{"id":54402,"date":"2024-01-08T11:14:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T10:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/be-what-you-want\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:13:46","slug":"be-yourself","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/be-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Be yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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DO NO HARM! BE YOURSELF, BUT NEVER CAUSE HARM<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Be right-wing if you wish, but do not trample on the freedom and rights of others, let alone attempt to impose an illiberal authoritarian regime like those in Russia, Poland or Hungary.<\/p>

Read DO NO HARM! Reform the harmful side of the authoritarian far-right<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Be left-wing if you deem it appropriate, but do not attempt to steal from others what they have obtained honestly, let alone subjugate us with Chavist authoritarianism or communist totalitarianism.<\/span><\/p>

DO NO HARM! Change the harmful side of communism and similar ideologies<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Be Christian if that is what you choose, but not a traditionalist homophobic who is unfair to the LGBTQ+ community. One who harms them by judging and despising them, despite them having done no harm to anyone, ranging from rejection, discrimination, or social exclusion to harm such as verbal, psychological, and\/or physical abuse, or kicking a teenage child out of the house. Or one who prevents a transgender person from accessing the job market, forcing them into marginalization and prostitution as a means of survival. Or one who imprisons innocent LGTBI+ individuals. Or one who turns a woman into an outcast simply for exercising her sexual freedom, in the way she dresses or in other aspects, without harming anyone. Or one who kicks out their teenage daughter who has become pregnant without being married. Let alone a fundamentalist Christian who tortures and kills those who deviate from the strict dogmas of the Bible, which still happens in some parts of the world. <\/p>

DO NO HARM! Change the harmful side of Christianity<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Be Muslim if you want, but do not be a conservative Muslim who commits the aforementioned injustices or others such as beating a disobedient wife. And let alone a fundamentalist who kills apostates, that is, people who leave Islam to convert to another religion or become atheists\/agnostics, as this is what the Quran prescribes. <\/p>

DO NO HARM! Reinterpret the cruel side of Islam<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Be Hindu if you prefer, but not a traditionalist Hindu who insists on maintaining the highly unfair caste system or reducing widows to second-class citizens and forcing them out of their homes to live on the streets and beg. And let alone a fundamentalist who attacks and rapes innocent people whose only crime is to have been born into the untouchable caste. <\/p>

DO NO HARM! Transform the dark side of Hinduism<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Be a unionist if you wish, but not an authoritarian unionist who is in favour of beating innocent voters, let alone one who would support sending tanks to bomb Catalans (as Russians do with Ukrainians or as has happened in regions like Donbas) in the hypothetical case that Catalonia became independent with a strong majority, such as a 60-65% majority that the UN usually recognizes.<\/p>

Be an independentist if you choose, but not an ultranationalist who wants to impose, with minority social support (even if a majority of seats has been obtained due to the electoral system), an independence or a declaration of independence with significant economic, social and psychological consequences for 100% of the population, including harm. Or one who tramples on the right to free movement of others by blocking infrastructure, causing harm ranging from small to large. <\/p>

You can identify with an ethnicity or group, but you cannot abuse other ethnicities or groups.<\/p>

DO NO HARM! Reject racism, ethnicism, xenophobia and ultranationalism<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>

You have the right to enjoy yourself, eat healthily and access medical treatments, but not by making other sentient beings suffer.<\/p>

DO NO HARM! Never harm non-human animals either<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Be what you want to be and live how you want to live, but always without harming anyone, with the exception of legitimate self-defense and the defense of others.<\/p>

If you have participated in any of the above abuses or other types, do not worry, you are not alone, as it is likely that no Homo sapiens is free from wrongdoing. Let’s not punish ourselves, and instead regret the harm we have caused or been involved in, whether as perpetrators or accomplices, let’s repair them and not repeat them. <\/p>

REPAIR THE HARM TOGETHER!<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>

If you aspire to have a better world to live in and believe that this message contributes to a happier world with fewer abuses, I encourage you to be consistent with your noble aspiration and have the courage to share this WhatsApp message with as many of your contacts as possible.<\/p>

Thank you for doing so,<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Xavier Paya <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Live Without Harming initiative<\/b><\/span><\/p>

www.institutodelbienestar.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>

LET’S NOT HARM ANYONE, except in legitimate self-defense against an aggressor.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Read:<\/span> <\/span>other articles from DO NO HARM!…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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