10 very good ideas!!!!

JERRY: If you were the "burning bush" (group laughter) and I would like some guidance for my people, do you have "10 commandments" that you would offer?

ABRAHAM: We would have 10 good ideas. We would not command anyone to do anything, for a number of reasons. They never listen anyway.( group laughter) Rather than "commandments" , what we would offer are examples, in this case, verbal offerings, of that which we have found to be a very good way of life. Commandments are usually offered in action form, are they not?
JERRY: "Thou shalt not kill." "Thou shalt not mess around with somebody else's things." (group laughter)
ABRAHAM : So commandments is NOT to do. Rather than telling you what NOT do, we will tell you what we do. How's that?
# SEEK JOY -- FIRST AND FOREMOST.
# SEEK REASONS TO LAUGH.
# SEEK REASONS TO OFFER WORDS OF PRAISE -- TO SELF AND OTHERS.
# SEEK BEAUTY IN NATURE, BEASTS AND OTHER HUMANS.
# SEEK REASONS TO LOVE. IN OTHER WORDS -- IN EVERY SEGMENT OF EVERY DAY -- LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT BRINGS FORTH WITHIN YOU A FEELING OF LOVE.
# SEEK THAT WHICH UPLIFTS YOU.
# SEEK OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER THAT WHICH UPLIFTS ANOTHER.
# SEEK A FEELING OF WELL-BEING.
# KNOW THAT YOUR VALUE ONLY CAN BE MEASURED IN TERMS OF JOY.
# ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR ABSOLUTE FREEDOM TO DO ANY OF THESE THINGS OR NOT TO DO ANY OF THESE THINGS -- FOR IT IS, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, YOUR CHOICE IN EVERY MOMENT IF EVERY DAY.
That is the recipe for eternal joy. And it will provide a format for a life of dramatic magnificent creating, also. That feels like the "bottom line" to you: "How much success, or how much acclaim... how much value can I offer here and now?"And what we are wanting you to understand is that your value can only be measured in terms of joy.
Once you get upon that path where you are seeking and finding -- you are abundant with joy. You see, the nice thing about this offering is that you cannot seek something without finding it. It cannot be. For that which you are asking for is always that which is coming to you. And once you've got the first one down , the second one is easier and once you get the second one, the third one is easier... In other words, they all dovetail into one another.
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