Author: Linda Ferguson

As we approach Valentine’s Day I couldn’t resist the urge to write about working from the heart. I like the teachings of the Eight Fold Path in Buddhism as a roadmap for working with a pure heart.

In the Buddha’s sermon on how to eliminate suffering and achieve self-realization, he outlined eight ways to bring peace, compassion, and wisdom to your life and by extension into the world.

1. Right View
2. Right Intention
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Concentration

If you want to find more ways to bring a pure heart to your work, consider these eight practices.

The concept of Right Livelihood refers to work that is honorable, makes the world a better place, or at least does no harm by killing or destroying life.

Vietnamese Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh describes Right Livelihood this way,

“To practice Right Livelihood (samyag ajiva), you have to find a way to earn your living without transgressing your ideals of love and compassion. The way you support yourself can be an expression of your deepest self, or it can be a source of suffering for you and others. ” … Our vocation can nourish our understanding and compassion, or erode them. We should be awake to the consequences, far and near, of the way we earn our living.” (The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching [Parallax Press, 1998], p. 104)

Right Livelihood does not stand alone. It must entail the other approaches as well. Even working for a noble cause, you could not have Right Livelihood if you are not honest, take advantage of others, do not act with good faith. The other folds of the path to enlightenment, such as Right Action, Right Speech and Right Intention, all have to be taken into consideration to walk the path of peace and compassion, to work with a pure heart.

So I invite you this week to focus on these steps as a way to bring your best self to your work, to bring peace and compassion to your work place. Pay attention next time to speak to a co-worker to see if you are speaking with a pure heart.

• Are you speaking with compassion, wisdom, honesty?
• Is your effort and concentration focused on accomplishing what you are hired to do?
• Are you setting the right intention and doing the right actions to serve your clients in an honest, caring way?

May this be a time for greater awareness of your pure heart at work. Write to us and let us know what insights or aha’s you achieved following these eight practices.

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For more resources, see our Library topic Spirituality in the Workplace.

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Linda is an author, speaker, coach, and consultant. Go to her website www.lindajferguson.com to read more about her work, view video clips of her talks, and find out more about her book “Path for Greatness: Spirituality at Work” available on Amazon.

This week is the half way point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere) celebrated as Candlemas in the Catholic tradition, Imboc in the Celtic tradition. It marks a time when the days get noticeably longer and there is preparation for spring. Perhaps you’ve seen more light as you’ve prepared for work.

During this time of winter quiet and darker days, it is a time to make preparations for what you want to bring forth in the coming year. In an earlier blog post, I invited you to accept your mission this year, to discover and be true to who you are. Think through what you need to prepare for yourself so that you can fully step into your mission and purpose.

Letting your Light Shine

You are a bright beautiful being. Feel that, know that. If you have troubles believing this – What blocks you from shining brightly? Is it Fear, ego, peer pressure, insecurity? Prepare to let go of those things that keep you hidden under a bushel. Share the brightness and beauty of Who You Are at your work place, with your customers, clients and co-workers.

When you live true to who you are, at work and elsewhere, you let your Light shine. When you stop short of being your authentic beautiful self, when you bow to pressure from others to be a certain way that’s just not you, you hide your light under a bushel. It helps no one and eventually dims your own life.

Finding Your Purpose

Take some time during these darker, quieter days of winter to get in touch with your purpose, your gifts, your bigger mission here. I have some coaching questions that will help you discover what your purpose is and what energizes you to get up in the morning (go to www.lindajferguson.com – under the Coaching tab scroll down to “Twelve Life Review Questions”).

I remember an attorney in one of my workshops for my book, Path for Greatness. He seemed genuinely concerned about the work he was doing. He knew he had been successful at stopping a lot of bad business decisions, not only bad for the company but bad for society as well. He wondered if his purpose was to stop the bad things some of the leadership wanted to do and if that purpose was enough to sustain him. We worked on helping him discover his passion and purpose so that he could determine his next steps at work. I invite you likewise to take this time to discover your passion and purpose so that you can be a Light for others.

Have you had moments when you felt authentic at work? Have you had days when you got a glimpse at what your purpose is? Leave us a comment and share what helps you be authentic at your work.

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For more resources, see our Library topic Spirituality in the Workplace.

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Linda is an author, speaker, coach, and consultant. Go to her website www.lindajferguson.com to read more about her work, view video clips of her talks, and find out more about her book “Path for Greatness: Spirituality at Work” available on Amazon.

As you move into the New Year, you may have new projects added to your plate along with other projects in full swing. Perhaps you are working with a team that is struggling to make progress. Maybe you find yourself behind on projects and not sure how to catch up.

It’s amazing how easily I can spin up into a panic or turmoil if I let my mind run wild. So to correct that, I’ve learned to chant simple phrases that bring my mind back to calmness. I’ve used these chants in various times of stress or worry to help me find peace, bring balance, or remain open to what needs to happen next.

Various sounds (such as aaaahhh or ooooooh) when spoken aloud help you resonate with the vibrations and thus bring you back to balance. Other chants are used to evoke an image of a Deity, peace, compassion or love. Some Buddhist chants have no direct translation in English but are designed to bring your mind to stillness. You can say these phrases below or sing any chants you know that help you find peace. Here are some of my favorite chants.

“Om Mani Padme Hum” is a fairly common Buddhist phrase recited to relieve suffering. Kalu Rinpoche describes this sacred phrase as follows:

That enlightened awareness includes whatever we might need to understand in order to save any beings, including ourselves, from suffering. For that reason the entire Dharma, the entire truth about the nature of suffering and the many ways of removing its causes, is said to be contained in these six syllables – Om Mani Padme Hum

“Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo” – This chant means “Divine Teacher within I call Upon Thee”. In Kundalini Yoga this chant is often used for meditation. It can also be translated to mean “I bow before my highest consciousness”. See the YouTube link to get a fuller explanation of this phrase.

“Om Shanti Shanti Shanti” – Shanti means peace

“Breathing- In I Calm my Body, Breathing-Out I Smile” – I like this phrase offered by Thich Nhat Hanh as part of his mindfulness meditations. I’ve used this frequently at work and when stuck in traffic.

“Nam(u)-Myōhō-Renge-Kyō” is thought by devotees of Nichiren to contain the essence of the Buddha’s teaching from the Lotus Sutra. Nichirin taught that people can reach their Buddha nature by chanting this phrase.

“Only Love is Flowing Here” – This is a lovely chant from Dances of Universal Peace. I’ve used it when I am about to enter a meeting that I know will be particularly stressful. It helps me calm down and affirm that Love can flow, even in difficult situations.

Let us know how these chants work for you. Or share your own chants here that you’ve used to help you find peace when you feel stress or worry.

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For more resources, see our Library topic Spirituality in the Workplace.

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Linda is an author, speaker, coach, and consultant. Go to her website www.lindajferguson.com to read more about her work, view video clips of her talks, and find out more about her book “Path for Greatness: Spirituality at Work” available on Amazon.

Last week, dealing with discouragement and confusion, I sat in meditation and heard the phrase, ‘Keep Choosing Love’. I was inspired to write the following prose.

As we celebrate not only the life, but the Spirit, of Martin Luther King Jr., I offer these words to carry into your work and your everyday life. May these words remind you of King’s life work that taught us to love and forgive more deeply.

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.:

“Keep Choosing Love”

If you are carrying a heavy weight of resentment, Choose Love and Forgiveness

If you are holding on to grudges and hatred, Choose Love and Understanding

If you are carrying sorrow or doubt, Choose Love and Faith

If you are hanging on to anger or pain, Choose Love and Compassion

If you are having troubles letting go of worry, Choose Love and Hope

If you are living in fear, Choose Love and Support

If you want to expand yourself, Choose Love and Peace

If you want to offer the best of Who You Are, Choose Love and Joy

If there ever was a time for healing, hope, and understanding, It is Now!

In the face of fear, anger, worry, stress, frustration, hopelessness:

Keep Choosing Love

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For more resources, see our Library topic Spirituality in the Workplace.

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Linda is an author, speaker, coach, and consultant. Go to her website www.lindajferguson.com to read more about her work, view video clips of her talks, and find out more about her book “Path for Greatness: Spirituality at Work” available on Amazon.

What nine months does for the embryo
Forty early mornings
Will do for your growing awareness
— Jelaluddin Rumi

Starting on Jan. 15^th people around the world will set their intention for personal and planetary peace. They will begin their mornings with 40 minutes of daily spiritual practice and continue this for 40 days. I invite you to join us as well in this “Winter Feast for the Soul”.

Winter Darkness

Perhaps you already start your day with some sort of meditation, prayer, journaling, or exercise. “Winter Feast for the Soul” invites you to go deeper during the dark winter months. Winter is a time of inner reflection, introspection, burrowing, and slower movement. This time is not an interlude between the fall and spring activity. It is a time that provides richness in the stillness. Time for quiet, inner reflection can be healing, holy, and transformative.

Setting the intention to add 40 minutes to your morning routine may not seem like a lot of fun. At least that’s how I felt when I first heard the idea two years ago. Yet I found that those extra minutes in the dark and quiet really did set my day with a better tone. By the time I got to work, I felt more grounded, calmer, open, and receptive.

Spiritual Practice

Your early morning practice can include anything that will help you clear your mind, find greater inner peace, expand your focus, or achieve more clarity. You can listen to peaceful music, meditation tapes, nature sounds. You can exercise if it’s meditative or introspective for you such as yoga, stretching, jogging, or walking. You can start a dream journal, draw, knit, watch the birds in your yard. The intention is to engage in some sort of introspection or spiritually oriented activity that will draw you closer to your Higher Power, the Source of your being.

From this place of inner peace and stillness, you’ll be able to carry that mindset and mood into your work. Imagine how much calmer, quieter, more deliberate you’ll be from this place of inner stillness. Things that upset you will not seem to jar you as much. Situations that seem like obstacles may reveal new possibility. You may see the path more clearly for decisions that have eluded you. As you find your own inner peace, you can then bring that peace to others at work.

Group Experience

You can gather to do a meditation or prayer with a friend who also is participating. I’ve found that I have enjoyed a group to do some sort of meditation once a week or every other week as a shared experience. Afterwards we provided time to reflect on the experience of our daily practice, to share what changes we’ve seen happen, to discuss what may be stirring over the 40 days.

There may even be a group in your community doing this. Go to the website to learn more:

The Mission of A Winter Feast for the Soul is to support individuals around the world in making a commitment to daily spiritual practice. A life grounded in daily practice is one that knows inner peace. It is that peace which will translate into peace throughout our lives and ultimately, to peace and healing for our planet.

We know that it only takes a few committed individuals to change the world. We are here to do that, and hope you will join us in this endeavor.

If you decide to do this practice, write here to let us know how you are experiencing it. If you have any tips or reflections on the benefits for you, please let us know.

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For more resources, see our Library topic Spirituality in the Workplace.

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Linda is an author, speaker, coach, and consultant. Go to her website www.lindajferguson.com to read more about her work, view video clips of her talks, and find out more about her book “Path for Greatness: Spirituality at Work” available on Amazon.

Your mission this year is to step more fully into Who You Are.

You are not your job title

You are not your salary

You are not your career ladder

You will know Who You Are by how you respond to stress, greed, temptations, challenges, conflicts, opportunity. You will have opportunities to speak your Truth and to call someone on their bull bringing them back to their Truth. You will be able to show your vulnerability and accept the vulnerabilities of others.

You will get the chance to see who you came here to be. Discover your strengths and practice them daily.

Honor all the people who enter your workspace. Are you ready to honor your adversaries as great teachers, way-showers who can help you see more clearly Who You Are? They are there to help you see through your false self, your ego, your wants, to the clear brilliant being you really are.

You will have guides of various sorts. Stay open and alert to recognize them. Welcome them and allow them to show you what they know. In so doing you can use your gifts more fully.

Use your talents and gifts well and you will experience rewards beyond your imagination. Rewards of the heart await you. These are the true reasons for you doing what you do and being Who You Are.

There are great changes happening around you. Prepare yourself to step into your greatness as you are called to respond to these changes. Your power and your beauty will become sharper as you learn to use your gifts for a purpose greater than your small self. Direct your gifts to a larger vision than you have now. You will receive many blessings in doing so.

Good luck with this mission. It is an important one.

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For more resources, see our Library topic Spirituality in the Workplace.

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Linda is an author, speaker, coach, and consultant. Go to her website www.lindajferguson.com to read more about her work, view video clips of her talks, and find out more about her book “Path for Greatness: Spirituality at Work” available on Amazon.

Last week Janae wrote about Relationships. This week I invited a friend of mine to be a guest writer for us. Suzann Panek Robins is widely read in the areas of spirituality, psychology, metaphysics, sexuality, and relationships. She’s been a professor at various universities and presented at conferences around the U.S. Suzann has a new book – Exploring Intimacy:Cultivating Healthy Relationships through Insight and Intuition published by Rowman and Littlefield.

One focus of her work is to teach the importance of integrating in your life the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual dimensions. She advocates for a holistic approach to create a more meaningful and healthy life. In her new book, Suzann promotes the idea that intimacy isn’t just what happens between romantic partners, but that people can have intimate relationships with any one they care about- at home, at work, with family and friends.

I asked her to share her views on relationships at work. I love her phrase to describe Intimacy- “into-me-I-see”

Below is her response with respect to team building and relations at work. The spirit of the team can be tied into their mission, values and vision.

The question of intimate relationships in the workplace is an interesting one. If we are talking about sexual relationships with co-workers, most people agree that is never a good idea. If we are talking about getting to know our co-workers more intimately, then this depends on the nature of the workplace. When people are expected to accomplish something together, then knowing more about the other person’s temperament and personality style is very important. Whenever people are working together as a team, the more they can know about each others needs, desires and goals, the more productive they will be.

The idea of knowing each others mission, vision, and values (MVV) is a good one. Sharing these MVVs is a great method for building team coherence. Teams need to agree on the mission and have a similar vision for the future outcome of the project. When each person has an opportunity to state their values in regard to the shared mission, then they can either agree to disagree on specific personal values or they can build consensus of how they will work together toward the desired outcome for the highest good of all concerned.

In addition, we must have a healthy relationship with ourselves before we can expect to have a satisfying relationship with anyone else. Healthy relationships mean we are aware of what we eat, and how it affects us. When we are healthy, we are conscious of how we spend our time, both in and out of the work place. For example: What do we do to relax? How well do we monitor our time on tasks that have no end, such as social media? Do our relationships outside of work interfere with our work? Does our work interfere with our home life? Do we have other social contacts outside of our colleagues? All of our relationships have an effect on our attention and our ability to get a job done efficiently.

Exploring Intimacy: Cultivating Healthy Relationships through Insight and Intuition, addresses the difference between temperament and personality. Temperament is a genetic predisposition toward a particular, preferred activity level, sociability, and emotionality. Longitudinal studies have shown that a baby’s response to these three measures is most always consistent over time. Active babies become active teenagers. Social outgoing children remain social and outgoing into adulthood. Adults who easily show their emotions most likely were emotional as babies. Therefore temperament is difficult to change. As we get to know other team members through this lens of temperament, we need to accept each other as we are, and not expect a response that is out of the comfort zone.

On the other hand, personality is more malleable, easier to change. Using Carl Jung’s personality traits, made popular by Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI), most of us tend toward being either more Introverted or Extroverted, Feelers or Thinkers, Sensates or Intuitives. We appear either Judgmental or Perceptive in various situations. However, in most cases, we can adapt our personality traits to work more easily as a team player and get any job completed in a satisfactory manner. When we become conscious of the scale of our personality preferences, we are able to moderate our reactions and responses to fit the people around us and complete the jobs we are required to do. When others around us are made aware of our preference in each of these four areas, they can also more easily adapt to our likely response, by recognizing “where we are coming from” and the scope of how we would commonly reply. When every member of the team is aware of themselves and how others see them, and every one takes personal responsibility for their personality and temperament preferences, a calm, productive work place ensues. This is brought to fruition by fostering intimate sharing between co-workers. in the sense of encouraging into-me-I-see and into-me-You-see.

Therefore, knowing about our own temperament and personality is necessary for building a team, and the more we understand how different personalities interact with each other, the more useful it will be to understanding how we might adapt to those around us. Especially, anyone we may find difficult or even annoying, so we can bring greater coherence to the project outcome. When each person’s mission, vision, and values are also discussed, the time it takes to reveal our similarities and differences is time well spent.

Let us know what you think of Suzann’s ideas for creating healthy relationships in teams. We can have Suzann back as a guest writer to share her views on spirituality at work and other ideas for creating meaningful relationships at work.

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For more resources, see our Library topic Spirituality in the Workplace.

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Linda is an author, speaker, coach, and consultant. Go to her website www.lindajferguson.com to read more about her work, view video clips of her talks, and find out more about her book “Path for Greatness: Spirituality at Work” available on Amazon.

This is the season of Light in the Darkness as we in the northern Hemisphere move through the Winter Solstice. This year it’s an extra special Winter Solstice. The Solstice has both a full moon and a lunar eclipse on Dec. 21^st. The Winter Solstice is a time of reflecting on the darkness and stillness. Use this time for your inner journey of reflection and discovery. What do you want to see more clearly that may be hidden or in darkness for you now? How can you create stillness or quiet to hear what needs to emerge or be birthed in the coming year?

This month is a celebration of Hanukkah– the miracle that occurred in the re-dedication of the 2^nd Temple in Jerusalem. A small amount of oil kept a lamp burning for 8 days. What small thing can you offer to keep people motivated at work? How can you spark their energy for those who might be tired, feeling ready to quit, or needing inspiration? The menorah has an extra candle (the shamash) to light the 8 candles. How do you light the way for others who are seeking to change in some way?

This month is also a celebration of a child born in the darkness and cold. A star helped guide some shepherds to where the child was. They followed a light to see a miracle. What light are you providing to guide others through uncertainty or unfamiliar territory? Have you taken the time to explain something to a co-worker who is new, to show them the ropes, or help them learn something they didn’t know?

You may not know that Bodhi Day is a celebration of when Buddha became awakened and taught others how to transcend their suffering. Siddhartha Gautama sat under a fig tree and achieved enlightenment on Dec. 8th. Perhaps you work with people who are suffering in some way- job stress or worry about losing their job. Your co-workers may be struggling with balancing work and home, challenged by projects that aren’t going well. What can you do to provide extra assistance, support or re-assurance to a co-worker or customer who is experiencing pain of some sort?

Whether or not you are celebrating any special holiday this month, reflect on what this time of year means to you. Write down at least 3 ways you can be a Light to others who may be lonely, tired, sick, stressed, worried or challenged in some way. Set your intention in the new year to share your Light in some way at work.

Let us know if there is a special way that you were able to touch someone’s life at work, if you were able to assist someone through their moment of Darkness.

Peace for you this week and into 2011.

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For more resources, see our Library topic Spirituality in the Workplace.

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Linda is an author, speaker, coach, and consultant. Go to her website www.lindajferguson.com to read more about her work, view video clips of her talks, and find out more about her book “Path for Greatness: Spirituality at Work” Her book is available on Amazon.

I’ve been having technology challenges lately. Nothing tries my patience more than computers and gadgets not working as they ‘should’. I’ve been aware of my patience being tested so want to write about patience as a spiritual practice.

I love the video clip of the comedian who talks about “Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy”. Check it out on YouTube some time. It definitely helps put things into perspective. Or as Richard Carlson reminded us – “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff- It’s all Small Stuff.”

I know that the things I get impatient with are there to help me learn patience. It’s taken me a while to understand this spiritual lesson. Luckily I’ve seen that it’s better to appreciate, or even bless, those people and situations causing my delays rather than cursing them or getting stressed about them. Remember this if you are traveling this holiday season or attending a family function and you’d rather be some place else.

If patience is a spiritual lesson you feel you need to learn, see if you can practice some of the following ideas in the next few weeks. I’ve noticed that people’s patience tends to get even thinner during the holiday season.

First step….. Breathe deeply. Bring your awareness to your breath and focus on that. Put your mind and attention on your own body and breathe into any parts that are getting tense. Know that you can reduce your stress level simply by breathing deeply and evenly.

Second step… Relax your body. You won’t do yourself or anyone else any favors if you are stressed and angry. Having a relaxed body is helpful for clearing your mind of anger or frustration. If you are really worked up, move your shoulders and neck (or anywhere you may carry tension). Relax your jaw and stretch your face to relax your brow.

Third step… Mentally step into Expansiveness. You are not trapped in this moment. You are part of a vast ocean of possibilities. Once you recognize this, you’ll see many options available. Affirm that you will be able to accomplish your tasks with easefulness and effortlessness. Feel your body and your mind open up to infinite possibilities in the moment. Anything can happen, so stay alert to how you can shift the energy of the situation.

Fourth Step…. Remain conscious that your thoughts now in the present moment shape the next moment that unfolds. As you breathe deeply and affirm expansiveness, you become more expansive. Now you enter into a new moment aware that the Universe is unlimited. You can choose to allow joy, peace, patience and beauty to come to you. See what happens next when you hold these thoughts.

Fifth Step… Remember it’s all small stuff. I have a very mellow cat. I call him the Buddha Buddy. When I get really worked up, I can sometimes remember to ask myself – ‘would the Buddha Buddy care about this?’ Usually not. If Buddha Buddy wouldn’t care, it’s probably small stuff.

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For more resources, see our Library topic Spirituality in the Workplace.

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Linda is an author, speaker, coach, and consultant. Go to her website www.lindajferguson.com to read more about her work, view video clips of her talks, and find out more about her book “Path for Greatness: Spirituality at Work” available on Amazon.

I recently moved from the quiet of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the high paced, traffic intense, N.VA area. I’ve been aware of my judgments since landing. To help ground me during this transition, I’ve taken 3 yoga classes, all different from the style I’m used to. I’ve been aware of my judgments during these yoga classes– they play music here (darn), they have mirrors on the wall (uggh), they have hard wood floors (ouch). The yoga classes have been a good way for me to bring my awareness to my judgments. It’s a safe place to allow my judgments to surface so I can be aware of them and then (hopefully) let them go.

I’ve also been aware of some of my judgments as my partner and I move my things to make a new home. I don’t like my dresser there, my meditation area is too small, the dishes are too high in the cabinet, there are too many nick-nacks in the living room. Other judgments are less conscious and I’m only aware of them once my partner does something that makes it more noticeable.

I could write this blog about change management, and I probably will write more on that topic later. This move is as much about transition and change as any thing else. But today the word for me seems to be about judgments, my judgments, and I’ve been aware of many of them.

How do we embrace change- newness, new opportunities, differences- without the judgments?

I think it starts with awareness. Staying in the moment and saying, ‘I’m aware that……’ and then allowing the thought or judgments to pass through.

Try this exercise. Think of a situation where you weren’t happy or someone did something different than what you expected. Bring to mind the event and your judgments about the person or the situation. Allow these judgments to surface, don’t filter or hide them or push them away. Bring into your awareness the judgments, thoughts, criticisms, opinions about the people, place or things going on.

Now say, ‘I’m aware that (fill in the blank)….. (do this repeatedly for everything that comes to mind for you)

For example, I’m aware that I’m bothered by this. I’m aware that I don’t like when you do that. I’m aware that the music is too loud, that I am frustrated. I’m aware that the directions aren’t clear, that I don’t know what you want. I’m aware that I need more time, that I’m feeling anxious about getting this done.

Now breathe … deeply….. Take slow deep breaths for every judgment that comes up for you. Breathe into the thought, breathe into the evaluation, breathe into the negativity. Adding your breath to the thought or judgment will allow you to let it go.

Imagine putting your thought into a bubble and with the breath you blow the bubble away. It’s that simple, that effortless. Bring your awareness into your judgments and place them into the bubbles. Slowly blow away your judgments one at a time as they emerge. No judgments involved as you do this, just breathe, bubble up, and let go.

Try this for the next week as you become aware of your judgments of things or people or situations that bother you. Allow yourself to be conscious of your judgments. Then breathe into that awareness and allow your judgments to move by easefully.

Namaste.

When the Breath wanders, the mind is unsteady, but when the Breath is still, so is the mind still. Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Pranayama is the yoga practice of breathing mindfully.

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For more resources, see our Library topic Spirituality in the Workplace.

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Linda is an author, speaker, coach, and consultant. Go to her website www.lindajferguson.com to read more about her work, view video clips of her talks, and find out more about her book “Path for Greatness: Spirituality at Work” available on Amazon.