310. Know Thine Enemy

A wise man knows his enemy. You must know not only who they are but also how they are likely to react to what you do say and write. Avoid nasty bitter twisted mean self-pitying and resentful people. They are miserable and drag your energies down to their own level. They are dangerous because they resent your happiness and seek to bring you down. If you cannot avoid them, make sure that you give their agression a good run for its money and that you emerge victorious ant they are left licking their wounds. Be always on the look out for their attempts to do you down. Many of these will masquerade as your friend. True friends do not act this way. Set tests and traps to find them out.

309. Living Patiently.

Learn to live with things. Make adjustments and constantly sort things out. Live patiently.Through patient attention everything can be achieved.

308. Realising the Universe

Think of the times you have procrastinated. NOW is the time to realise the Universe. Use your time well to advance your enlightenment and that of those around you. Use it now before it is gone and no longer in your power.

307. Refinement

Concentrate every day on refining your reason and your physical being through meditation, martial arts, yoga, tai chi and the reading of scriptures such as the Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads and the Bible. If necessary rise an hour earlier to achieve this.

306. Taking Responsibility

Always take responsibility for your own actions. Before acting, consider and know the effects of your thoughts words and actions on yourself, on others and on the world. Always act for the best interest of the gratest number of people. Never act for purely selfish motives, but always ensure that you are included in the benefits.

305. Circumstances

Do not quarrel with your circumstances for this is to rebel against Nature and Nature includes your own Nature. So quarrelling with Nature leads you to self-hatred and ultimately, to your own destruction. If you do not like the circumstances you find yourself in, then study the causes and seek to change them. Then your circumstances will change. Your choices increase with learning. The causes of your circumstances are always within yourself. You must learn to BE the person who can DO the things that allow you to HAVE things the way you want them.

304. How to Judge a Man

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers -Voltaire