The document discusses the definitions of "calling" from Oxford and Merriam-Webster dictionaries as a strong inner impulse or urge towards a particular career or course of action. It then reflects on the author's assumptions about how the self and world are interconnected at all levels. The author conceptualizes calling as existing within an interactive dynamic between one's inner life/character/capabilities and the outer context/environment. The document is a personal reflection by the author on discovering their own calling through spiritual practices and experiences over time.

2. CALLING
Bhavesh S Patel
UK/Moldova

3. Q. What is CALLING?

4. Q. What is CALLING?
OXFORD DICTIONARY
• strong urge towards a particular way of life
or career; a vocation
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/calling?q=calling

6. Q. What is CALLING?
MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY
• a strong inner impulse toward a particular
course of action especially when
accompanied by conviction of divine
influence
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling

7. MY ASSUMPTIONS
• “The self and the world are inescapably
interconnected.”
• Presence by Senge, Jaworski, Scharmer, Flowers
• “The self and the world are inescapably
interconnected” at all levels
– Physical and spiritual
– Visible and invisible
– Outer and inner

8. THE -Inner Environment
WORLD
INSIDE
OUT CALLING
-THE WORLD’S INNER LIFE
- Identity – WHO?
- Values, Morals, Beliefs – WHY?
A DYNAMIC
CHARACTER
INTERACTIVE - YOUR INNER LIFE
MOMENT
OF GIVING AND
RECEIVING - Skills – HOW?
BETWEEN YOU - Behaviours – WHAT?
AND THE WORLD CAPABILITIES
- YOUR OUTER LIFE
THE - Outer Environment – WHERE?
WORLD
OUTSIDE
IN CONTEXT
-THE WORLD’S OUTER LIFE

9. “Sensing
the unfolding whole
within each of us,
within the present situation,
and acting in service of it.”
Presence by Senge, Jaworski, Scharmer, Flowers

10. Q. What is my CALLING?

11. 1997 2004 2012
- To support the
- To support individual
spiritual and skills
-? and organisational
based development of
CALLING development in ways
individuals who are
that create health for
trying to make a
the whole system
difference locally
- General concept of - Started using specific
- Engaged in spiritual
being a good person values to both make
CHARACTER practices as part of
decisions and evaluate
daily life
my actions
-Masters in
- Needed to do Management
- Geology degree training type work so Psychology
CAPABILITIES
learned skills through - Qualifications in
experience training, coaching, and
facilitation
- Completed 4 years of
- Finished University - Lived in Moldova, corporate work in Asia
in the UK India & Cambodia -Experienced the
CONTEXT
- Started working in - Experienced life in challenge of working
a bank those countries in organisations that
disempower people

12. “A profound opening
of the heart,
carried into action.”
Presence by Senge, Jaworski, Scharmer, Flowers

13. My Conclusions So Far…
• CALLING doesn’t happen once, it is a
dynamic process
• Don’t wait for the big enlightenment…
• Engage with the needs around you and in
you

14. My Conclusions So Far…
• Frank Buchman said “God has a plan…”
– The world is continuously evolving and changing and
too COMPLEX for us to ever understand it, maybe
God has a plan but we will never know the complete
picture…
• Frank Buchman said “You have a part…”
– The world is too COMPLEX and don’t worry because
what is important is for you to find your part
– Enter into a continuous experiment of inner reflection
and outer action and inner reflection and…
– As you find your calling, your calling finds you…

15. “You have a part…” “God has a plan…”

16. OLD IMAGE

17. NEW IMAGE

18. “Surrendering into
commitment,
(is) the gateway
to operating from
one’s deepest purpose,
in concert with
a larger whole.”
Presence by Senge, Jaworski, Scharmer, Flowers