'Maharshi Adhyatma Vishwavidyalay' presents a research paper on 'Businesses and Professional practices' in the Internation...
'Maharshi Adhyatma Vishwavidyalay' presents a research paper on
'Businesses and Professional practices' in the International Scientific Conference in UK
Continuous exposure to negative vibrations brings about degradation in a person’s character, and as a result, diminishes the fabric of society and spiritually pollutes the environment. The first step to prevent this is to educate oneself on the concept of spiritual vibrations and how they affect us. Secondly, practising Spirituality as per universal principles attracts positivity and makes one automatically make spiritually purer choices, explained Mr. Sean Clarke of Maharshi Adhyatma Vishwavidyalay. He was speaking at the 'Sixth International Conference of the International Network for the Study of Spirituality' held in York, UK. It was organised by the International Network for the Study of Spirituality (INSS) in association with York St John University, York, UK. The research paper titled 'How businesses and professional practices affect society at a spiritual level' was authored by the Founder of Maharshi Adhyatma Vishwavidyalay, Paratpar Guru (Dr) Jayant Athavale and co-authored by Mr. Sean Clarke of the Vishwavidyalay.
This was the 74th presentation by the Maharshi Adhyatma Vishwavidyalay. The Vishwavidyalay has already presented research papers in 15 National and 58 International Scientific Conferences. It has received ‘Best paper’ awards in 4 International Conferences.
Mr. Clarke further explained that two important corporate movements happened in the 70’s and 80’s for the betterment of society – sustainable development and the broader Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). However, if you look at the state of society today, there are other issues such as the character of people in power, corruption, greed, lack of education, lack of focus, lack of a co-ordinated approach – all of them compromising such movements. The thing is that these movements have been live for approximately 50 years, yet if you look at the world around us – climate change threatens us like never before, war and conflict threaten us – both with potentially apocalyptic type ramifications. The natural question is – are we the human race missing something?
The missing link is Righteousness or Dharma. According to the revered Adi Shankaracharya (8th century AD), Righteousness (Dharma) is that which accomplishes the 3 tasks of :
A) Keeping the social system in an excellent condition
B) Ensuring the worldly progress of every living being
C) Making spiritual progress as well
Current thought leadership in business ethics strives to achieve A and B – but no one really is thinking about C, which is spiritual progress. One of the most important things that we can do to achieve spiritual progress is to increase positivity and reduce negativity in our lives and the things that we choose.
Mr. Clarke then went on to share 2 research studies done using the Universal Aura Scanner (UAS). The first research experiment was on garments. In this experiment a lady was asked to dress in 7 different outfits for 30 minutes each in the following sequence – 1. White Evening Gown, 2. Black tube top dress, 3. Black trouser and t-shirt, 4. White top and trousers, 5. Salwar kameez, 6. Six-yard saree and 7. Nine-yard saree. Her energies were measured before and after wearing each outfit. There was a significant increase in the negative energy in the lady when she wore the first four dresses. There was a significant decrease in the negative energy when she wore the last 3 garments. But what was really surprising was that though the two trouser and t-shirt sets were same in shape, significantly higher level of negative energy was found in the lady when she wore the black trouser and t-shirt as compared with the similar white set. It is important to note that positive energy was recorded in the lady only when she wore the last 3 garments. What this shows is that the styling and shape of clothing, along with the colour of clothing have the potential to affect society at large at the spiritual level. Yet this is probably not even on the radar of CEOs or garment companies and their fashion designers. The second experiment was a study of the effect of four genres of music on a person, using the UAS.
The important point that this paper is making is that there is something known as the ‘spiritual effect’, which is beyond the current view of sustainable development or CSR, and which needs to be taken into account when developing products and services. Both corporations and the consumers need to be aware of this fact of life. Because continuous exposure to negative vibrations brings about degradation in a person’s character, and as a result, diminishes the fabric of society and spiritually pollutes the environment. The way to prevent this is to do spiritual practice regularly.
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