Much has been written and said about the Occupy movement. Whatever your perspective, though, we can all agree that greed and corruption in the financial system need to be identified and fixed. I trust in the natural balance of our great country and the power of human goodness to enact the required changes, but as much as we can attempt to legislate good behavior in business and enforce consequences, lasting and meaningful change can only come from within the individual. And we will see greed and corruption finally disappear only when those involved begin to see their work in a radically different way.
Instead of viewing work as only a means to gain wealth, prestige and power, we all need to see that work is something much more profound than this. Work, in fact, presents the most powerful environment for spiritual development and contribution. This is why, as one who works in the business world, I call work a "spiritual gymnasium."
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