(Below is a continuation of the post How To Be Fully In The Present Moment)
Don't let the time manage you. First of all, you must see to it that you go with the feeling that you have time. When you put this thought in your mind that you don’t have time, then that itself becomes a block.
Everybody has only 24 hours, whether it is the Prime Minister or a clerk working in the bank. You have to hold on to this aphorism 'I can do it' because the pressure of time is more when you do not feel confident of accomplishing your work. Even when it appears to be impossible, even then you should have confidence; probably give miracles a chance. This very confidence in yourself that 'I will be able to manage' will take you through. And once something sets into your routine, then you have no problem.
Everyone takes out time to brush their teeth. This is dental hygiene, isn't it? However busy you are, you don’t say, "I have to rush to the office" and jump out of your bed, wear your shoes and run. No! You take the time to brush your teeth, that’s dental hygiene. Similarly, I would say, take a few minutes of mental hygiene (meditation). When it fits into your routine, you’ll not find it as something you have to do extra. For 10-20 minutes, relax and do some yoga exercise, and then you go with the fresh mind.
Well, you can be compassionate. People who don’t know humility have missed out on a lot in their life, and they are in a small shell. So when a person does not know something that you know, don't get angry at them but be compassionate towards them. Sympathize with them.
I see business as a means to bring happiness in life. If the end product of business is misery, I tell you, nobody would want to do it. But somehow people end up in that space because they are not clear about their goal.
The goal of business is happiness through prosperity, happiness through sharing, happiness through freedom, as freedom is the basic ingredient of happiness. If you are not free, how can you be happy, and wealth creates freedom; it is supposed to create freedom, and freedom in turn brings happiness. I think this is the goal of business. Maybe you have different thoughts about it.
So we need to move from GDP to GDH, don't you think so? The world is already moving in that direction.
In meditation there is a gentle awareness, that “I am”. In a nap you’re totally off, you don’t know where you are. In meditation, the body is relaxed, mind is somewhat alert and this is more powerful than power nap -- in the sense that the oxygen consumption rate in the body goes down. Physiologically deeper rest happens in 20 minutes than what can happen in 6 hours or 8 hours of sleep.
It will help people handle stress. You know, businessmen need intuition. They need to know where to invest. Such decisions depend totally on intuitive knowledge. Meditation improves your intuitive ability. It enables you to endure tough times and it makes you innovative. No business can survive without innovation. Intuition is that which never goes wrong, otherwise it is not intuition. When the stock market is about to go down, where you should invest and where you should not, that comes somewhere from gut feeling.
Greed is when you disrespect the laws. You want to make money anyhow, and so you drop the ethics and go for profit, that is called greed. Ambition is within the permit of ethics. You can be ambitious but greed takes you away from ethics. Simple thing what I would say is: clarity in mind, purity in heart, sincerity in action. That has been my guiding principle. It does not stress you out, doesn’t put a load on you and success is for sure.
