Quantum Leadership - Corporate Edition

DECISION MAKING

Are you the decision maker? You will be surprised, actually shocked to know that if your decisions are not intuitive then you are not the decision maker. If you are not spontaneous and intuitive then your decisions are made by a committee of dull dead old fools called samskaras or engraved memories.

When your decisions are driven by the energy of intuition then you are driven by the same energy that runs the stars and planets. If your decisions are not from the energy of intuition then they are driven by the committee of intellectuals who sit and calculate, analyze, presume, assume and make you follow a pattern based on your past experiences.

How decision making information is processed in Mind

Let us take a more digital view or more subtle view of this conscious and unconscious mind and how information is received, processed and stored and what is the result of this process. We will understand how the conscious zone and unconscious zone process information that is received through our five senses.

Let us analyze the working of the mind. If you study this diagram below, it shows how the information entering through the eye for example is processed.

Conscious Process

The following example shows information entering through the sense of sight or eyes is processed. When you see something, first the physical eye sees it. This information is digitized by the energy called chakshu. Chakshu is a Sanskrit term, for our purposes we may call it as DSP or digital signal processor.

The information or signal received about an object or scene is converted into a digital file by this chakshu. This conversion happens to the information received through all the five senses, not just the eye.

Then the file goes to the memory. In Sanskrit memory is called as chitta. In the memory a little more work is done on the file. For example, if you are seeing me now, the file is converted digitally by chakshu and taken to chitta or the memory. The memory starts analyzing the file or information. The memory does an analysis by the process of elimination of the information in the file received. For example, it will say, 'this is not an animal', 'this is not a rock', 'this is not a plant', etc.

Then the file is passed to the mind or the manas. The mind does the job of identifying the file. Here it says, this is a human being, this is an instructor, etc. The mind concludes the analysis with a definite 'this is.'

If you were to review this whole process, it all happens in fractions of milli-seconds. The whole process happens in the conscious zone of the mind. The entire process of seeing the object; receiving information; converting it to digital signal; elimination process in the memory and identification process in the manas or mind.

Unconscious Process

Next the whole file takes a quantum leap to the ego and your ego decides based on your past experiences what your next action or decision is. If your past experiences have been favorable or if you have heard favorable things about leadership training programs in general then your decision will be to sit followed by the action to sit and attend.

and finally the information taking a quantum jump to your ego in the unconscious zone where the decision to sit or leave takes place.

What is in it for me ?

In ego you start thinking, in what way am I connected to this experience or this situation. If your past experiences have been nice, you decide to sit and listen. If your past experiences have not been good, you start making excuses saying this is not worth it, I felt bored last time. If you feel negative, you feel let us move, this is not the place for me to sit. Ego decides based on your past experience. This is the way your mind functions. The decision to respond or mostly react all happens unconsciously. When you make the decision, your body executes the decision.

Samskaras or Engraved Memories

Why are decisions made unconsciously? For example, let us say your previous experiences of leadership training programs have been boring or you were disturbed for some reason or it was a negative experience. Then in the next program even though you know logically that this person you see is a new person, the situation is new, yet based on a previous experience, memory or past you make the decision to leave or you relive the uncomfortable feeling and undergo the same low mood.

The reason is this unconscious zone is filled with negative memories and restlessness. All your past memories which we call samskaras in Sanskrit, all your past thought patterns are stored in this zone as files. In the field of psychology they use the word engrams to denote these stored memories. there are so many files stored in this zone. These memories or incidents are stored here without any logical connection between them.

The unconscious area is very powerful. It can be used in three ways, at the instinct level, at the intellect level or at the intuition level.

Processing Time (TP & TQ)

Let us call the time for the process between eye and the mind to be TP. This time TP is the time taken for the logical and conscious process between eye and the mind. You will be completely aware of this process. It happens with your awareness consciously.

Similarly, let's call the time taken for the decision to sit or leave which happens in unconscious zone to be TQ. This happens against your logical understanding.

Instinct level Decisions

When the TQ is less than TP, it means the decision was instantaneous. For example, logically even if you know that smoking is injurious to health, the moment you remember or see a cigarette you just decide to smoke and immediately after that there will be guilt and regret.

When the unconscious is overloaded with negative memories and restlessness one works at the instinct level as we just saw. You simply decide instinctively, unconsciously. When you are at the instinct level you always end up regretting most of your decisions. You wonder why you behaved in that fashion, 'this is not me, how did I allow this to happen, how did i take that decision'. This happens because the unconscious is working at the instinct level. At this level you just associate things without any logical connection and jump to a conclusion unconsciously. These past memories make the automatic decisions and reactions.

Sometimes you are faced with so many options and you don't know what to do, you will get tired and just blindly make some decision, saying 'leave me alone..'

Intellect level Decisions

At this level TQ will be equal to TP. Here you are conscious, you take decisions logically, but you don't have any extra enthusiasm or energy. You are just there with a conscious mind, being neither creative nor innovative. You don't take big steps, you don't take risks and you don't grow. You are like a faithful servant. Einstein says: The intellect is a faithful servant. You will be just collecting data and processing, like a computer.

When you are at the intellect level, you don't take hasty decisions, but you will be more careful and calculative weighing the pros and cons based on your previous experiences but in a logical manner. At this level you are still not using your potential to the maximum extent to which it can be used.

Logic is never accurate, because it is simply old data, old information, old record with old time and old parameters. This gives rise to indecisiveness, dilemma where you are not sure what decision to make. Postponing, procrastination, dilemma means you don't even have the intent. These are also obstacles.

Intuition level Decisions

In this level the TQ is greater than TP. At this level, you can actualize your entire potential. If you can be free from your memories and be empty and blissful in the unconscious zone, then you can be alive and fresh every moment without the burden of your past engraved memories. Then the Energy of your Being will express itself in its purest form. When this happens you will make decisions out of an energy called intuition.

Earlier we touched upon the power of intuition in the case of Charles Towne. Each and every one of us has the power of intuition in us. We have all experienced it a few times in our lives for brief seconds. These moments of intuition are clear signs of latent power in us. If we recognize and encourage it, we can express the higher dimensions of our Being.

Einstein says, 'The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant'.

But let me tell you, rationale is the intimate enemy and intuition is continuously available in us and we can use this in our regular life. We can work for it, so that it becomes a part of our life. We have created a society that encourages and honors the servant – the rational mind, the logical mind and has forgotten the gift.

Intuition is all about processing the data received spontaneously. We can prepare ourselves and tune ourselves to this Energy of Intuition through techniques and methods and a little deeper understanding of our system so that we can clear the unconscious zone of the blocks.

Intuition happens only when inner space is empty of engraved memories.

How to harness Intuition

We will see how we can harness the Energy of Intuition in us. How we can move from Unconscious to Conscious to Super conscious and how to move from instinct to intellect to intuition. Right now the unconscious zone is like a room filled with furniture with no space. Once we remove the furniture, once we clear the engraved memories then the energy of intuition can flow without obstructions.

To clear the unconscious zone of these engraved memories we need to expand our understanding a little more to see where these engraved memories are stored in our system. Decision making can become intuitive with pure visualization if we work on the Mooladhara chakra or the Root Energy Center because the energy is currently being wasted in this energy center. Most of our thoughts are originating in this energy center. To work on clearing this center we will understand more deeply about the science of thoughts.

T echnique 1: Let's trace your mind

Where do thoughts come from? How to be in no thought state or no mind state? To be able to resolve the issue, we first accept and become aware that we have an issue. We will watch and recreate the problem and then resolve the problem. But, to resolve the problem we will also have to know how the hardware and software is designed.

TECHNIQUE 1

o Just sit for five minutes with a pen and paper with you and keep your eyes closed.
o Don't focus your mind on anything. Just witness your mind. Just see what is going on in your mind.
o Almost as soon as you close your eyes, you will see that there is a continuous stream of thoughts flowing through your mind. There is continuous activity in your mind.
o Pen down these thoughts without editing for five minutes.

Illogical, independent & unconnected.

Notice how they are illogical, independent, unconnected thoughts. The mind is nothing but a collection of thoughts. These thoughts rise up in succession like the bubbles in a fish tank. All these thoughts that rise in the mind also appear to be connected. But just like the bubbles in the fish tank the thoughts in the mind are also independent and unconnected.

There is no connection between the previous thought and the next one. All the thoughts are unclutched and unconnected. Only when you write down your thoughts you come to know that the thoughts have no real connection. You may be thinking about having a cup of coffee and the next moment you may think about some office work which is pending. There is no real connection between having a cup of tea and the office work. Both are independent events. Even if there are two consecutive thoughts about the same event the thoughts are unconnected as there is no continuity. There exists a silent gap between these thoughts of which one is not aware

Just Your Knowing.

If you notice, thoughts are nothing but your knowing. It is all about what you hear, read, saw, touched, felt through your senses. You cannot have thoughts about what you don't know. You cannot have thoughts about what you have not perceived through your senses..? am I right? Thoughts are related to what you already know. Even the imaginations about future are based on what you know using or constructed from material that you know.

Files with High Resolution Pictures, audio and video

This knowing along with emotions become like files with high resolution pictures with audio and video are stored as memories in our system. This is what keeps playing in us throughout the day as thoughts.

P resent moment is key to Intuition

Life is nothing but experiencing. Mind or life is nothing but future becoming past. Life as of now, is nothing but continuously future becoming past. That is what is life. That is what is time.

Time Shaft Theory

Let us see how the time shaft or life works. Time shaft is where the future is becoming past. Future is entering into past.

Mind

Your mind is nothing but making your future into past. Understand, what you call as life is nothing but swallowing your future and making it into past. Every single moment you constantly swallow the future and make it into the past. Future becoming past is what you call as your mind or whatever you know as life. Your mind, understand these few statements, if you completely grasp, you will realize the truth. Mind is nothing but jumping from past to future, past to future, past to future, am I right ?

All our choices, all our decisions, always end in dilemma. This dilemma is what I call mind. Dilemma is the straight direct explanation or definition for mind. There are so many definitions, explanations for mind. But from my experience I can say this is right word, dilemma, continuously moving from this extreme to that extreme, continuously seeing the other side. I should have done this, I should have done that. I should have taken this kind of decision, I should have taken that kind of decision continuously not accepting the present moment is the root of the mind. When you close your eyes, watch whatever happens in your space. Whatever you think and whatever you can think. Whatever you visualize and whatever you can visualize. Whatever you experience, whatever you can experience. Everything, the whole is what i call mind. The root of the mind is dilemma. If you can just accept this moment the whole reality the existence simply as it is, you will go beyond mind. You will go beyond mind and you will experience the state which we call as super consciousness.

Mind or life is nothing but future becoming past. Life as of now is nothing but continuously future becoming past. That is what life is and that what is time is. Trying to zero you down, is mediation, enlightenment, inner science, awareness, whatever you may call.

years of R & D we are finding literature at least old. At least 1 million inner scientists and more than 10 million inner science labs are still available in Bharat. Everyday congregation happens in temples, and. The whole science is how to bring you down to zero thoughts per second. If you are here you are not here and instead you are too busy jumping from past to future. You neither look into past, nor into future clearly. If thoughts per second comes down your vision to look into past and future will become clear. Your idea about past also becomes clear. You don't even know your past clearly. You only know the incidents connected to your deeply engraved memories. You remember them only as you want, not as it happened. You are not fully aware because you are constantly jumping from past and future. Because you are constantly jumping you reproduce same old future from past as your future. If there are 2 pots one with garbage and one with sweets and if a fly is flying from one pot to another it dirties the pot of sweets. In the same way by visiting the past and jumping to the future, you are constantly trying to reproduce past into future.

Thought

Thought is nothing but jumping from past to future, or future to past. You can't think in the present moment. Try to create a single thought in the present moment, you can't. The moment you come back to present moment, thoughts will disappear. Thinking is happening means you are jumping from past to future, future to past. This is what we call thought. For example, if you are jumping 100 times, past to future, future to past, you have 100 thoughts per second. Depending on how many times you are jumping from past to future, future to past in each second, that many number of thoughts per second (TPS) is what you have.

Gap

If TPS is more the gap is very small - the times available for any task is not enough. If TPS is less, the gap is more, this is when the task actually gets done, which is only when you are in the present moment.

The amount of work done will determine the amount of TPS that the person has. The quality of work is determined by the quality of thoughts PLUS the gap, the person has. This is the truth.

Don't assume that every one is working 8 hour jobs. No. You could work the amount of 24 hours work in 4 hours. Because when thoughts come down the time also slows down. You will get into a gap where you can produce as much work as you would if you were to normally produce in 24 hours. If you can fall into the gap, fall into the present moment. The amount of work produced will be superior and infinite. All great things are done in those small gaps that happens between your thoughts and that rarely happens.

Thoughts per second (TPS)

If you are jumping from future to past, past to future 200 times per second, then you have 200 TPS. When you are having 200 TPS you will be away from present moment. You may bring down this jumping to 100 TPS, then you come down a little towards the present moment. If you do something else and reduce to 60, then you move a little more towards present moment. Sometime or very rarely, powerful techniques or blessings of enlightened guru may bring it down to 20 TPS. This is just an example you may be in 1000 or 2000, or maybe million.

When you come to present moment, step by step, suddenly you will have intelligence of seeing future and past clearly. From 100 TPS you cannot see the future or past clearly. As you progress down you can see the time shaft more and more clearly.

Present Moment

The space where the future and past meets, is what we call present moment. Future is constantly entering and becoming past. That is what we call mind. Where the past and future meets is the present moment. This moment is the present moment. The future is just disappearing into the past. Present moment, is where future is disappearing into past. Present moment is where future and past meets. That is what is going on now. Naturally you will be away from present. Because in present moment you cant think. When you come back to present moment, there will be only beautiful silence.

Glimpses of Future

When your TPS reduces, you will have intelligence to see past and future. Important thing, it feels like I am giving you a big promise or too good to be true words. Let us analyze one thing, sometimes when you are in a party, suddenly you think some person is going to come and in 10 minutes that person comes. Sometimes when the telephone rings, suddenly you will remember who you did not remember for 2 years, and when you pick up the phone, that person will be there on the line. Sometimes when door bell rings, suddenly you will remember a relative you had forgotten for 5 years, when you open the door, that person will be standing at the door.

Not a coincidence

Normally you dismiss this away as coincidence. If it happens in one person's life once you may call it as coincidence. But it happens in 98% of the person's lives. If 98 % of us had this experience even once, you cannot brush it aside as coincidence. Coincidence means rarely in one or two person's life, which happens or may or may not. Evidence says, 98 % of people are experiencing this at least a few times in their lives. How can that be called as coincidence? There is something more than coincidence in this thing.

This is not coincidence. This is what is called intuition. The only way to awaken your intuitive power is to relax! The only way to awaken your inner intelligence and inner potential is to relax.

Knowledge weapon

To do this techinque we first need a deep and clear understanding of the Mooldahara chakra or the Root center which is located at the based of the spine. This energy center gets blocked by engraved memories and emotions related to Greed, Fantasy and Lust. 90% of your energy blockage takes place here. It is like having a 100 acre Office building and using just one small room of it. When this energy center is cleansed. It is a constant irritation to stay in present moment because of over expectation from life. Unrealistic expectations. Unable to actualize expectations, desires. Unable to manifest. it is a symptom saying I am not getting something or i am not getting what I expected, what I imagined.

Whatever energy of intuition and visualization is trying to flow through is getting wrongly invested and locked away in this chakra or energy center, in maintaining the engraved memories of lust and fantasy.

Science of male and female energies

Ancient wisdom and now modern science and biological researches have proved that no man is 100% man, no woman is 100% woman. A man is 51% man and 49% woman, whereas a woman is 51% woman and 49% man. Just a difference of 1%. If you remember the 7 layers of our system hardware, it is only in the physical layer the outermost layer which is the outermost body with senses required for gathering data and experiencing life, that the difference in male and female is seen. As we go deeper into the other 6 layers, ther is no difference. But the conditionings that are plastered on a child from the families, society, etc will start getting stored in these innere layers as strong samskaras. A female infant is immediately put in a pink room before even realizing it is male or female. A child growing up is not allowed to express both the feminine and masculine energies equally. Until the age of seven, till the social conditioning has not taken a deep root inside, the child is not conscious of being male or female. He is just so beautiful and joyful to look at. When the conditionings and suppression starts in everything from toys, clothese, manners, then the boys start clinging to mothers because of the deep rooted search for fulfillment of the suppressed half of the energy from being expressed. The girls cling to fathers as role models. After age 14 the child starts collecting images from the media and society and at around age 21 the actual start for the life partner starts. After the honey moon ( not honey-sun) the distance reduces and reality sets in. But we are holding on to the cut and paste images that we had collected since growing up for the suppressed other half, all the way from immediate family circles, friends, society and media. We cherish this image as the one that will fulfill us to make us complete, because our inherent nature is not just male or female. Male or female is only in the external layer, but conditioning is so strong that it permeates into these other layers and causes the constant disturbance due to suppression of the energy channels. So these collage of image that one carefully collects and nurtures seems to not fit with the spouse anymore. There is always a difference, the other person also has been brought up similarly holding on to his or her collage of the other half.

Lust and fantasy

Instead of dropping the image, we start chiseling the outer person to fit the image. Every moment we are holding up this image we have and looking through it as a transparency, we are constantly trying to superimpose this image over the other person and wondering why it does not match. The chiseling of the other person starts from both and instead of 2 persons there are 4 persons tyring to live with each other. This is how lust works. One may be able to notice lust in higher frequencies with spouses only because the relationship is more closer than any other relationship you have with others. At the same time the expectation and chiseling is also the highest.

Lust is when you are constantly on the look out for what can I get out of this person, this position, this place. Lust is the energy or emotion which are nothing but high frequency thoughts of these carefully stored imaginations, images, ideas that we have cultured about everyone. About every one, including how parents should be, spouses should be, children should be, a friend should be, siblings should be, ideal teachers, bosses, employees, ideal leaders, followers, etc. We grow such a complicated and massive database of these ideal images that we classify and collect about every person we come in contact with. This database is like a pandora's box of images. Even strangers are not spared. We try to chisel and convert them with our unconscious expectation which is called fantasy. Fantasy can never match reality, because as we know everything is just energy constantly in motion, constantly changing, rejuvenating itself in every atom in the Universe.

If we were to watch with awareness, you can see how at the subtlest levels, the play of your mind steps in and passes judgement about every single thing you see and classifies them and stores them in folders. This imagination and images that we collect about others is not just to chisel them, we collect such collage of images of ideal jobs, ideal professions, ideal vacations, ideal pay, ideal family lives, ideal corporations, ideal cars, homes, clothes, idea of beauty, ideas about spirituality, etc, etc and sadly we start chiseling ourselves also to fit into these places. Almost everyone is in the wrong place. A doctor by nature has become an engineer and an engineer has become a serviceman and what not.

This is what seems to be making the decisions not only at corporate levels but in every aspect of your day to day life.

Almost noone seems to be expressing their full and true potential because so many many years of conditionings are constantly done and we once again due to another conditioning wrongly believe that the investment is too high to drop it. We don't realize that the moment we drop, the returns are phenomenally different and beneficial in every aspect.