To recap:

Principle 1: Our common welfare should come first. If we are to win the battle of Freedom, we must have Unity.

Principle 2: For our purpose, there is one Authority: Natural Law as It expresses Itself in our group conscience. Each of us is a servant-leader of Natural Law; none governs.

Principle 3: The basic requirement for a membership is an honest desire to create freedom in the world.

A not-so-brief aside, and the reason I am publishing these articles right now following a comment I received from someone who I talk with regularly on Steemit:

The person stated that they felt unified in themself and in the world....The question I guess is how to translate that unity you feel within yourself into the world so that oceans are not filled with plastic and the air is not polluted with heavy metals and the earth is not filled with gmo's - and we the people are not funding governments because we are unified in small tribes that know the difference between right and wrong...

And how to get there?

Here in the US it's like the Jerry Springer show everyday everywhere - our freedoms are evaporating because although they are inherently our inalienable rights, we the people are so disunified that we are not standing up for them, and we are being disarmed rapidly so that the police and military can kill us if we try to stand up for them.

As a community of humans on earth we are completely disunified -and we can't seem to get together and work together to save ourselves from extinction. If we were unified as small tribes within the global community, we would not be experiencing the rape of mother earth that we are allowing to happen - because we are so divided we cannot go up against those who ARE unified toward destruction!

Most people bury their heads in the sand, believe mainstream media and refuse to awaken to what is going on -and can't even get along with their own spouses or families or work let alone try to get together in a group and try to do something together - which was proven out by Occupy, Standing Rock, and the French Yellow Vest movement - which have not actually accomplished anything long lasting for our present or futures.

My personal experience shows me that we as people are so incredibly dishonest - we see one another face-to-face and act one way and then we make our true assessment behind people's backs when we leave their presence. That's not all of course, because as individuals our thoughts, our emotions and our actions are not aligned, which means we have to lie to ourselves every day just to get by - and so we distract and numb ourselves in many ways that our "civilization" provides.

Have you ever been in a group situation and tried to accomplish anything lately? Maybe it worked - you were all on the same page and everyone agreed behind your goal and then you guys set out to accomplish whatever it was you were trying to accomplish and you all equally participated and did what you said you were going to do? Well, I am happy for you if that's the case - but here no one does anything at all ever of any lasting value - and everyone seeks a personality to lead them - vs. being led by Principles that we each embody within ourselves.

We are going into a global slave state fast and we are unable to get together and say NO! together, whereas the dark occult who are running things - the 1%, the bankers - the rothschilds - ARE united - they have one mind - they use the Mastermind technique to further their Fabian Socialist Agenda and they are accomplishing their goals rapidly - killing us off - getting us down to a manageable size population - through their Agenda 21 tactics - gmos, chemtrails, fukushima, viruses that they hold the patent for - 5G - smartmeters - all the gazillion ways -

Here in the US we talk on social media about what is going on and seem to use that to vent steam but we don't actually DO anything about it.

And maybe truth with a small "t" is relative , but Truth with a big "T" is objective. There is The Truth - that which IS, but not that which is based on the perception of human beings, which is relative, because it waivers and is subject to whatever each human's poisoned world view dictates. Believing that "my truth" is The Truth is solipsism - and I can talk myself into believing that the suffering of others is not "real" because I do not perceive it - and that's what the dark occult wants so they can carry out their agenda...

Truth is Morality - and when one suffers all suffer - thus - it is impossible to be unified truly while so much suffering exists - and we are inadvertently the cause of so much suffering - in the products we buy - the way we live down to every last morsel we take in and how we communicate, the food we eat - etc

I recommend reading this document a friend of mine wrote about Mark Passio's Natural Law Seminar that he did at Yale University to get a clearer picture of it, this is the seminar and then this is the document https://www.dropbox.com/s/aldj4o4la08zbsh/Natural%20Law.pdf?dl=0

Hence, these 12 principles about which I am writing about are based on Natural Law and a way to put them into practice in a group.

Me personally, I am using these principles with my life partner-as well as when groups of us try to set forth to accomplish something long-term... and others that I know - couples that use these principles also get along and stay together in a strong bond -others here have used these principles together in the past and we accomplished a great deal but recently over the last 10 years we have been overtaken by a great complacency and have turned to gurus and hierarchies instead... and we are being sucked into the machine.

Which is why I feel compelled to put these articles out there.

The 4th Principle:

Each of us is autonomous except in matters affecting others, our family, or society as a whole.

A dear friend of mine, a spiritual mentor said that his spiritual mentor told him that he could swing his arm freely as far as he wished unless it came close to hitting another person's nose. This means to me, that I am free to be an individual and do as I wish, as long as my actions do not harm others!

Another way to look at this is to become unselfish. Our thinking must become, how does this affect us rather than how does this affect me.

This principle gives us freedom - complete freedom in all essential matters. Each person is free to choose their own way of functioning, yet this freedom carries the responsibility of preserving the unity of the relationship as a whole.

Autonomy means being self-governing. In order to be autonomous, we must first realize we are God's kids - therefore there is no authority other than Natural Law, and we have a responsibility to live up to living a principled life. When we ask God what we are to do, one day at a time, and then go about trying to do His will, we do not endanger our others. What does this mean in practical terms?

We are our own people with our own individual interests and we don't all have to do the same things all the time - we are free to choose what we do with our time as long as we meet our obligations to each other.

Allowing friends and partners to be free - we each actively encourage each other to follow their heart. We are secure within ourselves so we don't feel threatened. Neither of us is an extension of the personality or attitude or being of the other.

But we don't commit others without asking first. We must communicate and agree before we act. Freedom brings responsibility. We must always pay attention to the Golden Rule - treating others how we would like to be treated.

The Fourth Principle suggests that we should take an honest look at our relationship, asking about each of our independently planned actions. Will they in any way compromise or subvert the alliance that we have worked so hard on.

CHECKLIST FOR PRINCIPLE 4:

Do I feel like there are only certain ways to do things? My way or the highway?
Do I always think about how or if my decisions will affect my others?
Do I communicate with others about my ideas?
Am I willing to go to any length to protect the integrity of the relationship?
Do I carefully avoid injuring others emotionally, physically, or spiritually?
How do I deal with others anger regarding something I've done through my autonomy? Am I defensive? Do I try to subdue them with still greater anger? Do I point out previous "mistakes" they have made? Do I try to punish them in any way?
Do I insist that there are only a few right ways of doing things?
Does we always consider the welfare of others?
Do I put down other members’ behavior when it is different from mine, or do I learn from it?

Previous Posts

https://steemit.com/tribevibes/@in2itiveart/2-of-12-natural-law-principles-to-use-to-create-unity-and-keep-individuality
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