‘Learning from experience requires that people be able to access their full range of experience and describe it to others. That ability begins with awareness’ (Bushe, p107).
The power of being an integrated whole In a typical Westernised system that values and rewards thinking above all, many people have become disconnected with the rest of their humanness and have become ‘walking heads’, to their own and other’s detriment. ‘Our daily lives revolve around the discourse of the mind. People devote the greater part of their lives to what they consider their beliefs, their loves, their ideas, their religious faith, their career aspirations, and so on’ (Gergen, p61). It is vital to recognise that we are not only our thoughts, but must bring the whole person along, acting as fully integrated beings, with our bodies, our consciousness in all forms, emotions and feelings.
Emotion is said to be ‘the body’s reaction to
About the author: Marlies Grindlay describes herself as being “immersed in the world of sensory, predominantly using taste and smell and movement as my preferred language to connect to the world most authentically;
I
honour the great men and women who have been generous enough to share their wisdom, knowledge, inspiration and insights that drive the field of creativity forward – and feel privileged to be able to build and pass on knowledge poised on the shoulders of giants”.
“LEADING INNOVATION IS LIKE DAPPLED SUNSHINE ON YOUR NAKED SKIN – IT WARMS YOU UP SLOWLY AND MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT BEING ALIVE IN THE WORLD”
MARLIES GRINDLAY 102 Management Today | September 2012
your mind’ or ‘a reflection of your mind in the body’ which manifests in our biochemistry, as well as physically and behaviourally (conscious or unconscious) (Tolle, p20). Listening more to emotional responses felt in the body gives the most honest reflection of our truth in that moment. The trick is to detach from that emotion long enough to remain uncontrolled by it and allow your true nature to reveal itself. This frees you from the power of your ego – ‘a false sense of self, created by unconscious identification with the mind’ – which serves to keep you rooted in your past (for ‘without it – who are you?’) and misperceives the future since that too is seen ‘through the eyes of the past’ and often keeps us trapped in our pain/ fears (Tolle, p18).
‘By learning to listen to the body, we can learn to become aware of the unconscious aspects of our thoughts, emotions and wants’ (Bushe, p101). The invitation is to remain in the present moment and live it with the choices for change that it offers: firstly, through heightened present- moment awareness, we can create a gap or ‘clear space of infinite possibility’ that allows for creative and new thinking; and, secondly, by accepting our current reality, we can choose to act on it differently and in ways that serve us best (Tolle, p189).
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