Thanks for these concrete answers, I appreciate them! ... and like to give some answers to them:
Sighclone wrote:How much of your work could you delegate? Sometimes the ego likes to do things our subordinates could do just as well or better. You might be able to find more time to deepen your consciousness if you delegate more, and thereby "spread" your growing consciousness more to your people. Ramana Maharshi transformed people just by sitting in silence with them.
I really delegate already a lot. In this situation I believe it is not about delegating more away to make more space, but on the contrary to find a way to get totally in the flow with the whole company and it's doing again. It is like with all tasks, if I become one with it, there is the flow of right actions and natural, effortless drive. That is what I am looking for again. At the moment there is a certain distance between my task (as I define it for myself) and what happens. And I don't like it and it is not enough. If this would go on, I definitaly should look out for another CEO. But as I stated, that wont happen so soon.
By this I don't mean to lose myself in it and eliminate all the space in me. But the distance is so big now, that I'm too far away to care enough. It seems to me, that I just have to restart now and see how it goes ...
Sighclone wrote:Since nonduality is not a religion, but a simple and profound fact of nature, provable by observation and experience (using meditation), maybe you could hold an in-house seminar on it. It seems to me that the issue of "narayan is into nonduality" may be a topic of discussion (outside of your earshot) at your business...can you trust anyone to tell you what they are saying?
Nice idea. I was thinking about starting a more practical approach beginning with the essence of how to manage task and time, how beliefs and responsibility have a deep influence. "narayan is into nonduality" is really no topic on a wider scale, only with my two business-partners with whom I discussed it, but this is working quite good so far. It may become a topic, but for now it really would enable the "narayan is into nonduality" maybe to a "narayan is nuts" discussion
entelechy wrote:So the question then becomes: Is there not a way of striking a balance between the two worlds - where one remains centred in her divine essence and is able to bring this Presence forth to her outward endeavours? (If I remember correctly) Eckhart said this is what true success is.
From my current understanding, one way of finding this balance is aligning your outer purpose with your inner purpose. Your inner purpose is awaken, to allow Presence/Being /God to shine forth to this world through you. If your outer purpose is a leader, do you have a clear, enlightened vision of where to take your organization? Are you leading your team with Presence? Are your decisions guided by enlightened values? Do you facilitate and support the growth of your colleagues, so that they too, may find spiritual, emotional, physical, social, financial fulfillment?
entelechy, thanks for this very beautiful post.

Very much to the point, bringing together both worlds is bringing together inner and outer purpose and, I think, using the whole capacity as a human being (s. Genpo).
entelechy wrote:An awakened person's drive stems from the very core of his Being, where it remains boundless, limitless and True. The Unmanifested - this force of pure potentiality - is so powerful that it cannot be contained. It has to come through, and it can only come through through you .
An awakened person freely allows this to flow through. An unconscious person, on the other hand, merely keep asking, "well, what's in it for me? why should i do it?"
For me, to find a first conclusion, it is an intensivication of depth, clarity and knowing. There is no need to change something greatly in my outer purpose now, since I really already love and enjoy what I am doing. And there is a vision that can be fulfilled, that I go for right now.
I also realize, that space was always there in my doing. What happened then is the deep experience of being and this knowing. It has to have a powerful and positive influence now.
So about spirituality and drive I would say: It gives a deeper foundation. It helps to stay on the right track and to find right motivations that serve all. It can have a purification-effect, meaning it takes you away from lower energies and motivations, but also opens the door to a more powerful inspiration.
We will see what happens now - as everybody - I am on a constant journey here.
