Golden Ethical Rule
It penetrates all the large philosophical and spiritual traditions of the world. We find it in different cultures, ages and languages. Although words change, meaning remains unchanged.
Confucius: "Do not do to others what is unpleasant to you."
Tales of Milet: "Let us not do what we blame others."
Buddha: "Do not hurt others with what hurts you."
Muhammad: “No 1 of you truly believes until he wishes his brother what he wishes.”
And Jesus Christ in the Sermon on the Mount summarized this in 1 sentence:
‘So all that you would like men to do to you and do to them.”
Jesus added something even more difficult, considering it as the most crucial commandment:
“Love your neighbour as yourself.”
How beautiful.
How simple.
How real.
How obvious.
Because although the regulation is clear, our life is simply a constant search for “exceptions”.
We admire it – and avoid it.
We realize – and we find thousands of reasons not to apply it.
Even the ambon has words that, alternatively of expanding, narrow down the notion of “a neighbor,” giving a spiritual alibi for exclusion.
It only takes 1 thing: courage. Courage to see your own reflection in another man's face.
When we take her seriously, she becomes a moral revolution. It transforms the language of debate, politics, economics. It's transforming our homes. They're crushing hearts out of stone.
Maybe that's why we want to complicate it so badly – due to the fact that its simplicity unmercifully exposes our hypocrisy.
But it's clear. Just 1 question asked yourself in silence before each act:
Would I want to be treated that way?
If the answer is no, you no longer request any another signs.
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