CRYSTALLIZATION OF SPACETIME -
An Exploratory Mystical Insight for Business
Dr.
Nitin Arora 29th
May 2014
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| Dr. Nitin Arora |
The
Analogy
Cricket is the
most loved game connecting Indians while computing machines have successfully
connected the majority of world. Cricket game is now being crystallized from 5
day test match to a 3 hour match. And “big room sized” computer has
crystallized from noisy machines to 5 inch silent smartphones. Further, the
best game of cricket has become more entertaining when the launch of “IPL”
format in 2008 wherein each team has mix of foreign and Indian players. Just
imagine IPL format of game, as if, the government of USA for three months hires
best leaders and politicians, statesman from all different countries to run its
own country for three months. The bitter enemies in contemporary sports
competition become teammates for one format of game. What an idea! The early
cricketers haven’t seen such glitter in their whole career life what new
cricketers have seen in their early periods. The founders of cricket haven’t
conceived of even batting pads or one-day match1,2 when they started what
to say about inventing IPL format. This game is a big commercial success
generating tens of billions of dollars in the span of 3 month every year! Also the CEO of IBM in 1958 said that only
five people in the whole world will buy computers and now the Smartphone
worldwide sales are 33 per second in early 2014! Who says, only first movers of
industry can create and see the future!!! The followers can not only see and
create but can also crystallize the brighter future!!!
By the above two
business analogies, I would like to focus on business patterns which are
generating commercial success. Be it going from big size to small size machines
for computers or reducing large time span to short time span as in the game of cricket. Be it the early use of computers only for basic
mathematical calculation or the futuristic plan for providing global access of
internet to astronauts siting on the moon! The pattern for business success lies
in holding the heart of entertaining-imagination. And no doubt cricket is loved
purely for its entertainment while smartphones have now opened new doors for integrating
intelligent entertainment sources.
Crystallization
If Einstein can somehow
read this in his spirit form will surely laugh if I say time & space as two
different things. He said time and space are one - “SpaceTime continuum4”.
They are not two different things but are one continuum. Both are two aspects
of same phenomenon. I am sure business houses also knew this secret of Einstein
and are using this knowledge in their decisions:
All predictable-intelligence would be deployed,
By eternally witnessing the unfolding of infinite
unpredictable-intelligence;
By learning to reproduce their intelligence patterns;
to weed out, slowly and slowly, the never ending problems
of businesses.
The
SpaceTime Insight
‘Crystallization
of SpaceTime’
means generating a state called ‘Successful Connection’ by businesses or ‘Enlightenment’
by mystics. Success in today’s world is just an acronym of ‘successful
connection with customers’. If that very ‘connection’ is lost, success
disappears but if the connection is strong and durable, success appears durable
and long lasting. Hence the focus on ‘Successful Connection’!. Let’s me expand this
insight ‘Crystallization of SpaceTime’ and convey to you all its multi-dimensional
essence. If we look from this
perspective into these two inseparable aspects of crystallization then it
raises individual and business entities to higher levels of connections. This
crystallization perspective provides an insight, a holistic view from mystic and
chemical reaction perspectives. Both are capable of giving birth to diamonds- ‘Mystical
Enlightenment’ & ‘heart-connection’ respectively. Some businesses might not
like to use the word customer for their clients like patients, even for them
the core ‘heart-connection’ will still be a valid ultimate objective.
One step
further, ancient mystics indicated that this state ‘Enlightenment’ is beyond time and space. Mystics say that
time exists because of “bodymind”. (Mind and body are one, not two) and Space
exists because of spirit. In that context enlightenment is crystallization of BodyMind and spirit. Bodymind is the
‘crystallizer’ for both the mystic and business. Spirit (with capital S) is the
crystal for mystic while ‘heart-connection’ with customer is the crystal for
business. The mystics gave birth to Spirit while businesses aim for ‘heart-connections’ with customers. Both Spirit and heart-connections co-exist in the same spacetime continuum. Spirit is
imperishable. Heart-connection (product
/ service) is perishable but changes form
keeping the spirit of business imperishable.
Spirit from
mystic perspective means Unpredictable Intelligence. It is an eternal witness
to both mind and body. It await the moment when individual’s mind and body gets
absolutely detached from individuals’ spirit before giving birth to Spirit.
Spirit in business means ‘heart-connection’ (predictable intelligence) used for
‘serving the other, with a purpose but captivated by medium’. This ‘Captivated Purpose’
remains as an ‘engaged player’ within individual mind and body of stakeholders
involved. It also await the moment when it is successful in holding the hearts
of society in utter awe thereby crystallizing itself from the clutches of
bodymind.
Predictable-intelligence
is always second to unpredictable-intelligence,
Former lies in
bodymind while the latter is the magic of the Spirit;
Former is
utilitarian while the latter is self-illuminated source of knowledge.
By focusing on ‘SpaceTime’ means
focusing on ‘BodyMind and Spirit’. Managing time actually means managing mind and
body in the given space. Even sitting silently and doing nothing contributes to
immortality of organization in unique ways when having loads of intense actions
by disciplined & invincible management stalwarts can’t contribute towards organizational
resurrection. But yes, minding one’s mind (subtle actions) and body (coarse
actions) will guarantee longevity of an organization ‘lifeline’. And managing
space is just giving room for the spirit to move in a given time
Space is just a
closet for time,
Like time being the
highway for spirit.
Time moves in
space,
else it is a senseless
linear or parallel stretch of historical, random, disconnected events.
Space expands for
time,
else everything
simply appears to exist without any sign of growth.
This focus on bodymind
will indirectly control time factor embedded in generating successful
connections in business world. Both bodymind and time are relative and hence
complement each other. Whenever bodymind crystallizes, a new space is created
for integrating this new connection. Unless crystallization happens, no new connection
can occupy space. Any effort to displace existing heart-connection connections
will be more of a mad race rather than keeping a graceful face. A more
harmonized connection will definitely displace the less harmonized connection. Any
effort to save the latter will just be a delayed darwin’s game of survival of
fittest and eventually and reluctantly giving way to the former.
Harmony
Now the next question
arises on how to have increasing harmonies. Harmony is a metaphor for the
quality of crystals (Spirit / heart- connection with customers). And achieving
harmony means on how to achieve this high quality / high purity of crystals?
The only answer:
Focus on Spirit
not bodymind.
i.e.
Keep an eye on
achieving successful heart-connection while under bodymind’s captivity.
Time management
and Space management are some of its residual benefits of ‘harmony between
bodymind and Spirit. Spirit is the unmanifested bodymind. But it is the only
reality manifested at the end of crystallization. Focussing on bodymind means
beating around the bush while focusing on spirit means witnessing. This witnessing
the bodymind leads to harmonized crystallization of one big size Spirit for
mystics. Pure crystallization is possible only for Mystics but not for
businesses. Hence they have to be recrystallized5 again and again,
ad-infinitum, to achieve the status of purity. Why so?
The leader’s
purpose during implementation stops at bodymind border due to either too much single-headed
obsession with pre-determined purpose or too many strings attached. In both
situations it makes it difficult to reach to ultimate realization of true purpose
crystals. And this half-baked process eventually leads to crystallization of
‘infinite’, ‘uneven-sized’ & ‘perishable’ connections / crystals. But it is
absolutely wise for leader to listen to the voices of responses w.r.t. purpose.
Businesses are always a source of multi-dimensional stories of celebration and
depression, laughters and cries. Celebration, depression, laughters and screams
are all social manifestation of being a part of this world. They are
unavoidable, but this is a business life as an ordinary man knows it. Harmony
in business is an ideal goal for business but it is not possible to have a full
control over’s one choice. All businesses are not complimentary to each other. Most
of them have surprisingly antagonistic / cannibalistic nature. A practical
anecdote6
will illustrate this business crystal.
A big corporation hired several cannibals. “You are
all part of our team now,” said the HR manager during the welcome briefing. “You
get all the usual benefits and you can go to the cafeteria for something to
eat, but please don't eat any of the other employees.”
The cannibals promised they would not.
A few weeks later, the cannibals’ boss remarked, “You’re
all working very hard, and I’m satisfied with you. However, one of our secretaries
has disappeared. Do any of you know what happened to her?” The cannibals all
shook their heads, “No,” they said.
After the boss left, the leader of the cannibals
said to the others angrily, “Right, which one of you idiots ate the secretary?”
A hand rose hesitantly in admission. “You fool!” said the leader. “For weeks,
we’ve been eating managers and no one noticed anything, but noooooo, you had to
go and eat someone important!”
If one wants
harmony in business then no stakeholder of society can be left alone living
with irresponsible actions. To awake everyone to be responsible means
interlocking of bodymind-horns or in another sense far wretched possibility of
achieving harmony!!! Harmony in business definitely starts with an individual, having
the capacity to engulf the other’s imagination, sufficient enough to start the
self-sustaining social chain-reaction. This chain reaction will be potent
enough to give birth to many crystals with increasing levels of purity and
harmony.
On the other
hand, Self-Harmony is an individual and personal affair and it needs a shift of
gestalt, to turn your focus towards yourself. The business world is so captivating
that one rarely gets to know that one has to also focus on one’s own self too. The
life inside the business leader is always busy holding the reins of chaotic and
unpredictable SpaceTime and giving an impression that all is under control. But
the leader knows that it is a nearly false impression in almost all occasions. On
the contrary, self-harmony is a consequence of selfish focus on transcending
bodymind. Transcendence touches the core of self i.e. spirit which is an endless - rhythm resonating with the
lyrics of Spirit. Just like stillness is at the center
of movement and silence is at the core of noise. Similarly relaxation is at the
core of BodyMind. And that core is the individual’s spirit. It is utterly
relaxed and at harmony and trust with Spirit as it is non-changing unlike ever
changing forms of body and mind. A
beautiful story7 will illustrate this Mystic’s crystal.
A man just got married and was returning home with
his wife. They were crossing a lake in a boat when suddenly a great storm
arose. The man was a warrior, but the woman became very much afraid because it
seemed almost hopeless -- THE BOAT WAS SMALL AND THE STORM WAS REALLY HUGE, AND
ANY MOMENT THEY WERE GOING TO BE DROWNED. But the man sat silently, calm and
quiet, as if nothing was happening.
The woman was trembling and she said, "Are you
not afraid? This may be our last moment of life! IT DOESN’T SEEM THAT WE WILL
BE ABLE TO REACH THE OTHER SHORE. Only some miracle can save us, otherwise
death is certain. Are you not afraid? Are you mad or something? Are you a stone
or something?”
THE MAN LAUGHED AND TOOK THE SWORD OUT OF ITS SHEATH. The woman was even more puzzled -- what he is doing? Then he brought the naked sword close to the woman's neck -- so close that just a small gap was there, it was almost touching her neck. He said, “ARE YOU AFRAID?”
THE MAN LAUGHED AND TOOK THE SWORD OUT OF ITS SHEATH. The woman was even more puzzled -- what he is doing? Then he brought the naked sword close to the woman's neck -- so close that just a small gap was there, it was almost touching her neck. He said, “ARE YOU AFRAID?”
She started to giggle and laugh and said, “WHY SHOULD I BE AFRAID? If the sword is in your hands, why should I be afraid? I know you love me.” He put the sword back and said, “This is my answer. I know God loves me, and the sword is in His hands, and the storm is in His hands -- so WHATSOEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS GOING TO BE GOOD. If we survive, good; if we don’t survive, good -- because EVERYTHING IS IN HIS HANDS, AND HE CANNOT DO ANYTHING WRONG.” This is the trust one needs to imbibe. SUCH TREMENDOUS TRUST IS CAPABLE OF TRANSFORMING YOUR WHOLE LIFE! And ONLY such tremendous trust is capable of transforming your life -- less than that won’t do.
The
comparative differences in Crystals
The crystal of
mystic is immortal while the crystal of business is mortal. Spirit can fly on
its own without fear for eternity while ‘bodymind originated connection’
remains afraid of its mortal nature. It’s only when Spirit hold the hand of spirit
of mystic that fear disappears else only a false display of fearlessness is put
up by bodymind. And it is only when ‘successful heart-connection’ is formed
that the fear of business is delayed, till the mortal reality resurfaces its
hood. Otherwise, peace is the golden garment of mystic while anxiety is the hidden
lashes ruthless business world.
Bigger the
space-time more is the peace. Smaller the space-time, lesser is the peace.
Bodymind remains in the confines of small or big but spirit is beyond the
concept of measurement. Hence peace is a distant and relative concept for
citizens of business-world while ‘successful heart-connection’ is measurable. The
closer you are with the Spirit even at the time of failure ‘You’ are at peace, at
ease, at harmony. And the closer the organization is with its own spirit, it is
actually at ‘deep introspection stage’ – reformulating / realigning the purpose
based on the emerging voices of the customers.
Yes, the other -
connection is always distant from your spirit. If the other can command successful
connections then it can also command failures, disorientations or disruptions. The
other is actually not you. And other cannot be you. Even you cannot be you. It
is that You cannot manufacture Yourself. At the most you can discover yourself,
and hence you can say that you are just yourself but not that I manufactured
myself or invented myself. Any invention about self is always far from the true
self, the spirit. Your bodymind is not
the same as the bodymind of others. Hence the uniqueness of every person. But
in business one’s bodymind DNA can be copied to create a similar bodymind but
it will be the copycat spirit not the original spirit. Crystallization of spirit
never took place for the copycat organization. It can breakaway anytime and is
at the mercy of both predictable and unpredictable-intelligence.
The next
question arises that “how crystallization process stops on its own and does it
needs further treatment?”. If you forcibly
stop the action oriented bodymind stage of crystallization and force the spirit
crystal to come out, the spirit will be small & unstable and not of much
use. But if you let the supersaturated heated bodymind cool off unattended, the
spirit crystals will form on its own and fall out of the bodymind. They will be
pure, stable and big. Further, there is
never a need for performing – recrystallization
for the mystic Spirit as the source of impurity, the environment (bodymind), is
already transcended. There is no possibility of attachment of any impure
bodymind component to the Spirit. But any number of crystallizations done for business
purpose, will somehow require re-crystallization, again and again, for removing
the attached impurities in the crystal produced. The reason being the changing
environment (bodymind) always penetrating the crystals produced by the business.
What
to expect from me in my future articles
I have given the
secret of ‘crystallization of SpaceTime’ model in your hands. In my forthcoming
articles, I will share the key issues brought up during my interviews with leaders
and key decision makers from multiple industries / sectors including Online
education on how well this insight is applicable to their situation. The
interviews will focus on as many possible questions, as mentioned below. The
intent is to understand the extent of crystallization completed and what lies
ahead for them in their industry to strengthen / build the ‘Connection’. I will attempt to capture
the insights hidden from the discussion on their industry specific replies:
1.
On
false predictions of their early leaders (industry specific) and if they had re-visioned
now.
2.
On
how well they are able crystallize ‘heart-connection with customers’.
3.
On
their ongoing journey towards achieving immortality (Self-sustaining chain-reaction)
status in their Industry.
4.
On
how they are utilizing their ‘possessed predictable-intelligence’
to tap the mighty ‘unpredictable-intelligence’.
5.
On
their fears of failures and factors affecting their ‘business lifeline’.
6.
On
what does harmony means to them from company / Industry point of view and what
are they doing for it to achieve it. I will try to focus on the success
stories, check-mate situations and the hurdles!!!
7.
And
finally, on how their leaders are planning to achieve self-harmony and how it is
influencing their employees, customers and key decisions in personal life.
On a closing
note, the readers are requested to send me feedback or share their experience
or ask questions to me w.r.t. this proposed model ‘Crystallization of SpaceTime – A mystical insight for business’. I
am sure your questions will enrich the model which will further refine the future
meetings with leaders and key decision makers.
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