A User's Guide to Living - Part 11

BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF

- Kamlesh Patel

DAAJI continues his series on everyday living, introducing the tenth universal principle of the User’s Guide, which is a prayerful approach to continuous self-improvement. This principle nurtures self-acceptance and allows us to appreciate that we are a work in progress. It offers a method to observe ourselves with self-compassion instead of guilt and shame. It also develops the gratitude and humility to work on changing ourselves, to acknowledge how our lives are interwoven, how to be kind to ourselves, first, and how to be kind to others as a natural outcome. The result is that we rekindle the childlike innocence and sense of wonder that brings so much joy to everyday living.

Within five elements are ten universal principles:

The Practice

1 Create a daily morning meditation practice scientifically

2 Fill your heart with love before starting meditation and before sleeping

3 Fix your goal and do not rest until you attain it

Essential values

4 Live simply to be in tune with Nature

5 Be truthful & accept challenges as being for your betterment

Behavior Being to Doing

6 Know everyone as one, treating them equally & harmoniously

7 Do not seek revenge for the wrongs done by others, instead always be grateful

8 Honor the resources you are given as sacred, with an attitude of purity, including food and money