{"id":56921,"date":"2024-01-25T10:17:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T09:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-no-harm-to-anyone\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:52:34","slug":"avoid-harming-others","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/avoid-harming-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Do no harm to anyone"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"56921\" class=\"elementor elementor-56921 elementor-19911\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84ba204 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"84ba204\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a51204\" data-id=\"7a51204\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f607a81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f607a81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AVOID HARMING OTHERS<\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d3fee4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d3fee4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8891cc\" data-id=\"c8891cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15d8479 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15d8479\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hombre-caucasico-guapo-joven-disgustado-gesticulando-no-camara-aislada-sobre-fondo-blanco-espacio-copia-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DO NOT HARM ANYONE\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hombre-caucasico-guapo-joven-disgustado-gesticulando-no-camara-aislada-sobre-fondo-blanco-espacio-copia-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\"><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can choose between two philosophies of life:<\/p><p>1. LIFE IS ABOUT HARMING OTHERS AND BEING HARMED BY THEM.<\/p><p>2. NOT HARMING OTHERS OR LETTING THEM HARM US.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first is based on \u201cmight is right\u201d (law of the strongest). It is well suited to this world, governed by the drive of survival (both ours and that of our genes), but it causes much suffering to BILLIONS of human and non-human beings. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second, on the contrary, is based on living as <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/wikifelicidad.com\/que-es-el-bienestar-y-la-felicidad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>happily<\/u><\/a><\/span> as possible and contributing to others doing the same. And, as a consequence, it leads to a much more pleasant world to live in. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first starts with the selfish desire to win at the expense of others (win-lose), but the final result is usually that we all end up losing (lose-lose), living in a semi-ruined world, if not a literal hell\u2014for example, in certain wars and genocides.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/enjoy-positive-self-interest-and-avoid-the-negative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Read LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! Enjoy positive selfishness and avoid the negative<\/em><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">The second, on the contrary, starts with an aspiration for justice<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\"> where we all win (win-win), from freely agreed, mutually beneficial relationships. And, therefore, it leads to a decent and functional world, with much higher levels of well-being for everyone. <\/span> <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since we no longer need to fight each other for survival, as long as we have a <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/empresas-orientadas-a-la-felicidad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>minimally functioning economy<\/u><\/a><\/span>, it is no longer necessary for us to behave like savages, we can shift to a more advanced way of living and relating to others.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s generate wealth honestly and be civilized, respectful, considerate and good people. And let&#8217;s stop stealing the well-being, freedom, possessions, or even the lives of others, which still happens today, to varying degrees, to billions of people and especially to BILLIONS of non-human sentient beings that inhabit the planet. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/generate-wealth-honestly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Read LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! Obtain wealth honestly<\/em><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/us-and-the-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); background-color: var(--base-2);\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Read <\/em><em>LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! <\/em>Be considerate<\/span> <\/em><\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/be-a-good-person\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read <em>HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT HARMING?<\/em> Be good people<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-not-steal-either-directly-or-indirectly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Read FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HARM: <\/em>Do not steal, either directly or indirectly<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">DO NOT HARM ANY INNOCENT PERSON!<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify; background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">Or, to put it more bluntly: let&#8217;s not be a pain in the neck, let&#8217;s not screw others over, let&#8217;s not mess with others, let&#8217;s stop fucking with others, let&#8217;s stop giving others a hard time. Instead, let&#8217;s live and let others live. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because, even from a purely selfish point of view, if the philosophy of doing good instead of evil does not prevail, sooner or later you and your loved ones will also be victims of harm.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The human race, being a hyper-predatory species, is born holding a boomerang, which we throw repeatedly but which also, over and over again, comes back and hits us. And sometimes it happens brutally, as in World War I, with 20 million dead, or World War II, with 75 to 80 million dead.  <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, those figures only include the lucky ones who stopped suffering, because many of those who remained were wounded and in pain, totally or partially disabled for work and a normal life, traumatized, orphaned, with the loss of loved ones, in poverty and hunger, displaced, etc. That is to say, with some frequency we create valleys of tears instead of doing everything possible to build an earthly paradise. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since our genetics have not changed (it does not change in a few decades but rather in thousands of years),<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c63766 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"8c63766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1471\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1471\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Read more:<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1471\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1471\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the risk of large-scale suffering repeating itself is always present, no matter how much some think that the progress achieved is already guaranteed forever and ever.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid it, we can take our toolbox and focus on three key tools:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>1.-<\/strong> First, <strong>improving ourselves<\/strong>. Since we have a natural tendency to do harm, reinforced by the education we have received and by the influence of the <u><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-not-follow-the-herd-to-cause-harm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">herd<\/a><\/u> and <u><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/preserve-the-good-and-change-the-harmful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tradition<\/a><\/u>, it is important to restrain those impulses, except in cases of legitimate self-defense against an aggressor. In general, it is good to be true to ourselves, but not in these types of harmful instincts.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; padding-left: 40px;\">Almost all of us can change, because all or most of us have a kind side, where our <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/no-danes\/publicaciones\/dejemonos-llevar-por-nuestro-sentido-de-la-justicia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>innate sense of justice<\/u><\/a><\/span> lies (one would have to be a psychopath not to have it), which tells us that harming innocents is wrong. We are all capable of shaping who we become. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: left;\"><strong>2.-Raising awareness<\/strong> and convincing others, for example, by sharing these types of messages. This can create a chain reaction, where one action leads to another. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/convince-others-not-to-cause-harm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>AVOID HARM! Share and convince others not to cause harm<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>3.-Actively educating<\/strong> children and teenagers in the culture of kindness, respect, tolerance toward the harmless, freedom, and justice. They are like sponges, and what they absorb is likely to stay with them. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/educate-children-in-the-ethics-of-kindness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AVOID HARM! Educate children in the ethics of kindness<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/respect-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! Be respectful<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/tolerance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em> LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! Be tolerant<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/respect-the-freedom-of-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT HARMING? Respect the freedom of others<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/padres-orientados-a-la-felicidad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Happiness-oriented parents<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/colegios-orientados-a-la-felicidad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Happiness-oriented schools<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cultural war between good and evil has always existed, between those who have fought against injustices and evils and those who have done so to preserve them. And in the middle, the bystanders, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/never-support-injustice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>enablers<\/u><\/a><\/span> of abuse. Which side do you think it is better for you to be on?  <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have all caused harm at some point, but we can all make amends and change sides. The difference between the \u201cgood\u201d and the \u201cbad\u201d is that the good admit their mistakes and make things right. Make that change before it is too late, because, <strong>if you were about to die and looked back<\/strong>, what would you wish you had done but didn&#8217;t?  <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If someone hurt you and you didn&#8217;t like it, share this message. If you don&#8217;t want it to happen again to you, your loved ones, or others, spread this message and others like the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/dodecalogue-of-kindness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>DODECALOGUE OF KINDNESS<\/u><\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90165ab elementor-share-buttons--view-icon elementor-share-buttons--shape-circle elementor-share-buttons--align-center elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"90165ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_whatsapp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on whatsapp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" 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data-id=\"de821ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2cf839b\" data-id=\"2cf839b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2111e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2111e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong> Xavier Paya <\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>Live Without Harming initiative<\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0r_zOrwTRU9jKMsNGkX-Vn\">www.institutodelbienestar.com<\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">LET&#8217;S NOT HARM ANYONE, except in legitimate self-defense against an aggressor.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); color: #ffffff;\">Read:<\/span> <span 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