Rules for Being Human
When you were born, unfortunately you didn't come with an owner's manual: these guidelines will help make your 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 the 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 it is learned. It is presented to you in various forms until you learn it - then you can go on to the next lesson.
5. If you don't learn the easy lessons, they get harder. External problems are a precise reflection of your internal state. When you clear inner obstructions, your outside world changes. Pain is how the Universe gets your attention.
6. You will know you've learned a lesson when your actions change. Wisdom is practice. A little of something is better than a lot of nothing.
7. "There" is no better than "here." When your "there" becomes "here" you will simply obtain another "there" that again looks better then "here."
8. Others are only mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another unless it reflects something you love or hate in your self.
9. Your life is up to you. Life provides the canvas; you do the painting. Take charge of your life - or someone else will.
10. You will 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.
11. There is no right or wrong, but there are consequences. Moralizing doesn't help. Judgements only hold the patterns in place. Just do your best.
12. Your answers lie inside you. Children need guidance from others; as we mature, we trust our hearts where the Laws of Spirit are written. You know more that you have heard or read or have been told. All you need to do is to look, listen and trust.
13. You will forget all this.
14. You can remember any time you wish.
(from the book, If life is a Game, These are the Rules by Cherie Carter- Scott)
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 the 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 it is learned. It is presented to you in various forms until you learn it - then you can go on to the next lesson.
5. If you don't learn the easy lessons, they get harder. External problems are a precise reflection of your internal state. When you clear inner obstructions, your outside world changes. Pain is how the Universe gets your attention.
6. You will know you've learned a lesson when your actions change. Wisdom is practice. A little of something is better than a lot of nothing.
7. "There" is no better than "here." When your "there" becomes "here" you will simply obtain another "there" that again looks better then "here."
8. Others are only mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another unless it reflects something you love or hate in your self.
9. Your life is up to you. Life provides the canvas; you do the painting. Take charge of your life - or someone else will.
10. You will 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.
11. There is no right or wrong, but there are consequences. Moralizing doesn't help. Judgements only hold the patterns in place. Just do your best.
12. Your answers lie inside you. Children need guidance from others; as we mature, we trust our hearts where the Laws of Spirit are written. You know more that you have heard or read or have been told. All you need to do is to look, listen and trust.
13. You will forget all this.
14. You can remember any time you wish.
(from the book, If life is a Game, These are the Rules by Cherie Carter- Scott)