My Ten Commitments (alternative to the 10 commandments)
In the interest of full disclosure of my intentions, my commitments are . . .
1. TO BE HUMBLE IN THE PRESENCE of the transcendent and inherent Mystery and wonder in nature. To consider humility a virtue as I experience the awesome mystery and wonder that abounds in the physical universe. Seek and enjoy experiences of timeless mystery and wonder that transcend, yet permeate, the physical universe.
2. TO CONTINUE IN CONSCIOUS ONENESS WITH OUR MYSTERIOUS TIMELESS SOURCE. To continuously identify myself psychospiritually as a vital constituent of pure, transparent, transtemporal cosmic consciousness which I experience as the freest, most aware, centered, balanced, integrative, healthful, empathetic ‘place’ of cocreative self-managing. To disidentify with all temporal beliefs, values, intentions, attitudes, behaviors and possessions. Thus liberated from all temporal attachments, I freely own and include all those beliefs, etc. in my repertoire of choices without becoming attached, identified or addicted to any of them.
3. TO LOVE INTEGRAL LIFE. Remember that when I am living in love within healthful parameters I am in heaven wherever I am. Value as equally important the complementary opposite cocreative relationships of inherently feminine and masculine intelligent energies throughout Nature. Maintain an attitude toward living, aging, dying, and thereafter that reflects my empathy for all people and love for the environment in which we live. Live so as to be worthy of the love that others have for me, and do not betray their trust in word or deed.
4. TO RESPECT OTHERS. Respect the inherent healthful dignity and worth of every soul, including myself. Be worthy of the respect that others have for me. Approach life with a positive attitude, a kind word, and a healthful disposition. Remember never to intentionally engage in humor that is offensive or that shows disrespect for the inherent worth and dignity of each and every person irrespective of level of soul development, race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation or national origin.
5. TO AIM FOR HEALTHFUL EXCELLENCE. Attempt to accomplish every task, no matter how mundane or noble, with the highest level of quality possible within the healthful parameters described in "Integral Healthful Aging: My Noetic-Based Checklist* even if no one else will ever know.
6. TO HONOR MY COMMITMENTS. To keep my word, fulfill my promises. Avoid making commitments until and unless I am prepared to do what I say in a mutually empathetic and healthful manner.
7. TO SEEK AND CREATE HEALTHFUL HARMONY, BEAUTY AND HUMOR. Be receptive to new ideas and expressions of healthful harmonies and beauty in all forms. Refrain from defining them in absolute terms. Remember the harmonizing, beautifying and healing power of positive humor in everyday living and aging.
8. TO WORK FOR JUSTICE FOUNDED ON NATURE’S PRINCIPLES FOR OPTIMUM WELLBEING, namely, centering, interdependent dynamic balancing, and cycling within healthful parameters. Remembering justice is love in action, courageously speak out against injustice and take action as necessary. Remember justice usually will not happen by accident.
9. TO RELY UPON SCIENCE AND REASONING BLENDED WITH INTUITION. Use a blend of scientific methodology, logical deduction, and intuition to provide understanding of healthful, integral Nature, and live my life accordingly. When science and logic fail, remember there are aspects of reality not subject to scientific investigation . . . they can be experienced and known only through my biological senses, intuition, and reality-testing in the laboratory of my everyday life.
10. TO PURSUE AND PROMOTE HEALTHFUL EDUCATION. Regard education in all life’s aspects -- cocreative self-regulation, spiritual, emotional, mental, physical, social, vocational, economic, familial, esthetic and biosystemic -- as a life-long pursuit for myself and for those within my circle of influence. Remember that nature’s model of the integral human includes these ten variables: cosmic consciousness, personal and social conscious awareness, cocreative self-managing, conditioning, health, strength, full functioning, identity, personality and ecosystemic well being.
P.S. As an integral natural scientist concentrating primarily on transformational applications of the integral human sciences I believe that all healthful spiritual-psycho-physical truth can be derived from the scientific and intuitive study of Nature -- both implicit and explicit. I perceive nature’s truth as timeless, unchanging, and stable in one way; and temporary, evolving, and dynamic in others. I view nature’s health-based truth as inherent in the timeless transtemporal, transpersonal, personal, and interpersonal dimensions of living, aging, biological dying and life after. For more on my view of nature's health-based truth see my article My One Mission? Mutual Integral Health Consciousness World-Wide at http://www.shiftinaction.com/node/3288.
*Integral Healthful Aging: My Noetic-Based Checklist can be accessed at http://www.shiftinaction.com/node/3130
Note: I wish to thank an anonymous Unitarian Universalist minister I met through an internet UU chatroom over a decade ago for inspiring me to write My Ten Commitments.
Robert Wayne Johnston - June 1996; Updated Aug 05; Nov 2007; April 2008
