Professor of Yoga Philosophy and WelcomingJerryBiberman

[Guest guest]

Thanks again for the kind words, Harsha. I'm looking forward to sharing on the

list and the website magazine. I welcome discussion with others on the list

serve. Peace. Jerry

 

Harsha wrote:

> Thanks for the introduction Jerry. You have a rich background in many

> different philosophies and practices and we look forward to your sharing on

> the list and the website magazine as well.

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> Love

> Harsha

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> Jerry Biberman [bibermang1]

> Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:42 AM

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> Re: Professor of Yoga Philosophy and Welcoming

> JerryBiberman

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> Hi, everyone. I am happy to be joining this discussion group, and I

> want to thank Harsha for his kind description of me. I met Harsha at the

> recent Academy of Management meetins in Washington, DC. This year we

> had the first full program for the Management, Spirituality and Religion

> interest group that I was involved in founding. It has been a joy to be

> able to teach, write about, and present sessions on topics that are near

> and dear to my heart. A little bit about me:

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> I’ve been doing hatha yoga for over 25 years, and have been meditating

> since 1981. Although I was raised conservative Jewish, I was really not

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> very religious. I really became interested in Jewish mysticism and

> Kaballah after praying the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius

> Loyola over a two and a half year period beginning around 1987. Those

> exercises involve praying over passages in the New Testament. Since I

> teach at a Jesuit university, I was always interested in the Ignatian

> spiritual exercises. My experience of the exercises drew me back into

> Judaism, and prompted me to study Kaballah. I was fortunate to

> experience attending a ten-day “Wisdom School” in 1989 taught by Zalman

> Schachter and Eve Ilsen. I have, since then, also studied the Silva

> Method, read and taken a workshop with Mantak Chia, attended several

> weekends at Omega Institute, and learned tai chi and several other types

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> of meditation.

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> As I stated above, I feel really grateful to have been able to apply my

> experiences to my professional work in teaching management courses at a

> Jesuit University. Below is a description of my professional

> activities:

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> I am Chair of the Management/Marketing Department and Professor of

> Management of the University of Scranton. I write, teach, consult,

> speak, and conduct workshops in the areas of work and spirituality and

> organization recovery and transformation.

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> I am co-editor, with Michael Whitty, Professor of Management, College of

> Business, University of Detroit-Mercy of "Work and Spirit: a Reader of

> New Spiritual Paradigms for Organizations", published by the University

> of Scranton Press. I am a founder and current chair of the Management,

> Spirituality and Religion interest group of the Academy of Management,

> and co-founder and track chair of the Spirituality in Organizations

> track of the International Academy of Business Disciples (IABD).

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> I’m really looking forward to ongoing dialog with you all.

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> Peace.

>

> Jerry Biberman

> www.workingwizdom.com

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> perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside

> back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than

> the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of Awareness.

> Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It is Home. Home is

> where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal

> Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge, spontaneously

> arising from within into It Self. Welcome all to a.

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> All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights,

perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back

into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than the ocean,

all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of Awareness. Awareness does

not come and go but is always Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is.

Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee

relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into

It Self. Welcome all to a.

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