Don't Be Evil

Don't Be Evil
by Coach Kris

In the January 14, 2008 issue of the New Yorker is an article about Google that I found engrossing. Google's corporate motto caught my eye: Don't be evil. They are a big company, with many opportunities to act "evil", yet they report doing their best to act like the good guys.

Those of you who know me know I spend a lot of time thinking about how we can use our Super Powers for good, which goes hand-in-hand with "Don't be evil." It means taking responsibility for your actions and their consequences, telling the Truth with a capital 'T', and generally making sure you are living within your integrity.

Don't Be Evil Exercise
For the next week make this your motto: Don't be evil. Whatever you perceive the "evil" thing to be, do the opposite. Say kind words, act generously, go out of your way to be "good", all the while staying within the themes of taking responsibility, telling the Truth, and living within your integrity. What do you notice by being this way? Do you find the days are more pleasant, perhaps even easier? Maybe you're in a better mood at the end of the day, with a feeling of increased satisfaction? How can you incorporate this into your everyday way of life?

Quotes
"Stop thinking this is all there is. Realize that for every ongoing war and religious outrage and environmental devastation and bogus Iraqi attack plan, there are a thousand counter-balancing acts of staggering generosity and humanity and art and beauty happening all over the world, right now, on a breathtaking scale, from flower box to cathedral.

Resist the temptation to drown in fatalism, to shake your head and sigh and just throw in the karmic towel.

Realize that this is the perfect moment to change the energy of the world, to step right up and crank your personal volume; right when it all seems dark and bitter and offensive and acrimonious and conflicted and bilious... there's your opening.

Remember magic! And, finally, believe you are part of a groundswell, a resistance, a seemingly small but actually very, very large impending karmic overhaul, a great shift, the beginning of something important and potent and unstoppable."

--Mark Morford, SF Chronicle columnist