Reliability means being trustworthy and responsive, consistently performing as expected. I develop it when I respond to others’ needs and directions and fulfill what I have agreed to do. The opposite is unreliability.§
Comparing the actions of one who is reliable to one who is unreliable§ |
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Situation§ |
Reliability§ |
Unreliability§ |
When mom asks you to please make your bed each morning, you…§ |
respond by developing a regular habit of leaving the room neat.§ |
do it for three days, then stop, figuring she will probably forget.§ |
When your rock-climbing partner slips and falls, you…§ |
immediately come to her aid with no thought for yourself.§ |
panic and fearfully step away from the cliff, hoping she can fend for herself.§ |
The team at work sets difficult goals for each member and you…§ |
proactively rearrange your life and find the extra hours to meet your new goals.§ |
figure they will ask you a few more times if they really need your contribution.§ |
Gurudeva explained: “It is necessary for spiritual unfoldment on the path to enlightenment to live among others, be loyal, faithful, not promiscuous, to settle down and establish a cooperative routine of community life. Living among others—even having roommates who think, believe and have adopted the same spiritual, religious disciplines—grants the burden of good conduct, prompt resolution of problems and an abidance of sharing, giving and caring during the trials and happinesses that naturally arise in living with others.”§
ASSIGNMENT: Especially during these two weeks, when you promise to do something, be sure to do it.§
Date you began this assignment ____________________§
MY THOUGHTS ON THE BENEFITS OF RELIABILITY: 
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