Divine
Law can neither be ignored nor put aside. Perhaps, the
most important of these laws is the 'law of love.'
Put
simply, "Love is Law, Law is Love." This amounts to
the same thing as "the gift of giving" without the
"hope of reward or pay,"
orserving
others.For
how the Law of Love works in business, go
toLawofReciprocity.com
Buddhism
Hurt not
others with that which pains yourself.
Udanavarga
5.18.
Christianity
Always treat
others as you would like them to treat you; that is
the Law and the Prophets.
Bible, Matthew 7:12.
Confucianism
Do not unto
others what you would not they should do unto you.
Analects
15.23.
Hinduism
This is the
sum of duty: Do nothing to others which if done to
you, would cause you pain.
Mahabharata
5.1517.
Islam No one of
you is a believer until he loves for his brother what
he loves for himself. Traditions.
Jainism In happiness
and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all
creatures as we regard our own self, and should
therefore refrain from inflicting upon others such
injury as would appear undesirable to us if inflicted
upon ourselves. Yogashastra
2.20.
Judaism What is
hurtful to yourself do not to your fellow man. That is
the whole of the Torah and the remainder is but
commentary. Go learn it. Talmud.
Sikhism As you deem
yourself so deem others. Then you will become a
partner in partner to heaven.
Kabir.
Taoism Regard your
neighbor's loss as your own loss.
T'ai shang
kan ying p'ien.
"I'll be happy
when...." is the way many people think they are living
their lives. Yet, happiness is not something that
happens to you. Happiness is inside you now. You are
motivated from within. You only have to allow
happiness to surface.
That's the formula
for happiness--know yourself, your true calling and
that you get what you tolerate.
Happiness is being
aware not only of the positive events that occur in
your life but also that you yourself are the cause of
these events--that you can create them, that you
control their occurrence, and that you play a major
role in the good things that happen to you. Happiness,
said Benjamin Franklin, "is produced not so much by
great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by
the little advantages that occur every
day."
Happiness isn't
somewhere off in the future, but in living in the
"now" and loving every moment of our daily
experiences. We have an opportunity to form an
impression in every business or personal interaction.
Yet, in the business world, we don't speak much about
the heart. But our purpose in doing our life's work
should come from the heart---since all businesses are
ultimately people serving people. We all need
connection, belonging and meaningful contribution.
There is a paradox
of happiness, stated by Viktor E. Frankl in
The
Will of Meaning,
"To the extent to which one makes happiness the
objective of his motivation, he necessarily makes it
the object of his attention. But precisely by so doing
he loses sight of the reason for happiness, and
happiness itself must fade away. Success and happiness
must happen, the less one cares for them, the more
they can."
"Those
who succeed in revealing themselves to
another
find the dimness receding from their own visions of
self. Like people awakening from a dream, they slough
off the accumulated, ill-fitting trappings of
unsuitable lives. Then the mutual fund manager may
become a sculptor, or visa versa; some friendships
lapse into dilapidated irrelevance as new ones deepen;
the city dweller moves to the country, where he feels
finally at home. As the emotional brain clarity
emerges, life takes form."
A
General Theory of Love
by
Thomas Lewis M.D., Fari Amini, M.D., Richard Lannon,
M.D.
Love.com:
The Virtual Dating Game
While
many people think of dating services as just that--an
easy way to find a date online dating has established
itself as a legitimate relationship maker.
Increasingly, singles are using the Internet to seek
out that special someone for the long-term. For those
who shun singles bars and the dating scene, meeting
someone virtually can forgo much of the uncomfortable
aspects of dating.
According to a survey conducted at the 8-million
member Match.com, a half-million new members register
each month.
---Source:
Jason Williams in Psychology Today, February
2003
Where
is your life today and where do you want to
be?
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able to appreciate the journey, including the valleys,
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LifeSignature."
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