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Abstract—The Impact of An Individual’s Spirituality on Communication in the Workplace
By Priscilla Lynne Young
This study investigated how individuals practice spirituality in the workplace. That is, what intrapersonal communication is taking place as people think about and act upon their spirituality and how demonstration of the individual‟s spirituality through interpersonal communication affects his or her communication in the workplace. Ethnographies, in-depth interviews, were conducted of 20 full-time employees at the University of Rhode Island who follow a religious or spiritual practice. Ten questions were posed. Participants‟ responses were searched for common use of words, similar ideas, and shared meanings to discern emerging themes and then categorized. Results illustrate individuals‟ belief in and desire for connection. Respondents shared the view that one needs to consciously connect with a common or universal energy, force, consciousness, or God; that all people are connected through this force; and that people seek connection to one another. Study participants believe that one‟s religion or spirituality is central to one‟s life, serving as a moral compass for behavior that impacts relationships with others and one‟s relationship with a higher power or “source.” Participants‟ spontaneous communication in the workplace is not always informed by their religiosity or spirituality, though they desire that it would be. More often than not, participants‟ communication is mediated by a conscious decision to pause, reflect, and then respond. This mindful behavior directly relates to individuals‟ desire for connection with other human beings through positive, open, nonjudgmental, interpersonal communication. Such conscious behavior also relates to participants‟ belief that God or source is a positive force and that connection to such is the commitment to behave in a manner that is positive, loving, respectful, and inclusive of others. In seeking connection with others, individuals wish for greater understanding of others‟ religious or spiritual beliefs and practices. Yet, they feel uncomfortable initiating such dialogue. Concern over separation of church and state, fear of being inappropriate, recent world events and histories of misunderstanding or misinterpreting other‟s religions or spiritual beliefs hinder conversations on religion or spirituality at work.
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"Michael Stone, from a Buddhist perspective, was a flow of conditions, a dance of factors and facts that he didn’t choose or control. There was no “essential Michael” who could have resisted his impulses or heroically chosen differently."
"... enlightenment does not erase the personality of the practitioner. Michael, like all of us, contained not only the whole moon of buddhanature but also the whole rain-filled sky. He was a manifestation of the universe—an expression of all that he met, which includes a world of contradictions, a world of beauty as well as suffering."
— Matthew Gindin, Putting to Rest the Myth of the Heroic Self
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dirt
noun. defined as,
1. a substance, such as mud or dust, that soils someone or something
2. information about someone's activities or private life that could prove damaging if revealed.
dirt-y
adjective. the qualitative of dirt.
dirt/y is such a strange, cruel word to refer to the soil / the body you came from / the body that made you / you must be ashamed of yourself / you must never be dirt-y / you must cleanse immediately / you must never let anyone see you dirt-y / you must cleanse immediately
earth isn't dirt/y, child / you are a child of the earth / the body that made you / holds you / feeds / sustains / protects you / isn't dirty as you speak of it / but stronger than you / noble / far more loving and caring than you could ever imagine / such a body must not be spoken of with cruelty, child / reciprocate nobly / lovingly / caringly / earth isn't dirt/y, child / she is abundance
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Typewriter Series #2546 by Tyler Knott Gregson
Text for Tired Eyes:
Far enough out
we’re a pinprick,
the slight light on the
edge of vision,
nothing more, a star
in a sea of em.
Saw a map of every river,
veins blue and branching
on this broken body
we call home.
Quarter million rivers
all lookin for the sea,
a few main arteries,
ten thousand thousand
capillaries
and I thought how all things
lead to some other
things.
Far enough out
we’re cells,
atoms dancing
in what’s mostly
nothing else.
-Tyler Knott Gregson-
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