Have you noticed how frightened so many people are about the coming changes? Hollywood is even making scary movies about 2012. How do YOU feel about change that is just around the corner?
Collaboration is a wonderful energy to work within. When everyone is valued for the contribution they can make to an effort, when everyone in a group is accepted just as they are, and when all ideas are worthy of consideration, then the people involved feel valuable. People want to feel that others value their contributions. People want to know that they matter, as individuals and as a part of the collective. And people who do feel valued tend to increase their contribution to a group effort.
Yet so many today are still clinging to the concept of the hierarchy and that ‘power over’ thing. Who really benefits from this structure? Only the one at the top of the hierarchy. Have you ever felt that you didn’t matter? Has anyone ever treated you as if your idea were ‘dumb’ or that your contribution wasn’t valuable? We’ve all had some experience like this, and it’s not comfortable. I’ve watched people visibly shrink when they’ve been berated by someone else for voicing an opinion or trying to make a contribution. It’s sad to see and makes everyone else feel uncomfortable.
So let’s try to move into the energy of cooperation and collaboration before the energies around us demand that. In which of the areas of your life can you make this happen right now? Your family? Your work? A club that you belong to? Your tennis team? Try sitting back in a group and watching the dynamics. Are some of the people trying to take control while others are trying to be inclusive and soliciting contributions from everyone? Notice how it feels as you observe this behavior. When your family is together, is everyone valuing everyone else or is there someone dominating who discounts or criticizes what others are saying? How do people feel when this is going on?
In a business meeting, notice how the meeting proceeds. Does everyone feel that they can contribute or are some people holding back? Sometimes experience has led a person to hold back because they have already been burned or discounted for voicing their opinion. If you notice this, try to let the person know that YOU value them and their contribution. You can shift the energy by being the one who introduces a pattern of inclusion, of valuing individuals. Of course, in business, someone must bear ultimate responsibility for decisions but the entire atmosphere can improve if everyone feels that they were listened to, valued, even if the final decision isn’t in alignment with their suggestion.
When the energy flow doesn’t have to be about winning or losing, then everyone can contribute and the best ideas can be acted on. When no one person is discounted or criticized, then the energy of collaboration supports all who are involved. In the future we will see that those who have grasped this concept will be the ones with the forward motion, while those who are still looking for domination will be left behind.
Help others to learn this. Children need to see that winning is not everything. They naturally care about the kid who feels left out, or they are feeling left out themselves. Show them how to cooperate. Show them that working together toward a common goal is good for everybody. And it’s not just children who need to learn this!
The best way to teach this is to model the behavior by valuing those around you, even if you disagree. Find your own power from within yourself and you can allow others to do the same. Remember the distinction between being ’empowered’ and wanting ‘power over.’ Do whatever work it takes to get in touch with your own inner power. And be that in the world.
All will benefit. And you will be ready for whatever energetic changes are coming!
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MUSE-INGS: Be Empowered and Be Ready for the Coming Changes
June 22, 2010 — RosemaryHave you noticed how frightened so many people are about the coming changes? Hollywood is even making scary movies about 2012. How do YOU feel about change that is just around the corner?
Collaboration is a wonderful energy to work within. When everyone is valued for the contribution they can make to an effort, when everyone in a group is accepted just as they are, and when all ideas are worthy of consideration, then the people involved feel valuable. People want to feel that others value their contributions. People want to know that they matter, as individuals and as a part of the collective. And people who do feel valued tend to increase their contribution to a group effort.
Yet so many today are still clinging to the concept of the hierarchy and that ‘power over’ thing. Who really benefits from this structure? Only the one at the top of the hierarchy. Have you ever felt that you didn’t matter? Has anyone ever treated you as if your idea were ‘dumb’ or that your contribution wasn’t valuable? We’ve all had some experience like this, and it’s not comfortable. I’ve watched people visibly shrink when they’ve been berated by someone else for voicing an opinion or trying to make a contribution. It’s sad to see and makes everyone else feel uncomfortable.
So let’s try to move into the energy of cooperation and collaboration before the energies around us demand that. In which of the areas of your life can you make this happen right now? Your family? Your work? A club that you belong to? Your tennis team? Try sitting back in a group and watching the dynamics. Are some of the people trying to take control while others are trying to be inclusive and soliciting contributions from everyone? Notice how it feels as you observe this behavior. When your family is together, is everyone valuing everyone else or is there someone dominating who discounts or criticizes what others are saying? How do people feel when this is going on?
In a business meeting, notice how the meeting proceeds. Does everyone feel that they can contribute or are some people holding back? Sometimes experience has led a person to hold back because they have already been burned or discounted for voicing their opinion. If you notice this, try to let the person know that YOU value them and their contribution. You can shift the energy by being the one who introduces a pattern of inclusion, of valuing individuals. Of course, in business, someone must bear ultimate responsibility for decisions but the entire atmosphere can improve if everyone feels that they were listened to, valued, even if the final decision isn’t in alignment with their suggestion.
When the energy flow doesn’t have to be about winning or losing, then everyone can contribute and the best ideas can be acted on. When no one person is discounted or criticized, then the energy of collaboration supports all who are involved. In the future we will see that those who have grasped this concept will be the ones with the forward motion, while those who are still looking for domination will be left behind.
Help others to learn this. Children need to see that winning is not everything. They naturally care about the kid who feels left out, or they are feeling left out themselves. Show them how to cooperate. Show them that working together toward a common goal is good for everybody. And it’s not just children who need to learn this!
The best way to teach this is to model the behavior by valuing those around you, even if you disagree. Find your own power from within yourself and you can allow others to do the same. Remember the distinction between being ’empowered’ and wanting ‘power over.’ Do whatever work it takes to get in touch with your own inner power. And be that in the world.
All will benefit. And you will be ready for whatever energetic changes are coming!
________________________
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