The meaning of Salaam (which is both a Muslim greeting, and a name of God in the Muslim tradition) is integration and wholeness.
The Salaam Matrix is a holistic map of the scope of human activities–from the inner (spiritual) to the outer (personal-familial, socioeconomic, ecological-political). This is a useful schema as this not only takes a bird’s eye view of the life of a person, group, or society, but it brings together that which were previously parts. It is this integral view of the life of a person, group or society that grants sense and cohesion to the matter of observation, and conclusions based on that observation. The result is the realization that these life zones are necessary, simultaneously-occurring aspects of being alive and functional as an active, participative citizen of the world.
An integral view allows for speed, coordination, and concurrent development and performance, along with other potentials.
In terms of the application of the model, this is useful for policymakers, impact investors, teachers and other practitioners and users who benefit from obtaining a more complete view of human life. Thus they are likely to incorporate these life aspects in their undertaking. This allows for a healthier, no-parts-left-behind approach to progress, wellness, welfare and development. Not only is this of utilitarian value, but it also brings joy and completion to human life which, we assert, is the goal of all enterprise and without which, our endeavor in Industry or Polity is rendered futile.
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