Video Summary:

I want to talk about personal ethics. My premise is that our ethics are personal in that they're specific to us. And not only that, they're specific to how we are right now. My ethics are different now than they were 20 years ago, or even five years ago.

The first way this shows is to expect another person to have the same ethics as you do is unrealistic. Our Judeo-Christian culture sees ethics in an absolute, right-and-wrong way. What’s really going on is we have different people weighing in differently about what's right and wrong.

Why? Because they have different ethics than you do. Why? Because they live in different worlds, have different levels of consciousness, and see the world differently. So one way to reduce conflict around ethics is to notice that, to realize that your ethics are going to be different than other people's ethics.

Another way this shows up is with yourself. It's really beneficial to understand what your ethics are with the way you are right now. You may need to update your ethics and to ask yourself some important self-inquiry questions like, “What is important to me? What do I value? What am I passionate about?

This reduces conflict and provides the opportunity to align your life with your ethics. Once you understand what your current ethics are, then you can start making choices about your life and acting in ways that are in alignment with them. When we act in a way that's contrary to our ethics, it creates conflict.

So maybe you show up or speak out or act in a different way. You act more in alignment with your ethics, not because it's morally correct, but just because it will create freedom, harmony, and peace.

You feel better about yourself if you're showing up in a way that‘s in alignment with your ethics, You're going have more self-worth, less stress, and less guilt and shame. As you move forward, you can act in a way that doesn't create additional guilt and shame.