Passage five
It looked like a typical business meeting. Six men, neatly dressed in white shirts and ties filed into the boardroom of a small Jakarta company and sat down at a long table. But instead of consulting files or hearing reports, they closed their eyes and began to meditate, consulting the spirits of ancient Javanese kings. Mysticism touches almost every aspect of life in Indonesia and business is no exception. One of the meditators said his weekly meditation sessions are aimed mainly at bringing the peace of mind that makes for good decision-making. But the insight gained from mystic communication with spirits of wise kings has also helped boost the profits of his five companies.
Mysticism and profits have come together since the 13th century introduction of Islam to Indonesia by Indian Moslem merchants. Those devout traders, called Wali Ullah or those close to God, energetically spread both trade and religion by adapting their appeals to the native mysticism of Java. Legends attribute magic power of foreknowledge to the Wali Ullah. These powers were believed to be gained through meditation and fasting.
Businessman Hadisiko said his group fasts and meditates all night every Thursday to become closer to God and to contact the spirits of the great men of the past. If we want to employ someone at the managerial level, we meditate together and often the message comes that this man can t hole onto money or he is untrustworthy. Or maybe the spirits will tell us he should be hired. Hadiziko hastened to add that his companies also hold modern personnel management systems and that formal qualifications are essential for a candidate even to be considered. Perspective investments also are considered through mystic meditation. With the mind relaxed and open, it is easier to be objective in judging the risk of a new venture. Meditation and contact with the wisdom of the old leaders sharpens your own insight and intuition. Then you have to apply that intuition to the information you have and work hard to be successful. Mystic meditation helped reverse a business slide his companies experienced in the mid-1980. Operating with normal business procedures, he lost more than $ 3 millions in that year alone. Meditation brought back his peace of mind. Putting the right persons in the right jobs and gaining confidence in his business decisions were the keys to a turning around that has brought expansion and profitability. The mysticism in Handspike s boardroom is part of a growing movement in Indonesia called Kebatinan the search for the inner self.
One of his managers, Yusuf Soemado, who studied business administration at Harvard University, compared the idea of mystic management to western system of positive thinking. Willpower and subconscious mind are recognized as important factors in business. Such approaches as psycho-cybernetics, Carnegie s think and growth rates, or the power of positive thinking are western attempts to tap the same higher intelligence that we contact through meditation, he said.
1. What is the most important factor in their doing business?
Mysticism.
Religion.
Meditation.
Investment.
2. Whom do they consult?
The spirits of ancient Javanese kings.
Wali Ullah.
Old Kings.
Carnegie.
3. Why did Hadisike hasten to add his companies also hold modern personnel management systems ?
He thought Mysticism was not so good as expected.
To show they too focused on qualifications.
To show they hired qualified persons.
To show the possibility of combination of the scientific management with religion.
4. According to the passage, the function of the meditation is
to gain profit from the god.
to gain peace of mind to make decision.
to gain foreknowledge.
to gain objective conclusion.
5. What does operating with normal business procedures refer to?
Adopting the western way of doing business.
Ordinary way of doing business without meditation and fasting.
Contact with God.
Putting right persons in the right jobs.
2013考研英语作文预测话题的汇总
考研英语小作文批改感谢信0-4分例文1
考研英语小作文批改感谢信5-7分例文2
考研英语应用文写作范文投诉信
考研英语小作文批改例文第二期邀请信
2013考研冲刺英语高分范文之网络教育
考研英语小作文批改投诉信0-4分例文4
考研英语小作文批改例文第一期感谢信
考研英语小作文批改的例文第一期投诉信
2010考研英语小作文真题解析及范文
考研英语小作文批改例文第四期道歉信
考研英语小作文模板申请信及投诉信
考研英语小作文批改投诉信5-7分例文1
考研英语小作文批改投诉信8-10分例文2
考研英语小作文批改投诉信0-4分例文5
2012年考研英语小作文题目与范文
考研英语小作文批改求职信5-7分例文1
考研英语小作文批改感谢信8-10分例文2
2014考研英语写作点睛之笔的200句
考研英语小作文批改求职信0-4分例文1
考研英语小作文批改投诉信5-7分例文3
考研英语小作文批改投诉信0-4分例文1
考研英语小作文批改邀请信8-10分例文2
考研英语小作文批改投诉信5-7分例文2
考研英语小作文批改投诉信8-10分例文1
考研英语小作文万能模板请求信
考研英语小作文批改投诉信0-4分例文3
考研英语小作文批改投诉信0-4分例文2
2014考研英语议论文写作三大高分句式
考研英语小作文题目与范文
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |