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Universal Principles and Life Goals

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“ What everyone wants in life is continuous and genuine happiness.”

Spinoza

The Search for Happiness

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The Search for Happiness

Mind

Body

Truth Beauty Goodness Love

Food Shelter Wealth Comfort

InnerSatisfaction

PhysicalWell-being

Happiness

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The Search for Happiness

Mind

Body Food Shelter Wealth Comfort

PhysicalWell-being

InnerSatisfaction

Truth Beauty Goodness Love

Happiness

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Top 3% of achievers commit to written goals

Achieve 50-100 times more

Source: Harvard Business School

Purposes Achievedthrough Goals-Setting

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Basic Life Goals for Inner Satisfaction

Mature character Loving

relationships & family

Contribution to society

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Basic Life Goals — Centered on True Love

Mature Character

Contribution to

Society

Loving Relationships & Family

True Love

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Core of person Seeks joy

through loving

Satisfied by ethical relationships

Heart — Motivates True Love

Conscience

Heart

TrueLove

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CultivatedHeart

Uncultivated Heart

For Others

The Heart Needs Cultivation

For Self

Heart’s Values

Body’s Desires

Body’s Desires

Heart’s Values

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N

S

EW

Points toward higher good

Innate sensitivity to truth

Needs education

Conscience — Guides True Love

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Body

Mind

Conscience DirectsTowards the Higher Purpose

Whole Purpos

e

Self Purpose

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Conscience Guides true

love

Conscience & Heart — Basis of True Love

ConscienceHeart

TrueLove Heart

Motivates true love

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True Love —Center of Universal Values

Basis of virtues Service Responsi

bility Respect

Forgiveness Honesty Commitmen

t

Foundation for Progress and Prosperity

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Basis of vices Exploitation Irresponsibili

ty Infidelity

Vengeance

Cruelty Dishonest

y

Self-Centered Love —Source of Corruption

Cause of Decay and Ruin

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True Love

Other-centered

Committed Sacrificial Ethical Forgiving

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Self-centered Uncommitted Conditional Unethical Holds

grudges

Love That Is Not True

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Lao Tzu Socrates

Search for Universal Principles

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“ The laws governing human behavior are not invented … They are the laws of the universe … Woven into the fabric of every civilized society.”Source: Steven Covey,

Principle-Centered Leadership

Universal Principles

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Principle of Duality

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Man Woman

Male Female

Stamen

Pistil

Positive

Human

Animal

Plant

Mineral Negative

Yang and Yin

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Internal & External

Mind Body

Instinct Body

“ Plant Mind”

Body

Human

Animal

Plant

Mineral Inherent Nature

Matter & Energy

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Responding

GivingSubje

ct Role

Object Role

Giving precedes receiving Requires subject & object

roles

Principle of Interaction

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Treat others as one would

want to be treated

Principle of Interaction in Ethics

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Whole Purpose

Mind

Body Self Purpose

Dual Purposes

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Purpose to maintain life

Shared valuesand interests

Harmonious InteractionCenters on a Higher Purpose

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Object Role

Subject Role

Higher

Purpose

Harmonious InteractionCenters on a Higher Purpose

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Four Position Basefor Interaction

Object Role

Subject Role

Higher

Purpose

New Developm

ent

Center

Interaction

Outcome

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Process of Growth

Formation

Growth

Completion

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Growth in Nature — Automatic

Mature TreeSeed

Manifests design

Contains

design of plant

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Potential for

love

Realizes

potential

for love

Mature characte

r

Growth of Human Character — Responsibility

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ResponsibilityFreedom

Freedom Is the Opportunityfor Responsibility

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Rights & PrivilegesDepend on Responsibility

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First Life Goal —Mature Character

Body

Mind

True Love

Mature Charact

er

Rooted in heart

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Bad Character

Body(Instinct

s)

Mind(Conscienc

e)

Mind(Conscience)

Body(Instincts)

Good Character

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Purpose of Mature Character — Love Well

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True Love

True Love — The Center ofHarmonious Relationships

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True Love

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Husband

True Love

Child

Wife

Second Life Goal – Loving Relationships & Family

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Husband

Grand-

parents

Child

Wife

True Love Embodied in a Parental Figure

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Person

True Love

Individual & Social Prosperity

Society, Work

& Environm

ent

Third Life Goal —Contribution to Society

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True Love

1. Motive for service

2. Motive for creativity

3. Qualification for leadership

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Work Ethic — Initiative Diligence Creativity Excellence

Work Contributes to Prosperity

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Worth FromServing the Greater Good

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Sustainable Development andConservation of the Environment

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Basic Life Goals — Interconnected

Mature Character

Contribution to

Society

Loving Relationships & Family

True Love

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Natural Law & Moral Law

UniversalPrinciples

Natural World Human World

Automatic Moral Choice

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Interdependent Hierarchy of the Body

Organism

SystemsOrgan

sCells

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Interdependent Social Hierarchy

World

NationsCommun

itiesIndivid

uals