by Black Man Clay
Do - What I mean by the word “do” and when I say the way of life is to do, what I really mean is do the best you can with yourself, with all that you have to do with it. When others become involved with you and your doing, merely tell them truthfully why you do what you do. Only one time. Do whatever you want to do in life as long as whatever you are doing doesn’t end up doing you in. Moderation is the name of the game. Do unto others good things, polite things, respectful things.
Be - Be yourself at all times. Establish yourself to be you at a very young age. Don’t have fantasies that you will be somebody else. Don’t wish you were a rich person with lots of money or a famous athlete. At this moment in tirne, you just be yourself. Plan everything you want to go into carefully. When you meet people who can help you on your way, show them you. Be whatever you want to be as long as you are being yourself. The reason why I stress being yourself is because your self won’t allow you to be anyone else. Your self will let you be somebody else for a little while, but in the end, you’re going to go through some hard times, and your self is going to bring you back to being nobody else but you, like you always have been. So be yourself. Your self will not allow anything else to happen.
Exist - This word “existing” is so simple. You have to always open up your mind to realize that you are only one in this vast planet earth existing among all other ones. Don’t leave out everything. The grains of sand, one at a time, are existing somewhere. Animals exist, plants exist. Everything that is being here now is existing here now. Realize that you are another speck in this universe existing along with everything else. The wind comes, no one rules the wind, and specks of sand can get in your eyes. The wind is the only thing that is free. Go ahead and exist and realize that you are existing along with all others, everything that’s out there outside of your own one self that’s existing just like you.
Cope - Cope using positive vibrations. Cope with any situation, any time, any place, anywhere and with anyone. And always have positive vibrations that you really want to get to the bottom of this confusion or this misunderstanding. You are coping with it. You’re driving along and have a car accident. Don’t get disturbed. Use positive vibrations and say, “Oh, well, I think I know why that happened.” And try to figure out things as they happen to you. Be cool always. Cope with the situation at hand. Whatever lies before you at that time, give it time. If you have too many things before you, just pick a priority, priority number one, two, three, four, five. Slowly but surely cope with each one in their priority.
Truth - This is a very powerful one that has always existed in this universe. Truth. Live in truth, by the truth. The meaning is what really, really happened. That’s the truth. If somebody wants to twist the truth around and create something else that may have happened, that’s their truth. Respect it. If somebody else wants to talk, give them time to speak their truth. Speak your own truth quietly and clearly. And listen to others’ truth. Truth is the only absolute. It’s final. There’s no other thing. You can’t go any further. You can’t twist the truth around. Once you deliver your word, it’s a perfect word because it can’t be duplicated. The individual’s truth is to be respected at all times. Keep asking questions about a situation, but don’t say, “You’re lying.” You don’t know if the other person is lying or not. This may be the way that person saw it. Live in that realm of understanding of what truth really is. Don’t live in hearsay, what others say. Ask the person who did it. The truth is a person’s own truth. Respect it.
Love - Love means having an understanding between two people. Love has no boundaries. Love is something you can’t understand for another person. You need to establish your own understanding of love. Loving one another doesn’t mean having sex. Love won’t allow you to love only just one person. Love isn’t satisfied until you love all entities that are existing. Love is the guide. Love is mystic and mysterious. Some people call it God, Christ, Krishna. Love is doing good things unto others. Love doesn’t have any rules. Love can’t make you happy either. Love can’t make you sad. Love won’t allow you to be good or bad. Love is something you can understand only for yourself. To love one is to love all. Love will demand that when you meet people that you look straight across at one another, not down to condemn and never up to be afraid. Don’t let anything or anyone out there intimidate you. Just look at everyone straight in the eye and see where they are coming from. When you find out where the other person is coming from, you’ll know what to do. Love deals with beautiful things. Love makes everything come together. The love will build and build because love makes it happen.
Communication - Communication is when you dialogue with one another. When you talk among each other, there are so many things to talk about. There are so many things you do and so many ideas among the people about making this society and world better. You have to talk about it, communicate. You’ve got to be heard. You have to take the time to communicate. When you communicate with one another, look across at the other person to see where they are coming from. When you hear their truth, don’t accuse them of lying. Look across and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. When you come in contact with others, be aware that you don’t know who they are at the time they are presenting that energy to you because people are being what they are being when they are being.
