#instruction

Education is a key part of activity for brothers so that they may learn to align ever more closely with the values of Unity.

Where better to start your education than with the alphabet?

Brothers are encouraged to learn the Alphabet of Values and, after gathering in the morning to say their daily pledge, they are tested regularly by an Instructor. The Instructor reads out a single letter to each brother in turn and the brother steps forward smartly and proudly declares all the values that start with that letter.

Every brother learns the whole alphabet as follows...

A is for Attention, Authority, Alignment, Adherence, Acquiescence, Accountability

B is for Brother, Balance, Basis, Bound, Boots

C is for Clarity, Community, Command, Conformity, Chastity

D is for Designation, Discipline, Doctrine, Duty

E is for Efficiency, Engagement, Edification, Empowerment, Enforcement, Endurance

F is for Fidelity, Formality, Framework, Fulfillment

G is for Guidance, Governance, Grounding

H is for Humility, Habit, Harmony, Honour, Haircut

I is for Identity, Integrity, Instructor, Immaculate, Inspection

J is for Jurisdiction, Justice

K is for Keenness

L is for Loyalty, Listening, Legitimacy, Lesson, Law

M is for Method, Model, Meticulous, Marching

N is for Normalisation, Nexus, Negotiation

O is for Ordinance, Obedience, Order

P is for Protocol, Purpose, Precept, Policy, Precision, Practice, Parade, Perfection, Peace

Q is for Quest, Quality, Quiet

R is for Respect, Re-education, Reflection, Recruit, Rectitude,

S is for Structure, System, Subordination, Service, Sanction, Salute, Shirt

T is for Tenet, Training, Tradition, Truth, Tie

U is for Unity! Uniform Unwavering Uplift

V is for Vanguard, Vigilance, Virtue

W is for Wisdom, Will, Washing

X is for Xenial, Xmas

Y is for Yearning, Yes brother!

This diagram captures the vagus nerve as an extensive communication network rather than a single structure, weaving through the face, throat, heart, lungs, diaphragm, and digestive organs. It reminds us that nervous system regulation is whole-body work, shaped by breath, posture, movement, digestion, and emotional safety, not something that happens only in the brain. When these vagal pathways are supported, the body is better able to shift out of survival states and into connection, regulation, and resilience.

Try this exercise: Lie on your back with one hand on your upper chest and one on your lower ribs. Gently rest the tongue on the floor of the mouth (not pressing to the roof). Inhale slowly through the nose, feeling the ribs expand sideways rather than lifting the chest. As you exhale through slightly parted lips, imagine the breath travelling down behind the breastbone and gently melting the diaphragm downward. Pause for 2–3 seconds at the end of the exhale before the next breath. Repeat for 2–3 minutes.