What is Enlightened Leadership?
Enlightened Leadership embodies responsibility and freedom. Responsibility leads to freedom, and freedom, in turn, fosters responsibility. This responsibility extends to oneself, fellow humans, society, and existence as a whole. Responsibility and freedom are two sides of the same coin, interrelated and inseparable; one cannot exist without the other. They are like the two sides of a coin: if one side represents responsibility, the other represents freedom. The coin is whole only when both sides are embraced. Therefore, a human being undergoes a dual process of change: by taking full responsibility for personal growth, one can achieve ultimate freedom, and from this freedom, responsibility increases. Responsibility is simply being responsive in each moment—a capacity to respond. However, we often desire unconditional freedom, rejecting responsibility, and seeking only liberation. We want full freedom without accountability. Such a conception of freedom is impossible and does not truly constitute freedom. Responsibility and freedom are interconnected, interdependent, and inseparable; they are two dimensions of the same existence, two poles of the same phenomenon, and two reflections of the same reality. No coin can truly exist with only one side; it remains complete only when both sides are valued equally. Accepting only one side creates imbalance and distortion.
The mystery of the whole existence is that it is a perfect balance. Life is like a wave with equal crests and troughs. And the existence is like a circle. The reality is like a perfect wave embedded in a perfect circle. Therefore, the whole life is the art of a tight rope walker. To me, this is the true Art of Living and not the Art of Leaving.
A Natural Example of the Mystery
The best example of an inner change is that of a fluttering butterfly. The metamorphosis of a butterfly from an egg to a cocoon, and finally to a beautiful butterfly, is an example of a spiritual symbol for an individual who is on a journey of personal change and personal victory. It is a great scientific truth that the DNA of a caterpillar is not the same as that of the DNA of a transformed butterfly. The butterfly actually has nothing of the caterpillar. The whole past is dead now. For the first time, the butterfly attains unlimited freedom. The freedom of the caterpillar was limited. It can only move from one leaf to another leaf. It can’t even jump. Whereas the butterfly can now fly. The very flutter of its wings for the first time is a great joy. It can now fly from one flower to another flower. It is now in a totally different space. The caterpillar was actually an eating machine. It was just eating and eating and eating. Whereas the butterfly now sips only nectar from different flowers. And compared to its earlier state, its joy and freedom are totally of a different world. To achieve this state, it undergoes a significant transformation. It undergoes a great synthesis, a great transformation, and a great metamorphosis. The art and science of embarking on this great change, an inner change, and an inner mutation, is called an Enlightened Leadership. This is exactly where Charles Dickens says, “I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free”.
Wish you a great success on this ultimate journey of joy and freedom. Let the joy of that victory be just yours!! The ultimate goal of Enlightened Leadership is to: LEARN TO LEAD AND LEAD TO LEARN BETTER. With love ❤️
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You should respect both Dhamma and Dollars. You should work for both Money and Moksha, Entrepreneurship and Enlightenment. Because money can not buy Enlightenment.
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