We are our own law....the power of the mind has no boundaries...

What it does mean living by your code?

Code of ethics is actually stricter than any law of the land.

Your standards require you to keep a closer watch on your actions than any law could.

We hold our self to a higher standard than anyone else expects of us, just as Henry Ward Beecher suggests that you should do.
He doesn’t bend his “rules” as one does with discretionary laws such as speed limits, etc. For this reason, he finds most laws useless.

The true being of character doesn’t need laws in order to do what they should. We simply do what’s right regardless of whether or not there is a law to guide us.

Moreover, even if there were no laws, we would still live the same lifestyle of honour and integrity.

The point here is that we set our own law.

That law is our code of honour or code of ethics. We decide what is right and what is just, and lives accordingly.

"You may be thinking if everyone did that we would have anarchy, and you would be exactly right. Everyone is not a being of honour.
That is why we have to have laws - for lesser being who will not discipline themselves." said Joan

Sometimes we falter slightly; but the main purpose is to respond quickly with a positive attitude.

ps/smoh

We all have a set of rules we follow which serves as a guide to our lives. For the most part, these rules exist in the background. Although they are often concealed from conscious awareness, they shape our expectations and interactions. Uncovering and becoming aware of these rules or conditions is essential for us to move powerfully forward on purpose.  By exposing and clarifying what our expectations or life rules are, we become free to examine just how they support or hinder us in our relationships and in the achievement of our goals.

Always watch what people do, not merely what they say or the image they portray.

You have to learn to read people.

Don’t just listen to the words that they speak, but also pay attention to their mannerisms. Listen to the tone of their voice. 

Are they being sarcastic or sincere? 

Are they just blowing off steam? 

Do they really mean what they are saying? 

Pay attention to their facial expressions and their eyes. 

Their overall manner of speaking can tell you a lot about the underlying meaning of their words. 

Think about what is motivating them to say what they are saying.

The majority of people no longer live by the old adage that their word is their honour. 

They don’t think twice about lying straight to your face and they can do it without even batting an eyelash. You have to learn to read between the lines.

Learn to distinguish between a person of honour, who means what he/she says and says what he/she means, and the dishonourable person who will say whatever is to their advantage, whether it is true or not. 

Many people have perfected the art of deception.

Even the truth can have different meanings, depending on how it is spoken. 

You have to become proficient at looking beyond the obvious, and evaluate not only what is being said, but how it is being said. 

What is the person truly trying to express or hide with one's words?

Don’t just take someone’s words at face value. 

Look for the “real” meaning behind the words. It is important to be more insightful than the average person who is deceived time and time again by what people say.

ps/smoh

If you want to change the world—man—love a woman.

"If you want to change the world, love a woman—really love her.
Find the one who calls to your soul, who doesn’t make sense.
Throw away your check list and put your ear to her heart and listen.
Hear the names, the prayers, the songs of every living thing—every winged one, every furry and scaled one, every underground and underwater one, every green and flowering one, every not yet born and dying one…
Hear their melancholy praises back to the One who gave them life.
If you haven’t heard your own name yet, you haven’t listened long enough.
If your eyes aren’t filled with tears, if you aren’t bowing at her feet, you haven’t ever grieved having almost lost her.

If you want to change the world, love a woman
—one woman beyond yourself, beyond desire and reason,
beyond your male preferences for youth, beauty and variety
and all your superficial concepts of freedom.
We have given ourselves so many choices
we have forgotten that true liberation
comes from standing in the middle of the soul’s fire
and burning through our resistance to Love.
There is only one Goddess.
Look into Her eyes and see - really see
if she is the one to bring the axe to your head.
If not, walk away. Right now.
Don’t waste time 'trying.'
Know that your decision has nothing to do with her
because ultimately it’s not with who,
but when we choose to surrender.

If you want to change the world, love a woman.
Love her for life—beyond your fear of death,
beyond your fear of being manipulated
by the Mother inside your head.
Don’t tell her you’re willing to die for her.
Say you’re willing to LIVE with her,
plant trees with her and watch them grow.
Be her hero by telling her how beautiful she is in her vulnerable majesty,
by helping her to remember every day that she IS Goddess
through your adoration and devotion.

If you want to change the world, love a woman
in all her faces, through all her seasons
and she will heal you of your schizophrenia
your double-mindedness and half-heartedness
which keeps your Spirit and body separate
which keeps you alone and always looking outside your Self
for something to make your life worth living.
There will always be another woman.
Soon the new shiny one will become the old dull one
and you’ll grow restless again, trading in women like cars,
trading in the Goddess for the latest object of your desire.
Man doesn’t need any more choices.
What man needs is Woman, the Way of the Feminine,
of Patience and Compassion, non-seeking, non-doing,
of breathing in one place and sinking deep
intertwining roots strong enough to hold the Earth together
while she shakes off the cement and steel from her skin.

If you want to change the world, love a woman, just one woman.
Love and protect her as if she is the last holy vessel.
Love her through her fear of abandonment
which she has been holding for all of humanity.
No, the wound is not hers to heal alone.
No, she is not weak in her co-dependence.
If you want to change the world, love a woman
all the way through until she believes you,
until her instincts, her visions, her voice, her art, her passion,
her wildness have returned to her
until she is a force of love more powerful
than all the political media demons
who seek to devalue and destroy her.

If you want to change the world,
lay down your causes, your guns and protest signs.
Lay down your inner war, your righteous anger
and love a woman
beyond all of your striving for greatness,
beyond your tenacious quest for enlightenment.
The holy grail stands before you
if you would only take her in your arms
and let go of searching for something beyond this intimacy.

What if peace is a dream which can only be remembered
through the heart of Woman ?
What if a man’s love for Woman, the Way of the Feminine
is the key to opening Her heart ?

If you want to change the world, love a woman
to the depths of your shadow,
to the highest reaches of your Being,
back to the Garden where you first met her,
to the gateway of the rainbow realm
where you walk through together as Light as One,
to the point of no return,
to the ends and the beginning
of a new Earth."

- Lisa Citore ~ ♥ ~

I love her work!

A question for theists....

God commands nothing! Only started the ball rolling, never interfered since!!!!!

If God commanded a particular action because it was morally right then why would he not command all morally right decisions? And if we made morally right decisions because of God Commanding it.

Then what happens to free choice and common sense?

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." The concept of the Supreme Being is balanced and indifferent.

“And the reason this is a problem for theists is because they believe in a perfect and good God. If the first case is true, morals and God are separate and morals would seem to dictate to God what should be done, which makes God not all powerful. In the second case, God must have reason for his commands or they are arbitrary and if they are arbitrary he could command anything he wants, such as rape pillage and steal. Thus 'good' would not be a part of God's being” – said Garrett

“What you don’t understand is that there is no answer for this question because it is not a question you ask. The Creator is the only reason why morals exist and why we exist. How can we place limits on the Creator and say that he is not "good" when he created good. We obey the Creator because he knows what’s best we here we obey” – Justin responded.

“God is unbiased in the creation. Do what is morally right because we CAN, because we MUST....through LOVE and Love alone” – said I

No ONE rules if no one obeys.

Good person do not need a ‘law’ to tell them to act responsibly...

If you really want to do something, you will find a way, but when you don’t you will find 1001 or more excuses.

"The minute you hear ‘freedom’ or ‘democracy’, watch out because in a truly free nation, NO ONE has to tell you that you are free" - Fresco

ps/smoh

From breakdown to breakthrough...

There is a time for deep emotional work through to clear our debris, to heal our hearts, to regain our freshness of appreciation.

At the same time, we have to be careful that we are actually working through rather than bogging down.

It’s a fine line between a healthy reclaiming of the feelings that we left behind us on the path the power of ‘then’and
an unhealthy and repetitive recreation of our past suffering. 

Repressed emotions are un-actualized spiritual lessons. 

The emotional body is the karmic field where our soul’s lessons are harvested. Moving forward on the path requires that we work the feelings all the way through to the expansion at their heart.

I think something to always remember, is we 'can'! 

We can move forward.and we do!  

Even the recognition of our life is a step forward, for we are seeing as what was, rather than what is, because at recognition, one is no longer living the past forward, but viewing the past backward. 

It's at this point; we may turn ahead and carry on working our life into a clean new direction, not carrying the past in our shoes, but in our backpack. 

Eventually, we all go home after school; put down the backpack so we can play, eat, study and rest.

Ps/smoh

Those who know the least obey the best. Farquhar

People of the past have always valued improving their mind. 

Reading and studying were a part of their routine and they valued knowledge. Just like your counterparts of old, you should also value knowledge.

Those without knowledge, as Farquhar states, are easy to control and to take advantage of by those who have knowledge. 

When knowledge is looked at from this vantage point, you can consider studying and acquiring knowledge of various things, as being part of your self-defence.

Self-defence involves much more than defending yourself physically against some thug, especially in today’s society.

There are so many ways that people can hurt you today. 

A physical assault, although the main focus of self-defence, is but one way that you can be attacked. Your enemies who are less physical and more educated, will more likely assault you through other means, usually having to do with their knowledge and twisted character.

For this reason, it is vital that you also arm yourself with a well-balanced knowledge of the world. Know your rights and the law so others cannot use your ignorance as a weapon against you. 

This is important even in a physical confrontation.

You must know the law concerning how much force you can legally use, in order to defend yourself against legal prosecution, even though you are in the right. 

If you lack knowledge, you are putting yourself at risk. Those without knowledge have a hole in their defence. 

Think about this.

ps/smoh

have a rest...

Words may help you understand something, but experience allows you to know. Never, ever trade your own experience for someone else's words about anything that is really important.
 
Like God, for instance. Or love. Or what is true about another. 

The work of your soul is not limited to the self. 

The work of the soul is to also care for the souls of others. It is to care for all souls. For your soul realizes that there is really Only One Soul, individualized in countless forms.

Rest your thoughts and emotions today. 

Take a break from figuring it all out. Turn over your concerns to your Higher Self and trust it can and will heal, guide, and relieve you of all you carry in fear. 

Rest today and know all is well.

With love 

So it is

Namaste

ps/smoh