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Tenets of Chalessra PDF  | Print |  E-mail
Written by Management   
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
There are two main groups of tenets given by Chalessra, the two differing by their views of neutrality. The first is a more passive neutrality, one that seeks neutrality by abstaining from varying too far toward good or evil, chaos and law. The other is more dynamic, encouraging neutrality through embracing all extremes. Each has two sections of tenets: those tenets dealing with how to act toward oneself and those tenets dealing with how to act toward others.

Passive Tenets

Passive tenets focus upon inner peace and appreciation from a viewpoint alien to those committing themselves to any extreme. Because the passive followers tend not to become as involved in most affairs, there are fewer tenets to guide their actions.

Pertaining to Oneself

  • Do Not Get Involved. Involvement will cause events to affect oneself, which may pull oneself from balance.
  • Know Oneself. Through meditation and spiritual reflection, one can monitor and center oneself, helping to stay in harmony.
  • Treasure and Forget. Treasure every moment of time in its fullness, internalize it, and then let it go; clinging to the past will only distract from the next moment that fate brings.
  • Maintain Calmness of Action and Thought. Emotions must be noted and let go; face all events with the calm of a balanced self.
  • Fine Peace in Nature. Nature is filled with inherent balance; meditations and communions with nature will impart that balance to oneself.
  • Seek Oneself for Pleasure and Comfort. Relying on others forms dependencies that tend to sway one's priorities; while relationships are encouraged, reliances on others are not.

Pertaining to Others

  • Lead by Example. Do not tell others how to act; show them. Beliefs are spread more easily through ilustration than description.
  • Speak the Truth in All Things. If asked a question, answer it honestly. Specifically, answer it. Truth is not prserved by keeping secrets.
  • Turn None Away Based on Race, Action, or Belief. If offering services to others, then one must offer it to all who seek it and can compensate fairly; any race, a follower of any deity, a doer of any deed must be serviced the same as any other.
  • Offer Nothing for One that Would Not be Offered for Another. Give no action to one person that you would not give to another, including discounts in services and methods of payment. None shall coerce you by force or pleading into doing something for them that you would not do for another. While the previous tenet focuses more on including all equally, this one allows the follower to exclude all equally.

Dynamic Tenets

These tenets focus on a neutrality born from experiencing all extremes. One does not commit to any but knows them all. While often people associate this behavior to chaotic individuals, these followers--unlike individuals aligned with chaos--do not oppose law. However, because of the dynamic nature of these followers, there are more tenets to regulate their behaviors.

Pertaining to Oneself

  • Occasionally Violate the Rules. Even these tenets must, very occasionally, be broken to pull oneself from too lawful an existence. Like these tenets, laws must generally be followed, but do not enforce them on others and do not abide by them every moment.
  • Follow a Law before Violating It. Before breaking a rule, one must abide by it to understand what that rule limits and why it was deemed necessary to create.
  • Embrace Experience. New experiences should be cherished in fullness with complete devotion. This does not mean they must be enoyed, but everything that one does should be experienced fully in order to learn from it.
  • Seek Out Even that which One Dislikes. In order to keep one's perspectives fresh, one must be willing to experience things that one does not enjoy.
  • Travel. Spread balance and gain new experience by traveling from one place to the next; stay in one area until one has experienced and influenced what one can, and then move on.
  • Seek Solace in Nature. Nature itself is a balance of extremes; spend time within it and travel through it to gain further insight into one's own life.
  • Purge One's Past and Start Anew. A few times throughout one's life, one should leave behind all one has gained, including identity, to start with fresh perspective. In time, old relations, possessions, and identities may be reclaimed, but not before one understands exactly how those have affected one's life.
  • Be Honest to Oneself. Know one's appetites and do not over-indulge in any one thing; an excess will dull the experience in time.

 Pertaining to Others

  • Do Not Force One's Beliefs on Others. If someone seeks advice, then give it, but do not try to guide another who has not requested guidance.
  • Form Friendships. Due to the dynamic nature of these followers, one cannot lead by example in only a few instances; long-term relationships are required to show others how balance can be found in embracing all things.
  • Treat All Strangers and Acquaintances Equally. Do not act differently against strangers based on race, class, appearance, profession, abilities, or deeds.
  • Show Love to One's Friends. Show those friends who are willing to experience it the comfort and pleasures of carnal love. This tenet does not forbid such experiences with strangers and acquaintances, though one need not share oneself with others for reasons of health and safety.
  • Seek Forgiveness. In breaking the rules or seeking out all forms of experiences, one will necessarily bring harm to another. Be culpable for one's actions and seek reparations against those who one has hurt. This includes seeking forgiveness of Chalessra when one violates her tenets.
  • Be Honest to Others. Do not lie to others; answer them truthfully and do not conceal one's intentions.
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