| The Automobile Industry And Environmentalists Must Use Their Sustaining Spirit In The Future |
| Written by Mandy Ziegler | |
| Saturday, 04 July 2009 | |
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Many people live their life through a sustaining spiritual archetype. The reason we live through a sustaining spirit is to because we want to create multidimensional relationships between human beings, our environment, our society and our world. Partnering together is very important to the sustaining spirit. In order to better demonstrate the goals of a sustaining spiritual archetype, I will first explain it. An archetype is a framework for spirit. It is a concept about how to identify your unique spiritual voice. An archetype gives guidelines that individuals use to describe and understand themselves and their spirit.
Many people live their life through a sustaining spiritual archetype. The reason we live through a sustaining spirit is to because we want to create multidimensional relationships between human beings, our environment, our society and our world. Partnering together is very important to the sustaining spirit. In order to better demonstrate the goals of a sustaining spiritual archetype, I will first explain it. An archetype is a framework for spirit. It is a concept about how to identify your unique spiritual voice. An archetype gives guidelines that individuals use to describe and understand themselves and their spirit. President Obama signed off on new tough federal regulations for the automobile industry. They will be required to cut greenhouse gas emissions in cars and light trucks to raise fuel-efficiency standards to 35.5 miles per gallon of gas by 2016. This regulation will also reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Interestingly, environmental enthusiasts, auto industry executives, the auto workers and politicians all appear to accept the new regulations.but for different reasons. After serious disputes for many years over these issues with the government and the auto industry, environmentalists praised the new emissions control and fuel economy standards. On the opposing side, the auto makers feel they now have a single national efficiency standard to follow and a reasonable timeline to meet production schedules. But how can these two distinctive groups who have been historically antagonistic towards each other come together to meet a new complex set of regulations after years of opposition? Can they form an alliance to produce a profitable, new idea of transportation and maintain a clean atmosphere at the same time? With the stakes so high and the outcome so important for both sides, a new type of relationship must be established. Traditional relationships leaving one group with all the power is not an option. There must be a partnering relationship that inspires creative and practical changes. This partnering quality is that of the sustaining spirit. It is not about team building. In fact, the sustaining spirit searches beneath every economic, political, and social process and calls people to learn the most important part of partnering. Only if the automobile industry and the environmentalists can listen to their sustaining spirit will President Obamas initiative, indeed their own survival, have any hope. There are three characteristics of the sustaining spirit that make partnering possible. The first is intentioning. Intentioning is mindful actions as opposed to unthoughtful behavior. Partnering happens when intentions are the same. Oftentimes, human behavior is unintentional. We look to our past to solve problems rather than towards a creative future where new possibilities can be imagined. When the auto industry fell apart economically, the structure of their social biography shattered, leaving them without direction. Their job security vanished while the auto industry continued to cling to a social biography that no longer made sense. Members of the auto organization should consider using a partnering relationship that includes intentioning if they are going to move forward to create a prosperous future. The second avenue use to establish partnering relationships is parity. When all sides of a relationship realize that each offers something of value to that relationship, parity has been achieved. Both the auto workers and the environmentalists must recognize that both have something of value that is needed to achieve their goals. The sustaining spirit does not call for sameness, but instead calls for equivalency yet individuality. The third characteristic is learning. Partnering happens in a mutual and reciprocal learning environment. Reciprocal learning between nature, the human mind, modern technology, and all living things is necessary for partnering to succeed. Both groups must commit to learning from each other. Reciprocity is demanded by the sustaining spirit. Will each group be able to create new ideas and go about their daily lives giving strength to each other while receiving it back? The sustaining spirit says, Yes! Changes in the automobile industry and in the environmental industry will require careful examination of traditional and cultural beliefs. Letting go of certain habits is essential. This task cannot be forced. Difficult inner work is necessary. Every instance of the sustaining archetype is about partnering. We can all learn to partner with each other and with our earth, environmentalists and auto-industry gurus alike, so that each of us and all of us are sustained. Without that, we are lost. The Article Author: Professional speaker and editor, Mandy Ziegler, presents the award winning spiritual nonfictionWhen Your Spirit Calls - In Search of Your Spiritual Voice, by Warren Ziegler. Learn how to identify your sustaining spirit. Discover yourself and your direction through nine unique spiritual archetypes. Learn how spirit can influence every aspect of your life, your work, and your relationships. |
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