II. Following Your Dream Achievement and goal setting Book#2: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success “1994” Author: Deepak Chopra ############################ The 7 laws are: ---------------------- 1. The law of pure potentiality 2. The Law of Giving 3. The law of karma or cause and effect 4. The law of least effort 5. The law of Intention and Desire 6. The law of Detachment 7. The law of dharma or purpose in life ############################# Law#1: The law of pure potentiality --------------- • This law is based on the fact that we are, in our essential state, pure consciousness. • Pure consciousness is pure potentiality; it is the field of all possibilities and infinite creativity. • Pure consciousness is our spiritual essence. Being infinite and unbounded, it is also pure joy. • Other attributes of consciousness are pure knowledge, infinite silence, perfect balance, invincibility, simplicity, and bliss. *********** APPLYING THE LAW OF PURE POTENTIALITY ************* Put the Law of Pure Potentiality into effect by making a commitment to take the following steps: (1) Get in touch with the field of pure potentiality by taking time each day to be silent, to just Be. Also sit alone in silent meditation at least twice a day for approximately thirty minutes in the morning and thirty minutes in the evening. (2) Take time each day to commune with nature and to silently witness the intelligence within every living thing. Sit silently and watch a sunset, or listen to the sound of the ocean or a stream, or simply smell the scent of a flower. In the ecstasy of your own silence, and by communing with nature, enjoy the lire throb of ages, the field of pure potentiality and unbounded creativity. (3) Practice non-judgment. Begin your day with the statement,” Today, I shall judge nothing that occurs, and throughout the day I will remind myself not to judge”. ################################ Law#2: The Law of Giving ------------------------- • This law could also be called the Law of Giving and Receiving, because the universe operates through dynamic exchange. Nothing is static. • Your body is in dynamic and constant exchange with the body of the universe; your mind is dynamically interacting with the mind of the cosmos; your energy is an expression of cosmic energy. ******************* APPLYING THE LAW OF Giving ***************** Put the Law of Giving into effect by making a commitment to take the following steps: (1) Wherever you go, and whoever you encounter, bring them a gift. The gift may be a compliment, a flower, or a prayer. Today, I will give something to everyone I come into contact with, and so I will begin the process of circulating joy, wealth and affluence in my life and in the lives of others. (2) Today I will gratefully receive all the gifts that life has to offer me. I will receive the gifts of nature: sunlight and the sound of birds singing, or spring showers or the first snow of winter. I will also be open to receiving from others, whether it is in the form of a material gift, money, a compliment, or a prayer. (3) Make a commitment to keep wealth circulating in my life by giving and receiving life’s most precious gifts: the gifts of caring, affection, appreciation, and love. Each time I meet someone, I will silently wish them happiness, joy, and laughter. ############################### Law#3: The law of karma or cause and effect --------------------------------- • Karma is both action and the consequence of that action; it is cause and effect simultaneously, because every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind. • There is nothing unfamiliar about the Law of Karma. • Everyone has heard the expression, “What you sow is what you reap”. • Obviously, if we want to create happiness in our lives, we must learn to sow the seeds of happiness. • Therefore, karma implies the action of conscious choice-making. • You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. • Whether you like it or not, everything that is happening at this moment is a result of the choices you’ve made in the past. ******************* APPLYING THE LAW OF KARMA OR CAUSE AND EFFECT ******************* Put the Law of Karma into effect by making a commitment to take the following steps: (1) Today I will witness the choices I make in each moment. And in the mere witnessing of these choices, I will bring them to my conscious awareness. I will know that the best way to prepare for any moment in the future is to be fully conscious in the present. (2) Whenever I make a choice, I will ask myself two questions: What are the consequences of this choice that I’m making? And Will this choice bring fulfillment and happiness to me and also to those who are affected by this choice? (3) I will then ask my heart for guidance and be guided by its message of comfort or discomfort. If the choice feels comfortable, I will plunge ahead with abandon. If the choice feels uncomfortable, I will pause and see the consequences of my action with my inner vision. This guidance will enable me to make spontaneously correct choices for myself and for all those around me. ############################### Law#4:The law of least effort -------------------------- • This law is based on the fact that nature’s intelligence functions with effortless ease and abandoned carefulness. • This is the principle of least action, of no resistance. • This is, therefore, the principle of harmony and love. • When we learn this lesson from nature, we easily fulfill our desires. ******************* APPLYING THE LAW OF LEAST EFFORT ******************* Put the Law of Least Effort into effect by making a commitment to take the following steps: (1) Practice Acceptance. Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and events as they occur. I will know that this moment is as it should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. I will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. My acceptance is total and complete. I accept things as they are this moment, not as I wish they were. (2) Having accepted things as they are, I will take Responsibility for my situation and for all those events I see as problems. I know that taking responsibility means not blaming anyone or anything for my situation (and this includes myself). I also know that every problem is an opportunity in disguise, and this alertness to opportunities allows me to take this moment and transform it into a greater benefit. (3) Today my awareness will remain established in Defenselessness. I will relinquish the need to defend my point of view. I will feel no need to convince or persuade others to accept my point of view. I will remain open to all points of view and not be rigidly attached to any one of them. ############################### Law#5: The law of Intention and Desire --------------------------------------- • This law is based on the fact that energy and information exist everywhere in nature. • In fact, at the level of the quantum field, there is nothing other than energy and information. • The quantum field is just another label for the field of pure consciousness or pure potentiality. • Learn to harness the power of intention, and you can create anything you desire. ******************* APPLYING THE LAW OF INTENTION AND DESIRE ******************* Put the Law of Intention and Desire into effect by making a commitment to take the following steps: (1) I will make a list of all my desires. I will carry this list with me wherever I go. I will look at this list before I go into my silence and meditation. I will look at it before I go to sleep at night. I will look at it when I wake up in the morning. (2) I will release this list of my desires and surrender it to the womb of creation, trusting that when things don’t seem to go my way, there is a reason, and that the cosmic plan has designs for me much grander than even those that I have conceived. (3) I will remind myself to practice present-moment awareness in all my actions. I will refuse to allow obstacles to consume and dissipate the quality of my attention in the present moment. I will accept the present as it is, and manifest the future through my deepest, most cherished intentions and desires. ############################### Law#6: The law of Detachment ----------------------------------- • The Law of Detachment says that in order to acquire anything in the physical universe, you have to relinquish your attachment to it. • This doesn’t mean you give up the intention to create your desire. • You don’t give up the intention, and you don’t give up the desire. • You give up your attachment to the result. • Attachment, on the other hand, is based on fear and insecurity • Attachment comes from poverty consciousness, because attachment is always to symbols. • Those who seek security chase it for a lifetime without ever finding it. • Uncertainty, on the other hand, is the fertile ground of pure creativity and freedom. • You can look at every problem you have in your life as an opportunity for some greater benefit. ******************* APPLYING THE LAW OF DETACHMENT ******************* Put the Law of Detachment into effect by making a commitment to take the following steps: (1) Today I will commit myself to detachment. 1 will allow myself and those around me the freedom to be as they are. I will not rigidly impose my idea of how things should be. I will not force solutions on problems, thereby creating new problems. I will participate in everything with detached involvement. (2) Today I will factor in uncertainty as an essential ingredient of my experience. In my willingness to accept uncertainty, solutions will spontaneously emerge out of the problem, out of the confusion, disorder, and chaos. The more uncertain things seem to be, the more secure I will feel, because uncertainty is my path to freedom. Through the wisdom of uncertainty, I will find my security. (3) I will step into the field of all possibilities and anticipate the excitement that can occur when I remain open to an infinity of choices. When I step into the field of all possibilities, I will experience all the fun, adventure, magic, and mystery of life. ############################### Law#7: The law of dharma or purpose in life -------------------------------------- • Dharma is a Sanskrit word that means “purpose in life”. • The Law of Dharma says that we have taken manifestation in physical form to fulfill a purpose. • The field of pure potentiality is divinity in its essence, and the divine takes human form to fulfill a purpose. • According to this law, you have a unique talent and a unique way of expressing it. There is something that you can do better than anyone else in the whole world There are three components to the Law of Dharma. ---------------------------------- • The first component: Each of us is here to discover our higher self or our spiritual self. • The second component of the Law of Dharma is to express our unique talents. • The third component of the Law of Dharma is service to humanity ******************* APPLYING THE LAW OF DHARMA OR “PURPOSE IN LIFE” ******************* Put the Law of Dharma into effect by making a commitment to take the following steps: (1) Today I will lovingly nurture the god or goddess in embryo that lies deep within my soul. I will pay attention to the spirit within me that animates both my body and my mind. I will awaken myself to this deep stillness within my heart. I will carry the consciousness of timeless, eternal “Being” in the midst of time-bound experience. (2) I will make a list of my unique talents. Then I will list all the things that I love to do while expressing my unique talents. When I express my unique talents and use them in the service of humanity, I lose track of time and create abundance in my life as well as in the lives of others. (3) I will ask myself daily, “How can I serve?” and “How can I help?” The answers to these questions will allow me to help and serve my fellow human beings with love. ############################### Conclusion There is an easier way to get what you want from life, involving attunement with nature and the universe. ############################### Reference: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success “1994” Author: Deepak Chopra
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