14 precepts: day 3
Mar. 29th, 2025 09:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mickiSeventh: do not lose yourself in dispersion and in your surroundings. Learn to practice breathing in order to regain composure of body and mind, to practice, mindfulness, and to develop concentration and understanding.
Eighth: do not utter words that can create discord and cause the community to break. Make every effort to reconcile and resolve all conflicts, however, small.
Ninth: do not say untruthful things for the sake of personal interest or to impress people. Do not other words that cause division and hatred. Do not spread news that you do not know to be certain. Do not criticize or condemn things that you are not sure of. Always speak, truthfully and constructively. Have the courage to speak out about situations of injustice, even when doing so may threaten your own safety.
These three are all challenging in their own way, but perhaps not as challenging as the ones I talked about yesterday. I think in general, these are some good aspirations that would nevertheless be hard to live up to. Interestingly, I think "do not lose yourself in dispersion and in your surroundings" is the hardest? But the habit of mindfulness is a good one to get into.
Speak out against injustice, even if it threatens your own safety, are wise but hard words in this particular political moment. I'm thinking of the work meeting yesterday where we were talking about our own contradictions, boycotting Target while working for an organization that isn't exactly speaking out about DEI right now.
Eighth: do not utter words that can create discord and cause the community to break. Make every effort to reconcile and resolve all conflicts, however, small.
Ninth: do not say untruthful things for the sake of personal interest or to impress people. Do not other words that cause division and hatred. Do not spread news that you do not know to be certain. Do not criticize or condemn things that you are not sure of. Always speak, truthfully and constructively. Have the courage to speak out about situations of injustice, even when doing so may threaten your own safety.
These three are all challenging in their own way, but perhaps not as challenging as the ones I talked about yesterday. I think in general, these are some good aspirations that would nevertheless be hard to live up to. Interestingly, I think "do not lose yourself in dispersion and in your surroundings" is the hardest? But the habit of mindfulness is a good one to get into.
Speak out against injustice, even if it threatens your own safety, are wise but hard words in this particular political moment. I'm thinking of the work meeting yesterday where we were talking about our own contradictions, boycotting Target while working for an organization that isn't exactly speaking out about DEI right now.
