The 12 Codes of Doctrine and Discipline

• Be true to one’s self
• Love one’s self
• Treat others with patience, honesty, consideration, tolerance and respect.
• Treat yourself as you would treat others.
• Seek to make change within yourself, not in others.
• Accept one another’s chosen paths.
• Express yourself.
• Release anger in positive ways.
• Never do for others what they can do for themselves.
• Protect the weak and helpless.
• Be a loving caretaker of the Earth; her mantle, all her creatures, vegetation, rocks, crystals, the atmosphere and her waters.
• Embrace environmentalism to the best of your ability.

A Walk in the Woods

Mother...Father...Lord,
How is it that you create such beauty?
The air, birds, squirrels and deer,
What a delight!

You gave Gaia life,
And in return...she gave me life.
Here, I have a piece of your realm,
Here I have serenity.

I escape my busy life,
To commune with nature.
I hear your voices on the wind.
Whisper again, it tickles!

Thank you for my time here.
Thank you for my life.
Thank you for my walk in the woods.

John Cappeluti