Margaret Wheatley is an author of six books and a management consultant who studies organizational behavior. Her approach includes systems thinking, theories of change, chaos theory, leadership and the learning organization: particularly its capacity to self-organize. Excerpt above is from a conversation with Joe Flower.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What do you make of chaos being a potentially generative force? Can you share an experience of a time when you found order on the other side of chaos? What has helped you develop the patience to find order on the other side of chaos?
The definition of CHAO is "Goodbye (Spanish - got it from a Minneapolis website)". It comes from Italian ciao (pronunciation is like chao). It means Good bye. This word is also used by some French and Spanish speakers with same meaning.
isnt that Lao Tzu who said that... be still till the right thing comes naturally... something like that
we were taught at school to be reactive not responsive... the dffererence between the two... is time stood still
Basic biology - when an invader enters the human blood stream the white corpuscles break up and surround it to overcome it ... they don't just go head-on or slide by ... and eureka the body is cured , in fact it acquires immunity !!! growing stronger out of chaos / confusion ????
chaos and confusion is experienced only when we do not move on with the flow of time. the universe is constantly renewing itself. When we accept this and notice the subtle changes taking place then we would be filled with awe and wonder not fear and uncertainty. The way to be happy is to be in sync with the ever alive present.
This article is excellent and so very true. Unfortunately fear almost always accompanies chaos. My experience has been that unless the organization's leader can be comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty, he or she will just reinforce old systems even though they no longer work. This effort is most often executed through micro-management and bureaucratic procedures that remove the decision-making power of the individual. One need only observe government agencies to see this in action. The same can be said of an individual, but those who have a strong spiritual practice tend to be more comfortable with chaos. They have developed the faith and patience to allow the situation to settle into a new, higher order. This is the basis of personal growth and maturity, but it requires courage.
Chaos by over loading people and rightly said by J. Krishnamurti division brings conflict and conflict and chaos both creation of human being because of insecurity. We all suffer from insecurity and deep meditation only solution to such condition for each individual. One day entire world will be vaikunth free from cast, religion, and boundary predicted by BRAHMAKUMARI ( BABA LEKHRAJ ) SATUG WILL COME
When chaos is an acceptance of letting go it becomes a beautiful word...
Caught in the grip of chaos in my mid-twenties, my brain physically went into circles of ever-expanding dark space and the mind shut down but the inner resilience of the heart held on with instinctive impulse to stay anchored in the present moment. This whole experience lasted less than an hour. Reflecting on it now, three decades later: the generative force embedded a core sense of cellular level strength that has been with me through quite a few crisis. The beauty of our evolved human organism and the human spirit have the potential to generate inner order and adapt to create external order both individually and collectively.
Time. Failing again and again. Sitting back . . . Rest and contemplation. Learning. Reaching beyond myself and circumstance. New friends. Trust. . .
But, ultimately, it goes back to "time" (God's time). (He leads us "to order" only after assisting us to understand what brought us to chaos in the first place.)