LEADERSHIP— A SACRIFICE
Leadership
is not dominance, it is a certain sacrifice. Leadership is not about ruling
someone, it is about making someone’s life. Leadership essentially means that
you are capable of creating the necessary atmosphere for people to go beyond
the limitations they have set for themselves. In the presence of a leader,
people are able to do things they would not have imagined or done by themselves.
The
very fundamentals of leadership are that you aspire to achieve certain things,
and take people with you towards the goal. And for whatever reason if it does
not happen, you don’t become a bundle of frustrations. These qualities are most
essential for leadership. If you have your own issues and concerns, you will
never function to your full capacity. So, it is extremely important that the
leadership in the world functions as a full-brain process, not as a halfbrain
process.
When
I say leadership, it is not just a question of presidents and prime ministers.
Whatever sphere we are in, everyone is a leader in some capacity; it is only a
question of scale. Whether you are managing and leading two people or one
billion people, everyone is some kind of a leader. Any leader who does not feel
a deep sense of inclusion, who does not feel that people around him are a part
of him, who does not feel a certain sense of oneness with the people around
him, he cannot be a genuine leader. He can only manipulate situations for
better or for worse.
A
non-religious spiritual process can play a phenomenal role in this. A spiritual
process is about wanting to know the depth of life. This is very essential for
a leader because a leader faces constant challenges. Above all, it is most
important that a leader is functioning at his optimal or highest level of
potential. If you experience tension, anxiety, stress or anger, your body, mind
and emotions will not function properly. When you are peaceful and joyful,
everything functions well. This is an experiential fact. It is also a medical
reality today. Every doctor will tell you this is true.
When
this is a fact, it is extremely important that we provide our people with a
leadership which is of a certain quality—people who are in a certain state
within themselves so that they function at their optimal level.
Many
thousand years ago, there was a king in India whose name was Janaka. Janaka
aspired for spiritual growth and then he found his guru, Ashtavakra. After much
sadhana, he attained his highest enlightenment. When he attained it, he was
blissful and ecstatic. He followed Ashtavakra everywhere and went to his guru’s
hermitage and wanted to live there. Ashtavakra said, “Nothing doing. You be a
king.” Janaka said, “What’s the point? These pleasures, the power of being a
king, the palace—all these things mean nothing to me. All I want to do is to
just sit at your feet.” Ashtavakra said, “What you want is no longer important.
You have found what you want within yourself. Now the people deserve an
enlightened king. That is important.”
Every
nation needs a focused and enlightened leadership, not a confused leadership.
There was a time when in a society, a few people were spiritual and the rest of
the people just went to them for blessings and sustained their lives. Today,
with the tools of science and technology, we have brought ourselves to such a
threatening situation that everyone in society needs to turn spiritual.
Otherwise there is no survival for this world. With the kind of technology and
capabilities we have, it just takes one fool to blow it up. And there any
number of those fools standing in queue to get to the top.
Spirituality
is no longer a fancy pursuit. It is an absolute necessity for our own survival
and the planet’s survival that every human being brings the spiritual dimension
into his life. Unless some sense of oneness touches people, especially the
leadership on the planet, self-destruction is a live threat.
Sceptics
are quick to ask, “Is such a thing possible?” I want to tell them, do not think
of the future of the world on the basis of existing realities. Existing
realities on the planet can be changed, because existing realities do not take
into consideration people’s will and commitment. Existing realities are just
looking at the number of people who were slaughtered today or the number of
bombs on the planet. But statistics cannot consider what is beating in the
human heart. If only we can stoke that, if only we can stir up what is
happening in individual hearts, miracles are possible.
Sadhguru
Jaggi Vasudev is the founder of Isha Foundation.
Source | Mint – The Wall Street Journal | 29 July 2016
Regards
Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior
Manager @ Library
Khaitan
& Co
Upcoming
Events | BOSLA-NIFT ANNUAL
LECTURE SERIES-2016 on Saturday, 20th August 2016
at 10.00 hrs in National
Institute of Fashion Technology, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai.
Note | If anybody use these post for forwarding in any social media coverage
or covering in the Newsletter please give due credit to those who are taking
efforts for the same.
No comments:
Post a Comment