Ten Commandments

When I talk with people about self-growth, realization, et al, I usually walk away with the same conclusion every time: the number one cause of not becoming a self-actualized Maslovian-Csikmenthalyian Saint -- is simply forgetting that one wants to be a saint in the first place.

Second, we forget that "getting there," becoming (more) "enlightened," is hard work consisting of singular modifications to ones current behavior, thought patterns, &c -- a one by one accounting & conversion from diseased 21st century thinking to -- you know -- the indescribable because I'm not a saint either.

I don't know what sainthood looks like. It seems to involve violent death a lot of the time, as if we needed a further reason to keep us from even trying, in addition to our torpor, ignorance, et al.

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What I do suspect is true, however, is that no path toward actualization could exist without these first two commandments, base on the two points above.

Ten Commandments for becoming, you know, that vague unearthly thing at the top of Maslow's pyramid:

-1- SIMPLY don't forget that you want to become a saint.

-2- SIMPLY - now this is the part of the commandments that will vary from those other 10 commandments you might be familiar with - SIMPLY ask yourself AM I A .SAINT YET?

---2a--- if you find yourself to be a saint, call this number immediately: HUG-81-NO-EGO.

---2b--- if not saint,

What's the easiest thing you could change about yourself, something that would obviously make you more saint like? 

You are commanded to remember the next baby step in your journey at all times (as in, at LEAST once a day).

(To be continued...)