How To Create Your Own Operating Manual for Life -- The Tables and Notes on Numbers
How To Create Your Own...
OPERATING MANUAL FOR LIFE
by Rel Davis
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THE TABLES
LIFE AND POWER
1.
You already have inside you all the wisdom and all the knowledge you'll ever need.
2.
You are not your thoughts.
You are the person thinking the thoughts.
3.
You decide every moment how to react to every situation.
4.
You are ultimately free to do anything you want to do.
5.
You have never made a mistake in your life.
Every decision you've ever made was done with the best information available to you at the time.
6.
Not making a decision is the same as making a decision.
7.
We are creatures of will.
8.
Your birthright as a human being is...
Total Freedom
and
Total Responsibility
9.
Your curse as a human being is:
Total Freedom
and
Total Responsibility
10.
You have the freedom to write your own script for this life.
11.
Decide what you want to be in this life...
And begin acting that way.
12.
Actions are the only things that count.
Intentions don't mean anything.
13.
There are no great acts.
Only long series of small actions that lead to great results.
LIFE AND HAPPINESS
14.
Things always work out for the best...
Whether we want them to or not!
15.
Happiness is a process of mind over matter:
If you don't mind...
It doesn't matter.
16.
The only person who knows what's right for you...
Is you.
17.
You are the only one who has the right to judge you.
18.
Since no one has the right to make decisions for you...
You are totally responsible for making all your own decisions yourself.
19.
The past and future don't exist.
They are merely fantasies.
20.
Only the present is real.
21.
Planning for the future is a present activity.
22.
We are all time travelers.
23.
The past is always open to revision.
24.
The father and mother inside your mind...
Are both really you in disguise.
25.
Since you can control your own thoughts...
You can also alter your memories.
26.
You can't change what happened to you in the past.
Only the way you choose to think about it.
LIFE AND IDENTITY
27.
Why strive for perfection?
You are already perfect!
28.
But even perfect people don't always have all the information they need all the time.
29.
We create our world through information.
By defining things, we give form and substance to reality.
30.
Be careful how you define yourself.
31.
When you talk about yourself,
Use only those words for you ...
That you want to apply to you.
32.
You need to become your own hero.
33.
Don't model yourself on someone else.
Create your own being from scratch.
34.
Always choose for today.
Don't make choices for your tomorrow.
35.
The person you will be tomorrow...
Is not the same person you are today.
36.
Don't compare your insides
(Fears, doubts, etc.)
With other people's outsides.
(Appearances)
37.
You create your own identity
(Like you create your world)
By the choices you make.
38.
Surround yourself with positive people,
Those who like and respect you.
39.
Avoid negative folk.
If necessary, change your friends.
You can even change your family if need be!
LIFE AND RESPONSIBILITY
40.
Guilt is a waste of time.
41.
Guilt is nothing but resentment.
42.
Anger and fear are your body's natural response to outside threat.
43.
Anger and fear are the same emotion.
A response to threat.
The only difference is how you choose to react to the threat.
44.
Anger is that state of mind when you decide to defend yourself.
45.
Fear is that state of mind where you try to escape from the threat.
46.
There is an alternative to fight or flight:
Humans have the ability to talk about it.
To others and to themselves.
47.
You are never a threat to yourself.
(Except in fantasy)
48.
When we turn that anger in on ourselves,
We become depressed.
49.
You are only responsible for the things you can control.
50.
The only things you can control are:
Everything you do ...
Everything you feel ...
In the present time ...
In the present place ...
51.
This means, of course, that you are totally responsible for everything you do,
In the here and now.
52.
You are responsible for creating
Loving relationships in your life.
LIFE AND LOVE
53.
Love is mutual affirmation.
Two-way respect and consideration.
Love is two people living a conversation.
54.
There are four stages of love:
Hi.
I like you.
I love you.
I am in love with you.
55.
Be kind to strangers.
They can give you love.
Just by saying "Hi."
56.
Treasure your friends.
They can give you love.
Just by liking you.
57.
Make time in your life for close friends.
Those who share your deepest feelings.
They give you love -- because they love you.
58.
A loving and committed relationship...
Is something most people spend their lives looking for.
Most people aren't willing to pay the price required.
59.
Marriage is only a legal contract,
Not a relationship.
60.
Really!
It isn't really love if they don't love you back.
61.
And it isn't love...
If you don't love them back.
62.
Rape is a power issue.
And has nothing to do with love.
63.
Jealousy is a property issue...
And has nothing to do with love.
64.
Don't take yourself so seriously!
65.
It's true.
Lovers really do live longer.
LIFE AND HEALTH
66.
Body and mind are one.
67.
If you want to be well,
Learn to listen to what your body says.
68.
You think with every cell in your body.
69.
Think sick and you'll be sick.
70.
Germs don't cause disease.
71.
If you want to be healthy,
Learn to relax.
72.
What you think and how you feel
Control the production of brain and body chemicals.
73.
Be wary about taking any mind-altering chemical.
74.
Don't take any medication unless you really need it.
75.
Look to nature for most of your medicines.
76.
Learn to be gentle with yourself.
77.
Learn to treat your body with respect.
78.
You are your body.
LIFE AND SOCIETY
79.
As long as you cause no harm,
You are free to do whatever you wish.
80.
The requirement that we do no harm
Applies to other people, other living creatures,
Even inanimate things,
And you yourself.
81.
The universe operates on balances.
Life is a balancing act.
82.
Everything in the universe is connected.
Everything.
83.
Everything in the universe is alive.
Everything.
84.
Every action you take --
No matter how small --
Has a n effect on your world.
85.
Judge every action by:
Is this how I want my world to be?
86.
If you would live in an honest world...
Act honestly in your world.
87.
If you want a better world for your children,
Create that world through your own actions.
88.
Life isn't supposed to be fair.
It just is.
89.
Yet the things we do will come back to us,
Eventually.
90.
There is a statute of limitations on guilt.
After a child turns 18, the parents are no longer responsible!
91.
Be kind to yourself.
Be kind to all of creation.
Some Comments on Numbers
There are 13 months in a year.
You say 12? You might be technically correct, but not really so.
The word "month" means simply "the moon."
A month originally was the period from one new moon to another.
There are just about exactly 28 days in one "moon."
This makes 13 months of 28 days in every year.
13 X 28 = 364
A lunar month is divided into four parts:
New moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter.
Each quarter takes about seven days.
This is how we got our week.
The original word "week" meant "to turn."
A week was the turning from one quarter of the moon to another.
To our ancestors, the number 7 stood for change,
And 13 was a term of completeness.
A lucky number.
Jesus' band contained 13 people (12 disciples and Jesus himself.)
There were 13 tribes of Israel.
(Joseph's two sons each founded a tribe. The 13th tribe were the Levites, the priests.)
Each book in this volume contains 13 suggestions.
There are 7 books.
If you read one suggestion each day, it will take you exactly one season (one quarter of a year, 91 days) to complete the volume.
Read through the book daily for a full year and you will have read each suggestion four times.
You will be a happier and more successful person
Blessed Be!
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