Eastern Wisdom 3: Raise three Big Questions -Right Knowledge, Dispassion, and Freedom from the Mind.

The great leader Janaka asked the answers to three big questions from his master and became an enlightened leader.

How is knowledge (of reality) to be attained? How is liberation (freedom from suffering) to be achieved? And how is dispassion to be practiced (in life)? Kindly tell me all these, (my) master.

Why Asking Big Questions Matters for Leaders

Learn to question your default thinking and assumptions. As a leader, getting caught up in day-to-day tasks and responsibilities is easy. Stepping back to ask big questions about who you are, the nature of the world, and the root of suffering can open perspectives. The answers to these questions help leaders to connect to a deeper purpose. This provides motivation during challenges and reduces anxiety, reaction, and poor performance.

Lead from wisdom, asking big questions

How do I manage pain (in my knees)? How do I maintain my health? How to get rid of problems with people? The questions of objective reality or the material world are small because they do not help to discover reality. Who am I? What is the world? Why am I suffering? What is the cause of suffering? Is there any knowledge that can liberate me from suffering? These are all big questions of life. If we do not think and ask big questions that pertain to subjective reality, the mind will continue to navigate to the outer world of events, things, objects, and people and play games of blame, complaint, reaction, doubt, and fear with us. Questioning one’s identity beyond titles and roles reduces ego. Leading from a place of wisdom and truth, not ego, creates trust and inspiration, making one a great leader. Asking big questions keeps leaders in a growth mindset. Learning never stops.

Exploring existential questions leads to greater self-awareness and mindfulness

This allows leaders to manage stress and avoid burnout. Looking beyond existing paradigms stimulates innovative thinking. Leaders who ask big questions are more likely to find creative solutions. Looking beyond the objective reality is the way to enter subtle areas of our being where solutions to all problems and sufferings are located. For that, we need to move from the default journey to the journey of self-discovery, which is the essence of Eastern wisdom. Only then can a leader examine the difference between truth and falsehood, real and unreal, enabling clearer discernment. Detachment from ego and outcomes brings equanimity.

Guide your team from a higher consciousness

Elevated consciousness from self-inquiry allows leaders to guide their teams from a positive, uplifting state. This raises team consciousness to think, speak, and act wisely. Drawing upon Eastern wisdom gives leaders access to thousands of years of human development. This complements Western thinking.

Here are five key points

Asking big existential questions about identity, reality, and suffering can provide leaders with deeper wisdom and purpose. This reduces ego and reaction.
Exploring big questions leads to greater self-awareness, mindfulness, innovation, and ability to discern truth. This helps manage stress and avoid burnout.
Looking beyond objective reality to subjective experience opens access to solutions within. Detachment brings equanimity.
Elevated consciousness from self-inquiry allows leaders to guide teams positively. This raises team consciousness.
Drawing on Eastern wisdom complements Western thinking. Thousands of years of human development offer insights for leaders today.

The Leadership Wisdom of Asking Big Questions

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