The Golden Rule

Spiritual resource to share: universal Truth

In order to apprehend more, we must practise what we already know of the Golden Rule, which is to all mankind a light emitting light. - MARY BAKER EDDY Miscellany p. 282

The direct rule for practice of Christian Science is the Golden Rule, "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye." - MARY BAKER EDDY Miscellaneous Writings p. 282

In the hospital where I occasionally volunteer, there are large posters with numerous variations of what we know as The Golden Rule written in the world's main religions and translated into English. It is an everyday reminder for those who work there to be kind, thoughtful and inclusive of all.

I was intrigued by this video clip from the website TED.com that details the beginning of a project called "The Charter for Compassion" that is solely based on the Golden Rule. Enjoy!





(from the TED site:)
"As she accepts her 2008 TED Prize, author and scholar Karen Armstrong talks about how the Abrahamic religions -- Islam, Judaism, Christianity -- have been diverted from the moral purpose they share to foster compassion. But Armstrong has seen a yearning to change this fact. People want to be religious, she says; we should act to help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help her build a Charter for Compassion -- to help restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine. "




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