It's being conscious every moment of G-d. We must honestly recognize our strengths and weaknesses and strive to do better. It is working through our shadow selves, prayerfully letting go of ego. We are to strive to be like G-d by following G-d’s attributes: being compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, being abundant in kindness and truth, and being forgiving ( Exodus 34:6-7). We are to “do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with G-d” ( Micah 6:8). Tahoe Hebrew CongregationĪlthough Judaism values and teaches many moral and ethical virtues, G-d commands us to “be holy” because G-d is holy ( Leviticus 19:2). ON BEING HOLYĮlizaBeth Webb Beyer, rabbi, Temple Beth Or and N. If you’re sincere and genuine, the Spirit will teach you morality - if you can let go, you will be humbled. Go to the mountains, sit down and pay attention. If you want morality, be where morality exists. When we continue to look for morality in other humans as our basis for truth, we’ve already missed the lesson.
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Think about it: Everything that we do as humans has the ability to disenfranchise another person’s comfort or beliefs, and therefore humans must intend to be moral or immoral. Look at it this way: A tree does not hate another tree because its greener or a bird does not judge a squirrel because it cannot fly. Melendez, American Indian spirituality scholarįrom a tribal perspective, in accordance with the laws of nature, and the individual acceptance of stewardship, a person may walk a morally virtuous path by respecting and loving the power and beauty of the natural world.
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Here is what they have to say: POWER OF HUMILITYīrian E. We asked our panel of distinguished religious leaders of the region the following question: What makes one morally virtuous? Here is one list of what some consider as virtues: awe, being goodhearted, being of good use to the master, benevolence, caring for the aged, compassion, control of one’s senses, correct reasoning, equanimity, faith, filial piety, forgiveness, goodness, honesty, hope, humanity, humility, independence, inner purity, inner strength, insight, integrity, joy, kindness, love, loving God, loyalty, moderation, nonviolence, obeying God's laws, performance of rituals, pity, proper behavior, rationality, rectitude, resolution, respect, self-restraint, silence, sincerity, solitude, sympathy, tranquility, transcendence, truthfulness and wisdom. Virtues differ among religions, cultures, philosophers, psychologists, times, etc. Horace Walpole (1717-1797), fourth earl of Orford, said, “Virtue knows to a farthing what it has lost by not having been vice.” Some call virtue an elusive concept, while others say virtues are inherited from God. Classical cardinal virtues include justice, prudence, temperance and courage.
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References to Maat, the ancient Egyptian goddess of truth, reportedly go back to about 2375 BCE.