What is "Ordinary Life" all about?

In my own spiritual work I discovered some principles  we can put into practice to enhance our experience of ourselves, of others, of the life we live. 
One version of these principles is as follows:

Life is inconceivably precious. 
Life is short and death is certain. 
Life contains inevitable difficulties. 
Our ethical choices mold our lives.

It is when we ignore these things that we step out of life as it is. Indeed, many people spend a lot of their time ignoring, denying or resisting the middle two truths. 

So it struck me that one of the ways we could have life is by stopping trying to get one up on life. That became my first ordinary life principle. This, and the other principles of Ordinary Life, are listed below.

Following these principles is what makes it possible for us to have life. Life to the fullest. Not life without death and difficulties. That's not life. Our goal is just to have life - ordinary life.

Ordinary Life Principles:

We suffer from wanting to be one up on life.
There is no life in negativity.
We have a moral obligation to be happy.
Our relationship to life's difficulties belongs to us.
We are what we think.
Life is wonderful.
Love is what changes the course of our world.
The fundamental purpose of life is emotional and spiritual growth.
There is only the present.
We get what we give.

We are 100% responsible for our lives.

Every dissatisfaction we have with our lives is a result of a conflict between what is actually true and what we believe to be true. When we learn to give up beliefs about how life "ought to be", we are given brand new possibilities for living life as it is - right then and there!

This "letting go" process is not easy because we have spent a lifetime coming to believe that the life we want/deserve is "out there" somewhere. Or, we have come to believe that because of certain events and experiences in our past, our lives are destined to "be" a certain way.Among other things, the Ordinary Life class will focus on: 

What it means to be alive and aware. 

More on the gospel of Jesus than the Jesus of the gospels. 

More on being the way than the way to be. 

the principles and practices we can put in place in our lives to experience these things and not just know about them.

This is not a class for the faint of heart but for those who are willing to be involved in the journey to wholeness by living life as it is, for those who are willing to have the courage to be themselves. If you are interested in these benefits, this could be the class for you.