In the process of 'getting real' and making my approach to Life and Living more practical, more real-time physical-reality oriented and less mental/intellectual, as well as moving from ego to life, I see the emphasis more on the actual living of/in moments wherein my behavior, thoughts, words and deeds reflect who I am and how I stand.
This 'who I am' and 'how I stand' is usually in our world/society determined by environmental imprints, influences, perceptions and belief-systems. These are the factors around which we, mostly unaware, design our self-beliefs: our ideas and judgments about ourselves, our fears and desires, the perception and thus experience of ourselves in the world – it is all conditioned, that 'self' as consciousness is in fact pre-designed, we merely become it, embody it, so much so that it’s “just who we are”, and we are predictable.
Now –
With awareness of and about the patterns and systems that make up that 'self', as one starts to question the world, the systems, the accepted human nature and consequently one's own self (or all that in reverse);
With self-honesty in terms of seeing where and how such ideas and judgments, fears and desires, beliefs and definitions, ‘inferiorities’ and ‘superiorities’ are self-limiting, degrading, or abusive, deceptive – how such matrices are a construct in the image and likeness of this equally abusive and deceptive world system, and not who we really are as LIFE;
And with practical common sense in terms of seeing and understanding one’s own role/part within the creation of it all and taking self-responsibility;
one realizes that practical principles are required to ground and allocate self, and for me that principle I remember already as a child has been: the value of life, equality and oneness. I didn’t understand why religion existed, why people defined themselves by their differences and would fight for their ‘own’ to be ‘the best’. In fact most children will probably tell you that what’s best includes all.
In terms of how to live by principle in everyday life, practically, holistically, in all aspects of my life, I embrace the following principles that I’d like to share here for others to consider or be inspired but also for myself –
as I in writings to come want to visit each principle/aspect and have a look at how I have lived it so far or whether I had limited myself in that aspect, look at how I as an individual expression of life can uniquely embody such living principle, and where/how I can support myself more effectively in expanding my personal awareness, freedom and thus also responsibility – in moving myself in alignment with my principles and living my values such that the value does not remain in the mental/intellectual realm but is made real through/as real living in every moment -
hence the realization: it is I in awareness as life/as LIVING in every moment with every breath that is challenged here to take directive and live by principle - through my behavior, my participation, my thoughts, words, and deeds, my presence as who I am, in every moment. I decide who I am.
In every moment thus is decided and accumulated: who I am. So where am I in every moment? Do I decide who I am? How do I decide who I am in every moment? I'd suggest for anyone to ask themselves, we must ask ourselves whether we define our life and world within our minds, thus one would only always see one's own mind and never reality for what it is –
or whether we define our life and world around what is really here and how the here works; and within that: we have the choice to either continue with the power-games and mind-games (the kindergarten of the 'human condition') in the name of self-interest/profit, OR, to stop -in the name of life- and consider that there is a way that the value of life can be restored, and that is the win-win equation of the principle/value of life as oneness and equality LIVED individually –
and together as humanity, as one group of LIFE.
The Desteni of Living - My Declaration of Principle
1. Realizing and
living my utmost potential
2. Living by the
principle of what is best for all – guiding me in thought, word and deed to
always in all ways direct problems to the best possible outcome for all
3. Living by the
principle of self honesty – to ensure I am pure in thought, word and deed: that
my within and without is equal and one. Who I am within is who I am without, and
vice-versa
4. Self Purification
through Writing, Self Forgiveness and Self Application – the action of
realizing I am responsible for my own thoughts, words and deeds, to forgive
myself for transgressions and change myself to ensure I take responsibility for
who, what and how I am and through this know that I can trust myself to always
be honest with me and so others
5. Living the
principle of Self Responsibility – realizing only I am responsible for what I
accept and allow inside of me, my relationships and my outside world and so
with this responsibility: only I have the power and ability to change that
which I see is compromising who I am, what I live and how this affects others
6. Realizing that
who I am in thought, word and deed affects not only myself – but others as well;
and so with Self Responsibility in thought, word and deed – I take
responsibility for myself and so my relationships to be Self Aware in every
moment and live in such a way that is
best for me and so others as well
7. Living the
Principle of Self Awareness – to be aware, to see, to recognize my own thoughts
and Mind, to be self honest to the extent where I can take responsibility for
when I see my thoughts/Mind is not what is best for me / others to
immediately take responsibility and change for myself and so for others
8. With taking Responsibility for myself, becoming aware of myself – take responsibility and
become aware of others in my life, to assist and support them as I am assisting
and supporting myself – to "give as you would like to receive" and do the extra
bit every day to see where I can contribute to other’s lives and so my own
9. Living the
principle of Self Trust – as I commit myself to remain constant in my living of
self honesty, self responsibility and self awareness, I stand as an unbending
trust that I always in all ways know who I am no matter what I face, and that in
this I know, as proven in the constancy of my living, that I will always honor
and stand by what is best for all and so best for me
10.
Making Love
Visible – through me not accepting/allowing anything less than my utmost
potential, I support those in my life to reach their utmost potential, to love
them as I have shown love to myself by gifting to me my utmost potential, the
best life/living experience, and show others as I have shown myself what it
means to LIVE
11.
No one can save
you, Save yourself – the realization that the tools and principles of Desteni
is the guide, but I must walk the path myself. We are here to assist and
support each other in this process from Consciousness to Awareness/LIFE and
what it means to live – but the process itself, where you are alone with
yourself in your own Mind: is walked Alone
12.
Not waiting for
anything or anyone to take responsibility for me and this world – as I
realize I have created who and how I am in this moment, therefore I have the
responsibility to change who and how I am, and so the realization that we as a
collective created how and what this world is today and so it is the
responsibility of the collective to change how and what this world is today
13.
Honouring the
life in each person, animal – everything from the great to the small of Earth,
that we expand our awareness and responsibility to creating the best possible
life for everyone and everything and so ourselves
14.
Relationships as
Agreements: individuals coming together using agreements as a platform to
one-on-one expand, grow and develop as individuals in life and living to
support/assist each other unconditionally to reach their utmost potential, where
the agreement is a coming together of individuals understanding what it means
to stand as equals and to stand as one
15.
Sex as Self
Expression – where sex is an united expression between individuals in honor,
respect, consideration and regard of each other as equals, two physical bodies
uniting in equality and oneness – a merging of two equals as one physically
16.
Realising that by
the virtue of me being in this World – my responsibility does not only extend
to my own Mind / my own Life, but to the minds and lives of everything and
everyone of this earth and so my commitment is to extend this awareness to all
of humanity to work together and live together to make this world heaven on
earth for ourselves and the generations to come
17.
I commit to in my
thoughts, words and deeds – but most importantly in my living actions – become a
living example for others in my world that is noticeable and visible when it
comes to the potential of a person to change themselves and so change their
world. So that more people can realize how we can change this world, by
standing united in our self change within the principle of what is best for all
to 'bring heaven to earth'
18.
I am the Change I
want to see in me and my world – to bring heaven to earth is to bring into
being, into living: the LIVING PROOF of a PRACTICAL HEAVEN that can be seen and
heard in our actions and words. We are the Living Heaven that must come into
creation in this living world
19.
Through purifying
my thoughts, words and deeds – my inner becomes my outer, so I bring into
creation me as heaven into earth, realizing it is not enough to ‘see the change
/ be the change’ – for change to become REAL it must be a constant, consistent Living of me through the words I speak and the actions I live, visible and
noticeable to all in every moment of breath
20.
Realizing that my Physical Body is my temple – my physical body is the living flesh through which
and in which I will bring into being and create / manifest 'heaven on earth' as
me in my thoughts, words and deeds; and so I honor, respect and regard,
nurture and support my physical body as I would nurture and support me as
equals: my body is me
21.
We are the Change
in ourselves and this world we have been waiting for: and so I commit to
dedicate myself and my life for each one as all to realize this, as nothing
will change if we don’t change in all that we are, within and without
22.
The realisation
that for me to be able to change myself in thought, word and deed to the most
effective living being that I can be and become – I first have to ‘Know Thyself’ and so I commit myself to investigate, introspect and understand how I
became who I am today, to prepare the road before me into self creation of a
responsible, aware, self honest and trustworthy person for myself and so for
all
23.
The realization
that for me to be able to contribute to change in this world – I have to get to
‘know thyself’ as this world and so commit myself to research, investigate and
introspect the inner and outer workings of this world and align the systems of
today to present and give the Best possible life for All on Earth
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