and grow. Can we do these? Can we be there? Can we follow our gut?
Do we need postmen as managers? Do we need just assignors and aggregators as managers? Don’t we need value-addition from these? Can we have more manager-leaders and leader-manager-workers? Can we invest into our relationships? Professional, and social. By showing interest in others’ opinions, deep-connect conversations, personal connect, asking questions/enquiry rather than telling.
Can we really appraise the performance and reward the potential/possibility that is hidden inside? As objectively as possible. As transparently as possible. As in time as possible. Can we see the potential peaks of contribution? Can we see the pleasantness of their contribution potential/possibilities? Can we see body, heart and mind working in tandem for this? Contributing to everything around us, to the universe. That is the only endeavour. Isn’t it?
Happiness is never with the ‘narrow’ results. Not even with ‘larger purpose results’ It is in doing/working for these larger purposes. It is in being there. But, do we need to be perfectionists? Can we be good enough and on time? Can we do on scale, even if slightly less perfect?
Yes, we can. If we coexist conversing, connecting deeply heart, mind, and soul level. The flow of N. For 7L.
Join us in the yoga of ways and means in nature – pracharyayoga for 7L.
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