tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17369662076466784802024-03-13T05:49:54.474-07:00The EntregreeneurEntregreeneurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10227363169557031420noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736966207646678480.post-56563530313841004412007-05-30T22:23:00.000-07:002007-05-30T22:44:28.353-07:00A world that works for everyone...The context from which I choose to live my life is the context of "a world that works for everyone".<br /><br />This is not an objective, a goal, a target or a strategy.<br /><br />This is a context from which my objectives, goals, targets and strategies arise.<br /><br />The context of "a world that works for everyone" empowers me to live my life for a higher purpose than my egoic cravings and desires.<br /><br />Just in the way the teachings of the Buddha provide guidance; the first spoke of the wheel of the noble eight-fold path is "right view".<br /><br />Getting one's context right is a pre-requisite to being empowered and effective in honouring each of the seven other spokes of the wheel.<br /><br /><div class="references-small"> <ul><li>Wisdom (Sanskrit: <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praj%C3%B1%C4%81" title="Prajñā">prajñā</a></i>, Pāli: <i>paññā</i>)</li></ul> <dl><dd><b>1.</b> Right view</dd><dd><b>2.</b> Right intention</dd></dl> <ul><li>Ethical conduct (Sanskrit: <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sila" title="Sila">śīla</a></i>, Pāli: <i>sīla</i>)</li></ul> <dl><dd><b>3.</b> Right speech</dd><dd><b>4.</b> Right action</dd><dd><b>5.</b> Right livelihood</dd></dl> <ul><li>Mental discipline (Sanskrit and Pāli: <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samadhi" title="Samadhi">samādhi</a></i>)</li></ul> <dl><dd><b>6.</b> Right effort</dd><dd><b>7.</b> Right mindfulness</dd><dd><b>8.</b> Right concentration</dd></dl> </div>It is important to understand that the eight paths are not linear, to be walked in succession. They are simultaneous and interdependent, which is why the spoke / wheel analogy is appropriate. If any one spoke is removed, the wheel no longer has integrity and can collapse at any moment.<br /><br />These names of the spokes of the noble eightfold path are taken from the WikiPedia entry <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path</a>Entregreeneurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10227363169557031420noreply@blogger.com0