Aether-Etics–A term created to describe a state-of-being where the goal of every thought, word, and deed–conscious or unconscious–is intentionality; To simplify, we use this term to describe teaching/learning across disciplines which emphasize an individual taking personal responsibility, self-awareness, self-discipline, self-love, and self-respect as a blanket or overall perspective for finding ways to weave ones personal cloth of life into the fabric of the universe.
“All success begins with self-awareness.”
“Healthy relationships with others (love) begins with self-love.”
Aether-Etics is the art of combining any of the multiple ways, forms, or methods traditionally used to promote personal awareness and growth through application of one or more disciplines into the broader workings/energies both scientifically guided as well as intuitively researched (trial and error) which have been been found valuable as Life Strategies or Processes used (wittingly or unwittingly) by individuals to create their own version of themselves with a special attention to accepting innate human qualities, skills, and techniques in developing one’s own way to health, happiness, and success however you define it.
Aether-etics is not a formal discipline unto itself, but welcomes any pursuit that strives to lay a healthy and productive foundation for any individual life:
“Any step in the right direction, no matter how small or ill-conceived is a step in the right direction.”
As we pursue strategies that do not violate any of our Five Principles of Everything the essential element of any beneficial, personal “way” is a willingness to define any individual action or activity in the context of collective consciousness.
This attention to process has been alluded to as essential element in all therapies, treatments, and rehabilitations as in The Five Principles, Defense Awareness, Zen, Reconciliation, Recovery from disease, injury, and trauma, Rehabilitation, Five Birds System, Martial Arts Styles (including archery), Literature, Music, Art, Scientific Method, and Pursuits of Spirit. However, does NOT rely on outside authorities, dogmas, or teachings. Rather, the Process of Reconciliation (for example) takes the form(s) of self reflection and not only gives us a blue-print for belief, but an option for changing our opinions.
Aether: An archaic spelling of the word ether.
- the upper regions of space; the clear sky; the heavens.
- the medium supposed by the ancients to fill the upper regions of space.
- in physics–a hypothetical substance supposed to occupy all space, postulated to account for the propagation of electromagnetic radiation through space.
Etics: In psychology is derived from the word Ethics.
- Ethics can be defined as thinking about reasons in terms of values. The five ethical principles in the Ethics Code set forth psychology’s core values: Beneficence and Non-maleficence; Fidelity and Responsibility; Integrity; Justice; and Respect for People’s Rights and Dignity.
“I replace the word Advice with the phrase, ‘this is how I might do it’.”
Aether-Etics is essentially how I’ve learned to visualize, accept, and utilize change.
The Five Principles Of Everything including 1. Principle of Awareness, 2. Principle of Benefit (especially mutual benefit), 3. Flow (motion or action), 4. Principle of Form, and 5. The Principle of Harmony (or Balance, or Adaptability) to communicate with myself on how my actions and non-actions, doings and not doings, individual and collective consciousness are intertwined and woven into that same foundational fabric which allows me (an average person) to create and then continually modify my unique life path.
How we think and feel about everything affects our actions and the outcomes or our actions. By the same token how we think and feel about someone else’s words and actions as well as how others perceive us affects not only them, but us as well.
“Just as a scout doesn’t always know WHAT they are looking for, they still know WHY they are looking. Why? Because that’s what scouts do. They look ahead. They gather information and then share it with various concerns.”
Aether-Etics is the macro-term representing any system which distills and connects all applications, philosophies, theories, isms, or perspectives into a manageable framework for happiness.
Examples of how we use our understanding of this:
(E)ducation: *Vision-Revision; * The Gradual Diet; Five Birds Martial Arts; Communication as an essential element of health; Stalking And Tracking
(E)cology: *Earth Games/ Earth Projects; *Redwood Recovery; Maka’i; Earth Force
(E)ngineering: * Heroes’ Hearts Projects especially the overriding concept of “incentivizing doing good.”; *Five Birds Industries or many Martial Arts systems that emphasizes personal interpretation over dogma (i.e. Tai Chi/Go-Tao-Chi).
(E)soterics: *Therapies or Treatments; *The Five Principles; *Reconciliation Process; * Zen Practices; *Spiritual Practices; *Nutrition and/or Gardening; *Art (creativity as an essential element of human health), Music, Literature, or Movement as Meditation
(E)xercise: *Any Sport(s) practice or activity of other sub-disciplines such as the creation and perpetuation of Heroes’ Hearts Inc. projects.