“My goodness doesn't come from God,
God's goodness comes from me.
God and I are not two, but one,
God and I are one existentiality.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Mindfulness helps leaders to constantly be aware of the culture they envision and to align their thoughts, words and actions with that desired culture.”
Source: Mindfulness-Based Leadership: The Art of Being a Leader - Not Becoming One
“In mindfulness, awareness can be thought of as one’s core, which is being. This awareness can also be thought of as a witness or witnessing consciousness, sometimes also called metacognition. It is in this awareness that all cogitations and actions arise.”
Source: Mindfulness-Based Leadership: The Art of Being a Leader - Not Becoming One
“Mindful leaders consider themselves as a blank screen on which all their mental and physical activities take place. this is one reason why mindful leaders have greater resilience and control – they are detached observers rather than involved actors.”
Source: Mindfulness-Based Leadership: The Art of Being a Leader - Not Becoming One
“A mindful leader looks at his being (witnessing consciousness or awareness) as the substratum on which he plays his leadership role. Sometimes he succeeds, sometimes he does not. Sometimes he is the manager, then he might become a follower. But his awareness remains unchanged.”
Source: Mindfulness-Based Leadership: The Art of Being a Leader - Not Becoming One
“Being a leader is only one of many roles you might play. You also play personal roles such as a sibling, parent, child, spouse, grandparent, etc. all of these roles depend on you for their existence. But what mindfulness shows us is that your awareness can be independent of these roles.”
Source: Mindfulness-Based Leadership: The Art of Being a Leader - Not Becoming One
“Self-awareness is the practice and trait of noticing our inner experiences non-judgmentally. It is the ability to be aware of one’s thoughts, feelings, emotions, intentions, motivations and actions.”
Source: Mindfulness-Based Leadership: The Art of Being a Leader - Not Becoming One
“Mindfulness cannot be practised in a cave. It requires active interaction with the world in the present. The place where you are is the place where you are meant to be and that is where you experiment. Your home, workplace and the society you live in is your mindfulness gym.”
Source: Mindfulness-Based Leadership: The Art of Being a Leader - Not Becoming One
“In mindfulness, we learn to live with thoughts as they are.”
Source: Mindfulness for the Family
“Through their discomforts Dom and Phil were missing everything of interest: the sudden strip marshes, the faces in the rock formations, the perfect lakes, the awesome måskoskårså valley grooved into the earth during the Ice Age, the golden eagle circling above it, and the views of a landscape it was impossible to believe existed in Europe.”
Source: The Ritual