SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIPTAKING CHARGE OF YOUR (SPIRITUAL) LIFE

3rd Spiritist Congress of AtlantaGláucio Pessoa – Christian Spiritst Community of Atlanta

Who Are The Leaders in My Life?

My Boss????

Who Are The Leaders in My Life?

The Government????

Who Are The Leaders in My Life?

The Military????

Who Are The Leaders in My Life?

Am I A Leader????

Power vs. Authority

•What is Power?Power is the ability to force or coerce someone to performa desired task or adopt a desired behavior solely based on one’s position or might, even if that someone would prefer not to.

Power can be granted, taken, sold or bought.

•What is Authority?Authority is the ability to direct others to willingly execute actions or follow guidelines based on one’s personal influence.

Power vs. Authority Historical Example: Indian Independence

Movement•Gandhi, a 4.8 ft tall man who weighed around 110 lb lived in an opressed nation with around 1/3 Billion people, which was under Britanic dominance.

Power vs. Authority Historical Example: Indian Independence

Movement (Cont.)•People were skeptical when Ghandi declared that he would free his nation without the use of force.

•He adopted the strategy of drawing the attention of the world to the unjust system which Great Britain imposed over his people.

Power vs. Authority Historical Example: Indian Independence

Movement (Cont.)•Ghandi and his followers underwent extreme suffering in a non-violent struggle. Ghandi himself was arrested and punished several times due his acts of peaceful civil desobedience.

•Finally, in 1947, not only Great Britain granted independence to India, but also received Ghandi as a hero in London.

•Ghandi had achieved his goals with no violence, power or weapons. All he used was his personal influence.

Defining Leadership

• Is one's ability to get others to willingly follow.

• Leaders can be found and nurtured.• True Leadership rests solely upon authority.• According to The Spirit’s Book, Book II,

Chapter VI: 274. Do the different degrees which exist in the advancement of spirits establish among the latter a hierarchy of powers? Are there, among spirits, subordination and authority?

"Yes; the authority of spirits over one another, in virtue of their relative superiority, is very great, and gives to the higher ones a moral ascendancy over the lower ones which is absolutely irresistible."

Who Are The Leaders in My Life?

Am I A Leader????

When Am Not I A Leader????

We Are All Leaders

• We are all leaders:

• Freewill

• Family and friendship ties• Human functions

“If you have already allowed the Spiritist Doctrine to be part of your life, turn on the light of the Gospel in your pathway. Start to announce your new belief in your home through a clear testimony of humility and tolerance.” Joanna de Angelis, “Lampadário Espírita”

Choices

Action and Reaction

Top Ten Leadership Qualities

1. VISION

2. INTEGRITY

3. DEDICATION

4. MAGNANIMITY

5. HUMILITY

6. OPENNESS

7. CREATIVITY

8. FAIRNESS

9. ASSERTIVINESS

10.SENSE OF HUMOR

The Greatest Leader

625. What is the most perfect type that God has offered to man as his guide and model?

"Jesus.“

Allan Kardec, The Spirit’s Book

The Greatest Leader (Cont.)• Vision

• “…anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these…”

• Integrity• “…there is nothing outside a person that by going

in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile.”

• Dedication• Jesus’ mission on Earth

The Greatest Leader (Cont.)• Magnanimity

• “…Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.’"

• Humility• “…if I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed

your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.”

• Openness• “Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for

us.”

The Greatest Leader (Cont.)• Creativity

• “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s”

• Fairness• “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what

they are doing.”

• Assertiveness• “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or

the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.”

The Greatest Leader (Cont.)• Sense of Humor

• The Last Supper

Conclusion – The Power of Spiritual Leadership

• There is a need to re-inspire ourselves and others.

• In face of such materialistic world, we need to take charge of our own Spiritual.

• Leadership so that we may nourish the soul.• We will be leaders, when we live by our

values.• When we live by our values, we inspire

others.

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

 John Quincy Adams, 6th American President

Conclusion – The Power of Spiritual Leadership (Cont.)

• True leadership creates a sense of unity and equality.

• A true leader recognizes and fosters other leaders.

• Leadership connects the individual and the group to the creative energy of the Universe.

      

Conclusion – The Power of Spiritual Leadership (Cont.)

As a Spiritual Leader

      

Never stop DREAMINGNever stop BUILDING

THANK YOU!