Eleven Paradoxical Commandments
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"People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
The world is full of violence, injustice, starvation, disease, and environmental destruction.
Have faith anyway.
~ Kent M. Keith
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Common Mistake
"One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.”
~Idries Shah
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Resolutions
Seth's suggested new year resolutions
One:
I will approve of myself, my characteristics, my abilities, my likes and my dislikes, my inclinations and disinclinations, realizing that these form my unique individuality. They are given me for a reason.
Two:
I will approve of and rejoice in my accomplishments, and I will be as vigorous in listing these as RIGOROUS in remembering them as I have ever been in remembering and enumerating my failures or lacks of accomplishment.
Three:
I will remember the creative framework of existence, in which I have my being. Therefore the possibilities, potentials, seeming miracles, and joyful spontaneity of Framework 2 will be in my mind, so that the doors to creative living are open.
Four:
I will realize that the future is a probability. In terms of ordinary experience, nothing exists there yet. It is virgin territory, planted by my feelings and thoughts in the present...
Therefore, I will plant accomplishments and successes, and I will do this by remembering that nothing can exist in the future THAT I DO NOT WANT TO BE THERE.
~ Seth/Jane Roberts
--"Dreams, Evolution & Value Fulfillment",Vol. 1, Session 891, Notes.2005 Copyright Robert F. Butts.
The Universe As Idea Construction
Excerpts from Physical Universe as Idea Construction
~ by Jane Roberts in an altered state of consciousness ultimately leading to the Seth material.
Energy is the basis of the universe.
Ideas are mental transformations of energy by an entity into physical reality.
Idea constructions are transformations of ideas into physicalreality.
Space is where our own idea constructions do not exist in the physical universe.
The physical body is the material construction of the entity's idea of itself under the properties of matter.
The individual is the part of the entity or whole self of which we are conscious in daily life.
It is that part of the whole self which we are able to express or make "real" through our idea constructions on a physical level.
The subconscious is the threshold of an idea's emergence into the individual conscious mind. It connects the entity and the individual.
Personality is the individual's overall responses to ideas received and constructed.
It represents the emotional coloration of the individual's ideas and constructions at any given "time".
Emotions are the driving force that propel ideas into constructions.
Instinct is the minimum ability for idea constructions necessary for physical survival.
Learning is the potential for constructing new idea complexes from existing ideas.
Idea complexes are groups of ideas formed together like building blocks to form more complicated constructions in physical reality.
Communication is the interchange of ideas by entities on the energy nonphysical level.
Action is idea in motion.
The senses are channels of projection by which ideas are projected outward to create the world of appearances.
Environment is the overall idea constructions with which an individual surrounds himself.
Physical time is the apparent lapse between the emergence of an idea in the physical universe (as a construction) and its replacement by another.
The past is the memory of ideas that were but are no longer physical constructions.
The present is the apparent point of any idea's emergence into physical reality.
The future is the apparent lapse between the disappearance of one idea construction and its replacement by another in physicalreality.
Psychological time is the apparent lapse between the conception of ideas.
Aging is the effect upon an idea construction of the properties of matter of which the construction is composed.
Growth is the formation of an idea construction toward its fullest possible materialization following the properties of matter.
Sleep is the entity's relative rest from idea construction except the minimum necessary for physical survival.
The physical universe is the sum of individual idea constructions.
Memory is the ghost image of "past" idea constructions.
Each evolutionary change is preceded and caused by a new idea.
As the idea is in the process of being constructed onto the physical plane, it prepares the material world for its own actuality and creates the prerequisite conditions.
Evolution is energy's movement toward conscious expression in the physical universe, but it is basically nonphysical.
A species at any given time is the materialization of the inner images or ideas of its individual members, each of whom forms his own idea constructions.
At no point can we actually say that one construction vanishes and another takes its place, but artificially we adopt certain points as past, present and future, for convenience.
At some point, we agree that the physical construction ceases to be elements of the "past" construction and is already becoming the"next" one.
Though the construction of an idea seems to disappear physically, the idea which it represents still exists.
Sleep is the entity's rest from physical idea construction.
Only enough energy is used to keep the personal image construction in existence.
The entity withdraws into basic energy realms and is comparatively free from time since idea construction is at a minimum level.
The entity is in contact with other entities at a subconscious area.
After death, the entity will have its ghost images (memories) at its command, though their apparent sequence will no longer apply.
Memories are properties of the subconscious energy entity and,as such, are indestructible (though they may be unavailable to the individual under various circumstances).
The next plane of existence will involve further training in energy use and manipulation, since the energy of which the entity is composed is self-generating and always seeking more complicated form and awareness.
Each material particle is an idea construction formed by the individualized bits of energy that compose it.
*Each entity perceives only his own construction on a physical level.
* Because all constructions are more or less faithful reproductions in matter of the same basic ideas (since all individuals are, generally speaking, on the same level in this plane), then they agree sufficiently in space, time and degree so that the world of appearances has coherence and relative predictability.
The Fabric of Physical Matter:
All physical matter is idea construction.
We only see our own constructions.
So-called empty space is full of constructions not our own that we cannot perceive.
Our skin connects us to other physical constructions, and through it we are involved in the complicated fabric of continuous matter.
The action of each one of the most minute of these particles affects each other one.
The slight motion of one grain of sand causes a corresponding alteration in the distribution of the stars and in all matter's fabric, from an atom in a man's skull down to the slightest variation in a microbe's action.
All matter is idea construction, woven together; each construction is individual and yet cohesive to the whole.
The smallest particle is necessary to the whole, forming part of matter's design.
The Universe as a Physical Body:
The matter of the universe can be conceived of as a physical body, an organism of individual cells (objects) held together by connective tissue (the chemicals and elements of air).
This connective tissue is also alive and carries electrical impulses.
Within it, as within the connective tissues of the human body, there is a certain elasticity, a certain amount of regeneration and a constant replacement of the atoms and molecules that compose it.
While the whole retains its shape, the material itself is being constantly born and replaced.
This rough diagram (diagram omitted in this text file) "came" with the above material.
It was supposed to represent the energy of the entity as it flowed outward through the subconscious to the conscious, in order to construct the physical image and environment in response to the self's idea of what it was.
I was involved with the "pure" experience behind the diagram and words
with which I was left.
The revelation was that there were no real boundaries to the self; skin did not separate us from others but connected us in a webwork of energy; what we thought
of as Self and Not-Self were interrelated; and that, in this life at least, ideas were constantly being transformed into matter.
The ability of the entity to transform energy into an idea and then to construct it physically determines the entity's place on the physical evolutionary plane.
Simple organisms are capable of "picking up" fewer communications.
Their range is less, but the vitality and validity of their constructions is excellent.
In simple organisms such as the paramecium and amoeba, the few sharp ideas received are constructed almost simultaneously, without reflection.
The organism needs no other mechanism to translate ideas.
What it has is sufficient.
More complicated organisms - mammals, for example - have need of further mechanisms to construct ideas because they are able to perceive more of them.
Here memory is an element.
Now the organism has a built-in ghost image of past constructions by which to perfect and test new ones.
Reflection of some sort enters into the picture, and with it the organism is given more to do.
Slowly, within its range of receptivity, it is given some choice in the actual construction of ideas into physical reality.
The reflection is brief, but for a moment the animal partakes of a new dimension.
The shadow of time glimmers in his eyes as the still imperfected memory of past constructions lingers in his consciousness.
As yet, memory storage is small, but now the instantaneous construction is no longer instantaneous, in our terms.
There is a pause: the organism - dog or tiger - can choose to attack or not to attack.
The amoeba must construct its small world without reflection and without time as we know it.
Entities with still broader range need more complicated structure.
The scope of their receptivity is so large that the simple autonomic nervous system is not enough.
The amoeba constructs each idea it receives, because it is able to receive so few.
All must be constructed to ensure survival.
With man, the opposite becomes true.
He has such a range of receptivity that it is impossible for him to construct all of his ideas physically.
As his scope is widened, a mechanism was necessary that would allow him to choose.
Self-consciousness and reason were the answers.
Suddenly, time blossomed like a strange flower in his skull.
Before this he was transfixed in the present.
But memory produced another dimension in the animal and man carried it
further.
No longer did memory flicker briefly and disappear, enclosing him in darkness again.
Now it stretched brightly behind him and also stretched out ahead - a road on which he always saw his own changing image.
He learned continuity.
And with his focused memory at his command, man's ego was born, which could follow its own identity through the maze of blazing impulses that beset him, could recognize itself through the pattern of continuing constructions and could separate itself from its action in the physical world.
Here you have the birth of subject and object, the I AM who is the doer and constructor, and the construction itself.
This new dimension enabled the species to manipulate and recognize its own constructions and freed it to focus greater energy in projecting some ideas over others.
In other words, conscious purpose became possible, physically.
Somewhere along the line, however, man began to divorce himself almost completely and artificially from his own constructions.
Hence his groping, his sense of alienation from nature, his search for a Cause or Creator of a creation he no longer recognized as his own."
~ Seth/Jane Roberts
Simple organisms are capable of "picking up" fewer communications.
Their range is less, but the vitality and validity of their constructions is excellent.
In simple organisms such as the paramecium and amoeba, the few sharp ideas received are constructed almost simultaneously, without reflection.
The organism needs no other mechanism to translate ideas.
What it has is sufficient.
More complicated organisms - mammals, for example - have need of further mechanisms to construct ideas because they are able to perceive more of them.
Here memory is an element.
Now the organism has a built-in ghost image of past constructions by which to perfect and test new ones.
Reflection of some sort enters into the picture, and with it the organism is given more to do.
Slowly, within its range of receptivity, it is given some choice in the actual construction of ideas into physical reality.
The reflection is brief, but for a moment the animal partakes of a new dimension.
The shadow of time glimmers in his eyes as the still imperfected memory of past constructions lingers in his consciousness.
As yet, memory storage is small, but now the instantaneous construction is no longer instantaneous, in our terms.
There is a pause: the organism - dog or tiger - can choose to attack or not to attack.
The amoeba must construct its small world without reflection and without time as we know it.
Entities with still broader range need more complicated structure.
The scope of their receptivity is so large that the simple autonomic nervous system is not enough.
The amoeba constructs each idea it receives, because it is able to receive so few.
All must be constructed to ensure survival.
With man, the opposite becomes true.
He has such a range of receptivity that it is impossible for him to construct all of his ideas physically.
As his scope is widened, a mechanism was necessary that would allow him to choose.
Self-consciousness and reason were the answers.
Suddenly, time blossomed like a strange flower in his skull.
Before this he was transfixed in the present.
But memory produced another dimension in the animal and man carried it
further.
No longer did memory flicker briefly and disappear, enclosing him in darkness again.
Now it stretched brightly behind him and also stretched out ahead - a road on which he always saw his own changing image.
He learned continuity.
And with his focused memory at his command, man's ego was born, which could follow its own identity through the maze of blazing impulses that beset him, could recognize itself through the pattern of continuing constructions and could separate itself from its action in the physical world.
Here you have the birth of subject and object, the I AM who is the doer and constructor, and the construction itself.
This new dimension enabled the species to manipulate and recognize its own constructions and freed it to focus greater energy in projecting some ideas over others.
In other words, conscious purpose became possible, physically.
Somewhere along the line, however, man began to divorce himself almost completely and artificially from his own constructions.
Hence his groping, his sense of alienation from nature, his search for a Cause or Creator of a creation he no longer recognized as his own."
~ Seth/Jane Roberts
--"Dreams, Evolution & Value Fulfillment",Vol. 1, Session 891, Notes.2005 Copyright Robert F. Butts.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Dealing with suffering
“To be free of pain, we must go to the very end of it.
We must neither resist or resent it....
The suffering becomes a great revelation.
It enables us to see the false supports we have been leaning on.
By dropping them, the truth comes to support us completely.
Everything depends on whether we use our pains wisely.”
~Vernon Howard, The Power of Your Supermind
“And then there is the sense that, in spite of Everything
--I suppose this is the ultimate mystical conviction--
in spite of Pain,
in spite of Death,
in spite of Horror,
the universe is in some way All Right,
capital A, capital R.”
~Aldous Huxley
We must neither resist or resent it....
The suffering becomes a great revelation.
It enables us to see the false supports we have been leaning on.
By dropping them, the truth comes to support us completely.
Everything depends on whether we use our pains wisely.”
~Vernon Howard, The Power of Your Supermind
“And then there is the sense that, in spite of Everything
--I suppose this is the ultimate mystical conviction--
in spite of Pain,
in spite of Death,
in spite of Horror,
the universe is in some way All Right,
capital A, capital R.”
~Aldous Huxley
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Love
"For one human being to love another:
that is perhaps the most difficult task of all ...,
the work for which all other work is but preparation.
It is a high inducement to the individual to ripen ...
a great exacting claim upon us, something that chooses us out
and calls us to vast things."
--Rainer Maria Rilke
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Value Decisions
"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,
by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion."
~ Simone de Beauvoir
by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion."
~ Simone de Beauvoir
Sunday, January 18, 2009
The Way the Wind Blows
"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. "
~Kahlil Gibran
~Kahlil Gibran
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Gratitude
Beatitudes
for Friends of Persons With Disabilities
Blessed are you who take time to listen to difficult speech,
For you help me to know that if I persevere I can be understood.
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Blessed are you who never bid me to “hurry up”
for Friends of Persons With Disabilities
Blessed are you who take time to listen to difficult speech,
For you help me to know that if I persevere I can be understood.
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Blessed are you who never bid me to “hurry up”
and take my tasks from me and do them for me,
For often I need time, rather than help.
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For often I need time, rather than help.
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Blessed are you who stand beside me as I enter new and untried ventures,
For my failures will be outweighed by the times I surprise myself and you.
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Blessed are you who understand that it is difficult for me to put my thoughts into words.
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Blessed are you who never remind me that today I asked the same question two times.
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Blessed are you who respect me and love me just as I am,
And do not wish I would be otherwise.
WEAVE, WEAVE US TOGETHER, TOGETHER IN LOVE.
"God has given each of you some special abilities;
be sure to use them to help each other."
(1Peter 4:7-11)
(1Peter 4:7-11)
And God Said...
...No
I asked God to take away my pride.
And God said, "No."
He said it was not for Him to take away, but for me to give up.
I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
And God said, "No."
He said her spirit was whole, her body was only temporary.
I asked God to grant me patience.
And God said, "No."
He said patience is a by-product of tribulations. It isn't granted, it is earned.
I asked God to give me happiness.
And God said, "No."
He said He gives me blessings, happiness is up to me.
I asked God to spare me pain.
And God said, "No."
He said suffering draws me apart from worldly cares and brings me closer to Him.
I asked God to make my spirit grow.
And God said, "No."
He said I must grow on my own. But He will prune me to make me fruitful.
I asked for all things that I might enjoy life.
And God said, "No."
He said He will give me life, that I may enjoy all things.
I asked God to help me love others, as much as he loves me.
And God said, "Ah, finally you have the idea!"
© Claudia Minden Weisz
"When we look back and wonder how we ever made it through,
we realize it's not because we are clever, but because God has been wise."
--Author Unknown
I asked God to take away my pride.
And God said, "No."
He said it was not for Him to take away, but for me to give up.
I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
And God said, "No."
He said her spirit was whole, her body was only temporary.
I asked God to grant me patience.
And God said, "No."
He said patience is a by-product of tribulations. It isn't granted, it is earned.
I asked God to give me happiness.
And God said, "No."
He said He gives me blessings, happiness is up to me.
I asked God to spare me pain.
And God said, "No."
He said suffering draws me apart from worldly cares and brings me closer to Him.
I asked God to make my spirit grow.
And God said, "No."
He said I must grow on my own. But He will prune me to make me fruitful.
I asked for all things that I might enjoy life.
And God said, "No."
He said He will give me life, that I may enjoy all things.
I asked God to help me love others, as much as he loves me.
And God said, "Ah, finally you have the idea!"
© Claudia Minden Weisz
"When we look back and wonder how we ever made it through,
we realize it's not because we are clever, but because God has been wise."
--Author Unknown
Monday, August 18, 2008
Quotes to Live By
“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life.
Comes into us at midnight very clean.
It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands.
It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.”
-- John Wayne
"When you come to the edge of all the light you know,
and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown,
faith is knowing one of two things will happen:
there will be something solid to stand on,
or you will be taught how to fly."
-- Barbara J. Winter
"Reflect upon your present blessings,
of which every man has plenty;
not on your past misfortunes,
of which all men have some."
– Charles Dickens
Comes into us at midnight very clean.
It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands.
It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.”
-- John Wayne
"When you come to the edge of all the light you know,
and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown,
faith is knowing one of two things will happen:
there will be something solid to stand on,
or you will be taught how to fly."
-- Barbara J. Winter
"Reflect upon your present blessings,
of which every man has plenty;
not on your past misfortunes,
of which all men have some."
– Charles Dickens
Sunday, August 3, 2008
The Chair
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A poem about the Power of Positive Thinking
It sits there at the crest of the beach,
on the rise just before the sand dips towards the water's edge.
A lone beach chair, seemingly abandoned.
It's a jaunty chair with its yellow striped canvas seat and sailboats floating on its blue and yellow back support.
It lists just a bit to the left, almost rakishly, as it nestles in the sand, surveying the sea.
It is a chair made just for sitting, and sitting on the sand at that.
It has no legs to get in the way of stretching out, relaxing,
and letting the sun seep into your bones and warm your soul.
It is so unlike another chair I know. A black chair with wheels.
A chair that does not survey the vastness of the ocean with a jaunty air,
but rather a chair that defines a narrower kingdom.
And yet, I think this other chair is a happier chair than the one that sits and stares out to sea,
for it is a chair with wheels that take the place of legs no longer able to propel their owner forth.
This other chair is not made for sitting and looking at the world.
It is a chair built for exploring, for meeting life face to face and tasting of its spirit.
Perhaps this chair should have a seat of yellow and white stripes,
and a back support adorned with sailboats.
A far better statement of its adventurous and joyous possibilities.
~Suzanne Mintz
From The National Family Caregivers Association
http://www.nfcacares.org/improving_caregiving/believe_in_your_family.cfm
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A poem about the Power of Positive Thinking
It sits there at the crest of the beach,
on the rise just before the sand dips towards the water's edge.
A lone beach chair, seemingly abandoned.
It's a jaunty chair with its yellow striped canvas seat and sailboats floating on its blue and yellow back support.
It lists just a bit to the left, almost rakishly, as it nestles in the sand, surveying the sea.
It is a chair made just for sitting, and sitting on the sand at that.
It has no legs to get in the way of stretching out, relaxing,
and letting the sun seep into your bones and warm your soul.
It is so unlike another chair I know. A black chair with wheels.
A chair that does not survey the vastness of the ocean with a jaunty air,
but rather a chair that defines a narrower kingdom.
And yet, I think this other chair is a happier chair than the one that sits and stares out to sea,
for it is a chair with wheels that take the place of legs no longer able to propel their owner forth.
This other chair is not made for sitting and looking at the world.
It is a chair built for exploring, for meeting life face to face and tasting of its spirit.
Perhaps this chair should have a seat of yellow and white stripes,
and a back support adorned with sailboats.
A far better statement of its adventurous and joyous possibilities.
~Suzanne Mintz
From The National Family Caregivers Association
http://www.nfcacares.org/improving_caregiving/believe_in_your_family.cfm
Discovery
"When we seek to discover the best in others....we somehow bring out the best in ourselves."
~William Arthur Ward
~William Arthur Ward
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Timing
"Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.'
Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."
~Napoleon Hill 1883-1970, Author
Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."
~Napoleon Hill 1883-1970, Author
Who Am I To Be?
“Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.
And, as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
~Nelson Mandela
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.
And, as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
~Nelson Mandela
Anonymous
Risk
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel,change, grow, love, live.
Chained by their certitudes, they are a slave, they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.
~Anonymous
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel,change, grow, love, live.
Chained by their certitudes, they are a slave, they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.
~Anonymous
Chinese Proverb
"Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it."
---Chinese proverb
---Chinese proverb
The Benedictine Code
Be An Instrument of Good
~The Benedictines
A good way to live, whatever your faith. I received this code from a friend in 1989, and it has been a good way to live. I haven't always been able to follow all of it, but just in trying, I feel my life has had a soul-satisfying direction and purpose.
- Learn to enjoy things without owning them.
- Spend time each day with positive thoughts and ideas.
- Own your personal limits.
- Share your talents and time with the community.
- Care for a plant, garden or other living things.
- Learn to live with ambiguity.
- Dress simply and neatly.
- Reject consumption patterns that breed oppression for other people or the earth.
- Find inexpensive ways to celebrate life.
- Exercise regularly.
- Help create an atmosphere that fosters contemplation.
- Develop a deeper appreciation for all creation.
- Let nothing distract you from your main goal – to seek God.
- Learn to eat sensibly and sensitively.
- Make recreation healthy, happy and gadget-free.
- Know the difference between significant travel and self-indulgent travel.
- Live now the way you would honestly like to live.
- Join with others in reshaping institutions in order to bring about a more just global society.
- Seek peace and pursue it.
- Become acquainted with different races and cultures.
- Choose work that is fulfilling and contributes to the well-being of others.
- Recycle whatever you can.
- Purchase goods that are durable, usable and beautiful.
- Make a yearly inventory of your clothes and possessions and develop a habit of giving things away.
- Practice conservation of natural resources.
- Speak from your heart.
~The Benedictines
A good way to live, whatever your faith. I received this code from a friend in 1989, and it has been a good way to live. I haven't always been able to follow all of it, but just in trying, I feel my life has had a soul-satisfying direction and purpose.
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