The time of business does not with me differ from the time
of prayer, and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen,
while several persons are at the same time calling for
different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as
if I were upon my knees at the blessed sacrament.
-Brother Lawrence
The mind has a tremendous natural capacity to dwell on
things, and in repeating the mantram we are channeling this
capacity to train the mind. It is the same capacity, only we
are giving it a different focus. There is a story in the
Hasidic tradition of Judaism in which a man asks his zaddik
or spiritual teacher, "Do you mean we should remember
the Lord even in the give-and-take of business?"
"Yes, of course," the rabbi replies. "If
we can remember business matters in the hour of prayer,
shouldn't we be able to remember God in the
transactions of our business?" ~Easwaran
That's fair. I incessantly pray for God to bless our business. It remains for me to pray that our business should be a blessing to others.
As I endeavor to awaken, I pray the prayer of Jesus: "not my will but Your will be done"...and so, as I seek to be present to the experience of the day ahead, may it be so that my life and my business be a blessing to all I encounter.
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