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27The Give Help to Get Help Wheelwas developed after an original concept of Daniel Quinn's first
presented in his book
My Ishmael, Bantam Books, New York, 1997

The Scientific Basis for the Golden Rule

Edward Haskell, a pioneer of synergic science,explained:

“The first formulation of the MORAL LAWfor a non-human “kingdom” of
Universe was Dimitri Mendeleev’s discovery of the Periodic Law in 1869. “The
properties of the chemical elements are functions of their atomic weights.”

“What Mendeleev’s discovery states for Atoms is that “As ye sow, so shall ye reap,”
where “reaping” is the properties of the chemical elements and “sowing” is the
co-Action between the atom’s two components — its vast, light, electron cloud,
and its tiny, massive nucleus.”28

Haskell’s analysis of the Atomic elements showed that these two components — the
electron cloud and the massive nucleus related in only three ways — positive, neutral, or
negative. Haskell called this the Moral Law of Unified Science.

For humans, the earliest formulation of the Moral Law of Unified Scienceappeared 3500
years ago as the doctrine of karma.

“Hinduism began in India about 1500 BC. The belief in rebirth, or samsara, as a
potentially endless series of worldly existences in which every being is caught up
was associated with the doctrine of karma (Sanskrit: karman; literally "act," or
"deed"). According to the doctrine of karma, good conduct brings a pleasant and
happy result and creates a tendency toward similar good acts, while bad conduct
brings an evil result and creates a tendency toward repeated evil actions. This
furnishes the basic context for the moral life of the individual.”29

The doctrine of karma was accepted by Buddha ~500 BC and is incorporated in modern
Buddhism today. It appeared in western thought ~300 BC, in the Old Testament of the
Bible as the phrase:“As ye sow, so shall ye reap.”

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28Edward Haskell, The Unified Science, Private Papers, 1947-1986, ibid
29ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA, www.brittannica.com, 2000

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Two thousand years ago Jesus of Nazarethstated this law this way:

“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be
condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you:
good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into
your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to
you.“30

Recall Universe is now understood to be process. Reality is a happening. Many things are
going on all at once. Living systems—the plants, animals, and we humans all live within
the EVENTparadigm. Fuller defined an event to be a triad of related phenomena—
action, reaction, resultant.

The dynamics of all behavior can be understood using these three concepts. Fuller
discovered for every action there is a reaction, and a precessional resultant.

I can decide on an action. I can then implement my action. The environment including all
life forms reactto my action, the vector sum of the two produce a resultant. I act, the rest
of the world reacts, and when it all settles down the change made by the interaction is the
resultant.

Now reformulating Haskell’sThe Moral Law of Unified Scienceto include Fuller’s
Principle of Action—Reaction—Resultant, we get:

Adversary actiontends to provoke adversary reactionending in an adversary resultant.

Neutral actiontends to provoke neutral reactionending in a neutral resultant.

And synergic actiontends to provoke synergic reactionending in a synergic resultant.

“As ye sow, so shall ye reap.”

We humans have three choices. We can sowadversary actions and reapadversary
resultants. We can sow neutralactions and reapneutral resultants. Or we can sow
synergic actions and reapsynergic resultants.

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30Jesus of Nazareth, Sermon on the Mount, New Testament of the Holy Bible (NIV). Luke, 6:37

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Jesus of Nazareth’s The Golden Rule
The first formulation of thesynergic corollaryof the Moral Law of Unified Sciencewas:

Do to others as you would have them do to you.”31

This formulation is credited to Jesus of Nazarethwho intuitively discovered thesynergic
way
2000 years ago.

He gave us the rules for synergic relationship in his sermon on the mount.

"You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your
enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good
to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute
you. … Go be reconciled with thy brother.”32

But, can we modern humans do this? Can North American whites love the South American
browns? Can the Jews love the Arabs? Can the NorthernIrish love the English? Can the
Bosnians love the Serbs? Can the South African whites love the South African blacks?

Are wehumans better able to love today? Have we learned enough in 2000 years—“To
reconcile with our brother”?

Jesus of Nazareth may have been the first human to embrace synergy. His words seem to
capture the very essence of synergic morality. Synergic morality is more than nothurting
other, it requires helping other. Jesus was the first human to state the fundamental law of
synergic relationship. It is known as theGolden Rule:

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums
up the Law.”33

What would you have others doto you? The best one word answer I can find for this
question is help. “Helpothers as you would have them helpyou.”

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31Jesus of Nazareth, Sermon on the Mount, New Testament of the Holy Bible (NIV). Luke, 6:31
32Jesus of Nazareth, Sermon on the Mount, New Testament of the Holy Bible (King James Version),
Matthew 5:22-25

33Jesus of Nazareth, Sermon on the Mount, New Testament of the Holy Bible (NIV). Matthew, 7:12

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Synergic Morality — helping
Andrew J. Galambos, in his lectures describing Moral Capitalismwhich will be discussed
in later sections of this book, often quoted the negative version of the Golden Rule:

“Do not doto others what you would have them not doto you.”34

What would you have others not doto you?

Here the best one word answer is hurt. “Donothurt others as you would have them not
hurt you.”

The negative version of the Golden Rule is true and correct as far as it goes. In fact, it is the
underlying premise for the Neutral Morality found in the western world today. But,
Synergic Morality requires more of us than simply not hurting. It requires more of us than
simply ignoring others. It requires us to helpothers — to helpeach other.

Jesus of Nazarethunderstood this on the deepest of levels. He called for more than a
prohibition against hurting others. He ask all humans to helpeach other.

Synergic Morality is more than the absence of hurting.
It is the presence of helping.

Synergic Morality rests then on the premise—that when you help others, you will find
yourself helped in return — “As ye sow, so shall ye reap.”

The Principle of Synergic Advantageis a scientific representation of the Golden Rule.

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34Andrew J. Galambos, Volition 50—Introduction Volitional Science, Free Enterprise Institute, Los
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World Scripture on The Golden Rule

The Golden Rule or the ethic of reciprocity is found in the scriptures of nearly
every religion. It is often regarded as the most concise and general principle of
ethics.35

You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

1. Judaism and Christianity. Bible, Leviticus 19.18

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35Andrew Wilson, Editor, World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts, United
Communities of Spirit, 1991 — Internet: http://origin.org/ws/theme015.cfm

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Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.

2. Christianity. Bible, Matthew 7.12

Not one of you is a believer until he loves for his brother what he loves for
himself.

3. Islam. Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi 13

A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be
treated.

4. Jainism. Sutrakritanga 1.11.33

Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you
will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.

5. Confucianism. Mencius VII.A.4

One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to
oneself. This is the essence of morality. All other activities are due to selfish
desire.

6. Hinduism. Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva 113.8

Tsekung asked, "Is there one word that can serve as a principle of conduct for
life?" Confucius replied, "It is the word shu--reciprocity: Do not do to others
what you do not want them to do to you."

7. Confucianism. Analects 15.23
Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just as
they are so am I," he should neither kill nor cause others to kill.

8. Buddhism. Sutta Nipata 705

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