Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Can True Power overlap spiritual political distinctions minus Dough Boy Mentality?

You are the judge, let’s first explore political and see what distinctions mainly surface.

Political Power is essentially the capacity to Force or Influence others to do what you want them to do.
It is the function of structure of organizations. 

Political Power does not actually reside within the person but rather the position held in Anarchy or in the Money one happens to have to create organizations to do what one wants to be done. 

Political power is always “Temporal”. One may have it for a while, but eventually it will be wrestled away.

Spiritual Power, on the other hand, has little to do with organization or structure. It resides not in position or in MONEY but in the person’s being. It is the capacity to influence others, often by example, simply by VIRTUE by the kind of person one is.
Those that are politically powerful usually do not possess much in the way of Spiritual Power.
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Conversely, the Spiritually Powerful are as likely to be found among the Poor and Disenfranchised.

Executives are subject to the very same TEMPTATIONS that Jesus confronted in the desert.

Unlike Jesus, many are likely to flunk the Test, they harden and lose their capacity.

They are reflections of Lord Acton’s famous maxim: “POWER TENDS TO CORRUPT AND ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY”.

A mature professional executive worth their weight in position are exceptionally self-reflective individuals with extraordinary insight, concern for others and suffer deeply in their work.
By necessity they Wept with One Eye, but maintained their capacity for vulnerability the mark of true great leadership. Perhaps the best measure of a person’s greatness is their capacity to suffer.

The greatest Power a Top Executive has is the Ability to determine the Spirit of the Organization.
If their Spirit is Mean in some way, that Meanness will pervade the Entire Organization or simply administration modeled after the Spirit of “DIRTY TRICKS “virtually everywhere.
Political Power is generally attainable by only a relative few, SPIRITUAL POWER CAN BE OBTAINED BY MOST. PEOPLE CAN STILL CHOOSE TO NEGLECT OR CULTIVATE THEIR SOULS.
WHEN YOU MAKE THE CHOICE FOR CONSCIOUSNESS, LEARNING, AND GROWTH, THEN YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE PATH OF SPIRITUAL POWER, WHICH RESIDES IN YOUR BEING AND NOT IN YOUR POSITION.


Throughout the centuries, Theologians, in considering the Dichotomy between being and doing, have invariably come down in favor of being. 

In other words, who you are-what kind of person you are-is much more important than what you actually do. A hard concept to grasp in our New Millenniums action oriented culture.



The problem: tendencies to come back as nothing had happened and when asked what about it followed by memory refreshers New Millennials often virtually scratch their head, commenting, “I VAGUELY REMEMBER SOMETHING ABOUT THAT”.  

The best Psychotherapists learn, if they hang in there long enough, to stop trying to heal their patients.
What they can realistically set their sights on is building the best possible community, healing will naturally occur without their having to “DO” anything. The power to heal, a spiritual heal comes from God. It is a Gift. The Giver should have intent that it should be used in such a manner as to ultimately give it away. In other words, the best reason to have any kind of Power – Spiritual or Temporal – is to use it to Empower Others.   

 New School Culture versus Old School Integrity.
Old School Knew where to draw the line.

Culture may be defined as the interlocking system of norms and values, implicit or explicit, within an organization. 

Every organization has its own culture.

The subject of culture in business is much written about. One of the most influential books of prior century was Ruth Benedict’s Patterns of Culture.

The message of this book was that NO CULTURE IS BETTER THAN OTHER.


Benedict’s book put forth the concept of cultural relativism, whose underlying PRINCIPLE IS WHAT IS CONSIDERED GOOD FOR ONE CULTURE MAY BE CONSIDERED BAD FOR ANOTHER.     
IN OTHER WORDS, “ETHICS” ARE TOTALLY RELATIVE TO CULTURE.
SOMEWHAT LIKE SITUATION ETHICS, CULTURAL RELATIVISM HOLDS THAT JUDGMENTS CANNOT BE MADE ABOUT ANY CULTURE EXCEPT FROM WITHIN IT.

The concept of cultural relativism has done much to broaden our minds – minds that very much need broadening. Unfamiliar conceptional compatriots in cultural relativism generally demonstrate arrogant JUDGMENTALISM that can be inappropriate to withhold such as in senior care industry.
Industry holds two different types, one type raves about beauty and efficiency while the other type lives horrified by the poverty, but also by INCREDIBLE HIGH PRICED INEFFICIENCY.
DAILY THEY ARE FORCED TO WITNESS AND ENDURE ROUTINELY THINGS BEING DONE POORLY THAT COULD OF JUST AS EASILY HAVE BEEN DONE WELL SUFFERING THE CURSE OF VICE IN “EXCESS OF TOLERANCE” AS VIRTUE.
I often wondered how gracefully, as all eventually arrive, doers of excess tolerance would gracefully accept their poetic justice; many probably would not fit in with their own system.
What is the Genesis of all this, simple, every inefficiency modeled is the result of CASTE SYSTEM that is deeply embedded into culture and governs the lives of every one of its citizens.

Industry would insist that there is nothing INHERENTLY WRONG, I DISAGREE!   
It will be estimated, this is a SERIOUS CULTURAL FLAW, not only because of its INHERENT INCIVILITY but also because of its HIGH FEE EXTRAORDINARY INEFFICIENCY and its DEGRADATION OF AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN WHICH I WILL REMIND BOOMERS, WE ARE NEXT IN LINE.
OUR GREATEST CHALLENGE IS CULTURAL BREAK UP many of our community are increasingly unsure about how to behave. The future of our community seems increasingly obscure.

Norms are generally established or reestablished, upheld or overturned, by those in POWER IN ORGANIZATIONS, whether they are families or Businesses.
Earlier, we covered point in case that one of the greatest Powers business Executives have, through their spirit, is to create the Spirit of the Organizations of which they are in CHARGE.
The other great Power is an analogous one; it is to create the Culture of the Organization.
NO ONE HAS MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CULTURE OF AN ORGANIZATION THAN THOSE IN THE HIGHEST POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY; CHANGE ONLY BEGINS AT THE TOP.
RESPONSIBILITY IS OFTEN ABDICATED BACK TO THE FAMILY WHICH MANY TIMES DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO OR HOW TO BEHAVE; FAMILY SHOULD NOT BECOME BUSINESSES DESPOTS. 


THE POWER TO CREATE THE SPIRIT OF AN ORGANIZATION IS MORE THAN ANALOGOUS TOE THE POWER TO CREATE ITS CULTURE OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT ITS SPIRIT BECOMES EMBODIED.

WHY IS THEN DYSFUNCTION, VERY FASHIONABLE THESE DAYS?
·         Simple, the word is rapidly descending into meaningless as all are dysfunctional parts of the norm though some are more clearly dysfunctional than others.

How do clearly become this way?
·         They have been layered. 

Why would authority undercut whenever deems fit?
·         Many times one cannot discern reason(s) for distrust within an agency rather than entire culture so severe, that it could properly be termed as culture of Paranoia.


Sounds like state in shambles?
·         Dysfunctional and Culture of Paranoia are abstract terms. Less abstract is Morale Performance understandably Poor as a result as norm.

There are two Morals Here, the most Civil use of Power is to give it away, in these scenarios it is suggestive those in Highest Positions of Power were not giving it away, THEY WERE TAKING IT AWAY.
Scenarios first Moral is that such INCIVILITY is not COST EFFECTIVE. TO THE CONTRARY, IT IS VICIOUSLY EXPENSIVE AND WASTEFUL.
The other Moral is that it is extremely difficult to change a Culture, no matter HOW UNCIVIL and UNPRODUCTIVE or DYSFUNCTIONAL IT MAY BE. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE FREEDOM IN CHOICE.    
THE TENET: Systems Inherently Resist Change. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE POWER BEHIND THE VOTE.
The plain fact of the matter is that most organizations, despite the blatancy of their dysfunction and despite its cost ineffectiveness, would rather remain dysfunctional than grow toward greater CIVILITY.

Why is this so?
·         Reflect on the complexity of the definition CIVILITY, namely, that it is “CONSCIOUSLY MOTIVATED” organizational behavior that is “ETHICAL” in submission to a Higher Power.

Civility does not come naturally; it takes “CONSCIOUSNESS” and “ACTION “to achieve.
INCIVILITY comes naturally to “LAZINESS”; it is simply easier to be Uncivil.
You are entitled to feel good as well as you can in this world despite odds against it.
To be as Civil as Possible in this Complex and Demanding Role is the path of Smart Selfishness and requires a great deal of Psychospiritual Exertion. While Incivility is much easier, the creation of a relatively Civil Culture is in the Long Run more Cost Effective and is not what this is all about?
IT IS ALSO THE ROUTE TO CREATING SOMETHING THAT IS MORE HEALING AND ALIVE.

Thank you.
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Reference material utilized: M. Scott Peck, M.D.
From the book: The Road less Traveled and Beyond, Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety

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