Group Project

The basic synopsis of article is basically telling how to reach within your spiritually being to be a more satisfied person. It assumes the best way to satisfy the most people is to let them ally freely purse their own self-interest. The way to achieve this is to incorporate the practices of Buddhism. Buddha spiritual awakening began when he realized that all his wealth and power could not provide him with true happiness. So he traveled amongst the common folks to experience firsthand the suffering of the people whose labor was the basis of his own wealth. The Buddha's core message is that human nature is not fixed, it is self-transformation. So if that's true then the free market of society is freer that we as human usually think. Buddhism believes that the marketplace begins in the mind, and to that extent our inner value and character are stronger than the lure of advertisements and possessions. In a non Buddhism practice world, the workplace reflects the values and priorities of the larger society. The American system of free-market capitalism creates jobs and defines their purpose, which is to produce wealth and generate profit. This article feels that this is the reason why our system has eclipsed all other alternative, such as communism, European-style socialism, and Asian centrally controlled economies. Free market is flexible, and it empowers individuals, encourages innovation and risk taking, and brings out the best in people. This is what Jesus and Buddha taught. When the best is brought out of people they gravitate to a self-transformation that leads to happiness. And if happiness is the ultimate goal, then the author encourages you to believe in yourself, and demand the best of your self and your work place. So in the end, it is not our worldly desires that will set the grand agenda for our long-term future as a species but our spiritual aspirations.

Relevant Concepts

What concepts stuck out the most in this article was that in creating this article the author was not trying to transform organizations but to transform individuals. His philosophy was, when we believe that the world makes us that it determines what we can and cannot do, then we see ourselves as small and weak. But when we understand that we make the world individually and together then we become formidable and strong. The author was trying to gain individual determination and not lead by other people