Placing Our “Seed” In The Right, Fertile Soil

Question: What are some great metaphors that can illustrate the importance of beginnings? Answer: I like the metaphor of the seed, that is placed in the ground that rots first, but becomes a beautiful, fruit giving tree at the end. We can use this metaphor for our own Human evolution as well. But in our … More Placing Our “Seed” In The Right, Fertile Soil

The Difficulty In Building Relationships

Question: I am satisfied in everything except relationships. How could that be? Answer: Building the right connections, relationship to others is the most difficult thing in the world. We are all born with an inherently self-centered, self-justifying, egoistic and subjective nature. With the help of this nature – if we are strong, skillful enough – … More The Difficulty In Building Relationships

Valuable Cogwheel

Question: How can I be more valuable to my job? Answer: We all have to look at ourselves as cogwheels in a fully integrated and interdependent system. Then it does not matter where we are, what job we are doing, in what position we are, whether we are a big, shiny, “all important”, or just … More Valuable Cogwheel

Under Influence

Question: What would you do if you had the choice of doing an extremely profitable wrong thing, or a not profitable right thing? Answer: Honestly it would not depend on me. It would solely depend on the environment I exist in. All our values, aspirations, goals, our sense of what is right or wrong, what … More Under Influence