The Intro - 3 principles

[Scott]

I purchased the book on Kindle yesterday. I started reading and am enjoying it so far. The 3 principles (Business should make money, leaders should enjoy the money and leaders should create meaning) have sparked my interest (which is the purpose of the intro, I suspect). More later. Scott

[Scott]

Bear with my note taking - it will help me later to see things that I might otherwise miss. So Chapter 1 is getting us to see how unlikely and special and amazing it is that we have this wisdom in our hands. The people who wrote the reviews, (many of them) did not get this part of the book. They wrote reviews like this was just any other book.

[Scott]

The fact that a lot of reviewers did not see it just adds to the power of the book, if you have faith in it's wisdom. It is similar to the teaching in the bible that "fools mock, but they shall mourn". In other words, OK, don't take it seriously, but do so at your own peril, or something close to that. The other similarity to the bible is the idea that the truth is absolute (in Chapter 2 now). The diamond is nearly absolute and nearly perfect and the most perfect of any substance, so clearly, something that cuts the diamond is even greater. This chapter builds up the unlikely pearl that the book represents, in that is it is unique and more powerful than anything else. "The Pearl of Great Price".

[Scott]

The 3rd and 4th chapter provide an interesting viewpoint regarding the business person. A business person is treated as a broad based and often misunderstood group. The group has it's own spiritual needs and spirituality. This idea is elevating, if understood in a certain way. Generally the day to day activities of business are not thought of in a spiritual sense. When the spiritual and the business are mixed and both are elevated, there is a potential new field of thought which is addressed in some books but not most leadership books. Enlightenment is the highest state of being, as it implies a new journey giving access to the "don't know what we don't know" fields of human endeavour. The diamond cutter is a journeyer into these fields. As such, the diamond cutter will create a new emerging future and possibilities that were not previously accessible.

[Scott]

The 4th chapter builds on this need for spirituality by explaining what the emptiness of Buddhism is about. It is the hidden potential in all things. It comes from emptiness. This is so well aligned with the New IT teaching that our created future comes from nothing. It is also aligned with the U theory concept of an emergent future that is not probable, but is available in the world of possibility. The way we see things is coming from ourselves. It is in our mental imprints (Kharma) that we create impressions and perceptions about things. Nothing is inherent in itself. This is where CS Lewis struggled with the English Teachers of his time who taught that no thing had any inherent character. In other words, no absolute truth, only the truth that we impressed on things. The Diamond Cutter is also stretching the mind to be more than just the brain. Since we are all one, any that does harm to my customer or supplier also harms me. The Mazal is the highest form of Kharma, where we ascribe great commitment and trust and integrity through our speech, our speaking.