LAWS OF NATURE


If you follow the universal principles and laws of nature, you will always do well. On the other hand, if you stick solely to man-made, fear-based conditions, laws and principles, you will always find yourself in a struggle.

Life was never meant to be one long struggle – life is meant to be a wonderful stroll in a rose garden. And it is largely up to you whether or not our life is going to be like this.

There is great wisdom in the laws and principles of nature. There is a wisdom lying right in front of our feet – a wisdom that can make a real difference to leaders in the 21st century.

Children and learning

It is the wilingness to "not" know and to be comfortable with not having all answers that makes children able to learn without fear. Being a good learner, despite the level of expertise, - is also about our wilingness to be a beginner and to drop our images of competence, if we dare.

The law of harvest.

The most important aspect is not what you can see, but what is invisible – what is buried in the ground. It is about nurturing the roots to make them bring water and nourishment to kindle the growth process, and the result to come – the harvest. Choose your crop and your crop rotation with care, prepare the sowing bed and get the seeds into the ground at the right time. Water, fertilise and weed at suitable intervals, and, above all, have a lot of patience. Only then may you expect a good harvest. The world has yet to see a human being draw a flower out of a bulb – so “crisis mode” does not exist in nature – only what we describe above.

The pack of wolves.

The basic philosophy of life in a pack of wolves is as follows: Respect the older (greatest experience), train the young (recruitment, knowledge sharing), co-operate with the pack (teamwork), play when you can (the inner child), hunt when you must (focus, determination), rest in between (restitution), share your affection (praise), voice your feelings (listen, feel and give voice), leave your mark (do your utmost). 

GONG HO.

A book by Kenneth H. Blanchard on how to transfer American Indian philosophy of life into organizational development. In his book, Blanchard mentions three important working principles characterised by three animals – a squirrel, a beaver and a goose. 
The spirit of the Squirrels (make your work worth while)
The way of the Beaver (tasks and decision competences go together) 
The gift of the Goose (catch each other in performing well, give lots of praise)

These approaches make good sense when applied to people’s job lives, private lives, and their personal development.

The fruit tree.

A tree bearing fruit is a good metaphor for what goes on in our lives. We might call the fruits the results in our lives (money, love, health, status etc). We are often not satisfied with these fruits. They are too small, too green, they don’t taste good, look wrong etc. When finding ourselves in such a situation, our awareness will be focused on these fruits, which are our results in life.

The underlying problem can be illustrated by completing the drawing of the tree by drawing a line to symbolise the ground, then the roots of the tree. This will bring into focus the roots and hence the invisible. The problem is that we focus on the fruits, i.e. the results, thus eliminating our scope for change or improvement. Changes require action to improve conditions for the roots – to change what is above ground level, we must work with the invisible factors below. So, what is below the ground creates what is above the ground.

This is a universal rule applying to all aspects of life. We do not just live in a material world – we live in four different worlds at the same time. The mental, the emotional, the spiritual, and the physical/material world. Of which the last one is the fruits, and the three others are the roots.

"As individual you must be strong, but it is together we move the mountain"