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Meditation in Indonesian Business

 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.





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Vocabulary
file into                  鱼贯而入，排队进去
Jakarta                  雅加达
meditate                  沉思，冥想，反省
Java                  爪哇
Javanese                  爪哇的
mysticism                  神秘主义
boost                  促进，增加，提高
devout                  虔诚的，热诚的
appeal (to)            向……呼吁，求助于，魅力
legend                  传说，神话
fasting                  禁食，斋戒
hold onto                  抓紧，保住
personnel management system      人事管理制度
perspective investment      远景投资
venture                  （商业）投机，风险
sharpen                  使……敏锐/尖锐，磨尖
business slide            买卖/企业滑坡，下滑
turn around            （生意）好转，转变
subconscious            下意识的，潜意识的
cybernetics            控制论
Carnegie                  卡耐基
tap                  开拓，选择



难句译注
1.Mysticism touches almost every aspect of life in Indonesia and
business is no exception.
【参考译文】在印尼神秘主义似乎涉及到印尼生活的各个方面，商业也不例外。

2.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.
【参考译文】这些虔诚的商人，叫做Wali Ullah，或者“接近主的人”，把
他们的祈求呼吁跟爪哇当地的神秘主义相结合。他们通过这一途径积极热情地
拓展商业买卖和宗教信仰。

3.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.
【参考译文】恰当的工作岗位使用合适的人选，对企业决策具有信心使形
式好转的关键。它给你带来拓展和利润。（或任人唯贤，指挥若定使扭亏
增盈，大展宏图的关键。）

4.Search for the inner self.
【参考译文】探索内心的自我。

5.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.
【参考译文】类似心理控制论、卡耐基思想、增长率、或者积极思考能力
等观点是西方开拓高智能的办法，而我们是通过沉思冥想来和高智能联系的。