Overview
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Organization in Life

On Organization
Organization is what enables the world to function in a systematic way. It is the ordering mechanism that coordinates and integrates the elements of life - including material objects, life forms, and social structures - for the purpose of bringing about useful and beneficial results. Organization is, in essence, that which turns unruly, unordered, disparate complexity into manageable, simple, utilitarian existence, so that life can thrive. There is more, however, for organization also establishes the conditions for the further progress and development of all of the elements of life.

Organization as Foundation
Organization also establishes the conditions for the further progress and development of all of the elements of life. The greater the level of organization –- in terms of cleanliness, orderliness, systemization, regularity, coordination, integration, etc. -- the more solid the foundation for further development, progress, creativity, and possibility.

Organization as Foundation Existence
Organization is the foundation of existence. It is also the solid basis that enables life to thrive.

Understanding Organization by Conceiving Its Absence
Observe a child at 8 or 12. He is under the parental direction that has taken the direction of schooling. School organises the child's energies. Remove the parental direction. Now you see the role of organisation. It is evident.

A man at 40 is under his own direction i.e. discipline. Remove the discipline in one year, a middle class man will be in the slum. One in the slum has al the slum opportunities. By organization, he becomes a middle class person.

The role of organising can be seen in an office, school, army, family, etc. when it is removed. Conceive of the first occasion when organization was introduced at first and compare it with the unorganised state. (MSS)

Organization at Every level of Existence
We can see organization at work at every level of existence; in our own daily lives, in the institutions we partake in, in the society that surrounds us - even in the universe itself. 

Organization for the Individual, Society, and the Universe
We can see organization at work at every level of existence; in our own daily lives, in the institutions we partake in, in the society that surrounds us - even in the universe itself. 

In our individual lives, organization shows itself in a myriad of ways. E.g. behind every routine physical activity we engage in - whether waking, washing, cleaning, eating, dressing, etc. - there is a degree of organization. We also experience mental forms of organization, such as when we develop and then follow the schedule on our computerized calendar, or when we examine a flight schedule at the airport, or take an exam in order to attend a reputable university.

Society too has its endless systems of organization – including water treatment plants, gas and electric utility distribution, traffic control, security systems, computer and telecommunication systems, business operating procedure, etc. - so that human life can function easily and efficiently.

Then there is the organization of life itself. First, we human beings are ourselves a complex organism, consisting of a variety of own internal systems - circulatory, nervous, digestive, thought processing, et al - that coordinate and integrate with one another, forming the essential makeup of our being. These interconnected systems allow us to function with relative ease and efficiency in the field of life.

Then there is the earth itself which contains a number of its own complex systems - biological, atmospheric, gravitational, etc. - that serve as the basis for life. Moving deeper into space, we see there is an ordered movement of the planets around the sun - which is the solar system. Going further out, we see the organized constructs of billions of stars coming together in galaxies, which follow their own processes and physical forms of organization.

In addition to these gross/material forms, there are also subtle formations of organization permeating the universe that defy our normal perceptions. I have suggested elsewhere that there is a subtle web-like system permeating the entire cosmos, linking the energies of all elements, objects, and individuals in a profound Oneness and Unity of being. This is perhaps the most extraordinary organization of all - one that we can learn to harness to enable the infinite potential of life to become our living reality.

Organization in the Process of Creation
-Creation came about through real Ideas of a Divine Source hat was organized through the action of Truth Consciousness that enabled Force to become Energy and the source of all forms in creation.

-It is the same for he individual. He conceives of a possibility, organized it into the details and executes his plan.

-Organization turns conception into realization; force into Materialization, Matter.

Organization as Mechanism for any New Consciousness/Awareness to Achieve
Sri Aurobindo writes that Life evolves by consciousness, consciousness evolves by organization. Organization is the essential mechanism for any new consciousness/awareness to act effectively in our lives to achieve results. It is true for the individual, the company, the society and the universe. (MSS)

Miscellaneous Thoughts on the Power of Organization

• ORGANIZATION is a systematic coordinated purposeful action.

• ORGANIZATION is a process of securing maximum results with the minimum expense of energy.

• Consciousness progresses by ORGANIZATION.

• ORGANIZATION is of ultimate value.

• Constant upgrading of ORGANIZATION leads to endless expansion in a business.

• ORGANIZATION is necessary for development.

• It is the power of ORGANIZATION that speeds up development.

• ORGANIZED life witnesses tremendous progress.

• Waste can be avoided by a higher ORGANIZATION.

• ORGANIZED work yields abundant results. It makes savings possible.

• Life is a field of energy ORGANIZED according to a system.

• Energy ORGANIZED is more forceful and effective than unorganized energy.

• ORGANIZATION can raise an individual or a nation from nowhere to everywhere.

• Life responds to those who are well ORGANIZED.

• ORGANIZED people are prosperous.

• ORGANIZING one's work saves time and increases efficiency, which in turn leads to increased inflow of money.

• Internal ORGANIZATION in business will make market respond.

• ORGANIZE time and energy for unfailing success.

• ORGANIZATION is a new communication network. It has the power to produce.

• ORGANIZATION is the result of spiritual light in vital work.

• When fashioned by spiritual energies, ORGANIZATION is the best and it outdistances all others.

• ORGANIZATION is a more powerful resource than technology.

• ORGANIZATION is an intangible asset. (MSS, miscellaneous extracted)

Organization as Efficiency
Organization is efficiency. It allows you to do the most with the least in the shortest period time.

 

Personal Organization

Organization for Individual Existence
Organization is the foundation for individual existence. It is also the solid basis that enables the individual to thrive.

On Personal Organization
-Personal organization is order in one's life so it can exist.

-Personal organization is the ordering mechanism of our personal existence.

-Personal organization enables our lives to be orderly, systematic, coordinated, and integrated.

-Personal organization is insure that everything you want to accomplish has an opportunity to do so.

-Organization is the solid basis and foundation for accomplishment.

Organization at Three Planes for the Individual
Like all of the cosmos, organization expresses for the individual at three planes - the physical/material, the vital, and the mental. For example, when I clean up a room or an office, or put the books in my library in order, I am primarily engaging in physical organization. When I reorient my emotions, feeling, and attitudes towards another person or towards my company, I am engaged in vital organization. When I organize my schedule, or turn facts of information into new ideas, concepts, and insights, I am engaged in mental organization.

Physical and Mental Organization
In our individual lives organization shows itself in a myriad of ways. E.g. behind every routine physical activity we engage in - whether waking, washing, cleaning, eating, dressing, etc. - there is a degree of organization. We also experience mental forms of organization, such as when we develop and then follow the schedule on our computerized calendar, or when we examine a flight schedule at the airport, or take an exam in order to attend a reputable university.

Organizing Gathers Force at Three Levels
Organization gathers energies into a force for accomplishment -- including physical, vital, and mental energies; even Spiritual energies if they are organized thusly.

Ways to Increase Personal Organization
Among the ways we an organize ourselves are --

• by organizing physical things around us-such as our home, our paperwork, our finance, etc.
• by increasing our level of cleanliness and orderliness around us
• by being punctual and on time
• by prioritizing to whom our emotions and attention should go 
• by managing our time, our schedules, our work
• by systematizing activities in our lives -- from cleaning and cooking to bookkeeping 
• by balancing our work load during the day
• by coordinating and organizing our communications with others 
• by further organizing and distilling the knowledge we have in life
• by delegating work, tasks, and duties to others when appropriate 
• by planning out our goals and aspirations
• by sorting out in life what is truly important to us
• by organize and prioritizing the personal values that are dear to us
• by organizing in our mind our thoughts for better understanding

Article: The Power of Personal Organization

Utility of Personal Organization

Utility of Personal Organization
-Personal organization is order in one's life so it can exist.

-Personal organization is the ordering mechanism of our personal existence.

-Personal organization enables our lives to be orderly, systematic, coordinated, and integrated.

-Personal organization is insure that everything you want to accomplish has an opportunity to do so.

-Organization is the solid basis and foundation for accomplishment.

Success of the Individual
Individuals succeed through skill, knowledge, organization, strength, effort, and right attitudes.

Great Value of Organization

The one aspect of life that is perhaps most undervalued is organization; practical organization of our outer lives (e.g. orderliness, cleanliness, punctuality, et al), conscious organization of our inner lives, and the awareness of the awesome subtle organization of hidden forces, powers, and workings of life in the world and the universe.

Perfect Execution of Organized Acts
When you are focused and organized to do an action, it very often ends in a perfect execution. It is a miracle of life flow, and an indicator of how we can live lives of infinite perfection. 90% of the time we execute acts unconsciously, without thought, rather than through organized mental planning. This organization is the great secret of our mentality to bring infinite possibilities into our seemingly finite existence.

Power of Organization of the Possibilities
-Life offers so many possibilities. When we encounter the many potentials in life we move from being human to an even higher functioning and status. This shift in our lives is exhilarating. Still to becomes useful in our lives these possibilities need to be organized in some fashion. Otherwise, they remain as just potentials for a very long time. When organized they are focused into a power that enables them to become truly useful to us; i.e. they become a utilitarian reality in a very short period of time. E.g. one man is thrilled as he becomes aware of a number of new ideas in his life. When he decided to organize them through categorization, his ultimate purpose, to understand the true meaning and interrelationships of these ideas, occurs in a very short time. How can we organize the possibilities in our lives that we see before us to turn them rapidly into a living reality?

-Life progresses through consciousness. When we organize our inner and outer lives we raise this consciousness. Higher organization equals higher consciousness, and thus greater results.

-Life progresses through consciousness, and consciousness progresses through organization. At the next stage, what emerges is organizational consciousness which is inspiration. (Paraphrase of MSS)

Organization to Plan Your Life
Perhaps the ultimate way to utilize the secret power of organization is to follow a process that enables us to achieve our hearts desire. When we follow the “process of creation,” we in essence use self-conceptive capacities of mind to plan and organize our future - turning our vision of what we want to accomplish, of what we want to become, into a living reality. By first envisioning our goal, then detailing how we intent to accomplish it, and then making the full, persevering effort to see it come about, we are organizing our future existence for accomplishment and success. Like other forms of organization, following this process can -- under the right conditions -- evoke magnificent responses from life.

Organization is Discipline of Living
Organization is discipline in action, and that to live, discipline is quite indispensable. (The Mother)

From Organization to Material Results
Greater organization of the person enables greater consciousness towards the gathered force, hence its greater concentration moving towards material results. I.e. higher organization is higher consciousness is higher concentration of force is greater likelihood of material result.

Planning, Organization Vastly Increases Results

100% more planning for an endeavor, which may be but a fraction of time of the project, yields 90% greater results.
 

Personal Organization and Life Response

See Article on the Miraculous-like Phenomenon of Life Response

Organization and Life Response
At first glance, “organization” does not seem like a very exciting topic for discussion. However, our own experience is that there is no faster way to attract success than by adopting a higher level of organization in life. There are a number of ways to organize yourself -- through higher levels of cleanliness and orderliness, by further systemizing your accounts and records, by organizing your time through a to do list and calendar, and even by organizing your thoughts, ideas, and concepts for greater logic and clarity. Such efforts at higher organization have a tendency to attract sudden good fortune. One man went through his accounting books, and out of nowhere received a check for $5000. A consultant cleaned his filthy refrigerator and suddenly received months’ worth of consulting work when just earlier there was no work in sight. Similarly, a business owner cleaned his stocks of slow-selling inventory, suddenly attracting a buyer who not only purchased the slow selling stocks, but six months’ worth of additional orders! Action Plan: Consider various areas of life where you can raise your level of organization, and develop a plan for improvement. Then make the full effort to carry out your plan. Watch life suddenly and abundantly respond from all directions!

Organization and Instanneous Good Fortune
Any effort to raise our level of physical, vital, mental, and spiritual organization will surely bring about practical results that will lead to greater accomplishment and success. What we do not understand, however, is how taking to higher levels of organization at any of these levels tends to invoke instantaneous good fortune.

Organization & Life Response
Any effort to raise our level of organization - be it physical, vital, mental - will not only bring about practical results, but, under the right conditions, can bring about instantaneous good fortune. This sudden arrival of positive abundance is what I call a “life response.”

Greater Organization and Systemization Attracts Positive Life Response
Efforts to organize or systematize things at a greater level brings about positive responses from life. 
 
LIFE RESPONSE EXAMPLES
-A company had just launched a new product, yet did not yet have any sales on the product, despite considerable effort. One day the manager decided to go through the operations manual to update it to the latest information, including procedures related to the new product. He did this late in the work day. Early the very next morning he saw the first order for the product come in through the company's web site.
 
-An individual organizes his web site for greater clarity and organization, and gets a positive life response. 

Mental Organization that Attracts
Organizing information in your mind, i.e. turning facts into clear ideas and concepts for greater understanding - can evoke marvelous responses from life.

Other

Organizing through Action
Though mind can organize through thought, action can enable fresh, new, unforeseen organization without thought.

Organizing Transcends the Thing Organized
Whatever you organise, you transcend. To organise something, you must be above that. (MSS)

Article on Organization in Business | Thoughts on Organization in Business

Article on Organization in Society | Thoughts on the Organization of Society

Cleanliness, Orderliness, Systemization
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Cleanliness and Life Response
Any serious attempt to raise the level of cleanliness of one’s environment –- whether a bathroom, an office, a closet, a yard, a showroom, a bookcase, etc. -- can attract sudden and abundant response. That miracle will usually come in the form of more work, money, opportunity -- even appreciation and goodwill.

Cleanliness & Life Response
Perhaps the most fundamental form of organization is taking to higher levels of cleanliness. Over the years we have seen that serious attempt to raise the level of cleanliness in our environment will not only produce physically pleasing results, but is also likely to attract sudden good fortune – in the form of more money, sales, opportunity, and other positive benefits. For example, one man got down on his hands and knees one day to clean out the grit and grime in his refrigerator. At the very instant he rose from that effort, he received a call notifying him that he had just secured several months of new work -- when only a moment earlier he had nothing scheduled for the future. In another case, a consultant suggested to a manager that his staff clean up every trace of carbon particles used to produce carbon brushes for the auto industry. As soon as the effort was completed, a customer suddenly arrived from out of nowhere, and purchased his own firm’s entire carbon brush needs from that supplier. In yet a third incident, a businessperson decided to clean his slow-moving stocks of inventory in response to a suggestion by a wise consultant. Thereafter, (once again) a buyer suddenly appeared from out of nowhere and purchased all of the dead stocks. He then went on to buy an additional six months worth of the merchant’s inventory!

Life Response and Cleanliness

"Cleanliness is Godliness." It's literally true. A man cleaned his apartment even though he wasn't feeling too well. Just as he was completing the work, a big check comes in the mail. There are endless examples where an individual raised his level of cleanliness or orderliness one notch higher, or overcame lack thereof, and money comes pouring in as a miraculous positive response from life.  As a result we are tapping into higher consciousness, which is Godliness. Godliness is there when life responds outwardly as a result of an inner change or outer action. This is what is known as "simultaneous miraculousness."

Greater Cleanliness, Orderliness Attracts Positive Life Response
 If you make the effort to increase your level of cleanliness or orderliness one level higher than it is now, life has a great tendency to respond positively in kind. 
 
LIFE RESPONSE EXAMPLES
-A consultant cleaned a rarely cleaned part of his refrigerator, and instantly got a call for a great deal of more work. That same man a man had not cleaned an area in the back of a bureau in a bathroom for years. He cleaned that area and within five minutes he got a big client for a considerable amount of work.

-The Spirit is universal in its action, which means what one man does [rooted in spirit] benefits all such men in his emotional world. E.g. one individual dedicated to spirit applied that ideal through extreme cleanliness of her surroundings. As a result of this value, events transpired that not only benefited her, but expanded out, multiplied to benefit many others surrounding her.

Cleanliness Attracts Grace
Cleanliness attracts grace. Grace comes to one in every conceivable form, as accomplishment, appreciation, cheerfulness, rain, money, good will, etc. etc. (MSS)

Cleanliness Brings Out the Spirit in Matter
"Well, every time we clean a place or something the Divine inside the thing/place responds."

Thank you S for this statement. It is a powerful reminder that involved, embedded -- hidden away in the depths of all things -- is the Conscious Force. Even in inconscient, unconscious matter there is the seed of that Divine power, Spirit at its core, asleep, waiting to be awaken. By cleanliness, we somehow stimulate that essence, and bring it to the surface of life. When we do, life also responds.

This is very timely for me as I am editing my chapter on Organization in my Life Response book. The opening section is on Cleanliness and its awesome power to evoke the response. I am always trying to bring out clearer, more penetrating arguments. You have reminded me here of a central one.

I am also rereading and paraphrasing the chapter on Matter in Sri Aurobindo's 'The Life Divine’, which covers the same subject. The argument there is how matter emerged from the action of the cosmic plane of Mind and how it became divided and unconscious. However, we can overcome that through our own rise in consciousness and bring out the inner spirit, conscious-force power of matter to the surface.

Consecration is thus a powerful method to do so. It is to call the Divine to bring out the divine in matter. Even organization does it without consecrating because it connects directly to the embedded spirit of the thing, which sends out signals that align us with corresponding positive elements, circumstance, and people in space-time that we experience as incidents of sudden good fortune.

Consecrated cleanliness is surely better however since the power above is working directly with the spirit in matter, without the limits of our personality.

Orderliness & Life Response
Though taking to higher levels of cleanliness can attract wonderful results, cleanliness reaches its apex and perfection when it is accompanied by orderliness - i.e. by putting things in their right place, sorting things out, arranging them in a logical manner, categorizing and dividing objects for easy access and retrieval, etc. For example, if a retail business selling to the public not only cleans up the tools and inventory strewn here and there in its stock yard, but places them in their right individual locations for easy access and retrieval, not only will efficiency be increased, but life is likely respond in kind. Likewise, if an individual not only cleans the papers, folders, and books left here and there on a table in an office, but also takes to finally organizing them in an orderly and systematic fashion, a sudden positive response is also likely to come her way. (By the way, in the incident where the individual cleaned his refrigerator attracting several months’ worth of work, he not only scrubbed the filth, but also returned each grouping of foodstuffs to their designated areas.)

Cleanliness and Orderliness
Lack of cleanliness and orderliness, e.g. not putting things back into their proper place, retards the future; i.e. it reduces chances for progress.

Orderliness that Issues Out of Cleanliness
One cannot take cleaning to great heights without orderliness. To put your things in order, and that too in perfect order, especially when you have an abundance of objects, will leave no time for anything else. (MSS)

Organization of Physical Things
Orderly harmony and organisation in physical things is a necessary part of efficiency and perfection and makes the instrument fit for whatever work is given to it. (Sri Aurobindo)

Systemization
Where cleanliness makes objects presentable and useful, and orderliness places them in recognizable patterns, categories, et al for easy access, systemization goes much further - organizing them in their proper time sequence; and coordinating and integrating them with one another for greater efficiency, possibility, and results. Like cleanliness and orderliness, higher levels of systematic functioning can also invoke sudden powerful responses from life. For example, one company put in considerable time and effort to develop a software product, but after several months had not yet generated any sales. Then someone decided to reorganize parts of the program for greater consistency, ease of use, and integration with its other parts. The next morning, the business owner was stunned when the first order for the product came in over the web.

Care and Sensitivity to Physical Things
It is very true that physical things have a consciousness within them which feels and responds to care and is sensitive to careless touch and rough handling. To know or feel that and learn to be careful of them is a great progress of consciousness. (Sri Aurobindo)
 

Thoughts on Cleanliness, Orderliness, Systemization, etc. in Business

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Organizing Information through the Power of Mind

Though we can organize the material world outside ourselves, we can also organize the subtle aspects of our own being. E.g., we can reorient our habits, feelings, emotions, thoughts, ideas, and beliefs - even the plans we make to further accomplish in life. Over the years I have pointed out that if you think about and then reverse your hard emotions and feelings, your wanting attitudes, or your ill-founded habits and beliefs, life is likely to respond with sudden good fortune. Here I would like to focus on how organizing information in your mind, i.e. turning facts into clear ideas and concepts for greater understanding - can evoke marvelous responses from life.

One day a man racked his brains to understand a difficult metaphysical concept. Though he did not succeed fully in his efforts, the next morning he received an email from an associate that provided him with the complete knowledge that he was grappling with -- including the details of all of its finer points! (The other person had no idea he had been thinking about this subject.) He sat there stunned, in awe of the miracle that he was viewing on his screen. In yet another episode, an individual used the mental capacities of reason and logic to reorganize a series of concepts on a particular topic covered at his organization’s web site. His goal was to make the subject easier for his readers to understand. A moment later - and before the changes were even posted to the server - he received an email inquiring into that very same topic. Not only was it the only email in his inbox, it was also the first inquiry the organization ever received on that topic after years of it being available online! (It should also be noted, that hundreds of topics were covered at the site.) Finally, over the years I have had my own interesting experiences where after making a concerted effort to turn challenging concepts into simple, presentable ideas for my students, I suddenly attracted a stream of new contracts. There were even astonishing episodes where the contracts I received involved the very subject I had just made the mental effort to organize. (Since I teach a number of subjects, and my agents knew nothing of my efforts in that specific case, these “particularized responses” always struck me as astonishing.)

Ultimate Organization: Following the Process of Accomplishment

While these [cleanliness, orderliness, systemization, etc.]are, in essence, narrowly focused approaches, perhaps the ultimate power of personal organization is to consciously follow a process to fix the course of your future direction in life. When we follow the “process of creation,” we in essence use self-conceptive capacities of mind to plan and organize our future - turning our vision of what we want to accomplish, of what we want to become, into a living reality. By first envisioning our goal, then detailing how we intent to accomplish it, and then making the full, persevering effort to see it come about, we are organizing our future existence for accomplishment and success. Like other forms of organization, following this process can, under the right conditions, evoke magnificent responses from life.

One individual decided that instead of merely dashing out on a weekend outing to take photographs of the shoreline around the bay, he would first plan out his trip. As a result, every conceivable thing went right for him that day. In another instance, when a woman implemented a 30-day plan to secure a new job position, she very quickly received one - her first full-time position in nearly a decade of trying. In a third instance, a man who had avoided working on a project changed his point of view, and then followed this process in detail to insure that it ended a success. A moment after he emailed someone the finished product, he received an unexpected note offering him three months worth of work in a related area.

See Additional Entries on Following the Process of Creation