Agile and Spiritualism
Ahemm..first my apologies for tying a camel's tail to a pony's tail - this post is akin to that. Totally 2 unrelated disciplines being compared :) Agile - as you know is what we use to create kickass products. Spiritualism is to me the exploration of the Why? - Why are we happy, or sad. Why did we come on earth, why we die? I practise Agile at work, and explore Spiritualism constantly in all things. During one of my meditations it hit me - A developer practising Agile, and what Spirituality teaches us are so common. The Now Our mind is like a pendulum. It either swings to the past - oh I did this, said this, he spoke rudely to me that day, I missed giving a good repartee .. or swings to the future - oh what will happen if I don't file my tax returns, what if I confront my colleague tomorrow.. it goes on and on - swinging back and forth. And when the pendulum hits the Now - it is where happiness is - pure unblemished joy. It stays for a fleeting second.. and then goes on t...