Zoarastrianism.
"Good thoughts, good words, good deeds."
Simple prescription!

As a Christian I would prefer the following verses:

Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth..."

John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

Luke 10:27
He answered: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' ; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself."

The above answers the four fundamental questions I believe all philosophies must answer : Origin, Meaning, Morality, Destiny.

Have a great weekend.

Hi DK,

This golden rule policy, if implemented concurrently system wide, would have a dramatic effect. The reason Being (both noun and verb) that GRP naturally increases harmony especially in relationships and eliminates the increased costs of fear.

I think a good number of people already practice this policy. I have also seen where fear and scarcity can cause irrational behavior such as not following this golden rule policy.

When there is harmony there is greater intelligence and productivity and increased energy available to all entities.

Collective application of the GRP leads to a resonance between participating entities empowering both individually and collectively while manifesting prosperity and abundance, each a level according to their measure of contribution and benefit provided in ratio to the total number of entities multiplied by the value of benefit provided to each entity by the efforts of the contributing entity which can be an individual or group or any scale.

In a resonant system the level and quality of output is much greater with less effort.

I think a good number of people already practice this policy. I have also seen where fear and scarcity can cause irrational behavior such as not following this golden rule policy.

There is this argument though in that others may not want the same as you would. So I like to introduce:

THE PLATINUM RULE
Create a good experience for everyone you meet and if you not sure ask them.

Guess what based on pure math, if everyone did the above, everyone would be guaranteed a good experience.

The Platinum Taboo, or should we say symbolically the Coal Tar and Feather Taboo should be to create a bad experience for anyone.

THE PLATINUM RULE (ver.02)
Create a good experience for everyone you meet and one will inquire as to what would contribute to manifesting another self’s desired experience, within reason of course. Such as to create an alignment of intention to manifest such desired experience.

dear DK,
My highschool secretary, Mrs. Mitchell wished me well on my graduation day and offered this sage advice on my journey through life ...
'just be decent'
:)
love to you & your family,
~ Kate

I think that the Golden Rule, if just a moral percept we try to impose on ourselves, cannot change much. There are rules upon rules in this world...

But as soon as this principle is understood in one's own body, mind and life, its truth becomes evident. When one's consciousness has opened up to the realization that "I am you, you are me"... then there is no need for rules, one simply ceases to have self-destructive impulses.

And that is what life is doing for everyone - giving us the kindest possible opportunities to observe both the hurt of another in ourselves and also the happiness of another in ourselves. Until one day it dawns on us ... there is no difference :)

I've also come across a Platinum Rule, in some of the modern success/wisdom literature, which reads: "Do unto others as they would want done unto themselves". Meaning, don't just assume others want what you want; treat them as *they* want to be treated. Not to nitpick, but I think this takes other-centeredness to the next level.

Aurora, what you said resonates with me. When we bring ourselves into harmony with the universe, then externally-imposed rules are no longer needed.

Dear sWORDSman,

It is always fascinating how everything is correct from a certain point of view...

Rules are very good when we adopt them as an intention for where we want our development to take us.
So adopting a rule like "do onto others as you would want done unto yourself" has its undeniable beauty and value and it would be wonderful if we could have a global economy based on that. The same with "do onto others as they would want done unto themselves", as you suggest.

But everything depends on the point from where we look at these rules. I know from experience how humorous life can become when the ego assumes that others want the same surface things that we want or when we assume that we know what others want and try to "offer" it.

But going deeper, there is no difference between what we want and what others want. In the depth of our being, we all want the same thing- to become aware of who/what we are. When going deeper inside our identity, the "doing" becomes the doing of one entity onto itself. And I mean any kind of doing, regardless of how it looks on the surface. Sometimes the most awakening "doings" are the ones that don't taste very sweetly.

Ultimately, there is a place from where there is no doing anyway. Doing only appears to be happening, and this appearance leaves traces of vibrant joy. But sure, our global economy is not quite there yet :)

Aloha DK and Everyone

I find the brain blames. I love how Candace Pert shares, when she drops a cup, her body feels the emotion and molecules send the message to the brain and the brain interprets the emotion as her husband's fault. And I guess that is what Deepak means when he shares if he could change anything it would be precognitive thought. Whoever has the gold rules is old style thinking. It would be to think with the heart. The Chinese character for intelligence is with the heart and mind. love patty

I don't think the Golden Rule should be classified as a *rule* in the sense that it is something that should be imposed on us. It is a *principle* which has stood the test of time.

And regardless of what we say we believe, principles are what we live by. Like Aurora said, once this principle is understood in one's body, mind and spirit, its truth becomes self evident. We then know the sheer power inherent in simple kindnesses to others and to ourselves. Kindness then becomes effortless and ultimately leads to Love.

I like to say "If it is good for You, It's good for Me."

bonnie

I was writing something in agreement with that Bonnie...

I think the GR is naturally applied at a certain level of conscious awareness because one understands the long term benefits to one's self in being this way.

This means that it is not so much a rule to self impose, but the natural way of being that occurs when many of the fictions in the mind have been resolved.

It can be difficult at times when one is attempting to live the truth amongst others living in fiction, yet the truth will prevail because it has a foundation. Those most needing love are those that are most difficult to love.

While one cannot force change on others, one can speed individual and collective evolution by being a voice of wisdom, reason, and insight, while imparting awareness and intelligence.

Force and threat of punishment cannot be used to create harmony, better that we articulate the benefits of right action, so that entities gravitate of their own accord to more constructive and beneficial interaction with other elements in their reality.

Once exposed to an idea or thought, embraced or not a mind is seeded and the truth eventually becomes self evident over time.

Therefore the action that most bring change to the world is to flood the communication channels with evolved thinking, exposing minds to wisdom, insight, and intelligence, increasing awareness eventually diluting the ignorance and fictions so as to render these voices to be inconsequential.

This is what OneClickRevolution.com is being designed to do, provide a channel by which individuals can help saturate the media space with excellent thought and revolutionary ideas.

This combined effort achieving what we as individuals cannot on a large scale being steered by collective intention and unable to be warped by individual separatists intentions.

Secondly, and yet most importantly, demonstrating by example in our own local realm of activity the creation of prosperity, abundance and success for our self and our selves around us.

Some time back I read a refreshingly different take on the Ten Commandments. The writer said that the word "Shall" (as in "Thou shall not kill") could be interpreted as a statement, not an imperative or command. That is, those ten sentences were simply a description of what we would do when operating in harmony with the universe. We would naturally not lie, steal, kill, etc.

Makes sense, doesn't it?

Great guidelines! Thanks DK.

Anyway ... the 10 commandments - I also believe are excellent guidelines to live by and were given to us for a reason. According to the Bible, man (kind) needs laws when they are the outlaw....well put it in my own words. The closer we get to our higher self, these laws do become natural or common sense. Because to break one of the 10 always hurts another or ourself. So that's why Jesus said that to love God first and neighbor next, as all the laws apply in love. Therefore, these are valid laws and I don't think God would ever say do them if you want to, but more like do them if you can. And I believe that we are forgiven in advance, as we break the number one law of love (& others) many times within a day from what I can understand. It's all about reaching up for the light and never stopping or giving up .... maybe take a little rest here and there :-)

It's easiest for me to perceive how God can forgive if I look at it with us being new born babies that poops in its diaper and the parent lovingly reaches over and picks the baby up, as the parent tender cleans the baby and puts it back into a comfortable bed with a kiss or cradles the baby while singing sweet songs to it.

In short, after the long, we are really all One, so whatever we do to another, we do to that part of ourself that appears to be separated. It will always hurt us to hurt another, even if only our soul knows and we cannot perceive it or are aware of it at the time.

Love, Char