Two thoughts diverged in a woods…
In 2003 I joined Amber Nystrom who founded Social Fusion as a project within the Women’s Technology Cluster (WTC now Astia) an incubator founded by Cate Muther. We used Social Fusion as a platform to inject a new conversation about the possibility of sustainable business as a viable investment for the finance community in the Bay Area and internationally. This week, Eric and I gave a talk titled “High Performance Mind for Conscious Business” at The Hub-SOMA, a beautiful space for social entrepreneurs to work and network. It was exciting to see the Hub of activity today. To see that this way of working and thinking about business, commerce, social and environmental engagement is all fusing. Conscious business as a seed is growing sprouts. However I believe that conscious business implies something beyond sustainability that includes more awareness. I’m curious, how much traction are we getting? Is sustainability enough? Is there more possibility that is available when creativity, inspiration and vision can be accessed with awareness rather than by accident?
I believe our individual interior landscape is as important to establishing sustainability on this planet. That is the landscape of the mind, thoughts and emotions that arise in our awareness from moment to moment. The stress most people are experiencing is a result of not understanding how the mechanisms of the mind-body work. There is no choice exercised over their internal landscape, the moment to moment arising of thoughts and feelings actually flood our awareness. The external landscape reflects that back and the feeling of being overwhelmed ensue. Being conscious means being aware of the choices we are making. Seeing with a different lens. Being curious about how our thoughts arise and give meaning to our lives. The real choice is in the moment to moment awareness of the thoughts and emotions that are creating the fabric of our perception. This is the source of all activities that are played out in the external landscape of our world.
Our mission at Alpha-i is to enable you to experience directly how to access the mechanisms that govern your internal landscape so you are aware of the choices you make as you paint the external landscape of your life. We do this by explaining the process of how we create our reality through thought and emotion, by pointing to the space between the thoughts and emotions where creativity, inspiration and insight arise and by helping you to gain access to it. Conscious or sustainable business is as conscious or as sustainable as each of us is individually within our own minds. The choices we make internally from moment to moment give rise to the ongoing creation of our lives our relationships, our work and our planet.
Be Curious. In that moment when thought arises, choose to follow it, or choose to rest in the space between…and that will make all the difference.
