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Zen and the art of managing a crisis communication

paraphrase the title RM Pirsig, and" Lila, "his second work, I am inspired in some places. talking about the crisis broad sense - not economic ... - by the time "delicate" in which the flow of events is interrupted automatically. And I agree with Huxley that this time depends essentially on how we live.

Grammatically to say "what happens to us" that the subject, the events, not ourselves, which just "happen." So it is. The succession of events we call life is largely automatic. Sometimes, however, this "flow Automatic "stops, slows down or spins and a sense of restlessness assails us. A shock in the great sleep that we call life.

long as we believe that our purpose is" to stay "comfortable, these kicks are definitely undesirable. But always happen and will happen .
Why is that? are programming errors? Or more likely the fault lies in the interpretation commonly given to such shocks?

Each situation is evaluated only in terms of a purpose. As children we all ask "why?", then many desist. Without a reason, however, no sense, and the ultimate question remains "what is my purpose?". "Convenience" is the common response logically sees with horror that any change imposed by a crisis. "Acquisition of knowledge" is the answer represented by those who, over the centuries, has not abandoned at an early age by asking the above question. The purpose

(active *) existence is to gain awareness, understanding. The only real difference between a man and another, whether rich or poor, manager or miner, healthy or sick.
From this point of view, the interruption of the flow is independent of events before they resume to flow in some other direction, an opportunity to understand and sometimes even act deliberately.

Whether it teaches us this opportunity even etymology, from the greek "krisis" - choice, a decision - as well as the medical sense of the word: rapidly changing, for better or for worse, the course of an illness, so decisive for the course to recovery as to the death . Also reminds us of Pirsig mentioned in the novel, which presents what we normally refer illness / madness as actually "cure" the real disease: the "normal schizophrenic" lived normally. Or the times when despite having a voice that (very) basically tells us that "this is not all" do our best to "stay" comfortable.

issues of viewpoints in fact, or of purpose - convenience or awareness - able to offer in case of crisis, fear and despair or confidence in a precious opportunity. Exactly as Huxley said: "The reality is not what happens to us but what we do with what happens to us" ...


* purpose is to focus that includes humans - grammatically - gain awareness of the subject. Without this man is not merely "no purpose", but only without a purpose, is a tool of the forces that will make things happen. In metaphor - not much ... - Has, however, is designed to fertilize the land. This purpose "liabilities" of fulfilling even in the absence of any commitment ...