Faith, Hope, and Love
The chapter opens with a poem from T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets. In her writings, she describes how we love and hope for the wrong things, but faith is always present. John Bloom goes on to relate each of these as 'Elements of an Appreciative Economy'. By slowing your inner processes down, you can control your decisions and curb your impulses to solve problems rather than reacting emotionally to them.
Bloom believes that Faith "is built upon a complex of outer and inner inquiries and experiences over time." This relates to the idea of brand allegiance in the free market. The idea is that you test the waters with new brands, but after using multiple products from that brand you automatically make purchases of that brand over others for related products. While Faith focuses on assurances from the past, Hope looks more toward the future. Hope is the projection of your inner feelings and intentions and is the center of the moral and ethical part of you that can only be accessed by yourself. Love. What is Love? I really enjoyed how a few of Bloom's words discussed it. "The practice of love also generates an energetic field around me that unconsciously interacts and exchanges with others." So love is connected to being as opposed to doing. In the deepest sense, Love is described as "one way to bring healing through the consummation of purchase transactions.
Each of these are qualities of the soul that can be powerful factors into your decision making. You should let them guide you, but only once you learn what to Hope for, what to Love, and where to place your Faith. The ideal goal to be reached here is to have the three qualities of the soul connect and align toward their proper goals. Only then can you use you full inner processes to make wise financial decisions and to not react emotionally.
Bloom believes that Faith "is built upon a complex of outer and inner inquiries and experiences over time." This relates to the idea of brand allegiance in the free market. The idea is that you test the waters with new brands, but after using multiple products from that brand you automatically make purchases of that brand over others for related products. While Faith focuses on assurances from the past, Hope looks more toward the future. Hope is the projection of your inner feelings and intentions and is the center of the moral and ethical part of you that can only be accessed by yourself. Love. What is Love? I really enjoyed how a few of Bloom's words discussed it. "The practice of love also generates an energetic field around me that unconsciously interacts and exchanges with others." So love is connected to being as opposed to doing. In the deepest sense, Love is described as "one way to bring healing through the consummation of purchase transactions.
Each of these are qualities of the soul that can be powerful factors into your decision making. You should let them guide you, but only once you learn what to Hope for, what to Love, and where to place your Faith. The ideal goal to be reached here is to have the three qualities of the soul connect and align toward their proper goals. Only then can you use you full inner processes to make wise financial decisions and to not react emotionally.
It's impressive how he connects the poem to the elements of an appreciative economy. I like how you connected a new product on the market with faith. We tend to lean towards things we know best and don't really like exploring our options at times.
ReplyDeleteBloom has an interesting take on faith. I never thought of the idea of connecting brands & their products with the meaning of faith. Very unique.
ReplyDeleteFaith to me is an interesting concept. Because it in tales that I do not have information to tell me it will work, but I know it will.
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