March 2016

The reason that we don’t have access to our own common sense is because we are so preoccupied with people and events – who said what to whom, what happened and why, thoughts of doubt and confusion, regrets of the past and worries about the future – that we forget to live in the present moment. We are always somewhere else with our mind.

We were born out of silence and we will return to silence.

Silence is a beautiful innate quality, which we don’t always appreciate. It is part of who we are, and it is a mighty virtue although it seems to be shy and quiet. Silence is golden, so they say, and yet so many rarely experience the beauty of true silence.

Many things will come into our lives to take away our peace and happiness. The weather and the traffic are obvious ones, but also nosey relatives, the ever-demanding boss, the diving stock market etc. Do we have to give our peace away to these things? Surely not! As we become irritated, frustrated or angry, that means we have bought into the illusion. The illusion that this is the only way to react! As others shake and collapse, it does not mean we have to follow suit.

I believe that if IT professionals were to sharpen their spiritual quotient, this super third intelligence, then they could create infinite possibilities and possibly help in changing the world for the better.

The only way we can change the ‘past’ (or what is to become the past!) is to change the present, and so the future. We can choose what we want to remember and learn from, and we can also choose what we do not want to give any more power to: that is, what we would rather leave behind. So take charge of your life. Make things happen, as opposed to only reacting to things when they happen.

Whether something is easy or difficult is purely subjective. What may be easy for one person, may be difficult for another. What does that tell us? That the thing itself is not easy or difficult, but it is often I, with my thinking, that makes it more difficult than it needs to be. So if we want to make something easy, it’s purely in our hands to do so.

And how many of us meet with, and surmount a mountain of challenges every day? Can each one of us not be a pioneer in our own right? In our families, our workplaces and communities? Can we not each be teachers, role models and have the courage to do what we must do, what we know is right, even though it may not be the most comfortable thing to do?