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Posted on December 12, 2007 - by Lance Ong

Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You (The Golden Rule)

Mastery of Self

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Do you notice if you smile at someone, most likely they will smile back at you? If you pat someone on the back to as if to say ‘hey buddy’, you will get many pats on your back too? This is a reciprocal world. You get what you give out. And as they say… Love begets Love, Hate begets Hate. So if you want the world to treat you better, treat it better first. Say more thank yous, more good mornings, pardon me(s), and I’m sorrys. Pay back what you owe, open more doors for others, and help more old people cross the street. More importantly, always be polite, never hurt others, and always tell the truth. These are basic principles that never go out of style.

You can avoid much disaster by following the Golden Rule. I remember one night, I was sitting at an outdoor McDonald’s in Singapore’s Orchard Road, when I hear the smack of a tray hitting the ground. Six metres away, two large Caucasian men corner a shorter, stout Hawaiian man. All three men are in their late 20’s. It seems like they failed to give way to one another at the door, so they bumped and the tray fell. I hear some insults, and they start to push each other. I count the pushes, 1.. 2.. 3.. and then they had a scuffle. Somehow, the Hawaiian man manages to grab hold of one Caucasian guy’s neck, and swings him head first into the marble edge of the building! His forehead splits open, and the gash starts spurting blood. The other Caucasian man says, “Stop! Stop! Why are you trying to kill us, man?”

I can’t believe all this started over failing to give way at the door, and not apologizing for the mistake. Instead, they chose to push and intimidate each other into a fight. So you see, whatever you give out, will come back to you, ten times stronger. “You push me, I’ll push you harder. You punch me, I’ll knock you out.” These men let their egos get in the way of a peaceful resolution. They could have simply apologized and offered to pay for each other’s meal.

As you know, this is not a rare case. Often, just staring at someone can start a fight. Or pushing someone out of a queue. Or snatching someone else’s parking space. Or tailgating. Or flashing your car’s high beam out of irritation. It’s sad when we let our anger get the better of us. As they say in Buddhist philosophy, anger is a form of hell. So is greed, envy, lust, and hate. All poison the heart and mind. Disrupting the inner peace that would make your life wonderful. So before you take an action you might regret, ask yourself, “Is this what I would like to bring into my life?” The moment you perform that action, you are giving permission for the Universe to take the effect, multiply it by ten, and return it to you.

If you look down on someone, ten more people will look down on you. If you cheat $500 from an old woman, sometime down the road, you will lose $5000. Likewise, if you contribute $200 out of the goodness of your heart, $2000 will be available for you to earn back. Perhaps through your business or in a sudden lottery windfall. This is a Law of the Universe: Whatever you give out, will come back to you, ten times stronger. So perform the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. And you can expect life to treat you exactly the way you like it to.

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    A. Brathwaite said:

    VERY INSPIRATIONAL story, Here is mines!!!

    STORY ONE
    I was in High School and I was slapped very hard in my face by an older guy for talking to his girlfriend. This all happened like four years ago. Everyone laughed at me in school and called me a punk. He was feeling very BIG and ALMIGHTY. I was quite young and week like about 14 years old. I felt silly and as if I can take REVENGE!

    About three years have passed and I happen to see this same guy who hit me. When he talked, HIS ENTIRE MOUTH WAS JUZ GUM. He got in a car accident and lost most of his tooth. He is almost toothless and I am now even more big and stronger than he is. Now when he hit me, if I could have seen this was coming, I would have said thank you when I got the slap.

    STORY TWO.
    I was on my taxi stand withing for transport to go home. I saw this beautiful young lady and I said hi and same time her boyfriend approached and began asking her who is that and she replied I don’t know and he yelled and said “IS HE F&*##&* BUSINESS TALKING TO You” and even threatened me.
    A year or some months pass and when I saw him, he was bleeding from a wound in his forehead. Someone burst his head.

    I have many more stories, if you need someone to talk with, call me. 1-868-497-8872. A. Brathwaite



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    ashraf ali said:

    give me a wonderful story about this topic



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    September 16, 2009

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    Priya Misra said:

    I juss wanna say tha twhat goes around comes back again and that is what is life is all about so, one must not do bad if he/she wants others to do good with them.

    Thanks a lot if you inculcate this thing in your life else its your life your decision(s).



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    lily said:

    When I was pregnant my partner left me for another woman. I was so sad but I moved on. We had some saving of $7000. Since I was in maternity leave, I was planning to use the money after baby was born. However, he was going to travel overseas after he left me and he needed money and I gave half of the money to him because he was so determined and was angry that he should get half of the money. Later I came to know that he had another woman and took that woman on holiday overseas leaving his pregnant partner with little money. Though he again dumped that women after the trip abused her as he did to me. That women got angry and wrote a letter to me about their relationship. That’s how I came to know about his affair after my baby son was born.

    Now his rental property has not been sold. He has been tryin ghard 3 months with no luck. he ended up paying more money. The money he got from us paid back to bank from his pocket. Even doubled amount he paid. He is a very sad loser. He hurt many women and left his eggs in other nests. At the end of his life, he will have no one next to his bed and no one who will lit candle for him and pray for him.



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