The Rules For Being Human

Understanding the Rules for Being Human can enable us to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves. When we understand ourselves better, we are better able to understand others, ultimately creating a more harmonious and connected world.

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The rules for being human as handed down from ancient Sanskrit.

1.

You will receive a body.

You may like it or not,

But it will be yours for the entire period round.

2.

You will learn lessons.

You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called Life.

Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons.

You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and stupid.

3.

There are no mistakes,

Only lessons.

Growth is a process of trial and error and experimentation.

The failed experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately works.

4.

A lesson is repeated until it is learned.

A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learnt it.

Then you can go on to the next lesson.

5.

Learning lessons does not end.

There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons.

If you are alive,

There are lessons to be learned.

6.

There is no better than here.

When your there has become here.

You will simply obtain another there that will again look better than here.

7.

Others are merely mirrors of you.

You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

8.

What you make of your life is up to you.

You have all the tools and resources you need.

What you do with them is up to you.

The choice is yours.

9.

The answers lie inside of you.

The answers to life's questions lie inside you.

All you need to do is look,

Listen and trust.

These are the rules for being human as handed down from ancient Sanskrit.

Namaste