Laziness

“It is the least lazy among us who are most aware of our laziness” ~ Scott Peck

Generally I find that most people don’t like to explorer their laziness much less talk about. It is part of what Carl Jung called “the shadow” the part of us we don’t want to live up to. Laziness is much more then simply physical laziness. Mental and emotional laziness are far more destructive then physical laziness.

In our modern age people rely heavily on science and logic (judgment). This holds equally true for secular and religious people. It is after all the age of reason and over determination. Carl Jung cautioned against it and said we would benefit from integrating spirituality and exploring our unconscious. A good start to this would be to face our laziness. It has been highly beneficial in my life.

I’m currently studying group consciousness and how it affects organizations. It is a true frontier. I have been observing that if the executives in an organization are lazy in their approach the whole organization is lazy in its approach. I defined this type of laziness as mental laziness (thoughtlessness). Organizations have “shadows” and can only be faced if the people on top are willing to go there. The first place to start is by exploring norms, mottoes and myths in an organization. Generally the destructive norms, mottoes and myths in an organization are in the unconsciousness, collectively and for the individual.