Week 44 - Sitting in the Power

Rules for Being Human

“Each of us brings a separate truth here. We bring the truth of our own life, our story. We do not come as empty vessels… But rather we come as full people, people who have our own story and our own truth. We seek to add to our truths and add to our stories. This room is rich with truth, rich with experience. May we recognize the truth and the story of everyone’s life.” - Penny Hackett-Evans

We all want to live a happy life and have a right to do so, whether through work or spiritual practice. I am subject to destructive emotions like anger and jealousy the same as you, but we all have potential for good too. However, our existing system is oriented towards material development; neglecting inner values. Consequently, we lack a clear awareness of the inner values that are the basis of a happy life.

If Life is a Game, These Are the Rules (Excerpted from Rules for Being Human by Cherie Carter-Scott)

When you were born, you did not come with an owner’s manual; these guidelines make life work better.

1.     You Will Receive a Body. You may like it or hate it, but it is the only thing you are sure to keep for the rest of your life.

2.     You will Learn Lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called “Life on Planet Earth.” Every person or incident is the Universal Teacher.

3.     There are No Mistakes, Only Lessons. Growth is a process of experimentation. “Failures” are as much a part of the process as “success.”

4.     A lesson is Repeated Until Learned. It is presented to you in various forms until you learn it – then you can go on to the next lesson.

5.     “There” is No Better Than “Here”. When your “there” becomes a “here” you will simply obtain another “there” that again looks better than “here.”

6.     Others Are Only Mirrors of You. You cannot love or hate something about another unless it reflects something you love or hate in yourself.

7.     What You Make of Your Life is Up to You. Every person creates his or her own reality. Imagine yourself at 90 years old, looking back at your life. What do you want to see?

8.     You Always Get What You Want. Your subconscious rightfully determines what energies, experiences, and people you attract – therefore, the only foolproof way to know what you want is to see what you have. There are no victims, only students.

9.     Your Answers Lie Inside of You. All you need to do is to look inside, listen, and trust yourself.

10. You Will Forget All of This at Birth. Somewhere along your journey from the spiritual world to the physical one, you simply forgot these Rules. But you can remember at any time.

Life holds thresholds that represent pivotal moments of transition and transformation, marking the boundary between one state of being and another. Thresholds mark movement in our lives, spiritually, physically, emotionally, mentally.

“It is the space between what has been and what is to come, between who you are now and who you are meant to be. It is a tipping point, at once the culmination of longing unobserved and the initiation of transformation that awaits. And, at the same time, it is a stand-still—a pause in the present between past and future; an interlude between two acts that shape the stories of our lives.” https://www.asacredjourney.net/category/intentional-living/