Think about two scenarios involving interactions with person X. Person X is someone with whom you've interacted dozens of times in the short to mid term past. You've each had more than ample opportunity to get to know one another in those interactions. Scenario A: Person X, when interacting with you, remembers things about you and tailors their interactions with you based upon their profile of you. They ask you specific questions about ongoing developments in the various aspects of your life. They tell you things that they believe you will have a very high probability of finding interesting. If they offer you something to eat or drink, it is something that they know you enjoy and/or need and that you are likely to accept. They do not lie to you, and they allow you to be who you are without wearing any metaphorical personality masks. They do this with no expectations of you. Scenario B: Person X, when interacting with you, treats you like a bar code, like a serial number, like you're fungible with any other person. They ask you questions that, in the asking, betray that they haven't cared to remember the first thing about you that makes you you. They talk about whatever they want to talk about with you and don't care to engage you in conversation about things you care about or find interesting. If they offer you something to eat or drink, it is more likely that it is something that they have but don't want to keep. It may even be something that you dislike or something to which you're allergic. They are willing to lie to you in order to manipulate you into doing what they want you to do or into being the way they want you to be because that suits them. They do this with expectations of you. In one of these two scenarios, you feel seen and loved. In the other, you do not feel seen or loved. The Golden Rule exists because it is the best, most succinct way to practice unconditional love, clear communication (honesty), and surrender to the machinations of the universe/God and to the free will of others. Those happen to be the lessons that are necessary to be learned in order to activate the dormant higher chakras, achieve enlightenment, earn the "halo", and punch your ticket to the next grade of universal spirit school. People don't like being treated as fungible. People don't like being lied to or misinformed as bad information renders us less capable of navigating the obstacles of life. People don't like being manipulated and having their free will infringed upon. The Golden Rule is the TLDR of religion. It is the road map to enlightenment in succinct enough form that even people with the attention span of hummingbirds drunk on Mountain Dew with TikTok attention spans can intake.