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Sunday, July 10, 2011

The reason of taking this summer’s classes: The Relation between Shamanism and Business World

Now, I’m taking “Enneagram Assessment”, “Developmental Psychology”, “Shamanism and Dreams”, and “Spirituality, Symbols and Dreams” this summer.  At first glance, the list has no relation, but actually it has very important meaning for me.  As I posted before, I’m working on my master thesis about “Integral Leadership.” 

These classes are key parts of my paper.  How??  I’m exploring new leadership model from AQAP perspectives (All Quadrants, All Levels, All States, All Types, All Lines).  “Enneagram Assessment” class relates to All Types, “Developmental Psychology” class relates to All Levels, and the last two classes enhance my understanding of All States.

“Shamanism?  Altered states of consciousness?  These are definitely not related to the business world?”  However, is that true?  What are the CEOs’ states of consciousness in the crisis of their company (e.g. natural hazard, unexpected events…)?  How many CEOs did they cope with the severe financial crisis maintaining their ordinary states of consciousness?

In the modern business world, management environments are very changeable…they are like human states of consciousness.  Therefore, I think the ancient wisdom about human consciousness is significant in this world.

Shamanism and Dreams

I took a special class “Shamanism and Dreams” at Berkeley campus yesterday and the day before yesterday.  I’ve been interested in the world of dreams since I was belonging to dream group at JFKU.  So, I took this class in order to cultivate my understandings of dreams.  Dream work is one of the most important shadow works for me.
 Through this class, I learned the healing power of dreams.  Personally, Shamanic technique and music using drums were interesting.
 Impressive class contents
-Dream recall
-Dream Incubation song
-Dream re-entry with the drum
-Centering.  Embodiment of the dream