What is the Second Divine Principle intended to accomplish or avoid: “Uplift others with no harm to the self?”

Here, too, is a recognition that humans are all in this together and have similar needs and similar frailties. It does not benefit the self to gain something while causing harm to another because that will negate the benefit, as it will be canceled or will be retracted at some time in the future through the Law of Karma if it comes at the expense of someone else, so it is a false gain to be sure. Simply avoiding such circumstances will go a long way towards helping the life to run smoothly and to build a positive future and not an endless landscape of minefields where one can encounter an old problem and an old liability again and again, and never see it coming, and then the life will be a series of ups and downs, and the downs can be quite painful. This happens through a reawakening of old karmic business needing to be repaid or rebalanced and this will greatly impede future progress and happiness. It is possible to have a balance in one’s life with due consideration for the self but with a discipline and focus to honor the rights of others in such a way as to give them their due, respect boundaries, respect their feelings and their needs, and to be a positive influence and not a negative one. Here too, the balance is stated specifically to honor the need of the individual as an important element always. Many relationships are unbalanced with one partner serving the other and may, in fact, be subjugated and suffering tremendously because of endless demands placed on them and much abuse in the bargain. This is unnatural and abnormal and will cause great harm to both parties because this is a double injury, and will be seen karmically as a double fault, and will require a double penalty, in effect, in its repayment. All who would take advantage of another needs to keep this in mind in choosing their actions.