Most Important Law Of The Ocean

THE MOST IMPORTANT LAW OF LIFE . . . S(s)ELF ACCEPTANCE

You are both the cause and the effect of your life situations. Your total world, both inner and outer, is created by your two minds. Your reaction, and its consequences, to this created world are your personal responsibility.

• The ocean of life always flows with uncertainty. Its currents and wind changes are beyond personal control. Your reaction to this uncertainty is fundamentally prompted by your fears, and created by your rational mind (that wants certainty and predictability for your survival).
• Other creatures also live with fears because they also perceive the ocean with uncertainty.
• Moreover, others are responsible for the both choice and consequences of their behavior in reaction to uncertainty as you are responsible for your own.
• Any person always has, within limits, a choice about how to respond to the ocean and the behavior of others. However, finding these choices is often difficult.
• When you feel disturbed, it is because you are unbalanced within your S(s)elf. You may believe that others cause your disturbance, but the cause is really the skewed interpretation of their behavior by your two minds---the rational and intuitive. Your deep inner fears created solely by your rational mind will prompt a projected, unbalanced perception of your world. The rational mind dominates and often prevents a balanced perception that would include the intuitive mind.
• When you want to judge and blame others because of your inner unbalanced S(s)elf, examine your own minds, not that of others. Often, your own un-released fears and resentments are the true cause of your judgment and blame, and vice versa.
• Acceptance of your S(s)elf, and the same acceptance of all other S(s)elves, is not an easy path to follow in an uncertain ocean. Balancing your fears with trust, and with non-judgment, requires continued practice in every present moment.