What is religion, but a collection of principles that help us navigate happily through life? I am trying to figure my own such principles, and am considering settling with these:
(1) Believe in God (wholeheartedly). Trust his plans, abilities, informality, and intelligence.
(2) You are your mind alone. Life is a God-given opportunity to experience happiness. The world is here to teach you, entertain you, and provide opportunity for you to work and love.
(3) Your happiness, your love, and your efforts are entirely in your control.
(4) Enjoy loving every aspect of the world around you. Love sincerely and unconditionally. Let this love motivate your efforts to improve the world.
(5) Make no efforts except those that are aimed to improve your self and your surroundings (a.k.a. the world).
(6) Enjoy these efforts naturally, for you are working for something you believe in or people you care about. Don't bother about results and reactions, except for fine-tuning your efforts.
(7) Work very hard. More efforts => more fun.
(8) Appreciate and use every opportunity to learn and improve.
(9) Focus on improvement (of self and efforts), not perfection or achievement.
(10) Take decisions based on natural principles driven by your conscience.
A few negatives, for those who didn't get the message clearly enough:
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Save energy from religious compulsions and explicit efforts to please /
attract attention of God. How can he be petty enough to need attention
and pleasing, foolish enough to ignore your reality, yet powerful enough to perform miracles?
- Save energy from lying, faking feelings, acting without inspiration, or justifying wrong decisions. Enjoy integrity and innocence; win them back if you've lost any.
- Avoid distractions of money, power, fame, relative success or failure, and anesthetic entertainment. It's plainly stupid to choose the illusion of pain over the reality of a beautiful world.
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