A little carelessness of a bus driver in Switzerland due to a human tragedy but also a shock wave of sympathy brought to life. A deep penetrating through group process is under way in which both the greatness of human compassion as the smallness of his power is palpable. Death is a crisis experience that touches the deepest of the people and spare no man. Everyone will sooner or later undergo such a crisis. It touches us deeply as a vulnerable group of children.
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"Business Spirituality is a model in which realism and idealism, a business interact. Successful companies have both corporate expertise as about corporate spirituality." -Prof. Dr. Paul de Blot SJ
The garment of the emperor
by Paul de Blot 15 March 2012 permalink
Peter Blom, CEO of Triodos Bank begins his new book on the banking with the fairy tale by Hans Andersen about the emperor's new clothes. In his great vanity invited an emperor of the best tailors to make a regal robe. Two tailors offered to make a garment, so brilliant that only intelligent people could perceive. After weeks of work could the emperor robe fit, but he saw nothing. In order not to stupid to be taken, he said that he still adored. The day everyone regal robes of the emperor could be admired, it was announced across the country and a large crowd was curious that day to the beauty to behold. To their surprise they saw the emperor naked. In order not to be kept ignorant everyone said they were beautiful. Until a little boy cried, papa, the emperor is naked. Then others started to call it and eventually gave all that the emperor was naked.
We grow our death
by Paul de Blot March 1, 2012 permalink
The pursuit of growth is more powerful. We want to grow and do everything to keep growing. It would be obvious that no more money to spend than we earn, but by the almost limitless ability to borrow money, our debt has become unmanageable. It would be logical to make travel and transport to adapt to the possibilities, but by modern technology we are able to lay more asphalt for road and air traffic. For example, Netherlands grow densely. It would be wise to reduce energy consumption to adjust to the available stock of fuel and energy, but the unbridled appetite for luxury consumption and even destroy our precious food sources and fuel reserves, the recovery potential of destroying nature.
Are our children more important?
by Paul de Blot February 15, 2012 permalink
There is constant turmoil in education. Each minister conducts changes that cause turbulence. It strikes me that the main agenda of politics seemingly the economic crisis, which should alleviate the debt burden of our posterity. But the seed itself is forgotten, because it's about people and not about the money. Often we forget that the future is determined by the youth of today.
Man and woman. What is their spiritual strength?
by Paul de Blot February 1, 2012 permalink
In politics, the position of women has a much discussed topic in both negative and positive sense. Not only the position of women in Islam gets attention, but also the fate of women in the Netherlands. We do the latter think of the sparingly soluble problem of trafficking of women and lover boys.
Everything runs against
by Paul de Blot January 16, 2012 permalink
Constantly we are faced with depressing predictions that the crisis worse. That can be in all areas and we feel let us easily swept away by the fear and despair. We forget that the crisis is part of life, without crisis because there will be no renewal. Who loses his job is indeed in a deep crisis, but often it is also an opportunity to have an eye for other possibilities.
What brings us 2012?
by Paul de Blot 1 January 2012 permalink
The messages do not bode well for 2012, a major crisis. It is how we see it. The economy is bad, but when I see the focus on charities is growing and there are beautiful things happen, such as the awareness of sustainability and spirituality, the image is different. Someone with thirst, that half a glass of water, moisture can react with disappointment, "but a half-full glass", or gratitude, "fortunately a half-full glass".
The Secret of Christmas
by Paul de Blot 15 December 2011 permalink
Christmas is an event that is celebrated around the world. You notice that in these days when you make an international flight. In Indonesia the largest Islamic country, Christmas is a national holiday for all people regardless of religion, true. There is Christmas Day of the Nativity called Hari Natal. That is indeed the deepest meaning of the Christmas Happening as awareness of the birth of the child in my life and in our lives. As a personal event and also as a collective process. In fact, the birth is the most fundamental in our lives, no improvement or innovation, but as a new beginning.
How to lie with statistics
by Paul de Blot 1 December 2011 permalink
I do not understand that policy makers do not go crazy from all the grades they need to handle to good decisions. In all areas will be asked to figures. For each policy, whether it comes to education, health care, immigration, naturalization or any policy, it seems that they first want to see figures to work responsibly. I can not deny that statistics are important as background information in order to be useful and applicable policies, but it remains an unreliable data. The computer policy can never completely take over, because it is never more than one important way.
Netherlands law as
by Paul de Blot 15 November 2011 permalink
In the political debate is a persuasive argument that it is so often in the law, or in the government agreement is determined. The Netherlands is a constitutional state. My question is what a constitutional state. In any case, no dictatorship of the law. It is a policy of people for people, and not blindly follow what the rules state. The regulations are no more than a means, even a very important means to safeguard this human justice.
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