How current decision making is constrained, which leads to harmful decisions being made.

I hinted a while back about how I explored changing my decision making process from being a purely intellectual exercise to a spiritual, heart centric process.  In my book I suggested that the 'old' me focused on the intellect and made my decisions based on facts, figures and what my brain told me would be right or wrong.  I got into a lot of trouble and oh let me count the ways.  

Through the process of recovering from the depression and suicide attempts, I was shown a new way and I explored it deeply.  By getting in touch with my feelings, processing all the pain so that I could 'let go' of what I was carrying around, it left room for me to then get into contact with spirit and Creator through my heart.  

Now, when I run into challenges, I engage the intellect to evaluate and troubleshoot.  But when I need to make a decision or tap into some creativity, my heart does that work.  I now make decisions based on how I feel, rather than what I think.  Not to be confused with emotions, but what my heart and gut try to tell me about the situation that I find myself.  

Over the years, my life has gone extremely well in comparison to the 'old me' making decisions with intellect.  That is where corporations, governments and even some households get into trouble.  We cannot make decisions based on a ledger or balance sheet.  Many business professions would disagree with me, but I'm going to suggest that there are other factors that need to be considered long before we even look at a balance sheet or other business tools.  

The flaw is that business need to place a dollar value to everything so that they can then evaluate all items within their realm.  But Mother Earth, clean water, clean air, customs, traditions, land, animals, plants and all that is required for a healthy life is sacred.  How can we possibly place a dollar value on that which is sacred?  

I have news for us all, we are sacred too and just as intimately involved and important than any of the other components I just listed.  How do we involve sacredness within a spread sheet?  We cannot.  The decisions that we are facing cannot be made using economic models, forecasts and budgets.  The decisions we face are spiritual in nature and sacred in concept and principle.  

I can testify to the fact that some corporations are so blind, that they would rather dig a hole and bury lumber, trucks, quads, equipment, raw materials, etc.  My wife used to work in the bakery at Superstore in the city.  One day the executive came in, noticed that all the bread they just finished baking was a shade darker than standard and ordered them to throw it ALL away and start over.  She was NOT allowed to take any home.  There was NOTHING wrong with that bread.  The City of Edmonton will soon demolish the Coliseum north of the downtown at the cost of $25 million, despite the objections of citizens and thousands of suggestions on what the building could be used for.  The building opened in 1974 with a 50 year life expectancy and now it will be demolished at the young age of 44.  Shame on the decision makers.  What a waste of resources!  

Edmonton Northlands Coliseum (source: Global News Edmonton) 

It takes a considerable amount of resources to build a building that large.  The moment we demolish that building, the costs paid by the environment, plants, animals, water and air in collecting all those resources is lost and the environment is then disrespected even more.  At times we have no choice, but when the choice is there to honour and respect the sacrifices made to build something, that has significant wait in our decisions.  

But we don't contemplate the trees, water and land that is disturbed so that we can mine raw materials to build these buildings, plants, pipelines, highways, etc.  Raw materials are seen as a resource to be utilized and squandered, without recognition of the spiritual sacredness of life itself.  

Meanwhile, there are people working hard to honour and respect the lives we take in order to build our homes and offices.  A friend working on a pipeline project helped me salvage nearly three lifts of lumber that was going into a hole for burial.  Another friend just help me divert about 3000lbs of cement powder from going to a land fill as well.  People are doing their best, but the corporations and governments must surrender the decision making process.  It is not possible for them to take the spiritual considerations into account when they do business.  They may pretend to be environmentally conscious and aware, but they fail miserably.  

It is time to learn the skills so that spirit can make the decisions, so that all life prospers and we don't harm or injure others in the process.  The intellect, computers and algorithms CANNOT make those decisions, only the heart can when it is connected to our Spiritual universal mind.