We live in the tension of elections. The discussions are mainly governed by austerity. It's always about money. The political moves, especially around the dictatorship of money and in our democratic thinking we try through an appropriate regulatory framework to safeguard this dictatorship. This pattern is very old.
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato shows in his book about the politics though how democracy leads to anarchy because anyone without knowledge of the policy also want to determine. This leads, according to him the need for a philosopher as a leader. That is someone who goes out in his mind of being, the well-being of man. I think we also stand. The current policy has no confidence and people seek more depth and meaning. Unfortunately, this voice is too weak. In politics remains a central theme and saving money is the central point of discussion.
Democracy is essentially focused on the freedom of a people to its well-being to work. However, in the course of time, there is a shift to the central position of the money. It is as if making money is the goal of democracy and of the life of a people. Everything is converted into money and thus is thoroughly destroyed democracy in its essence.
The pecuniary nature is made, the human forces are converted into money, our happiness is defined in terms of money, caring for sick and old stands or falls by money, education is ultimately determined by money. Without us aware we become entangled in the dictatorship of money. Our spiritual freedom becomes increasingly chilled by greed and hearts of flesh and blood becomes increasingly hardened to a physical heart of money. That our lives are ultimately aimed at something higher meaning is clouded as a hit. We easily forget that ultimately it is a human world, it's about people with ideals who want to make something beautiful of their lives.
Fortunately there are opposing forces at work who are aware that it is about people. There are parties, very weak, which is for man and nature to worry. And organizations and companies who realize that ultimately the human well-being goes, the man and his natural environment. Unfortunately penetrate these life forces not yet in our bureaucracy, which are highly intertwined in control and regulations that stifle the human well-being.
Our bureaucratic system is highly entangled in the networks of the money. The main concern is to secure the money. The bureaucracy is man but a machine part of the money machine. Money is necessary, necessary even, but it remains a useful tool and can never be objective of the policy. This dictatorship of money and bureaucracy of financial controls can only be penetrated by the spiritual power of meaning. That is the highest goal of our democratic policy.
| Sincerely, Paul de Blot Professor of Business Spirituality Nyenrode Business Universiteit |  |
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MONEY AS A POSSIBILITY:
I myself am an entrepreneur for more than twenty years and have been through a lot at this point. The ups and downs, the certainties and uncertainties that you may be asked (physical and mental), a bankruptcy, a reboot, conversations with your bank. Everything.
The last seven years I worked as a self Concepter. I think, write and create marketing concepts. I stand at the beginning of 'nothing' that 'something' should be. In close cooperation and friendship level with my clients. For I must feel what the customer feels. My motto: Together for a solution. But my experience gained elsewhere can develop a solution. Often from a different angle.
We now live in some difficult times. I can do nothing about to explain. This arose in me the idea next to my work to think of something that others could help. The social media content is very high especially in the Netherlands according to Linkedin. I have lots of experience among different groups and see how it works. Usually always the same: to do business.
The concept Millionaires Worldwide began as a group on Linkedin. This I also know from the building with Facebook and Twitter. It's the idea that there are hundreds of millions of people active in social media. If everyone sometimes would donate 1 euro or dolar then there is a financial force that can help people with ideas. Not only financially but also through sharing knowledge. A social group where everyone can vote on ideas that are published.
Because everyone is born creative. Everyone in his life ever a time when you think 'This is it. " That is why we Millionaires Worldwide. With Nederlandese and now also foreign members. Along his millionaire. Together you come forward. With not only feel but also the knowledge that you are become independent states.
I invite you to come feel free to visit the website. Because would not it be nice to work ever be able to say: Our first Million! What will we do with them?
mmm, apparently I am just automatically promoted .... a title?
Dear Mr. de Blot,
Exciting story. Economizing is calling what is not. It is to me what does. Otherwise it does not shoot.
What is striking about the responses of your readers, is that anyone in possession of the necessary titles. Perhaps, the link with the concrete everyday "His" and "Well-Being" therefore float. Philosophizing is beautiful, and especially in combination with a translation into everyday practice. This need is also apparent. One of your readers, Prof. Dr. Andre Benard, asks the following questions, "What do you with that for? What does it look? Of financial flows and controls and the associated bureaucracy of course I can imagine. But the solution? "
I work daily with people who experienced the pressure of the geldgedirigeerde society. The whole current debate surrounding the workload for example in the cleaning industry, is also exclusively driven by money, the purchasing parties want a dime on the first rank, the cleaning companies want to earn some and not to increase the performance achievable goals. With all its consequences. Cleaners who have performance drop that do not exist (except in theory than for lovers) which is not very motivating degree, dissatisfied residents in office buildings, directive bosses and shareholders indicating that the contribution is too low.
The operational leader in an industry characterized by very hard and racing for customers, little thinking about "what can you actually want?" Quick fix and the fear that a customer cancels.
Giving them the forces to understand their behavior, something they can choose daily, they can put their own welfare and that of their colleagues and customers important influence. They did not often thought. Specified. As people wake up to get through them severely in their own mirror to see, is a wonderful experience. Especially for those who wakes. That becomes the thesis of Paul the Earth approach. There is the position with the legs in the clay. And certainly not in The Hague. So the solution lies in the workplace and in daily contact between people. As always, actually. They are finally still the waiters that the perception around the steak should drop with their customer-oriented behavior that they consciously choose. The best every day. In a restaurant with great steaks but an annoying waiter because no one goes back.
Make people awake individual and let them make new choices. Since everyone is happy. Prof. Dr. Astrid van Triet expresses this view. There I go with it. New things to try to adapt themselves more and more his own. Dan can and must still weigh a company goal, but are quality of life, the connection between people and the economy in a better balance. Where balance is rest. Where is rest space to think. And then it is around.
Jack de Waard
Fairfield training & coaching
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Has the political power lost to the economy?
Why is it that the economy is the absolute standard for all our activities?
Economics will prevail over all and above all determination. It seems that this power has increasingly developed.
Arts, culture, health care and to take your knowledge (which goes beyond just linear knowledge) are the ones to suffer. It should produce something that is the only measure that counts. What that "something" is, there is only about bureaucratic thinking.
Art can help people to renounce absolutism and intolerance. It is one of the main communication that man has at his disposal.
Art goes beyond social freedom. It can express what mankind can do if the limitation can be overcome.
We experience more and more clear that we are more than our reason This recognition will help us further brengen.Dit has nothing to do with preaching to the choir.
Fear is a bad counselor.
There is need for self-confidence not to bow to the supremacy of economics but focusing on other values such as justice and the question "Who is man?"
This does not happen automatically. It is important for you to emerge just in these times of doubt.
Dear Paul,
Please keep this way of communicating last long! I would like to cooperate with you and all other readers that more and more people will come to a better understanding that ultimately it is NOT about money. It is indeed the simple well-being. To be or not to be - or more recently - Let it be - and how much or how little it is, always keep the parts ...
Dear Paul,
I share your opinion and concern, I would certainly agree.
But your conclusion:
"This dictatorship of money and bureaucracy of financial controls can only be penetrated by the spiritual power of meaning. That is the highest goal of our democratic politics. " is still very blurry. The spiritual power of the meaning? What do you with that for? What does it look? Of financial flows and controls and the associated bureaucracy of course I can imagine. But the solution? Besides, what makes you think the ultimate goal of spiritual meaning is a democracy? Democracy is about equality and that each person counts, but spiritual meaning? Frankly I think that something like 'preaching to the converted.
Regards,
Andre Benard
I agree with this view. At this moment the whole society to making money, not with the idea that money is a means to other goals.
I understand and it's all more or less logical, less talented people only can we not express so beautiful!!
But now what do I actually do??
Greet
Dear Paul,
You are absolutely right.
Life is all about money now
and we get this upset
The savings limit is reached
for me and many others
Best ever bales
as nothing more can be extracted
The paved economy
gives no life energy
there will be tired of
People want to live
and, if possible,
experience peace and harmony
I have no idea
why many powers
as often negate
So let us learn to shine
Go hand in hand
Fortunately, that is something more
Than sense can understand
It will be nice if we humans
again learn from the gifts
and create opportunities
learn to support each other
Nice day
Dear Paul and others,
Very true and very recognizable. Once man is the money going to use as target instead of means. The man in the power of money. Paul writes that weak parties, which the rolls again to try and turn the money back into the power of man to explain. A strong party who work on The Limes is that the Rhenish Organize and practices to the attention.
See http://www.delimes.eu/site/node/7
Regards,
Ferdy Masselink
Tell Advisor
Hello Paul,
and everyone else.
I want to invite you to use the term "money" just let go.
The term automatically closes a particular area in our consciousness.
Let 'money' experience as a problem holding it.
Look at this question: "How do you deal with your swap?"
What do you want your swap expresses?
I want to "just let each other be."
That's what I want to express my swap.
I would also like to invite you to the collective terms 'together' or 'we' or 'the world' or 'society' just let go in your head. Change in terms that 'I':
"If I can swap around my choice which I make no charge, and we each still enough swap available, then it means that ANYONE can make that choice."
So I do not 'us' to make. Everyone has the same choice that I have: the choice to actually else with your swap deal. 6 billion people can do that all by themselves in their own choosing life. (But what an inner transformation that is).
Look for the choice you can make to each other as not to burden, and yet are sufficiently swap available. If you can make that choice and to act can, then everyone else too.
I would like to invite you to look yourself in Abundance Principle.
Look for the medium of exchange that suits you.
http://www.overvloedsprincipe.nl
Thank you very sincerely,
Astrid van Triet
I am completely happy with your response Astrid. It grabbed me from the heart. This weekend packages I have a number of women invited to just to talk about what choices we can create. What I have in mind is indeed money is reduced to what it oorspornkelijk is a fantastic medium of exchange for goods and services.
But I also think about how we can influence the perverted money system where banks and governments with big money speculating. That is in fact all our money (and lots of air). The oligarchy of the banking world can happily squander and many people who know well this system themselves are puisant become rich. The ordinary citizen pays the price through drastic budget cuts, while we deal with all our money is no democratic influence. Can not. That should stop.
Invest in the natural environment while involving young people is that I keep busy the past year. Through creativity and educational projects, I try to work on enhancing the experience of nature on an estate, increasing people's involvement in the authenticity of the stories of the cultural, art and nature, I try in a mutually reinforcing program to convert . Governments call my ideas hope, but the subsidy flow is under pressure. In short I am working hard with landscape architects, art connoisseurs, artists and performers to the estate of 65 ha to revitalize in the most idealistic way possible. Our Foundation course will not make a profit, we want to experience, meaning and consciousness, commitment to each other and to nature.
I could but there anymore! I'm waiting.
Am I a drop in the ocean? Or am I the business from an idealist who just have to be patient until the door opens?
Dear Paul,
This election period I follow actually more intense than any previous one. I notice that in my life phases shift from conservative to progressive. Good care for others and want to take legacy as a wish to increase. It is my opinion an accurate observation that the size of everything is taken in monetary terms. Both material and immaterial as. In that respect would be a serious study of gross national happiness ever can help.
Happiness is for me: the degree to which I can develop as a person up.
My examples for this reverie can be found in those situations that our tools have qualified people on long term sick and permanently ill. While they are relatively cheap economic assistance to develop a profitable added value. But who can still perceive value?
Because we express in money matters is today the guidance as a springboard to an economically independent life as life experience. For the above-mentioned group is in advance of the path to be cut off in an economic contribution. It is limited to the knowledge of the amount of the fee amount. Better it had been to look more deeply into the development opportunities with the same investment. The proceeds so.
Both the current government and future seem to support this by the so-called Resource Utilization Packs (ZZP) to economize.
Shame to literally the child and young person with special competence in this way with the bathwater throwing. Money is not an end but a means to improve the quality of people to discover and to work for the gross national happiness of a total society.
I see it happen literally before my eyes. Someone with the qualifications to perhaps professor to be. Unfortunately, the guidance of his autism may not be paid, so let him be but a cost to society remain shielded.
Pity the man, shame about the money, perhaps pity of my time I spent there, because time is money ...!?
Dear Paul,
This blog is what I call goal-conscious! Service means to me act deliberately with the intention of a world full of well-being for everyone and everything to create. To go to the following reactions: there are "new" political parties that counterbalance. Take a look for this in the most recent edition of the magazine Mirror. At the same time I feel very strongly the truth that a problem can not be solved from the consciousness that created the problem (Einstein). That reminds me immediately the question: is the politically correct way to change to bring that many people so deeply in their heart desires. It is necessary for people to feel safe to come out with their feelings and views. I feel and experience that it is very alive in our society: many want meaning, but pioneers have needed them the way. Let's continue to share so that more people feel safe on their hearts to live. That is, in any case, my contribution. In addition, I test every day whether I had the best version of myself to the life'm all small and big things that I do. By best I mean sincere, loving, serving and evolutionary. So I am the change I'd like to see in our society.
With warm regards,
Yolanda
Dear Paul,
Very recognizable is your text. Personally, I have seventeen years financial positions and now I have my own company in welfare. I count myself to the opposing force. This opposing force is, indeed, even coming into politics. There are new players who bet on well-being.
If the government now to form a cooperation will be of egos that places personal and party interests above public interest that fighting will not stand. It will not escape the inevitable. Patience and confidence we needed this.
Sincerely,
Marco Flipse
Dear Paul,
What an excellent piece written back. I recognize many of the piece, what I am trying to wear and where I am currently engaged in building. I want a name and organization in this respect by what is called "measuring is knowing" is proven that the man in question is right.
Willy Smith is engaged in Borneo for palm culture to bend in another jungle culture that is good for the local population (work), including the quality of life for orangutans and improve the climate over this area.
He bezwezen that it works and he spreads this philosophy at a very high level.
A special inspirational man who should get much more support for its special projects.
I hope everyone who reads this one will bzoek production climbed to his website ( http://www.willysmits.nl ) and the PHP website (www.primatershelpingprimates.nl) Small initiatives, which I'm sure that the money for nearly 100 % in the right place and is properly used. Skorzeny to nature, humans and animals back into balance.
Paul, I hope we may long enjoy vanje inspiring words. I'll try to have a guest lecture to attend.
Regards,
Guido Nafzger
Dear Paul,
As so often, you know my thoughts into beautiful words to rake.
The reluctance that I feel when completing the voting profiler or listening to the TV debates has everything to do with it. Because it is just about better than the other. To choose and not to connect. It is not and and, win-win, but either-or. People who get excited about a different direction, that of the human value, or well-being as you call it, apparently did not feel much for a political career. And so I did not recognize the current political leaders. Fortunately, I find inspiration a little closer to home ..
Sincerely,
Hessel Frings
Dear Paul and all readers,
I wholeheartedly agree with this beautiful and clear words. I am also a detour (financial and ICT) ended up in a life where I realize that more and more money may be the most important factor in political and business issues.
Much more important is that politics and business to contribute to a better society for all residents. This requires a change is necessary. One of the new spiritual political parties this year to participate in the elections, the party "Spirit People". And Hessel, if you do not know how to vote, look at this party!
Warm Regards
Corien
Paul Day,
I feel totally with you. What I find difficult is that the idea / the idea appeals to me but it seems like everything around me different. Then it is difficult to hold on to a different vision. I try using the texts of Tao inspired to continue. And where they can put more emphasis on wellness.
You refer in the article to forces that are active. I wonder if you meant political forces? And if so, which party (s) do you think?
You call sounds simple (and that is true) but it seems not easy in practice. Let us continue to inspire and remember that every journey with a first step has begun. Sincerely,
Dear Paul,
Thank you for your inspiring column. I would like to give a brief supplement to the political parties that you might mean. There are currently far as I can discover three spiritual Parties: New Netherlands list 12, Party People and Spirit list 14 and list All of the Netherlands 15. Of the three parties is roughly a characterization to give Party People and Spirit as the most 'left', New Netherlands as "moderate" All of the Netherlands and the most 'right' of the three.
more info:
http://www.nieuw-nederland.nu
http://www.mensenspirit.nl
http://www.heelnederland.org
I understand that these parties at this time a growing number of members to themselves. I hope this, as Professor of Reindert Gere Steyn puts it, is a first step of a journey to a better society where respect for humans and animals and values are central.
with warm regards,
Jasmine Derckx