SACRED INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY THE CREATOR
TO NATIVE PEOPLE AT THE TIME OF CREATION

A. Take care of Mother Earth and the other colors of man.
B. Respect this Mother Earth and creation.
C. Honor all life, and support that honor.
D. Be grateful from the heart for all life. It is through life that there is survival.
Thank the Creator at all times for all life.
E. Love, and express that love.
F. Be humble. Humility is the gift of wisdom and understanding.
G. Be kind with one's self and with others.
H. Share feelings and personal concerns and commitments.
I. Be honest with one's self and with others. Be responsible for these sacred instructions and share them with other nations.

The Golden Rules

1. Whatever we do to the web, of Life, we do to ourselves. Let us give thanks to the web, and the circle that connects us!
Native American (Chief Seattle)
2. So, whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them! Christianity
3. That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowmen! Judiasm
4. One precept to be acted upon throughout one's whole life...
Do not unto others what you would not have them do to you! Confucianism
5. Do not hurt others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful! Buddism
6. Not one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for self! Islam
7. This is the sum of duty: Do nothing to others which would cause you pain if done to you! Hinduism
8. Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss! Taoism
9. That nature alone is good which keeps from doing unto another whatever is not
good for itself! Zoroastrianism

Amen (and Awomen, too!!!)

Noachide Laws

"Ultimately, all is understood: fear G-d and observe His commandments, for this is the completion of man."
Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) 12:13

With respect G-d's commandments, all of humanity is divided into two general classifications: the Children of Israel and the Children of Noah.

The Children of Israel are the Jews, the descendants of the Patriarch Jacob. They are commanded to fulfill the 613 commandments of the Torah.

The Children of Noah are the Gentiles, comprising the seventy nations of the world. They are commanded concerning the Seven Universal Laws, also known as the Seven Laws of the Children of Noah or the Seven Noahide Laws.

These Seven Universal Laws pertain to:
1. Avodah Zarah: Prohibition on idolatry.
2. Birchat HaShem: Prohibition on blasphemy and cursing the Name of G-d.
3. Shefichat Damim: Prohibition on murder.
4. Gezel: Prohibition on robbery and theft.
5. Gilui Arayot: Prohibition on immorality and forbidden sexual relations.
6. Ever Min HaChay: Prohibition on removing and eating a limb from a live animal.
7. Dinim: Requirement to establish a justice system and courts of law to enforce the other 6 laws.

Men and women are equal in their responsibility to observe the Seven Universal Laws.

When a Gentile resolves to fulfill the Seven Universal Laws, his or her soul is elevated. This person becomes one of the "Chasidei Umot Haolam" (Pious Ones of the Nations) and receives a share of the World to Come. The Torah calls one who accepts the yoke of fulfilling the Seven Universal Laws a "Ger Toshav" (a Proselyte of the Gate).

This person is permitted to live in the land of Israel and to enter to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and to offer sacrifices to the G-d of Israel.

If a Gentile wishes to accept the full responsibility of the Torah and the 613 commandments, he or she can convert and become a Jew in every respect.

It is a principle of Judaism, however, not to seek converts and one who requests conversion is generally discouraged. Should the person persist in his or her desire to convert, counsel should be taken only with an Orthodox Rabbi or Torah Scholar, for conversion not in accord with Halacha - Torah Law - is no conversion at all, and conversion bestowed by "rabbis" who themselves do not follow the Laws of the Torah are null and void, neither recognized in heaven nor by any G-d-fearing Jew.

It is incorrect to think that since the Children of Israel have 613 commandments and the Children of Noah have seven commandments, that the ratio of spiritual worth is proportionally 613 to seven.

The Seven Universal Laws are general commandments, each containing many parts and details, whereas the 613 Commandments of the Torah are specific, each relating to one basic detail of the Divine Law. Therefore, the numerical disparity in no way reflects the relative spiritual worth of the two systems of commandments.

Besides the Seven Universal Laws, the Children of Noah have traditionally taken it upon themselves to fulfill the commandment of honoring mother and father, and the commandment of giving charity.

If a Noahide who follows the Seven Universal Laws gives charity, the Israelites accept it from him, and give it to the poor of Israel since through the merit of giving charity to the poor among the Jewish people one is given life by G-d and saved from death. But a Gentile who does not accept the yoke of the Seven Noahide Laws and gives charity is not permitted to give it to the needy of Israel. His charity may be given only to poor Gentiles.

By observing the Seven Universal Laws, mankind is given the means by which it can perfect itself.

Spiritual Laws from Essays: First Series (1841) by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

A Practical guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
By Deepak Chopra
Amber Allen Publishing and New World Library, 1994
ISBN 1-878424-11-4

In The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra combines physics, philosophy, spirituality, Eastern wisdom, and western science to provide a clear, complete, and universal guidebook to discovering your true potential.

The small book provides chapters on the following seven laws:
1. The Law of Pure Potentiality
2. The Law of Giving
3. The Law of "Karma" or Cause and Effect
4. The Law of Least Effort
5. The Law of Intention and Desire
6. The Law of Detachment
7. The Law of "Dharma" or Purpose in Life

Each chapter discusses a law in a lucid discussion, followed by three practical steps to help live in harmony with the law. Deepak Chopra suggests that you contemplate and practice a spiritual law for each day of the week. To give you an example, here is an excerpt from 'The Law of "Dharma" or Purpose in Life'.

Discover your divinity, find your unique talent, serve humanity with it, and you can generate all the wealth that you want. When your creative expressions match the needs of your fellow humans, then wealth will spontaneously flow from the unmanifest into the manifest, from the realm of spirit to the world of form. You will begin to experience your life as a miraculous expression of divinity -- not just occasionally, but all the time. And you will know the true meaning of success -- the ecstasy and exultation of your own spirit.

Applying The Law of "Dharma"
or Purpose in Life

I will put the law of Dharma into effect by making a commitment to take the following steps:
1.
Today I will lovingly nurture the god or goddess in embryo that lies deep within my soul. I will pay attention to the spirit within me that animates both my body and my mind. I will awaken myself to this deep stillness within my heart. I will carry this consciousness of timeless, eternal Being in the midst of time-bound experience.
2.
I will make a list of my unique talents. Then I will list all of the things I love to do while expressing my unique talents. When I express my unique talents and use them in the service of humanity, I lose track of time and create abundance in my life as well as in the lives of others.
3.
I will ask myself daily, "How can I serve?" and "How can I help?" The answers to these questions will allow me to help and serve my fellow human beings with love.
(Great book, Amaura)

The Universal Laws of Cosmos By ACHARYA MAHAPRAJNA