Be kinder than necessary

Be kinder than necessary...'cause everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

Doing unto others is doing unto self,..because there is no "other" !

Our thoughts, words, and actions are like seeds that we sow into the world.

Take care not to reap a bitter harvest.

Never express a thought that you would not care to attract to yourself.

By any unkind remark we in effect say:"you are other!"

We are punished by our sins rather than for them as the law of "cause and effect" brings it's inevitable results

When Adam and Eve were deposited in the Garden of Eden ,their lives were without suffering.Suffering arose as a consequence of disobedience to the will of God.

Suffering is like pain--how would we know that we have deviated from the path of righteousness ,if it did not bring the negative consequence of adversity!?

Thus suffering is both needless and necessary.

It is needless because as long as we live in accordance with God's law of love
(the Golden Rule) and avoid causing injury to others we can avoid suffering(the bad that you do will return unto you) .

It is necessary because it lets us know that something is wrong (like the pain we experience upon touching a hot stove)and needs to be corrected.It is in times of adversity and challenge (challenges provide the impetus for evolutionary development)that we search our depths for strengths wch would otherwise never be developed. Difficulties (the storms of life)cause growth,build character and cause us to turn toward God .

It is only suffering wch forces/moves us to change.

Without obstacles to overcome there would be no motivation to develope the latent potential within us. If we did not have to fight the force of gravity our muscles would become weak from disuse.

see "the role/value of adversity"

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the universal law of reciprocity

"Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act."
~George W. Crane
Brahmanism: "This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you."
~ Mahabharata 5:1517
Christianity: "All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."
~ Matthew 7:12
Islam: "No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself."
~ Sunnah
Buddhism: Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.
~ Udana Varga 5:18
Judaism: "What is hateful to you, do not to your fellowmen. That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary."
~ Talmud, Shabbat 31:a
Confucianism: "Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you." ~ Analects 15:23
Taoism: "Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss."
~ T'ai Shag Kan Ying P'ien
Zoroastrianism : "That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good: for itself."
~ Dadistan-i-dinik 94:5
Native Wisdom: "This we know. The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." ~ Chief Seattle

see "the real meaning of "pre-emption"