Now Blogging At Intent
It went down like this: I didn’t blog for over a year, then I got the urge again and started this blog, and then…then I got an invitation from Mallika Chopra (Deepak’s daughter) to be a participating blogger at her new venture, intent.com. She wrote:
Intent is the manifestation of a dream I’ve had for several years: to create a place where we can all find inspiration; connect with others; and become who we aspire to be as individuals, as a society, and as a planet.
Of course I said “yes” thereby joining a community of bloggers that includes Mallika, Deepak, Ed Begley Jr, and a bunch of other terrific folks.
Obama, McCain and the American Shadow
In April 2002 Deepak Chopra spoke to the Mobius Leadership Forum at the Harvard Business School. He said that leaders who fail to become aware of their role as symbolic of the soul of a community will not be able to lead effectively. When leaders turn bad, said Chopra, it is probably the result of shadow energies–the dark side of the soul. This side of the soul is ignored at peril.
Shadow energies defeat us by, in Chopra’s words,”…countering our aspirations, virtue, and vision.” We must see the shadow energies, recognize them, and say No! to them. Just as you and I must say No! to our personal shadow impulses, a nation must say No! to whatever shadow impulses it harbors.
