The Golden Rule
The Return to Wonder
LXIV
What a different world it would be
If people had best intentions toward others,
If the Golden Rule was more than an empty mouthing.
LXXXIII
Have broken every golden rule but one, and the day’s not done.
CLXVI
You do not have to be a Christian, or anything else, to follow the Golden Rule.
The Ponderings of Yaj Ekim
106
All that is needed – if we want to get along – is the Golden Rule:
Treat others as you would like them to treat you.
Everything else is redundant.
305
To attain peaceful, harmonious society,
All any need do is abide by the Golden Rule:
Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you.
347
The many others across all eternity are no different than you,
And the Golden Rule says it as clearly as it can be said:
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
What need for any further suggestions, principles,
Guidelines, rules, decrees, edicts, amendments,
Or commandments or regulations or laws?
Breadcrumbs 2015
Leftovers
And what would this inane world be like if we all respected each other,
If we all treated one another as we would ourselves choose to be treated?
Is the so-called Golden Rule anything more than an ideal, a soporific notion,
To which vanity only rarely allows more than lip service be paid.
* * * *
Judgment is the attribute of a mind making every effort to maintain its universe supreme.
Be and allow, unwritten companion to the Golden Rule, is only grasped,
By those who discern the invisibility of the relativity.
Breadcrumbs 2019
Leftovers
Real religion is without dogma.
The Golden Rule is all you need.
Everything else is redundant.
Soundbites
The Golden Rule is all you need; everything else is redundant.
Breadcrumbs 2020
Leftovers
Matters of conscience generally so vary with circumstance,
That it may well be more than rarely worth giving great credence.
The karmic undertone of the Golden Rule is surely enough:
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Mindfulness is the path to a serene existence.
Soundbites
The Golden Rule is all you need; everything else is redundant.
Breadcrumbs 2022
Leftovers
At the absolute level, hurting another, is actually rippling throughout your one and only true Self.
A reflection which puts something of a spin, a twist, on the Golden Rule:
Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you.
* * * *
Whether you ‘Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you’ Golden Rule it … or not,
Is an every-moment, nature-nurture, choiceless choice, sculpting your imaginary destiny.
Soundbites
Doing the right thing can be somewhat challenging for the Golden Rule-challenged.
Breadcrumbs 2023 & Beyond
Leftovers
You are your world, he is his, she is hers, they are theirs.
No need to despise another over something that cannot be changed.
Be and allow is the greatest order; the Golden Rule, its most harmonious tenet.
Treat others as you would prefer them to treat you.
All else is redundant.
* * * *
The Golden Rule is all that is needed for those inclined to ponder upon such things,
And becomes much less an issue for any working their way up any given food chain.
The Corollaries of Yaj Ekim
Ancient Proverb:
Golden Rule: Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you.
Yaj Ekim’s Corollary:
Respect others, as you wish them to respect you.