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Administration
is Related to Meditation
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Administration is extremely important in the world because administrators,
working at different levels, are responsible for many aspects of the
family, society and country. Consequently effective administration
depends on the approval and acceptance of society through voting,
appointment or natural selection. In all cases, the person must have
the qualities accepted by the society.
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Meditation relates to administration in the efficiency and quality
of the administration. All administrators should possess efficiency
and quality in administration of work and create peace and order in
the society. Without these qualities, the society can deteriorate.
Efficiency and quality come from meditation. A raw diamond has potential
high qualities but an uneducated and untrained hand can reduce its
beauty and qualities. Conversely, a trained diamond cutter with experience
and appropriate tools can turn the stone into a stunning piece that
can attain a great price. In the same way, meditation creates mind
power, which in turn clears the mind. The clearing of the mind is
similar to the cutting of a raw stone with modern tools. Meditation
will enable the administrator to attain a clear and concise mind that
is of high quality and possesses moral principles. Emotions attached
to the mind can cloud the mind and make it overlook important things
such as ethics and morality. Mind power can help the administrator
see through problems clearly and lead the way to more effective management
so that set objectives can be achieved; similar to an expert diamond
cutter with high experience.
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Once meditation produces enough mind power, consciousness (sati) will
be achieved. At this point, consciousness (sati) will strengthen the
mind. Administration is tiring because a significant amount of mind
power is consumed; therefore, adequate rest and relaxation are required.
Meditation provides quality rest-time; therefore, an administrator
should study meditation. After studying meditation the administrator
should meditate at least 2 or 3 weeks in a one year time period, even
when on holiday. He should do this without causing himself discomfort
or stress. The rest experience from meditation refreshes and increases
mind power. Administrating utilizes a lot of mind power. In the process
of solving a problem an administrator may expend all of his natural
mind power and then find himself unable to produce more. Such a loss
of power finally affects physical and mental health, resulting in
damage to the administrator and to his administration abilities. Rest
through meditation is an absolute necessity. Administration takes
place over a long period of time and if an administrator understands
the need for resting the mind and generating mind power through meditation,
good opportunities will arise. Meditation is thus accumulation of
mind power to enable an administrator to deal with difficult situations.
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Administration requires emotion, and the emotion arising needs to
be cleansed. Without meditation, the mind cannot be controlled and
emotions cannot be cleared. This is similar to using dirty water to
wash dirty items, the more you wash, the dirtier the items will become.
However, if you use clean water, the items will become cleaner. If
you try to clear troubling emotions with confusing emotions, the result
will be even greater confusion. However, if you subject the troubling
situation to the calmness of mind power, a way to solve the problem
will soon present itself. Thus, resting the body and mind with meditation
is useful and essential for the administrator. The mind power produced
from meditation can be used for problem solving and can be used to
clear away the deficiencies of administration.
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Basic meditation means a meditative state that can increase mind power
(not insight meditation-Vipassana). It is a simple yet effective method
already clearly discussed in the Meditation Instructor Course. In
reality, the mind is the basis for all administration, as the mind
is the source of all activities. The mind is, therefore, the most
important factor in all endeavors. Meditation means training of the
mind. Administrating comes from the mind - the body simply coordinates
the work. The mind is of utmost importance. When the mind of a person
does not contain sufficient power, problems in administration arise.
The efficiency and quality of the administrator reduce until difficulties
and confusion reign. Consequently, one should accumulate mind power
within oneself to prepare for all possible situations, which will
be the means to administer work with success and with moral principles.
This is because meditation increases the mind power to a point where
it infiltrates the mind while working to create circumspection and
restraint, factors that enhance administration.Sustaining administration
by using congenial means and flexibility to create a balance in the
community will lead to the achievement of the objective of bringing
the most benefits to self as well as to the society. These are the
signs of "a skilled administrator." To achieve this, he
must have increased his mind power through meditation as taught in
the basic course.
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Thoughts or all types of mental processes are called emotions. Emotions
can be good or bad, wide or narrow, high or low, long or short, past,
present or future and can be of countless other forms. Understand
that if a person has no emotional interest in administration, he is
unable to perform as an administrator. By having such emotional interest
he is able to be an effective administrator. Emotion creates many
things in the world and also destroys as many things in the world.
In conclusion, emotion is a natural part of life from birth to death.
It is important that administrators and those interested in becoming
administrators adjust their emotions to harmonize with their community
and society. When the administrator seeks to adjust his emotions to
go along with the administration, he cannot help but use both natural
and manifested meditations.
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Meditation depends on emotion but selects only one single, good and
useful emotion. This single emotion prevents the mind from being scattered
and turns it into one-pointedness and then into meditation. Meditation
then generates mind power. This is similar to mining for diamonds.
If we stand by to watch the mining process, we can see the macro cars
digging up tons of soil in order to obtain 1-2 good diamonds. Only
the 1-2 diamonds are kept and the rest of the tons of soil and sand
are discarded. However, the diamonds are worth millions of dollars,
worth every minute spent on achieving the objective. Similarly, many
emotions present themselves in the mind, but the intelligent person
selects the most precious for use as a result of meditating and developing
great mind power. Administrators are praised by society for their
intelligence and are often called leaders. It is apparent that meditation
is very important for administrators and should be an inseparable
part of their lives.
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Javanacitta is sagacious intellect. It is intellect that can move
along appropriately with the world current and the righteousness current.
Those with distinct knowledge, ready with the trained mind, sharp
intellect and expertise arising from experience, constitute a crucial
part of society in the present and in the future. Intellectual competition
forms an integral part of the future so if one can develop one's mind
in advance, one will become a clear winner in the race. We can see
so many people studying management and administration at present or
educating their children in management in order to increase the capacity
of their intellect. For these reasons, meditation plays a great role
in management studies so that development of sagacious intellect (javanacitta)
can increase without end. The speed comes from the mind full of untapped
resources that are awaiting discovery. It lies with the administrator
to find the appropriate and right meditation method so that efficient
intellect for excellence is created.
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Therefore, right meditation or sammasamadhi comprises the path to
mind power, leading to javanapanna- the wisdom to discover the mysteries
of the mind contained within the body. The oneness of emotion distilled
through the meditative procedure of right meditation, turns into the
oneness of the mind filtered and concentrated into unity; unity creating
strength. Thus clearness and cleanness are present, blowing the air
of purity into the mind, clearing the mind so that it is bright and
sharp. To obtain this state, continuous meditation is required for
effective success. This is similar to making sugarcane syrup. One
brings in the sugarcane trees to squeeze for juice, then places the
juice in a pot and boils it until thick syrup results. The syrup,
though minimal in quantity, is so much sweeter than the sugarcane
juice. The unity of the mind concentrated through the process of meditation
leaves oneness and this oneness possesses untold power and great benefits.
Administration requires strength, circumspection, sagacious intellect,
and far-reaching insights that can see through all problems. Meditation
is the source of all these characteristics. |
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