The importance of being interrupted

I’ll start this off by saying, in no uncertain terms, in the midst of all the anxiety (for legitimate reasons) in the world today, that I am a huge advocate for doing more spiritual practice. A lot more.

Especially in the context of your business. Well, maybe not especially, except for the fact that it tends to be the one context that most people avoid spiritual practice in, even people who have committed spiritual practices.

It’s wild to me how successful the campaign to disconnect us from the sacred has been in the world of business. There are few places that have been more thoroughly staked out as profane.

But that ain’t the truth, is it? There is nothing that is outside the sacred. There is nothing that is not worthy of love.

In the small group coaching I facilitate, we were talking specifically how to work it in, in the midst of a busy life, of a very busy day.

So, I want to make a pitch for the importance of being interrupted.

In Islam there are five daily prayers, and the times of those prayers are connected to the position of the sun. The first is before dawn, the second is around midday, the third is in the middle of the afternoon, the fourth comes in at sunset, and the night prayer comes in when it’s fully dark.

Although they are all important for maintaining the heart’s connection to love, the most important is considered to be the mid-afternoon one.

Why is that? My understanding of the teaching is because it’s the one that interrupts us the most. The other four happen at times in the day when we might ordinarily be taking a break. Upon waking, lunch, after dinner, and before bed. It’s not much of a interruption, it can be worked into the flow.

But the middle of the afternoon, when you’re deep in work, and wanting to finish soon for the day?

Interrupting to remember the connection to Love…

Why is this so important?

Have you ever been caught up in anxiety, in fear, in anger, in an unhealthy reaction? I’m not saying the emotions are unhealthy, but that if the emotions are then running what and how you do things, your business can go off the rails pretty quickly.

To have a daily practice of being interrupted in the flow in order to take some minutes to remember Love, no matter what the deadline is…

It’s a powerful practice.

Can I encourage you to take on spiritual practice that interrupts your day? One that demands that the work schedule, that the deadlines pay attention to Love as the priority?

What would that look like for you? How would it work? And how does it feel to even consider it?

I’m so curious to hear.

with love, Mark Silver, M.Div. Heart of Business, Inc. Every act of business can be an act of love.

P.S. Humility is a powerful spiritual quality, and yet an unhealthy humility keeps many business owners from writing or speaking powerfully about their work.

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