The Code

 

I am autistic, and find I have very, very strong sense of what's right and what's wrong. Locking humans up in migrant compounds, abusing children in care homes, bullying, hunting defenceless foxes and hares, abuses, corruption, cover-ups, corporate greed - these are wrong. Children and adults not having decent access to schools, health care, libraries, shelter, security - these are wrong.

 

Challenging them and combating them - that's right.

 

The Code is a summary of ethics drawn from secular humanism, cultural-Christianity, Buddhism, Neo-paganism and New Age Spirituality. I follow them with the knowledge I am not perfect and can sometimes fail the Code. But the Code living in the spirit of such a code is something very special to aim for.

 

Anyone is welcome to follow me with this Code.

 

 

1.   I shall not cause harm, unless in self-defence.

 

2.  I shall not give myself to material wealth nor shall I court admiration or status.

 

3.  I shall have the courage to stand up for what is good and true. I shall uphold human and animals rights and freedoms and the protection of the natural world. I shall oppose inequality, greed, and abuses.

 

4.  I shall seek peace and understanding, cooperation and trust. I shall not let others force their will onto me, nor shall I wrongfully impose my will on others – for light begets light, while only darkness begets darkness.

 

5.   I shall try to forgive and be forgiven.

 

6.   I shall be present in the moment, and let tomorrow worry about itself.

 

7.   I shall not judge others, unless they are plainly doing wrong.

 

8.   I shall help those in need and those who ask for it, and be willing to ask help from others as I need it.

 

9.   I shall practice patience, kindness, humility and giving, and I shall know freedom of spirit and will.

10. I shall strive to be honest and open.