“One
who cooperates receives cooperation. The method to give cooperation is to use
the energy of the mind to create vibrations of good wishes and pure feelings
for the others and for the task. By remaining detached, objective, and
influenced by innermost values and not external circumstances, subtle
cooperation in the form of wisdom emerges.”
Human achievement is like a mountain range with cliffs, crags,
slopes, and valleys. To aim for excellence in collective achievement is to
aspire to climb to the crowning point. The endeavor requires each climber to be
equipped with essential skills and knowledge and good amounts of determination
and will power. However, no climb should ever be undertaken without the most
indispensable piece of equipment: the safety rope of cooperation. Cooperation
ensures equanimity, empowerment, easiness, and enthusiasm. Cooperation provides
the means for each climber to take a step, no matter how small, and for those
steps collectively to reach the pinnacle.
Mutual
Benefit
Cooperation is not a bargaining game in which one person’s
success is achieved at the expense or exclusion of the success of others. The
constant aim of cooperation is mutual benefit in human interactions; it is
governed by the principle of mutual respect. Courage, consideration, caring,
and sharing provide a foundation from which cooperation as a process can be
developed.
If the power of discrimination is sharp at the time a
person, group, or nation needs cooperation and the accurate method is applied,
there will be success in human interactions and relations. The method can be as
simple as providing an explanation, giving love or support, or listening.
However, if there is lack of power to discern the type of cooperation needed and
the correct method to give that, success in the form of agreement and
contentment will not be experienced. That can be likened to a doctor not
accurately diagnosing the illness. Instead of getting well, the patient would
experience complications created by the treatment.
Cooperation is possible when there is easiness, not
heaviness. Easiness means being sincere and generous of spirit. Such liberality
makes one worthy of receiving cooperation from everyone. If one has faith and
confidence in others, that, in turn, builds faith and confidence in others.
Such feelings produce a comfortable environment of empowerment, respect,
support, and togetherness.
Everyone’s
Responsibility
Cooperation is everyone’s responsibility, yet it takes
courage and inner strength to facilitate the process. Sometimes those who take
on the responsibility become the target for insult and criticism. Fundamental
preparations are required to create an internal support mechanism through which
such individuals are able to protect themselves and maintain equanimity and
poise. The necessary attitude is one of detachment, in which nothing is taken
personally. By remaining detached, objective, and influenced by innermost
values and not external circumstances, subtle cooperation in the form of
wisdom. emerges. To look at another with an attitude of love and cooperation
even after having been “defamed” by that person is known as having
merciful vision. The outlook is infused with understanding, forgiveness,
tolerance, patience, and empathy. One with such a nature more easily
facilitates the removal of any “grid-locks of non-cooperation” which
may have been stalling progress.
Cooperation requires recognizing the unique role of every
individual while maintaining a sincere and positive attitude. Positive thoughts
within the self automatically and easily create the feeling of cooperation
within the minds of others. The method to give cooperation is to use the energy
of the mind to create vibrations of good wishes and pure feelings for the
others and for the task. That affects the atmosphere
in a positive and subtle way. The collective vibrations of
such pure and subtle effort prepare the ground for open and profound
deliberations and a successful round of cooperation.
Time
Is Now
Cooperation with time and with the natural order of events
brings patience. Time is valuable because it always offers unique.
Opportunities to achieve what is best and what is necessary at the moment it is
meant to be. Time cooperates with each person if one chooses to recognize its
importance.
In the process of world transformation, the time is now
for each person to lend a finger of cooperation if not with mind, then with
body; if not with body, then with wealth; if not with wealth, then with
encouraging or urging others to cooperate. If each were to lend one small
finger, together the mountain would be lifted! And when the subtle ties which
join us together in universal brotherhood are recognized as unbreakable, then
cooperation will become inevitable, and together we will reach new and greater
heights!
