The
commitment to a dream
I know that our people have the ability to achieve
the best in the world. They have a fantastic
mix of belief and knowledge that sets them apart from any other
nation on earth.
We were failing to utilize our tremendous energies.
Where are we making a mistake? What is it that needs to be corrected?
We have a roadmap in our five-your plans that covers some of the things
we need to achieve. We have most of the necessary resources. There seems
to be an attitude problem, as if we cannot
shake ourselves out of a mind set of limited achievement.
Leadership
must lead us to prosperity.
As it is said, Thinking is the capital, Enterprise
is the way, Hard Work is the solution. I believe that when we
believe in our goals, that what we dream of can become reality, results
will begin to follow. Ignited Minds is
about developing that conviction in ourselves, and discarding the things
that hold us back. However, to guide but not to impose my views on others.
If we were to operate in mission mode with a vision for the nation.
The vision generates the best in every field.
There are more reviews than views available.
Every channel appears blocked by some obstacle or the other.
The trapped energies and the suppressed initiative
need to be freed and properly harnessed.
Nor do we particularly need every time to borrow models from elsewhere.
We need to grow our own solutions. Instead
of searching for answers outside we will have to look within for them.
More discouraging still is the quality of public
life today, the low level of discourse and the presence of so
much ego, anger, greed, jealousy, spite, cruelty, lust, fear, anxiety
and turmoil!
I felt a new determination dawning inside
me.
A man is said to pass through different stages in his lifetime. As athelete
stage, warrior stage, states person stage and spirit stage. Energetic
pursuit of performance and achievement. Warrior stage, proud
of its achievements, it finds ways to demonstrate its superiority over
others, perhaps through conquest.
Ego is the driving force.
During this stage people are busy with goals and achievements in competition
with others. For the individual, generates anxiety. Convincing others
of its superiority becomes the theme.
Maturity awareness shifts to what is important to other nations and
societies.
The idea is to help others become better.
The transition from the warrior stage to the big brother stage is a
rewarding but difficult exercise called the realization stage.
Change is crucial. It brings new thought;
new thought leads to innovative actions.
When I visited Mata Amritanandamayi’s Ashram at Kollam integrate
spirituality with education to create a new generation of leaders and
entrepreneurs.
There is no greater power in heaven or on earth
than the commitment to a dream.
Dreams hold something of that energy which
lies at the heart of all things and are the binding
force that brings the spiritual and the material together.
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