389. Prepare for Exile

Be prepared to embrace exile. If the political, social or economic climate becomes intolerable, have contingency plans in place to move yourself and your assets out of the juristiction in an orderly fashion, speedily and with a minimum of loss or fuss. Revisit these plans every year and keep them up to date. Using your values and hierarchy of values, establish break points for yourself, at which your decision to move will be made. e.g. if the tax rate goes to 50% or if certain laws are passed that would prevent you from doing what you are legitimately entitled to do. These break points will keep your mind clear on these issues. Be clear and clear and clear.

65. Your (and everyone's) Higher Needs

Always look to your higher needs and values. Keep uppermost in your mind your need and quest for :

* Truth
* Beauty
* Justice
* Love
* Peace
* Enlightenment
* Joy

This is a good list of values and it is in a good order. You could do worse than to start off with these. A very useful exercise when making plans for your life (About every 5 years or so) is to list your values and then prioritise them - that is to say for example ask do you value Love more than Beauty or Wealth ? If so put Love as your No. 1 priority. As you get older, these prioities may change a little but the values themselves will be part of who you are. It is good to aspire to these things but not in a selfish way. These are benefits we should wish for all mankind, not just ourselves. We attain them by practicing them and this makes them available for all.