I Am Seeking Inner Peace
I came upon the list of Ten Rules for Being Human years ago. It was attributed to an anonymous source the first time I saw it, and it distilled many things I believed. Later a book club I belong to explained the mystery of who had written the list--Dr Cherie Carter Scott, a life coach and corporate trainer. She had written a wonderful little book of essays that further developed the items on the list. I have kept it close to me since I first read it in 1999, because even though I believe these powerful insights, in the turmoil of everyday life, it is so easy to forget.
If Life is a Game, These are the Rules : 'Ten Rules for Being Human'
Cherie Carter-Scott
Rule One
You will receive a body.
You may love it or hate it, but it will be yours for the
duration of your life on Earth.
Rule Two
You will be presented with lessons.
You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called ‘life.' Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as part of your curriculum.
Rule Three
There are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of experimentation, a series of trials, errors, and occasional victories. The failed experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that work.
Rule Four
A lesson is repeated until learned.
Lessons will be repeated to you in various forms until you have learned them. When you have learned them, you can then go on to the next lesson.
Rule Five
Learning does not end.
There is no part of life that does not contain lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
Rule Six
‘There’ is no better than ‘here’.
When your ‘there’ has become a ‘here,' you will simply obtain a ‘there’ that will look better to you than your present ‘here’.
Rule Seven
Others are only mirrors of you.
You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.
Rule Eight
What you make of your life is up to you.
You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you.
Rule Nine
Your answers lie inside of you.
All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.
Rule Ten
You will forget all of this at birth.
You can remember it if you want by unravelling the double helix of inner knowing.
Summary
Your time here on Earth is brief. Time passes and things change. You have
options and choices in which to make your wishes, dreams, and goals become
reality.
When you ask yourself, ‘Why am I here?’ or ‘Why is this happening to me?’ or ‘What's it all about?’ turn to your spiritual primer. Ask yourself, ‘What is the lesson?’ If you hear a defensive reaction using the words ‘never’ or ‘always’ in your response, you haven’t yet learned the lesson. Next, go a little deeper and ask, ‘What is there for me to learn from this experience?’
Each time you view your circumstances as possessing value, regardless of the
apparent confusion or hardship, you grow. Your personal evolution will
depend on how readily you embrace your lessons and integrate them into your
life. Remember, the only consequence for resisting lessons, is that they will
keep repeating themselves until you learn them. When you have learned a
lesson, you will always be tested. When the lesson is learned, the test will be
easily passed, and you then move on to more complex and challenging ones.
You can look back on the incidents in your past and see clearly the lessons you
have learned, resisted, and are still repeating. ‘Yesterday is history, tomorrow
is a mystery, and today is a gift, that is why we call it the present.’
It is more challenging to look at your present situation and see exactly what your lessons are. Looking into the future is the most difficult. Wishing that you had already graduated from the school of life does not accelerate your progress or make the lessons any easier. Examining the situation for the real lesson is the scavenger hunt.
Remind yourself that you are here to learn lessons. Be present with your
process. Pay attention to what you are experiencing. Be diligent with actions
which enable you to ‘get' the lessons presented to you. Ask for answers and
you shall receive them. Listen with an open heart. Explore all options. See
your judgment as a mirror. View each crisis as an opportunity. Trust yourself.
Believe in yourself. Look within yourself, to your higher self, for guidance on
all your choices. Extend compassion to yourself.
Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons (Rule Three). Love yourself,
trust your choices, and everything is possible!
From If Life is a Game, These are the Rules, © 1998 by Cherie Carter-Scott,
published in the UK in 1999 by Hodder & Stoughton
If Life is a Game, These are the Rules : 'Ten Rules for Being Human'
Cherie Carter-Scott
Rule One
You will receive a body.
You may love it or hate it, but it will be yours for the
duration of your life on Earth.
Rule Two
You will be presented with lessons.
You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called ‘life.' Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as part of your curriculum.
Rule Three
There are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of experimentation, a series of trials, errors, and occasional victories. The failed experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that work.
Rule Four
A lesson is repeated until learned.
Lessons will be repeated to you in various forms until you have learned them. When you have learned them, you can then go on to the next lesson.
Rule Five
Learning does not end.
There is no part of life that does not contain lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
Rule Six
‘There’ is no better than ‘here’.
When your ‘there’ has become a ‘here,' you will simply obtain a ‘there’ that will look better to you than your present ‘here’.
Rule Seven
Others are only mirrors of you.
You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.
Rule Eight
What you make of your life is up to you.
You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you.
Rule Nine
Your answers lie inside of you.
All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.
Rule Ten
You will forget all of this at birth.
You can remember it if you want by unravelling the double helix of inner knowing.
Summary
Your time here on Earth is brief. Time passes and things change. You have
options and choices in which to make your wishes, dreams, and goals become
reality.
When you ask yourself, ‘Why am I here?’ or ‘Why is this happening to me?’ or ‘What's it all about?’ turn to your spiritual primer. Ask yourself, ‘What is the lesson?’ If you hear a defensive reaction using the words ‘never’ or ‘always’ in your response, you haven’t yet learned the lesson. Next, go a little deeper and ask, ‘What is there for me to learn from this experience?’
Each time you view your circumstances as possessing value, regardless of the
apparent confusion or hardship, you grow. Your personal evolution will
depend on how readily you embrace your lessons and integrate them into your
life. Remember, the only consequence for resisting lessons, is that they will
keep repeating themselves until you learn them. When you have learned a
lesson, you will always be tested. When the lesson is learned, the test will be
easily passed, and you then move on to more complex and challenging ones.
You can look back on the incidents in your past and see clearly the lessons you
have learned, resisted, and are still repeating. ‘Yesterday is history, tomorrow
is a mystery, and today is a gift, that is why we call it the present.’
It is more challenging to look at your present situation and see exactly what your lessons are. Looking into the future is the most difficult. Wishing that you had already graduated from the school of life does not accelerate your progress or make the lessons any easier. Examining the situation for the real lesson is the scavenger hunt.
Remind yourself that you are here to learn lessons. Be present with your
process. Pay attention to what you are experiencing. Be diligent with actions
which enable you to ‘get' the lessons presented to you. Ask for answers and
you shall receive them. Listen with an open heart. Explore all options. See
your judgment as a mirror. View each crisis as an opportunity. Trust yourself.
Believe in yourself. Look within yourself, to your higher self, for guidance on
all your choices. Extend compassion to yourself.
Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons (Rule Three). Love yourself,
trust your choices, and everything is possible!
From If Life is a Game, These are the Rules, © 1998 by Cherie Carter-Scott,
published in the UK in 1999 by Hodder & Stoughton
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