DWQA Questions › Tag: Ten CommandmentsFilter:AllOpenResolvedClosedUnansweredSort byViewsAnswersVotesWe asked you to give us Ten Divine Principles for living as an update of the original Ten Commandments. Was this too restrictive? Are there more divine principles you would give equal weight to you can share with us?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Divine Guidance604 views0 answers0 votesMany, many books have been written over the centuries about the original Ten Commandments. The “Ten Divine Principles for Living” you gave us in answer to a request for an updating of the Ten Commandments seem very straightforward, yet have deep meanings and implications. Can you give us additional insight and perspectives about them, and the general issue of trying to encompass all of human behavior and conduct in a simple set of moral precepts?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Divine Guidance491 views0 answers0 votesThe First Divine Principle was: “Uplift the self with no harm to others.” Can you tell us why this was stated first on the list and why it is important?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Divine Guidance571 views0 answers0 votesWhat is the Second Divine Principle intended to accomplish or avoid: “Uplift others with no harm to the self?”ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Divine Guidance505 views0 answers0 votesAre there any hidden pitfalls or qualifiers that apply to the Third Divine Principle: “Honor the responsibility to family and to friends for the exchange of love, and fulfill commitments?”ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Divine Guidance450 views0 answers-1 votesFrom our human perspective, it seems like there are many shades of gray regarding “honesty,” not only the value of telling “white lies” at times, but also the difficulty of living in a competitive environment with faultless integrity. Can you describe how we can be expected to follow an absolute expectation like the Fourth Divine Principle: “Be honest in all transactions as a way of honoring the soul of the other party and one’s own soul and its integrity?”ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Divine Guidance535 views0 answers0 votesThe Fifth Divine Principle seems straightforward: “Share what you gain from your efforts with others in need, in a balanced way, to not harm the self or loved ones, who rightfully have priority.” But here as well, no two people will likely make the same choices and decisions in following this guidance. Can you help us better understand what corresponds to sharing in a “balanced way?”ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Divine Guidance448 views0 answers0 votesThe Sixth Divine Principle seems to be an invitation to simply live lovingly: “Share love in everything you do, and be open for opportunities to give your love to others in as many ways as you can, through acts of kindness, giving thanks, being respectful, offering encouragement, and showing appreciation and gratitude for what you received from others as well.” Given that no two people are alike in their characteristics, there will be inevitably, a wide variation in what people recognize as opportunities and choose to act on. Can you help us understand whether there is an absolute divine standard of performance here, or how else to implement this Principle?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Divine Guidance434 views0 answers0 votesCan you help us understand the importance and consequences of neglecting the Seventh Divine Principle: “Safeguard your soul to nurture its learning and growth, not at the expense of others but to meet your responsibility to be your soul’s guardian, and take care of its safety and protection from harm?”ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Divine Guidance433 views0 answers0 votesThe Eighth Divine Principle is very demanding: “Aid all others with their learning and growth, to understand their need for this as a birthright and an important part of life, and understand this does not represent the actions of an enemy, but fellow humans in need, and not meant to take away from you getting your share. In a world of love there is room for all. This is both a challenge and an opportunity.” Can you help us understand and perhaps give examples of where human society is falling short, and what is meant by the “opportunity” this represents?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Divine Guidance421 views0 answers0 votesAs a healer, we were pleased and gratified to see the Ninth Divine Principle: “Healing and repair is the highest of priorities for the self, as no one else can see to this. It must come from within each person as a desire and a commitment to make the investment, to guarantee a happy future.” Most people are still unaware of how many difficulties are undermining them, and many of the rest believe their only option is to “soldier on” and may even look forward to their passing as a means of escape. Can you explain for us why a “happy future” depends on their taking action to obtain healing?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Divine Guidance424 views0 answers0 votesThe Tenth Divine Principle is the longest, and perhaps the most challenging: “Honor the need of others to have healing and to see their plight, in part, as your responsibility and obligation as a fellow human, so you are sympathetic, and supportive, and understanding of the importance for them to have a pathway to healing in order to make up for losses and wounds to their soul, as all will be harmed when one suffers. You are in this together and share the responsibility for one another. No one is safe until all are safe. This is the true and quite profound meaning of the unity of the human family. You can make this a practice because it is not only an idea but a reality.” Can you help us better understand in what specific ways human beings belong to “the unity of the human family,” and what is at stake as stated by the words: “No one is safe until all are safe?”ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Divine Guidance470 views0 answers0 votesCan you help us understand what is wrong with having a punishment-based world as implied by the Ten Commandments in the Bible?ClosedNicola asked 6 years ago • Divine Guidance534 views0 answers0 votesA viewer wonders if I read the Bible or follow the Scriptures and is uncomfortable that our information is not coming from that source. What can we say to him and others who believe following the Bible is an absolute requirement?ClosedNicola asked 6 years ago • Religions1044 views0 answers0 votesA client asks: “Why is my wife so refractory to any discussion of extraterrestrials, and is completely without curiosity about the recent appearance on the news by a former Navy fighter pilot showing Department of Defense footage taken of a UFO over the California coast doing impossible maneuvers, saying he was convinced it was extraterrestrial in origin?”ClosedNicola asked 6 years ago • Limiting Beliefs664 views0 answers0 votes
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