It was a huge hall inside a hotel in Vadodara. I remember quite vividly the way I was standing confused in front of about 80 plus managers from an IT company. I was supposed to start a workshop on vision creation for the year 2017. Not that I had not done my preperation, but an idea to start the workshop in a different way was the reason for my confusion. I took the plunge into my new approach. After a warm welcome to the group, I said, “ Now let us clean the slate, let us do clearing before we create a new vision.” I simply asked them to shout their concerns, dissatisfactions, complaints, worries and whatever was bothering them at that point in time. I started writing it on a flip board all that was coming from them. If I remember correctly, we had some 70 odd items after eliminating the overlaps. What we did of all those items is for another post but what is more important here is to know that after this exercise the space inside the hall was extremely energetic and contagiously enthusiastic. What got created in such a space was also very meaningful and valuable. The various initiatives which came out of this workshop were rolled out through the year with extremely high engagement from both the participants and the leadership. The results were magical.
what is more important here is to know that after this exercise the space inside the hall was extremely energetic and contagiously enthusiastic.
Even at an individual level, for me, the process of clearing is the act of acknowledging our own thoughts and feelings. It is to look at all the things which are incomplete and unsatisfactory. Moving forward, one can then to observe their origin. Become present to what they think about those things. It is a process of accepting reality the way it is, not the way one sees it - but the way it is. This acceptance, acknowledgement helps clear the space for a new creation. Clearing helps move to the stage of emptiness, nothingness. In that new space, one can create a new reality for themselves and maybe for others around too.
It is a process of accepting reality the way it is, not the way one sees it - but the way it is.
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