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A0k Life Laws

[Alpha Version 32.23, 2023 April 12]

0. Oaths

0.0. Zero State

"Nothingness is what you are and what you were." ~ Alan Watts, Out of Your Mind, 06-10 - The Line of Least Resistance

"It takes nothing to be something." ~ Alan Watts, Out of Your Mind, 06-09 - The State of Nothing

0.0.0. 'Zero Pace' Stop. Or slow down (at least)

"Stop. Just stop. Now breathe. Just breathe." ~ A0k

"Slow down you crazy child... You're doing fine. You can't be everything you wanna be before your time." ~ Billy Joel, Vienna, The Stranger (1977 Album)

"[Give] it time to become something and [enjoy] the process in it." ~ Green Renaissance, Slow Down - Abandon Our Multi Tasking Lives (00:30 to 00:35, 2020 Youtube Video)

"Everything happens effortlessly, [when] the time is right." ~ Green Renaissance, Slow Down - Abandon Our Multi Tasking Lives (05:38 to 05:46, 2020 Youtube Video)

0.0.i. 'Zero Time' Go. Live. Now.

"You do not know when [your] time will come." ~ Mark 13:33b

"Time waits for no one." ~ Makoto Konno, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006 film)

"Time is more important than timing." ~ Anonymous

"You don't have time, except now." ~ Anonymous

"What is time for except to be [spent]?" ~ Alan Watts, Out of your Mind, 06 - The Inevitable Ecstasy

0.0.ii. 'Zero Mind' Never mind.

"Too many mind. No mind." ~ Nobutada Katsumoto, The Last Samurai (2003 film)

"Let go." ~ Michael A. Singer, Letting Go Into Freedom and Fulfillment

"I don't need to understand everything. I just need to be present and in the moment." ~ Green Renaissance, Slow Down - Abandon Our Multi Tasking Lives (06:41 to 06:47, 2020 Youtube Video)

0.0.iii. 'Zero Elsewhere' Be here. Be now.

"You are always at the place where you are." ~ Alan Watts, Out of Your Mind, 06-09 - The State of Nothing

"Just stay right here and be right now." ~ Ed Sheeran, Be Right Now (= Album)

0.0.iv. 'Zero Things' Don't hold on. Live on.

"You can't hang on to yourself. You don't have to try not to hang on to yourself. It can't be done." ~ Alan Watts, Out of Your Mind, 12-03 - Willing To Die

0.i. Zero Distraction

0.0.0. 'Zero Drag' Focus

0.0.i. 'One Done' One at a time

"One task, one thought, one thing at a time." ~ A0k

0.ii. Zero Excess

0.ii.0. Minimalism

0.ii.i. Essentialism

0.iii.

0.iv. Zero Self

0.v. Zero Vowels

0.v.i. Zero [A]ssumptions

"You have zero certainty in (what happens to your) life." ~ A0k

0.v.ii. Zero [E]xpectations

"You have zero control over (things beyond your) life." ~ A0k

0.v.iii. Zero [I]nsinuation

"You have zero power to (dictate other things in) life." ~ A0k

0.v.iv. Zero [O]verreaction

"Overreaction gives zero help towards (solving problems of) life." ~ A0k

0.v.v. Zero [U]nderestimation

"Underestimation means zero preparations for (what will happen in) life." ~ A0k

0.vi. Zero Be

0.ix.i. Let it be

"You don't have to fight life. There is a natural way to it." ~ Green Renaissance, Slow Down - Abandon Our Multi Tasking Lives (06:35 to 06:40, 2020 Youtube Video)

"Let July be July Let August be August And let yourself be Even in the uncertainty You don’t have to fix everything You don’t have to solve everything And you can still find peace and grow In the wild of changing things" ~ Morgan Harper Nichols, Let July be July

0.ix.ii. Stop becoming, start being.

0.vii

0.viii. Zero Open Items

0.viii.0. Close your circle

"One of the laws of the world is that you must complete the circle. Because when this circle is completed, it flows over naturally into another circle." ~ Green Renaissance, Slow Down - Abandon Our Multi Tasking Lives (04:07 to 04:21, 2020 Youtube Video)

0.ix. Zero Negativity

0.ix.i. No Pressure (in the moment)

0.ix.ii. No Worries (about the future)

"Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts?" ~ Luke 24:38

0.ix.iii. No Regrets (from your past)

0.x. Zero End Game

0.x.i. Memento Mori

"Zero things you can do about or after death." ~ A0k

"Because when you're dead, you're dead. See?." ~ Alan Watts, Out of Your Mind, 06-09 - The State of Nothing

0.x.ii. Memento Vivere

"Zero things else to do but live until you die." ~ A0k

I. Divine Command

I.i. The Greatest Commandments

I.i.i. Love thy God

"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all they heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." ~ Matthew 22:37b

"Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the LORD, your God, heeding his voice, and holding fast to Him." ~ Deuteronomy 30:19b-20a

I.i.ii. Love thy neighbour

"Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." ~ Matthew 22:39b

I.i.iii. Love your enemies

"Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." ~ Matthew 5:44

I.ii. The Golden Rule

"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you." ~ Matthew 7:12

I.iii. Love

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." ~ 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a

I.iv. Forgiveness

I.iv.i. Forgive as you have been forgiven

"And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you." ~ Ephesians 4:32

I.iv.ii. Forgive again and again

"I say not unto thee, until seven times; but [forgive], until seventy times seven." ~ Ephesians 4:32

I.v. The Word and Law of the Lord

I.v.ii. Read Scripture

I.v.ii. Meditate and delight in the word and law of the Lord

"Blessed the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked, nor walks in the way of sinners, nor sits in the company of the insolent, but delights in the law of the LORD and meditates on his law day and night." ~ Psalms 1:1-2

I.vi. Sinfulness

I.vii. Virtues

I.vii.0. True Virtue

"Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father." ~ Matthew 6:1

I.viii. Sacraments

I.viii.iv. Penance

[I.viii.iv.i. Return to the Lord] "Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart, rend your hearts and return to the LORD, your God. For gracious and merciful is He, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and relenting in punishment." ~Joel 2:12-13

[I.viii.iv.iii. Pray for forgiveness] "Turn and bewail yourself, shut your door, and pray to be forgiven, pray that He may remove from you the burning flames. For confession has power to quench even fire, power to tame even lions." ~ Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (Catechetical lecture 2:15,20)

I.ix. The Cross

I.ix.0. Clean renewal

"A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me. Cast me not out from your presence, and your Holy Spirit take not from me." ~ Psalm 51:12-13

I.ix.i. Deny yourself and pick up your cross daily

"If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?." ~ Luke 9:23-25

I.ix.ix. Be the last

"If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all." ~ Mark 9:35b

I.x. The Ten Commandments

[I.x.i.] "I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt have no other Gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them." ~ Exodus 20:1a,3,4ab,5a

[I.x.ii.] “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” ~ Exodus 20:7

[I.x.iii.] “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” ~ Exodus 20:8

[I.x.iv.] “Honour thy father and thy mother.” ~ Exodus 20:12

[I.x.v.] “Thou shalt not kill.” ~ Exodus 20:13

[I.x.vi.] “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” ~ Exodus 20:14

[I.x.vii.] “Thou shalt not steal.” ~ Exodus 20:15

[I.x.viii.] “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.” ~ Exodus 20:16

[I.x.ix.] “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife.” ~ Exodus 20:17b

[I.x.x.] “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.”~ Luke 9:23-25

II. Responsibilities

II.i. Know your responsibilities

II.ii. Fulfill your responsibilities

III. Commitments

"Know what you want and have the patience for it to happen." ~ Green Renaissance, Slow Down - Abandon Our Multi Tasking Lives (06:18 to 06:23, 2020 Youtube Video)

III.i. Three Second Rule (for side tasks)

III.ii. Three Day Rule (for habits)

III.iii. Three Month Rule (for monitoring)

III.iv. Three Year Rule (for planning)

IV. Relationships

IV.i. Who's who

IV.ii. Priorities

V. Order

V.i. Set and follow standards

V.ii. Clean as you go

V.iii.

V.iv.

V.v. 5S

V.v.i. Sort

V.v.ii. Set

V.v.iii. Shine

V.v.iv. Standardize

V.v.v. Sustain

VI. Vices

VII. Virtues

VIII. Legacy

IX. Care

"You have the right to invest in yourself." ~ Green Renaissance, Slow Down - Abandon Our Multi Tasking Lives (06:55 to 07:04, 2020 Youtube Video)

IX.0. Self-Care Basics

IX.0.0. Time Out

"If you feel like you need [time] to yourself, to just sit and relax - why not?" ~ Green Renaissance, Slow Down - Abandon Our Multi Tasking Lives (07:07 to 07:17, 2020 Youtube Video)

"Make time for yourself, where you can be quiet, so that you give your mind the space to think. Give yourself a chance for your body and spirit to act together as one. To do what nature guides you to do." ~ Green Renaissance, Slow Down - Abandon Our Multi Tasking Lives (07:30 to 07:55, 2020 Youtube Video)

IX.i. Health of the Body

IX.ii. Sanity of the Mind

IX.iii. Vitality of the Heart

X. Closure

"I pray that death will not come and find me still unannihilated." ~ Alan Watts (quoting Ananda Coomaraswamy), Out of Your Mind, 12 - The World as Emptiness, Part 2 - A Happy Death

"Let it go." ~ Queen Elsa, Frozen (2013 film)

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