Bob Rule, star center for expansion Sonics team, dies at 75 – The Seattle Times

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Dook Domini

Bob Rule, one of the original Sonics whose promising NBA career was cut by short by a devastating Achilles injury, died last week.

Rule, who lived in Menifee, Calif., passed away in his sleep on Sept. 5 at his sister Sherry Randles home in nearby Riverside. He was 75 years old.

Bob was a private man and he died much like he lived his life, which was in quiet, said Rules brother Gary Randle. We knew his family what he did in the NBA, but unless you really go back and look it up, you may not know how good he was. Bob was a special player, but he was also a really good man.

Before the Seahawks and Mariners, Rule became one of Seattles first professional superstar athletes after he was taken in the second round of the 1967 NBA draft by the expansion Sonics.

Rule, a 6-foot-9 center who had an unstoppable left-handed hook shot, was a bright spot during the teams first season when it finished 23-59.

His rookie scoring average of 18.1 points was a franchise rookie record that stood for 40 years until it was eclipsed by Kevin Durant in 2007-08.

I admired people like Wilt (Chamberlain) and Bill Russell and Nate Thurmond and those guys, but I was not afraid of them, Rule said in a 2011 interview with the Press-Enterprise in Riverside, Calif. My initial experience in the NBA was to have Nate Thurmond block six of my first seven shots in the first half.

I go to the locker room and the coach (Al Bianchi) says, Keep putting em up. He cant block em all. And I said, Yeah, well if I hadnt made that layup it would have been all of em.

The expansion Sonics didnt get many wins during Rules rookie season, but No. 45 in the green and gold jersey who garnered the nickname The Golden Rule gave Seattle fans many amazing performances. He put on a show at the Seattle Center Coliseum on Nov. 21, 1967 with a 47-point spectacle against Los Angeles Lakers great Elgin Baylor during a 137-132 win.

The 47-point outburst is still a rookie team record.

Paired with Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens, Rule rose to stardom over the next two seasons and might have become the greatest player in franchise history if he hadnt gotten injured.

He had a chance to become an outstanding player, Wilkens said. Great touch around the basket (and) hook shot. He could run the floor and get up and down the court for his size. Tremendous potential.

He could also go outside. He could move. He wouldnt stay on one spot. That made a difference. Back then, centers didnt like to guard centers away from the basket.

In his second year, Rule averaged 24.0 points and 11.5 rebounds during the 1968-69 season and established himself as one of the most prolific low-post players in the NBA at a time when big men ruled the league.

On Nov. 8, 1968, Rule exploded for 37 points on 14-for-28 shooting to topple Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics 114-112.

Bob could score, no question about that, Wilkens said. We tried to help Bob, because he was such a good offensive player. We set little screens to free him. He had tremendous hands; he could grip the ball like a grapefruit.

During the 1969-70 season, Rule gained national prominence while averaging 24.6 points and 10.6 rebounds. He garnered a spot in the 1970 NBA All-Star Game and became the third Sonics All-Star, following Walt Hazzard (1968) and Wilkens (1969).

Four games into the 1970-71 season, Rules season ended after he tore his Achilles tendon and he was never the same again. He averaged 29.8 points that season.

It was tough, Wilkens said. He certainly wanted to recover, he knew he had a good future. I never saw him healthy again.

Rule averaged just 7.1 points and 3.4 rebounds in 16 games for the Sonics in 1971-72 before the team traded him to the Philadelphia 76ers. He averaged 17.3 points and 8.0 rebounds in 60 games that season for the Sixers.

Rule spent one more season with Philadelphia before playing two years (1972-74) in Cleveland where he averaged 4.3 points and 2.8 rebounds.

Following a one-game stint in Milwaukee during the 1974-75 season, Rule retired at age 30.

Rule, who was born June, 29, 1944 in Riverside, Calif., played basketball at Riverside Poly High School. He starred for two seasons at Riverside Community College under Jerry Tarkanian before transferring to Colorado State.

Rule is survived by two sons Randall and Russell Rule; siblings Charlene Marcus, Sherry and Gary Randle, and Eloise Talbert; three grandchildren and his partner for over 40 years Alayne Harris.

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Let’s Talk About McGill’s Sexual Assault Policy…Again – The Bull and Bear

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Dook Domini

I wrote my first article forThe Bull & Bear last fall on the administrations sexual assault policy. Specifically, I tackled inappropriate student-faculty relationships. At that point in time, I was fresh-off Frosh, with little idea of what McGill life would bring. A lot has changed since then, both for me personally and within the McGill community. McGills administration announced that it will be replacing the Redmen name, the Y-intersection and Leacock have finally fallen prey to Montreals rampant construction, and I moved into my first apartment. However, McGills policy on sexual relations between students and faculty appears virtually untouched.

Issues like sexual misconduct on our campusproblems that are so pertinent and damaging to student lifecannot merely dissipate by being ignored. Instead, concrete policy must address these issues head on.

To be completely transparent, I nearly forgot about this underlying problem during my first year at McGill. Neither I, nor anyone close to me, had any uncomfortable encounters with faculty members. I also personally did not hear of any new stories of sexual assault on campus involving faculty.

Although the issue seems to have disappeared from both my immediate and peripheral vision, the problem of sexual misconduct among both students and faculty on campus still persists. Issues like sexual misconduct on our campusproblems that are so pertinent and damaging to student lifecannot merely dissipate by being ignored. Instead, concrete policy must address these issues head on.

At the end of this past school year, McGills administration launched a new, mandatory online course for both students and faculty as part of Quebecs requirements on sexual violence prevention and consent. The course even includes a segment on power dynamics between faculty and students: a nod to multiple allegations against McGill professors that have emerged in the past few years.

For those unfamiliar with McGills ongoing, faculty-inflicted sexual assault, these allegations include unwanted sexual advances and instructors holding office hours in bars. These persistent allegations prompted SSMU (Student Society of McGill University) and various faculty members to send an open letter to McGills administration demanding action on the matter.

In April, 2018, SSMU organized a walkout alongside Concordia students to demonstrate the magnitude of the issue. Despite these efforts, McGills administration maintained their loose sexual misconduct policies and flooded students emails with somewhat empty promises and buzzwords in order to quell unrest.

While this new online course represents a much-needed acknowledgement that action must be taken, it also brings a new set of failures on the part of the administration. For one, returning students are to complete the online course by November, whereas faculty members do not have to complete it until January, 2020.

The underlying hypocrisy of this new program is that while it acknowledges the power dynamic that makes student-faculty relationships dangerous, McGill continues to allow for these relationships with shockingly few restrictions.

The later deadline for faculty members implies that students are held to a different standard than faculty members when it comes to incidences of sexual assault, and that the administration does not see the issue of faculty-inflicted sexual assault as urgent enough for the course to be completed at the beginning of the year.

This program certainly provides a promising outlook on McGills handling of sexual assault. However, student-faculty relationships are still permitted on campus as long as they are disclosed. The underlying hypocrisy of this new program is that while it acknowledges the power dynamic that makes student-faculty relationships dangerous, McGill continues to allow for these relationships with shockingly few restrictions.

Teaching about the issue is a decent first step, but action eventually must be taken in order to put an end to sexual misconduct at McGill. Student-faculty relationships inevitably involve a power disbalance that eliminates the possibility of consent and creates an unsafe environment for students.

Our administration is adamant about the golden rule during Frosh (which rightly prohibits relationships between Frosh leaders and Froshies), and they prohibit actions as miniscule as students tattooing Suzanne Fortiers signature for a scavenger hunt. Our school must therefore also take the issue of faculty-inflicted sexual assaultan issue with far graver consequences than a tasteless tattoojust as seriously.

McGill fails to take proper action on this issue by explicitly banning student-faculty relationships while promptly adding gratuitous rules for students. Until the administration changes their approach, they will continue to punish students while absolving professors of their inappropriate behaviour.

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Chennai unwrapped: why the city is the great international gateway to South India – The National

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Dook Domini

Theres an old Tamil proverb that goes something like this: He drinks mind-milk thinking that he can rule the world. Mind-milk is any foolish hope, a bit like the one that crosses my mind one afternoon as I sip strong South Indian coffee from a steel tumbler at an earthy Triplicane cafe.

Here in one of Chennais oldest neighbourhoods, Im enjoying the distinctive taste of the local coffea arabica, as its called its ground beans typically mixed with chicory, and the thick dark mixture added to boiled milk rather than water. Gazing out at the bewildering swirl of endless traffic, my foolish hope is simply to cross the road and make for the gleaming sands of Marina Beach, where crowds slurp ice cream and nurse chargrilled corncobs.

But there is one golden, even cautionary, rule for tackling traffic in Chennai, if not India generally: everyone has the right of way all of the time. So after gauging the frantic ebb and flow of honking buses, lorries, cars, auto-rickshaws, bicycles and handcarts over another coffee, I decide only braver, possibly foolish, souls would attempt to cross on foot. Hailing a tuk-tuk, I join the tide for a half-kilometre ride to the beach.

Chennai is the great international gateway to South India. For businesses, especially those in the IT and automotive sectors, it is a vital thriving hub, while other visitors may well be here as medical tourists, tapping into the reputation and expertise of Chennais doctors and consultants.

Regular travellers typically see it as a staging post; not quite an utter chore but hardly a worthy destination either. Aided and abetted by a fine hotel, Taj Connemara, I was keen to give it a try.

Officially called Chennai since 1996, for centuries it was known as Madras. That name probably derived from a small fishing village near a slender strip of land that became one of Britains first toeholds in the subcontinent. The British strictly the East India Company yearned for a port on the Coromandel Coast and eventually acquired one in 1639. Within five years, the growing trading outpost was strengthened and named Fort St George. Around its walls sprung White Town, a British and European enclave beyond which sprouted the colloquially named Black Town, where locals lived. Everyone knew where they stood, stayed and slept.

Dotted with a cornucopia of mainly Raj-era heritage buildings (in India only Kolkata has more), modern Chennai could be a prodigious architectural depository, but for the vagaries of their preservation. Consider the fire and storm-damaged Indo-Gothic General Post Office and weep; another fire in 2014 seriously damaged the magnificent State Bank of India building nearby. Stalled renovation of the Romanesque Victoria Public Hall (where the citys first films were screened in the late 1800s) now looks dreadful. The list goes on.

Yet many of these buildings are still used and some are virtually pristine. Stubbornly avoiding the new and expanding metro (which clearly moderates the average Chennaites commute), I brave the seething traffic to pound the streets.

From the handsome Indo-Gothic edifice of Egmore Railway Station and the almost unnatural calm of St Andrews Kirk (modelled on Londons St Martin-in-the-Fields), I head on past the dazzling white Ripon Building, its Italianate facade capped with an elegant clock tower. Almost alongside it stands Chennai Central, a magnificent Gothic Revival masterpiece that is used by more than half a million people every day. In 2005, plans to lighten its colour from red brick to pale brown led to protests and railway authorities stuck to the colour that had adorned the station since construction in 1873.

Tucked away behind Parrys Corner, the domes and cupolas of the Madras High Court are among the citys best examples of East-meets-West architecture. This court complex is 50 metres tall, with a central tower that was designed to be visible even way out at sea.

For those looking to gain a clearer sense of how modern Chennai came to be, Fort St George lends shape and substance. Now a large and leafy complex of government and naval buildings (plus Indias oldest Anglican church, St Marys Church), its main entrance still stands alongside a sea-facing bastion and flagstaff resembling the prow of a ship. Aptly enough, security is tight and bags are checked.

Once an officers mess, Fort Museum is the prime draw here. Amid the displays of weaponry, uniforms, medals and porcelain, I make a bee-line for the ground-floor galleries. Models and plans sketch the forts development from a modest square structure with fin-like corners to a huge compound with strangely angular walls and chevron-shaped bastions. Upstairs are galleries that feature romantic aquatints by Thomas and William Daniell. These artists undertook extraordinary journeys across late 18th-century India and their exotic depictions of mosques, temples, palaces and pastoral scenes whetted the appetites of many a budding soldier-sahib.

Tracking these Raj-era highlights, it seems apt that I am staying at one of South Indias oldest hotels. Reopened last autumn after extensive renovations, the Connemara has long been an institution for the citys great and good. What began as a cosy retreat in palace gardens owned by a nawab, became the Imperial Hotel in 1854 and the Connemara in 1890. Named after Lord Connemara, who was governor of the city in the late 1880s, or possibly his wife at the time, who stayed here for months as their marriage fell apart, its a property that elegantly merges nostalgia with Art Deco sensibilities. Famous Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawas remodelling of its public areas in the 1970s remains virtually untouched.

One morning over breakfast, I briefly chat to a middle-aged British couple touring Tamil Nadu and adjoining Kerala. They are also on something of an ancestral quest; a great-grandmother was born in Chennai and through some old letters they hope to locate addresses and homes to reconnect with an exotic fragment of family history. Its harder than we thought, admits the husband. Street names have changed, addresses are confusing

We get a few guests here on the ancestral trail, just like in my own home city of Lucknow, says general manager Ahmar Siddiqui. They are significant cities in the story of British India.

I dont wish to obsess over the Rajs illustrious ghosts. Connemara often arranges tours for guests to explore other facets of the city, from street food and jewellery to its dense bazaars, on foot. The next morning, I hover outside the soaring gateway of the imposing Kapaleeshwarar Temple awaiting my guide, Lakshmi Shankar. Here in the citys Mylapore district, Shankars tour started with an anatomy of a temple walk. As we repeatedly orbit its large courtyard, she explains some of Hinduisms complex rituals and beliefs.

Just beyond its secondary entrance is one of the states largest temple tanks, a pool of water lined with masonry steps traditionally used for ritual bathing and ceremonies. Shankar explains that about two centuries earlier the land for this tank was given as a gift to the ancient temple by the Nawab of Arcot (a relatively short-lived but influential dynasty that can be traced back to the second Caliph, Omar ibn Al Khattab, in the seventh century). There was one condition: the citys Muslims could also use it for rituals during Muharram. For a day or two each year, Muslims and Hindus can stand side by side observing their faiths, a heartening tradition of tolerance that has more-or-less endured since the 1800s.

We move on to nearby San Thome Cathedral that, despite the name (reflecting its 16th-century Portuguese origins), was rebuilt by the British in the 1890s. The whitewashed Neo-Gothic facade is all very well, but Shankar says that it is also one of only three churches in the world to be built over the tomb of an apostle. St Thomas landed in Kerala in the 1st century and eventually made his way towards the Coromandel Coast. He was killed on a hill (now called St Thomas Mount) in the southern suburbs near Chennais airport but was buried in Mylapore.

Pausing for (yet more) coffee in a local cafe, Shankar urges me to visit the Government Museum, a huge and seemingly motley complex of buildings dominated by the circular Museum Theatre. If you only see one gallery, it should be the one devoted to Chola bronzes, an astonishing collection of 8th to 12th-century sculpture made using the lost wax (or cire perdue) technique of casting with bees wax and clay moulds. The dancing gods and goddess might not be to everyones tastes, but the sheer artistry and skill is admirable.

Later, dawdling in a gallery devoted to South Indias almost forgotten tribal groups, I stumble across one of the strangest exhibits Ive seen in an Indian museum. Displayed almost as an afterthought in a dark corner are two large gnarled and tapering wooden beams, the upright beam running through the horizontal one. Used by tribal Gonds to help propitiate the gods and safeguard the tribes prized turmeric cultivation, hapless human offerings were stupefied with liquor, lashed to the horizontal beam and spun vigorously until death. The last meriah sacrifice occurred in 1852 and a label notes that when the device was exhibited in 1906 during a visit of the prince of Wales, Gond groups became visibly excited.

For a more engaging window into the regions mainstream heritage, I head out of the city. About 25km south, beside the Bay of Bengal, is Dakshinachitra. Described as a heritage centre with craft workshops, exhibitions and cultural performances, for most visitors its main attraction is the charming array of traditional homes representing some of South Indias varied vernacular architecture.

Be it a Muslim traders house from Karnataka, a weavers abode from Andhra Pradesh or a Syrian Christian home from Kerala, all were saved from demolition, carefully dismantled and painstakingly rebuilt on-site. Its too neat to resemble even an idealised village, but perhaps the most striking aspect is the economical beauty of these homes and a sense that their occupants lived well, if not always wealthily.

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Polly reviewed Olive Garden, Twitter suggested Golden Corral. Turns out, she already did – Cincinnati.com

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Dook Domini

Morgan Atha brings out fresh baked rolls before opening to the public at Golden Corral in the Town of Poughkeepsie on November 13, 2018. Atha, an Idaho native is part of Golden Corral's A-Team and travels to new locations to help train staff. (Photo: Patrick Oehler/Poughkeepsie Journal)

Polly Campbell finally went and reviewedOlive Garden after 23 years as a food critic. You all couldn't get enough of it. Someone on Twitter even suggested that next week she should review Golden Corral. Turns out, she already did. In 1999. Here's what she wrote:

Friday, June 18, 1999

It's anall-you-can eat chain buffet, but it's pretty good.

Last weekend, my family and I had dinner at the Golden Corral, an all-you-can-eat "grill buffet" in Fairfield. The four of us had complete dinners, including two steaks, and we certainly left feeling filled. The bill: $27.

Now that's the price of just one person's dinner - heck, one entree - at many restaurants where they don't serve seconds. I felt I had wandered into an alternative economic universe where the rule is the more you eat, the less you pay.

It doesn't make sense to me, but I'm sure there is a solid business explanation for this paradox that makes such a format a sure-fire moneymaker. Frisch's must think so; they have an agreement with Golden Corral to open 23 of the restaurants in Greater Cincinnati, Dayton and Louisville over the next seven years. The Fairfield location opened in January. Four will open in 1999: Eastgate, West Hamilton, Turfway Park area of Florence and Fort Wright.

(Find a currentGolden Corral location near you.)

Of course, one way all-you-can-eat buffets make money is by serving cheap food. But Golden Corral aims fairly high, as buffets go, and offers some quality amid the quantity.

There's certainly plenty of choice, including a varied and fresh salad bar, and evidence that not everything is simply dumped from a can onto a steam table.

You'll be familiar with the format from Ponderosa or similar steak places. You order a steak or chicken or shrimp dinner, add on the buffet if you want, or get just the buffet. Pay up and then proceed to a table where a server picks up your order and brings your drinks. (Another mystery: If you're helping yourself to mashed potatoes, why not to Pepsi?)

You might as well skip the steak dinner. The sirloin's OK, but on the chewy side. Country-fried steak is cheap meat encased in a hard crust, with gravy. Chicken breast filets are just chicken fingers. They have roast beef and fried chicken on the buffet line, so why pay for a dinner?

Food ready to serve at Golden Corral in the Town of Poughkeepsie on November 13, 2018.(Photo: Patrick Oehler/Poughkeepsie Journal)

The salad bar's the best part of the buffet. You could make a respectable chef's salad, with lettuce, julienned turkey and ham, pepperoni, peppers, olives and a wide variety of raw vegetables. Or a spinach salad, with bacon and hard-boiled eggs. There's a dressed Caesar salad, plus a couple of nice mixed salads, like cherry tomato and mushroom or fresh broccoli with bacon. You could do a cottage cheese and mixed fruit salad. Some of the fruit is fresh, such as strawberries. If you're into healthy, you could quit there or add a baked potato and have had your money's worth.

Right.

Most people are eating like they think the food pyramid refers to the best way to stack a burger, pizza, fried chicken and steamed carrots on one small plate.

I tried as much as I could. Soup (high-quality prefabricated). Chips with chili (fine.) Roast beef (a little tough) and mashed potatoes (surprisingly good) with gravy (amazingly salty). Barbecued chicken (thumbs down). Thick, doughy-crusted pizza (thumbs up). Meat loaf (quite good). Fresh yeast rolls (too sweet, but nice and fresh).

I didn't manage the spaghetti and meat sauce, rotisserie chicken, fried fish, baked fish, pinto beans or turkey in gravy. I skipped the greasy-looking hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill.

The buffet line is set up with much of the working area in full view. People are prepping salads and cutting cakes while you watch. The buffet line is attractively laid out, lit and labeled, though of course it gets messy. A nice decorating feature is the stacks of raw materials, such as fruit, vegetables, boxes of onions and potatoes. This is less effective by the bakery, where dessert mixes are decoratively stacked. I guess "from a mix" now counts as "homemade."

I tried peanut cream pie (weird), warm cherry cobbler (not bad), thin lemon bars (bad) and the expected soft-serve ice cream. This is where the kids got creative. I never had seen a candy corn-gummi bear-Oreo sundae.

Golden Corral exterior.(Photo: File photo)

The gimmick in the bakery is that a brass bell rings every time something fresh is put out. I never heard the bell. I think they were so busy putting out food for the crowded house that they would have been ringing it constantly.

It was astounding how busy the place was on a Friday. People were lined up when we got there at 7 p.m., and as we left an hour and a half later.

It seems to me that one of the most important things a buffet restaurant can do is make it easy to get in and out of your chair, and Golden Corral flunks that test. The place is so packed with tables and chairs that you can barely lift your elbow, let alone push back your chair.

It's a good thing most of the food is self-serve because the restaurant service is inept. I think it was our young server's first night, because he didn't know the answer to anything.

While Golden Corral is a remarkable bargain, I wonder how many people leave an all-you-can-eat experience feeling the same as I do: I would have paid more to eat less.

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Golden Rule Definition – Duhaime.org

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Dook Domini

Distinct from the concept of a golden ruile argument, an improper suggestion made to a jury (see Legal Definition of Golden RUle Argument).

In the British case Grey v. Pearson, 6ER 60 (1857), quoted with approval in Bilawchuk v Blomberg, 2000ABQB 824, the golden rule was defined as follows:

"In construing all written instruments, the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistence with the rest of the instrument, in which case the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words may be modified, so as to avoid that absurdity and inconsistency, but no further."

Another case often cited in support of the golden rule is River Wear Commissioners v Adamson in which Justice Blackburn used these words:

"I believe that is it not disputed that what Lord Wensleydale used to call the golden rule is right, vis, that we are to take the whole statute together, and construe it all together, giving the words their ordinary signification, unless when so applied they produce an inconsistency, or an absurdity or inconvenience so great as to convince the Court that the intention could not have been to use them in their ordinary signification, which though less proper, is one which the Court thinks the words will bear."

As the British Columbia Court of Appeal wrote in 1991, Krusel v Firth:

"(T)he golden rule ... is most often applied so as to resolve ambiguity in statutory language in favour of that meaning which will best achieve the intention of the legislature revealed by the statute as a whole.

"The rule requires also that words having only one meaning on a logical reading of the statute - language, that is to say, which gives rise to no ambiguity - shall nevertheless not be given that natural meaning where the result would be unjust or absurd or would contradict the plain purpose or intent of the statute, as discovered from a reading of the whole and from the character which, in the absence of contrary words, the law ascribes to statutes of that sort."

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Posted on May 17, 2019 by Dook Domini

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Versions of the Golden Rule in dozens of religions and …

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Dook Domini

Amplified Bible:So then, in everything treat others the same way you want them to treat you,for this is [the essence of] the Law and the [writings of the] Prophets.King James Version: "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets."

New International Version:So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Living Bible:Do for others what you want them to do for you.This is the teaching of the laws of Moses in a nutshell. 1

(Words in bold are not in the original Bible translations.)

A photoshopped "Golden Rule Bus"

This bus image was altered to display "The Golden Rule" on its front.The side of the bus was photoshopped to contain the upper part of Scarboro Missions' Golden Rule poster, which is shown below

Linking the Golden Rule to the "Sheep and Goats" passage, Matthew 25:32-46

A statement by Gautama Buddha:He was the founder of Buddhism, which is the fifth largest religion after Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Chinese traditional religion:

"Resolve to be tender with the young,compassionate with the aged,sympatheitic with the striving.and tolerant with the weak and wrong.Sometime in your life, you will have been all of these." 3

Statement by the Dalai Lama:

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Transition Probabilities and Fermi’s Golden Rule

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Dook Domini

One of the prominent failures of the Bohr model for atomic spectra was that it couldn't predict that one spectral line would be brighter than another. From the quantum theory came an explanation in terms of wavefunctions, and for situations where the transition probability is constant in time, it is usually expressed in a relationship called Fermi's golden rule.

In general conceptual terms, a transition rate depends upon the strength of the coupling between the initial and final state of a system and upon the number of ways the transition can happen (i.e., the density of the final states). In many physical situations the transition probability is of the form

The transition probability l is also called the decay probability and is related to the mean lifetime t of the state by l = 1/t. The general form of Fermi's golden rule can apply to atomic transitions, nuclear decay, scattering ... a large variety of physical transitions.

A transition will proceed more rapidly if the coupling between the initial and final states is stronger. This coupling term is traditionally called the "matrix element" for the transition: this term comes from an alternative formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of matrices rather than the differential equations of the Schrodinger approach. The matrix element can be placed in the form of an integral where the interaction which causes the transition is expressed as a potential V which operates on the initial state wavefunction. The transition probability is proportional to the square of the integral of this interaction over all of the space appropriate to the problem.

This kind of integral approach using the wavefunctions is of the same general form as that used to find the "expectation value" or expected average value of any physical variable in quantum mechanics. But in the case of an expectation value for a property like the system energy, the integral has the wavefunction representing the eigenstate of the system in both places in the integral.

The transition probability is also proportional to the density of final states rf. It is reasonably common for the final state to be composed of several states with the same energy - such states are said to be "degenerate" states. This degeneracy is sometimes expressed as a "statistical weight" which will appear as a factor in the transition probability. In many cases there will be a continuum of final states, so that this density of final states is expressed as a function of energy.

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Posted on January 9, 2019 by Dook Domini

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We take pride that one of our specialties is work with geothermal systems. You might think using geothermal heating and cooling is out of reach for your house, but our experienced professionals would love to show you otherwise! We want to help more homes enjoy the energysaving and environmentallyfriendly benefits of using geothermal power. Our team installs, replaces, maintains, and repairs geothermal heat pumps in the area. Call to find out more.

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Linking the Golden Rule to the "Sheep and Goats" passage, Matthew 25:32-46

A statement by Gautama Buddha:He was the founder of Buddhism, which is the fifth largest religion after Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Chinese traditional religion:

"Resolve to be tender with the young,compassionate with the aged,sympatheitic with the striving.and tolerant with the weak and wrong.Sometime in your life, you will have been all of these." 2

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Golden Rule Insurance Review & Complaints | Healthcare

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Dook Domini

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Golden Rule Insurance was founded in 1940 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and became a part of UnitedHealthCare in 2003. Their products are sold under the UnitedHealthOne banner, which is the branding used for individual products that are underwritten by a variety of subsidiary companies owned by United.

Golden Rules product lineup is centered on individual health insurance plans. The company has a history of political support for candidates pushing the increased use of HSAs in health care reform. Our research, however, did not show any products from Golden Rule that utilize an HSA this may be due to the states in which we looked or a change in their offerings.

Golden Rule underwrites a variety of products under the UnitedHealthCare name. These include dental, vision, short-term medical, supplemental health, and prescription drug plans. Currently, there does not appear to be any major medical plans offered by Golden Rule (although other UnitedHealth companies do offer this type of plan).

Golden Rule continues to operate out of Indianapolis and offers their products in 40 states as well as the District of Columbia.

Which of the companies under the UnitedHealthOne brand will underwrite the insurance depends on the state of residence; for example, when we attempted to get product information for California we found only dental, critical illness, vision, and prescription discount plans available. Hospital and medical indemnity coverage is offered in the state by a different UnitedHealth subsidiary.

Because of the long list of products and the various versions of those products make it difficult to provide details, we have tried to give an overview of each of the products Golden Rule writes. We drew from both California and Indiana to get a look at the products not offered in one single state.

Short Term Medical

Golden Rule has a variety of short-term medical plans designed to provide catastrophic coverage for those that are in between major medical plans for a variety of reasons, including job changes.

The plans we saw in Indiana range from 60/40 coinsurance up to 80/20 coinsurance. Deductibles are either $10,000 or $12,500. These are high because this type of plan is meant to be in place to protect against catastrophic medical bills, and not for regular ongoing medical care.

Hospital and Doctor Insurance

Golden Rules Hospital and Doctor insurance plans pay a flat rate per day to cover fees for inpatient hospital care that are not paid for under major medical insurance.

The plans listed for Indiana start at coverage of $1,000 a day and go up by $1,000 increments to $5,000 a day.

Dental

In both states we looked at, Golden Rule has six different dental insurance plans available. These plans all offer similar basic coverage but differ in terms of copays and coinsurance amounts. Some plans include coverage for major dental service, while others cover only basics. None of the plans we looked at include orthodontia coverage.

Vision

There are two plans available in both states we looked at. The vision plans all include annual exams and benefits for eyeglasses and contacts. These plans can be bundled with the dental plans.

Critical Illness

Golden Rules Critical Illness insurance plans pay a flat rate benefit upon diagnosis with any of the covered critical illnesses.

The payout benefits start at $10,000 and go up to $50,000.

Accident

Golden Rule offers three different accident insurance plans in Indiana. Each of the three plans offers an increasing level of benefits to pay for medical costs arising from an accident. Coverage pays for doctor visits but does not provide any benefits for prescription drugs.

Discount Card

In both of our sample states Golden Rule offers a discount program that provides discounted services for both medical care and for prescription drugs.

Term Life

In Indiana, Golden Rule writes 10 or 20-year term life insurance plans with death benefit amounts going up to $200,000. An optional Critical Illness rider can be added to the plans.

We looked at the rates for a 30-year-old male, which are readily available and easy to locate on the UnitedHealthOne site. Since there are so many different plans, we are listing some of the more common options.

Short-term medical starts at $44.40 (in Indiana, as this coverage is not available in California) and goes up to $64.20.

Dental insurance plans start at $27.95 in California and go up to $76.90 a month. Rates in Indiana are a bit lower which is not surprising and start at $21.03

Hospital and Doctor insurance is not underwritten by Golden Rule in California. The Indiana rates start at $52.59 a month for this product.

The last rates we gathered are for term life insurance. A 10-year term policy with a death benefit of $25,000 came in at $6.81 a month. A 20-year-term policy at $200,000 has a monthly rate of $56.33.

We did not find much in the way of claims information on the companys website. Although most health insurance plans handle claims directly with the provider, some of the policies that are underwritten by Golden Rule will require the filing of claims directly by the insured.

On the contact page, there is both a mailing address and a fax number for claims. A phone number is not listed, but United does have a main customer service line where claims questions can likely be directed. There is also a member portal where existing customers can check on existing claims.

Golden Rule Insurance Company has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau (BBB). They have been accredited since 1985 and have a total of 17 complaints on file in the past three years. There are five negative reviews on the BBB page citing issues of claims denial and long wait times on hold with the company.

There are 85 reviews of Golden Rule on Consumer Affairs and an overall one-star rating. The complaints on this site are much the same, including billing issues and claims issues. There are also multiple complaints about the difficulty of getting a person on the phone.

The complaint volume for Golden Rule is not high for the size of the company, and the type of complaints are fairly common to this sort of insurance company. It does seem like there is an issue with hold times for customer service, which is a problem that Golden Rule needs to address, but this is often common to large insurance companies that have outgrown their staff.

Golden Rules branding under UnitedHealthOne is a bit confusing, and the other companies under the same brand add to that confusion, but the brand does provide name recognition. They have a long list of products that differ from state to state and may be a good value depending on your needs.

For a list of companies that we recommend, visit our Best Insurance Companies page.

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The Golden Rule – Think Humanism

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Dook Domini

Humanists try to embrace the moral principle known as the Golden Rule, otherwise known as the ethic of reciprocity, which means we believe that people should aim to treat each other as they would like to be treated themselves with tolerance, consideration and compassion.

Humanists like the Golden Rule because of its universality, because it is derived from human feelings and experience and because it requires people to think about others and try to imagine how they might think and feel. It is a simple and clear default position for moral decision-making.

Sometimes people argue that the Golden Rule is imperfect because it makes the assumption that everyone has the same tastes and opinions and wants to be treated the same in every situation. But the Golden Rule is a general moral principle, not a hard and fast rule to be applied to every detail of life. Treating other people as we would wish to be treated ourselves does not mean making the assumption that others feel exactly as we do about everything. The treatment we all want is recognition that we are individuals, each with our own opinions and feelings and for these opinions and feelings to be afforded respect and consideration. The Golden Rule is not an injunction to impose ones will on someone else!

Trying to live according to the Golden Rule means trying to empathise with other people, including those who may be very different from us. Empathy is at the root of kindness, compassion, understanding and respect qualities that we all appreciate being shown, whoever we are, whatever we think and wherever we come from. And although it isnt possible to know what it really feels like to be a different person or live in different circumstances and have different life experiences, it isnt difficult for most of us to imagine what would cause us suffering and to try to avoid causing suffering to others. For this reason, many people find the Golden Rules corollary do not treat people in a way you would not wish to be treated yourself more pragmatic.

The Golden Rule cannot be claimed for any one philosophy or religion; indeed, the successful evolution of communities has depended on its use as a standard through which conflict can be resolved. Throughout the ages, many individual thinkers and spiritual traditions have promoted one or other version of it. Here are some examples of the different ways it has been expressed:

Maria MacLachlanOctober 2007

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Posted on December 13, 2018 by Dook Domini

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The Golden Rule: Jeffrey Wattles: 9780195110364: Amazon …

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Dook Domini

In an age plagued by selfishness, materialism, and violence, ethicists feel impelled to find a universal system of values. To arrive at such a "rule" requires that they struggle with a series of seemingly irreconcilable questions. First, are universal values possible in a pluralistic world, and how does one do justice to both human equality and to individual and cultural differences? How is one to understand the interface between religious moral teachings and the ethics of secular humanism? Finally, can such a system integrate moral intuition and moral reason? In the first scholarly book in English on the golden rule since the seventeenth century, Jeffrey Wattles demonstrates how a clear understanding of the psychological, philosophical, and religious ramifications of the rule can form the synthesis needed to solve these dilemas.

The golden rule, "do to others as you would have others do to you," is widely assumed to have a single meaning, shared by virtually all the world's religions. It strikes the average person as intuitively true, though most modern philosophers reject it or recast it in more rational form. Wattles surveys the history of the golden rule and its spectrum of meanings in diverse contexts, ranging from Confusius to Plato and Aristotle, from classical Jewish literature to the New Testament. He also considers medieval, Reformation, and modern theological and philosophical responses and objections to the rule, as well as how some early twentieth-century American leaders have tried to use the rule. Wattles draws these diverse interpretation into a synthesis that responds, at the psychological, philosophical, and religious levels, to the challenges to moral living in any given culture. Emotionally, the rules counsels consideration for others feelings by asking that "you place yourself in their shoes." Intellectually, it activates moral thinking about what is fair. At the same time, it retains a spiritual appeal as "the principle of the practice of the family of God."

Demonstrating how, despite its contentious history, this age-old ethical principle contiues to be relevant in dealing with contemporary issues, The Golden Rule should interest students and scholars working in religious studies, philosophy and ethics, and psychology, as well as anyone looking for an alternative to postmodern cynicism and alienation.

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Defining The Golden Rule JCPenney

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Dook Domini

The Golden Rule Store in Kemmerer, Wyoming, opened in April 14, 1902.

JCPenney has been part of the fabric of American history for more than a century.Through the years, we have not beenafraid to change andkeep pace with the needs of our customers, butwe did so by never losingsight of the timeless values on which our company was founded.

Our founder, James Cash Penney, made it a priority to treat customers the way they would want to be treated. Thats why he even named our first store the Golden Rule Store.

We continue to build on the legacy of our founder James Cash Penney, who believed in doing what is right and just.

When the company incorporated in 1913 as the J. C. Penney Company, Inc., Mr. Penney and his associates didnt want to lose the spirit of partnership and investment that gave managers an incentive to succeed. Mr. Penney and some of his partners drafted five core principles later expanded to seven by which they wanted their new Company to operate. They called these principles The Penney Idea. The Penney Idea may have been written over 100 years ago, but the guidance it offers is just as relevant today as it was in 1913.

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The seven principles of The Penney Idea.

Today, the legacy of our Golden Rule philosophy remains alive and well. Were committed to being a place where our customers feel good about shopping and our associates feel proud to work at JCPenney. And with approximately half of America shopping at JCPenney each year, its our values that have helped to sustain and build JCPenney into a brand trusted by millions of American families.

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The Huna Golden Rule: You Can Only Harm Yourself

Posted on March 27, 2018 by ev1

The Ancient Hawaiian Huna Understood that we can only hurt ourselves. We cannot hurt another. Understanding and applying this lost esoteric wisdom can set us free.

By Cathy Eck

The ancient Hawaiian Hunas had a powerful version of the Golden Rule: What you think you do to others, you actually do to yourself. It is a powerful way of thinking. In fact, when we follow this Golden Rule, we start to see a whole new reality. We begin to free our minds of judgment, hatred, and fear.

People can hide behind the Bibles Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. It is not a bad rule. It makes good sense. But people say they use it all the time without even thinking about what it truly implies. They just make absolutely sure that they dont get caught doing anything wrong. They make sure their mask is secure so their shadow doesnt shine through the cracks.

One day at work, about twenty years ago, I got to thinking about the Golden Rule. I realized that I, like most, didnt take it very seriously. For just a day, I decided that I would analyze my every thought, word, and deed against the Golden Rule standard. I was horrified by what I found in my mind. I could appear to follow the Golden Rule if I left my mind out of the equation. But if I included my thinking in with my doing, I was a red, hot mess.

But Im not a quitter. I kept working on it, and over time, I was relatively pleased with my progress. Then I found the Huna Golden Rule. I didnt know that I was now going to have to up my game.

Jesus pointed out that thinking badly is no less of an offense than doing when he discussed adultery. Yet most people ignore that part of his teaching and act like a child that hides their eyes and thinks they are now invisible. The child doesnt realize that we can still see behind their hand mask.

We convince ourselves that we are kind when we tell little, white lies. We think we are peaceful, when we are merely tolerant. We think that saying something nice without meaning it still gets us points in heaven. We gossip or complain with a victim wrapper around our words so as not to diminish our good reputation. But according to the Huna Golden Rule, we are only deceiving ourselves. We create bigger and bigger illusions; and we are rejecting our true Self, which has nothing to hide.

It makes sense if you think about it. When we say even one untrue thing, we have to maintain that false perspective forevermore. Our mind has to work to remember what we said or how we behaved so that we dont contradict ourselves. Eventually, we become like robots with our persona becoming as natural as brushing our teeth. But if we are honest, we must admit that our persona doesnt fulfill our needs. In fact, it causes us to feel lonely, unworthy and inauthentic. All of our relationships become conditional, and we long for real love.

Our life becomes predictable and boring; we struggle to find excitement or entertainment to help us feel alive again. The truth is, we have lost our true nature and become unworthy, inauthentic, conditionally loving, and incredibly boring. But weve created the whole mess with our secrets and lies.

Ill be the first to admit how challenging this change of perspective can be. After I started trying to live the Golden Rule, Id meet up with friends and found I had nothing to talk about. The conditional bonding that I had with my spouse and family was now exposed. Everything that I would have said before was now taboo under the Golden Rule standards. Nevertheless, my life was enough of a mess that I was willing to keep applying it to the best of my ability even if those around me didnt care to play my new game.

Id be willing to bet that Jesus Golden Rule was exactly as the Huna Masters passed it down. Ive found the two sets of teachings to be a near perfect match. The Bible just lost some accuracy in translation. Humans have been looking through the perspective of good and evil for thousands of years. The Huna Golden Rule doesnt recognize good and evil; it comes from a unity perspective. But people cant translate a concept that they cant comprehend.

While admittedly difficult to apply in the modern world, this amplified Golden Rule can bring peace to many sad hearts. Think of how peaceful it would feel to experience a world where someone who bullies harms only themselves. Someone who demands obedience harms only themselves. Well the Huna masters were not crazy. It is that way. But people are taught that they should obey and respect authority, they are taught that what others think about them matters, and they are so entangled mentally and emotionally that the Huna Golden Rule appears to be ridiculous.

So many people, who dont fit in, have been told that they caused anothers pain or suffering. But, the Huna Golden Rule renders that impossible. It says that we cant hurt another; we can only hurt ourselves. I spent decades believing that I hurt others because I was honest to a fault; and it kept me in constant emotional turmoil. I also saw myself as bad and negatively inclined because I was extremely introverted. In other words, I was not socially gifted. That emotional pain and suffering created stress, pain, and disease in my body.

Likewise, people were hurting me, and I didnt even notice. I thought they were teaching me about life or building my character.

I remember the first time that I went with a boyfriend to Catholic church. Id never thought much about judgment before that time. It never really occurred to me to judge another, nor did it occur to me that others would ever judge me. I had a self-centered orientation, which happens to be our natural orientation. But after the priests long sermon on judgment and original sin, I found myself noticing the flaws in others. It was like the flaws suddenly stood out from the person saying Look at me.

The priest had projected his judgmental view on to his congregation by pretending that he was nonjudgmental. He probably thought he was non-judgmental. Just about everyone does. Usually we think the problems and flaws we see in others are real because they look so true.

I had accepted his projection because he was an authority figure. He sounded like he must know what he was talking about. And people were nodding their heads and clearly agreeing with him. Maybe I just didnt notice all the judgment in the world before. But there was a confusion in me that remained for decades until I came to understand what really happened on that day. I came into that church with the true view of the world as non-judgmental. The priest bestowed his false world view on me. And because I was inferior to him (as far as roles go), I accepted his crappy gift.

I was not the only one afflicted. I listened to the conversations around me as we left the church and noticed everyone was talking about someone else. They were following the Golden Rule that most of the world applies: They were doing to others what was done to them.

The priest was clearly not practicing the Huna Golden Rule. The Huna Golden Rule places the responsibility right where it needs to be. If we see judgment, the Huna master would say it is our judgment we see projected out into the world. He would tell us to shut up and work on our own mind.

But what is the payoff when projection seems so sweet? Our mind doesnt know the difference between another and ourselves. So each time we think we are hating them, we are hating ourselves. If we think we are judging them, we are judging ourselves. And as we do that, we create a bigger and bigger mental illusion. We increase the security of our false selfs mental prison. Our quality of life, our health, and our joy suffer. We lose our ability to love unconditionally and our divine connection.

People who keep their fears and hatred suppressed are constantly meeting their own false selfs beliefs, their shadow. Their lives are filled with competition, drama, and stress. Theyre rigid in their beliefs; and they see themselves as good and the rest of the world as evil. They expect problems. Dr. Hew Len, a true modern Huna Master, says (with a chuckle) People dont notice that whenever there are problems, they are always there. They dont realize that one can only see the problems or the evil they hold in mind.

Unlike other therapists and mentors, I dont see the shadow as something we have to live with. I dont see the shadow as our other half that needs to be integrated to be whole. I see it as something we have to let go if we want to be free of our false self. We were not born with a shadow because we were not born with good and evil (or judgmental) thinking. In fact, we have to learn about those things to see them.

The ancient masters also saw good and evil as a learned idea. Our true Self casts no shadow. In the ancient world, the initiated ones, who truly became like Gods, were said to cast no shadow just like the sun at high noon.

In the Huna Golden Rule, the person who sees a flaw in another would realize that they just saw their own reflection in the other. This is especially difficult for people to apply if the other shows up as an enemy. The one who wants to heal their mind would strip away their label or judgment of the enemy. They would see themselves as the cause and fix their mind by letting go of the belief that brought them face-to-face with their mirror image. Once their mind was clear, they would witness a change in their reflection, i.e, the enemy.

They would know their work was finished when they loved their reflection, even if the reflection didnt love them back. Theyve now freed part of their shadow; and they can never meet that part again.

Likewise, the person who reflected their shadow could also let go of the belief that brought them face-to-face with the projector so they could never play that role again. Thus, both people would return to the place they were before the giving of the hurt or the place of forgiving.

Our social convention doesnt require a victim to own responsibility for their part of the interaction. Sometimes the person who cries victim is the cause. Now dont get me wrong, this is confusing territory. But here is a rule that lets us know when we are at cause. An authority can never be a victim because the authority is the one in power; they are the cause. An authority figure is supposed to be the leader, supposed to be in control. When an authority convinces or coerces someone to obey their perspective or accept their false projection, the person in the role of the reflection becomes their subordinate or sometimes their victim.

But I want to convince you that every victim has power. Even if they are reflecting the most powerful dictator, bully, or rigid authority, they can regain their freedom. If they forgive the projector, they lose their ability to reflect that authority. They will become free from that person. So the victim role must never be a permanent condition.

We have to face the fact that in most cases, the one who is projecting doesnt recognize what they are doing. Jesus said it perfectly, Forgive them for they know not what they do. But once we recognize the pattern of thinking of a projector, we can stop reflecting them. We can set ourselves free. And when more and more of us do this, the projectors will have to own their own shadow. So lets look at a few examples.

Johnny comes home one day and tells mom and dad that he is gay. Mom and dad tell Johnny that he has ruined their lives. Johnny feels terrible because he cant change his sexual orientation. He feels stuck in a future of guilt and shame.

What really happened? Johnny came home and said he was gay. That is a simple fact. Mom and dads belief was exposed. They dont like gays. That is a belief or lie that is within their mind (and of course, they think their belief is true). So who has the problem? Not Johnny. He was just being truthful.

Johnny didnt hurt mom and dad. Mom and dad hurt themselves by believing something that is false. Johnny just exposed their false belief. He is giving them a chance to free a piece of their mind.

Mom and dad need to let go of the belief (or lie) in their head that being gay is wrong. They might have to dig deep and feel some emotional pain from their past. But that is treating Johnny right under the Huna Golden Rule. Johnny was simply their mirror showing them exactly what they needed to heal. But frequently, mom and dad would rather bestow their belief on Johnny and bury his true Self in their crap than get out the shovel and remove the shit theyve been hiding.

If Johnny believes that he has hurt them, he will suffer. He will feel bound to them for the rest of his life. Hell feel emotion every time he thinks of them or visits them. Over time, he might not even remember why he feels that emotion. Johnny is not going to hell for being gay. He is living in hell for being honest to people who believe a lie about him. The key to Johnnys freedom lies within him. He must recognize that what they believe only hurts them. It is a belief and the word belief has the word lie within it for a reason.

Sarah, a southern white girl, falls in love with Ron, a black man. Her parents tell them that theyve ruined their lives, embarrassed the family, and hurt them deeply. Sarah and Ron have done nothing wrong; they just fell in love. They also exposed the hidden prejudice that mom and dad were able to hide until Sarah lovingly gave them a chance to go free. Once again, Sarah and Ron dont have a problem. And if mom and dad see them as mirrors into their unconscious mind, everyone can win.

If mom and dad dont let go of their prejudice, then their future relationship with Sarah and Ron will require everyone to ignore the elephant in the room. The relationship will develop a superficial persona to avoid a lie that is being held in mind as true. If Sarah and Ron dont fall into the parents false view of the world, they will stay free. But they will have to accept that the parents are not yet ready to join their place of freedom and love. They will have to let them go.

Janice has always been a responsible and dependable person. You could set your watch by her. But suddenly she finds herself constantly late for work. Her new boss hates people who are late; and he doesnt admit that he is one of those constantly late people. Janice thinks there is something wrong with her. No matter how hard she tries, she finds herself late for work several times a week.

We are taught that we must respect and obey authority figures. That is the worst advice we could ever give to our children. It is a perspective that serves leaders who want blindly-obedient warriors and slaves to fulfill their selfish needs. Our world doesnt contain only wise, loving authority figures. Children must learn to discern true from false. They must only follow leaders who deserve their respect and obedience because they are leaders who are responsible for their minds. Janice had been taught to blindly obey authority, and she is obeying her bosss unconscious command to Be late.

As for her boss, hes certain that he told her to be on time. Hes even disciplined her again and again. But his unconscious projection is louder than his conscious, spoken message. She just cant avoid being engulfed in his giant shadow. He projects it on Janice because he wont admit that the judgment he feels about being late is the judgment he feels toward himself for not letting go of his own beliefs that cause him to be late.

People who project want to be authority figures to escape the pain of being someone elses reflection. Being an authority comes with an illusion of control. The authority thinks they can fix others or at least boss them around which only delays dealing with our own false self.

We find false-minded authority figures behind every social injustice. Police brutality, war heroes who become abusive spouses, and dictators are all false-minded authorities with huge superiority complexes.

But even many people in normal roles are unconsciously projecting. The truth is that doctors and healers are usually healing themselves. Therapists are often fixing their own minds. Lawyers are usually fixing their own sense of injustice. Teachers often need to learn. And politicians are always fixing their own giant messes. We arent bad for projecting so long as we dont break the mirror we see. We want to use the mirror to fix ourselves. The goal to being a good leader or boss is to use others to show us what beliefs we need to let go, not to impose our beliefs on the people were are supposed to be serving.

When I finally realized all of this, I took a hard look at the people that I thought hurt me. My mind desperately wanted to keep my seeming enemies separate and bad so that I could remain good. Being a victim came with benefits. I eventually came to realize that they did me a huge favor by showing me what I could not see. My true Self didnt care about being good; it was already good. It was my false self that wanted to be good; and for it to be good, someone had to be evil. My true Self wanted to be free.

Eventually, I saw that those who played the opponent role in my life were lifting me toward my freedom. I let them off the hook in an instant. In fact, I was truly appreciative for their support. You have to really love someone to play their reflection, even if you do it unconsciously. True to the Huna Golden Rule, I also freed part of myself when I freed them.

Then I decided to let myself off the hook for the times that I believed I hurt another by reflecting their baggage. That was much harder, not because it was different from this side of the table. It was harder because I had the belief that they had to let me off the hook; after all, they put me on it. Then I realized that might never happen. I had to dig deeper for my freedom.

I was overwhelmed by how awful it felt to be hanging on someone elses hook. I continued to free people that I believed were bad or wrong because I knew that my perspective expanded and insights came with each person I released from my mental prison. I could now clearly recognize that I didnt want to do to others what was done to me.

Eventually, my mind became clear enough to see that since no one really hurt me (they could only hurt my false self and that was false), I never hurt another even if they thought I did. I simply exposed a belief in them just as other did for me. When we are caught in the false world, we cant see that our enemies are really our healers. We cant see that every experience has the potential to take us closer to freedom.

In that moment, both Golden Rules rang true. I healed the illusion that I hurt others or they hurt me; so I was no longer hurting myself. And I vowed to continue down this path so that Id no longer do unto others what I didnt want done to me.

Living this way takes time and offers constant challenges. Were all masters of suppression and projection, and we were all trained to see ourselves as separate. Now that I understand the Huna Golden Rule, the key to non-judgment, true forgiveness, and freedom, I know Im heading in the right direction. And one day, when I no longer need a mirror to see my dirty face, Ill reach the paradise that the Huna masters promised.

Cathy Eck has a Ph.D. in esoteric wisdom; she has been studying the lost wisdom of the ancient indigenous people for decades. Learn more about her work, her mentoring program, and her research at http://gatewaytogold.com.

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