Organization and spirituality have a lot more in common than may appear at first blush. They are intimately intertwined and and exploration of one requires and exploration of the other.
- Efficiency is a spiritual value. Using just the right amount of mental/emotional/psychic energy on any given thing means there is power in thoughts. Lack of efficiency means you use a LOT of thinking for each decision, and so there is less energy available for what's really important and what demands more attention.
- Prioritizing is critical. Being able to determine what needs to get attention is critical in being efficient. If you spend lots of time on everyday, mundane tasks, the subtle, the sensitive, and the nuanced get short-changed by simple mental tiredness.
- Tiredness of every kind is the enemy of being effective, expressive and powerful. Each thought has less energy, less impact, so with tiredness you always work harder to accomplish the same, or less, than you would otherwise. Being aware of what drains your energetic resources, and learning to protect those resources, is key.
- Building structure around your own resources, learning how to most effectively use and share them, and then when to withdrawal and replenish is the difference between potential and performance.
- You must learn where you take strength from, and become regular in taking strength from that place. This is true organizationally and spiritually - true in every part of life. If you ally with what empowers you, the effectiveness of your own creative expression multiplies exponentially. If you are aligned with what empowers you, your ability to influence your world becomes tangible and targeted. Not in order to manipulate reality to suit your own ends, but in the fullest Jewish sense of potential, in that you become a partner in elevating human life to something better, and in this lies magic. I'm certain that G*d's deepest desire is for us to become so clear about who we have the potential to be that we are willing, with full courage and enthusiasm, to become that.
Some things to ask yourself:
- Where do you take power from? What makes you feel good, better, whole, confident, clearer, more enthusiastic and more authentic.
- What diminishes your energy and intention?
- Recall a time when you felt on the top of your game. Describe that time and what was noticeable about that time, especially in contrast to your ordinary experience. What elements made that special and different?
- What helps you in a practical way stay focused? Sleep? Collaboration with creative partners? Time off doing...? Exercise? It can be anything from making lists to a certain working environment to a state of mind. Try to capture as much of the detail you can in writing so it becomes more clear.
- Kavanah, that is, intention, is everything, but it's not the only thing. What is your intention? How clearly can you articulate it to yourself or others. How aligned is it with practical goals? How does your kavanah work with your daily practice of anything? Integrity is when your kavanah is aligned with your thoughts words actions and interactions. Wherever there is lack of alignment, there is wasted energy. What would it take to align your intention with your actions right now?
If you can think about some of this stuff and write down clear answers or at least what questions this raises, you get to a better sense of how to help you get organized AND spiritually empowered. And then the next step is designing simple systems to contain and guide all that energy you have...content comes before form though.
- Efficiency is a spiritual value. Using just the right amount of mental/emotional/psychic energy on any given thing means there is power in thoughts. Lack of efficiency means you use a LOT of thinking for each decision, and so there is less energy available for what's really important and what demands more attention.
- Prioritizing is critical. Being able to determine what needs to get attention is critical in being efficient. If you spend lots of time on everyday, mundane tasks, the subtle, the sensitive, and the nuanced get short-changed by simple mental tiredness.
- Tiredness of every kind is the enemy of being effective, expressive and powerful. Each thought has less energy, less impact, so with tiredness you always work harder to accomplish the same, or less, than you would otherwise. Being aware of what drains your energetic resources, and learning to protect those resources, is key.
- Building structure around your own resources, learning how to most effectively use and share them, and then when to withdrawal and replenish is the difference between potential and performance.
- You must learn where you take strength from, and become regular in taking strength from that place. This is true organizationally and spiritually - true in every part of life. If you ally with what empowers you, the effectiveness of your own creative expression multiplies exponentially. If you are aligned with what empowers you, your ability to influence your world becomes tangible and targeted. Not in order to manipulate reality to suit your own ends, but in the fullest Jewish sense of potential, in that you become a partner in elevating human life to something better, and in this lies magic. I'm certain that G*d's deepest desire is for us to become so clear about who we have the potential to be that we are willing, with full courage and enthusiasm, to become that.
Some things to ask yourself:
- Where do you take power from? What makes you feel good, better, whole, confident, clearer, more enthusiastic and more authentic.
- What diminishes your energy and intention?
- Recall a time when you felt on the top of your game. Describe that time and what was noticeable about that time, especially in contrast to your ordinary experience. What elements made that special and different?
- What helps you in a practical way stay focused? Sleep? Collaboration with creative partners? Time off doing...? Exercise? It can be anything from making lists to a certain working environment to a state of mind. Try to capture as much of the detail you can in writing so it becomes more clear.
- Kavanah, that is, intention, is everything, but it's not the only thing. What is your intention? How clearly can you articulate it to yourself or others. How aligned is it with practical goals? How does your kavanah work with your daily practice of anything? Integrity is when your kavanah is aligned with your thoughts words actions and interactions. Wherever there is lack of alignment, there is wasted energy. What would it take to align your intention with your actions right now?
If you can think about some of this stuff and write down clear answers or at least what questions this raises, you get to a better sense of how to help you get organized AND spiritually empowered. And then the next step is designing simple systems to contain and guide all that energy you have...content comes before form though.
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