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Recieved: 2002/10/26 13:30
Subject: Re: [K-list] The Golden Rule and Empathy
From: Mystress Angelique Serpent

At 10:48 PM 25/10/02, Sabrina wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I was just thinking about the Golden Rule and its potential
>consequences. 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.'
>Isn't following this rule projecting unto other people?Swami Beyondananda on the Golden Rule:
"It seems that when masochists do unto others as they wish to be done unto,
they become sadists," the Swami said.
"Consequently, the Golden Rule has been recalled by the Maker until this
design flaw can be fixed."

>And I think I've created trouble for myself with this rule. I was so
>busy thinking about what I needed from people that I was giving them
>the same thing, which I know now was not right for those people. For
>example, as a child I wanted an excess of physical affection, so I
>gave so much to others that they felt smothered. I think we should do
>unto others what they need to have done unto them, provided it is not
>at peril to ourselves.

    yes. Treat others as they want to be treated, within your own
boundaries of your ability to give. No martyrdom.

> I think I like the witch's rule best, 'Do as
>thou wilt, and the whole of the law is Love.' Am I paraphrasing
>badly? Wasn't this Crowley's rule?

    Yeah, you are misquoting Crowley. The Wiccan Rede is "An it harm none,
do as thou wilt."

> It's a good rule though. I have
>been so busy treating others as I want to be treated that I have been
>overlooking their needs and my own. Something to think about. Was
>this too off-topic?

    No.
   Consider what I call, Enlightened selfishness. You have to love
yourself, before you can love another. You have to take the stone from your
own eye, etc.

   From Fire Serpent Tantra <www.fire-serpent.com> lesson # 44.
To find out if your motives really are good, look for your selfishness.
That may sound weird in a lower chakra universe, but in a higher Chakra
universe there is nobody but you, You are All that Is so selfishness makes
perfect sense and any "good intentions" (road to hell) otherwise will knock
you back into separation.
Follow your own bliss and make yourself happy. If you are happy then your
whole world cheers up because it is all reflection of you. That is Grace.
Selfishness does not mean being greedy or misery.. both of those emotions
belong to the lower chakras where there is fear of scarcity. Lack of faith
in abundance. From a state of Grace kindness and compassion are automatic
and effortless. It feels good to do it.

Blessings...

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