Readings

Seven Spiritual Laws of Success ~Deepak Chopra

 The Seven Spiritual Laws

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

The Law of Pure Potentiality

The source of all creation is pure consciousness . . . pure potentiality seeking expression

from the unmanifest to the manifest. And when we realize that our true Self is one of

pure potentiality, we align with the power that manifests everything in the universe.

Daily practices for application of this law

The Law of Giving

The universe operates through dynamic exchange . . . giving and receiving are different

aspects of the flow of energy in the universe. And in our willingness to give that which

we seek, we keep the abundance of the universe circulating in our lives.

Daily practices for application of this law

The Law of "Karma" or Cause and Effect

Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind . . . what we

sow is what we reap. And when we choose actions that bring happiness and success

to others, the fruit of our karma is happiness and success.

 

Daily practices for application of this law

 

The Law of Least Effort

Nature's intelligence functions with effortless ease . . . with carefreeness, harmony

and love. And when we harness the forces of joy and love, we create success and

good fortune with effortless ease.

Daily practices for application of this law

The Law of Intention and Desire

Inherent in every intention and desire is the mechanics for its fulfillment . . . intention

and desire in the field of pure potentiality have infinite organizing power. And when we

introduce intention in the fertile ground of pure potentiality, we put this infinite organizing

power to work for us.

Daily practices for application of this law

The Law of Detachment

In detachment lies the wisdom of uncertainty . . . in the wisdom of uncertainty lies

the freedom from our past, from the known, which is the prison of past conditioning.

And in our willingness to step into the unknown, the field of all possibilities, we surrender

ourselves to the creative mind that orchestrates the dance of the universe.

Daily practices for application of this law

The Law of "Dharma" or Purpose in Life

Everyone has a purpose in life . . . a unique gift or special talent to give others. And when

we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and

exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.

Daily practices for application of this law

 

 

 

Application of the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

 

Chopra suggests these ways of applying the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

to your Daily Life

The first spiritual law of success is the Law of Pure Potentiality.

I will put the Law of Pure Potentiality into effect by making a commitment to take

the following steps:

 

1. I will get in touch with the field of pure potentiality by taking time each day

    to be silent, to just Be. I will 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. I will take time each day to commune with nature and to silently witness

    the intelligence within every living thing. I will 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 my own silence, and by communing with nature,

    I will enjoy the life throb of ages, the field of pure potentiality and unbounded

    creativity.

 

3. I will practice non-judgement. I will begin my day with the statement,

    "Today, I shall judge nothing that occurs," and throughout the day I will

    remind myself not to judge.

The second spiritual law of success is the Law of Giving.

I will put the Law of Giving into effect by making a commitment to take the following

steps:

 

1. Wherever I go, and whomever I encounter, I will 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 be in the form of a material gift, money, a compliment or a prayer.

 

3. I will make a commitment to keep wealth circulating in my life by giving and

    receiving life’s most precious gifts: the gift of caring, affection, appreciation,

    and love. Each time I meet someone, I will silently wish them happiness, joy,

    and laughter.

The third spiritual law of success is the Law of Karma.

~"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.

I will 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 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 feel 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.

The fourth spiritual law of success is the Law of Least Effort.

I will put the Law of Least Effort into effect by making a commitment to take the

following steps:

 

1. I will 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 rigidly attached to any one of them.

The fifth spiritual law of success is the Law of Intention and Desire.

I will 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 care 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 eve 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.

The sixth spiritual law of success is the Law of Detachment.

I will put the Law of Detachment into effect by making a commitment to take the

           following steps:

 

1. Today I will commit myself to detachment. I 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 filed of all

    possibilities, I will experience all the fun, adventure, magic, and mystery of life.

The seventh spiritual law of success is the Law of Dharma.

~Dharma is a Sanskrit word that means "purpose in life."

I will 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 asks myself daily, "How can I serve?" and "How can I help?" The

    answer to these questions will allow me to help and serve my fellow human

    beings with love.

Thanks to our friend Velma for this section

The Law of Pure Potentiality

The source of all creation is pure consciousness . . . pure potentiality seeking expression

from the unmanifest to the manifest. And when we realize that our true Self is one of

pure potentiality, we align with the power that manifests everything in the universe.

We are all part of the one - the whole - the all encompassing universe. This universe

is energized and the potential that energizes it is Spirit. Without spirit the universe

would not be possible. Only through universal Spirit is the universe conceived and

created and becomes manifest with the awesome potential of Spirit. In fact everything

that is is an expression of this Spirit. We experience this Spirit as energy. (Einstein

recognized the connection of energy and the manifestation of energy which we call

matter). Our access to the universe and universal spirit (which is one and the same)

is through the Self, i.e. the "I" that is whole and real and complete (and perfect).

The real Self is Universal Spirit manifest in a particular way. Specifically, Spirit

becomes manifest through personal consciousness or awareness which we

recognize as "I am" or "Me". The I that is me is only my particular expression of

universal energy brought into being through consciousness. We actually create

ourselves by virtue of our consciousness - our awareness of being- the fact that

I am. It is through this Self that we have access to Spirit and it is also through

this that we create reality. In another way one could say that we are ultimately

Spirit which creates an existence, a human living space, a particular reality out

of universal reality. By extension, all that we create, all of reality, both mind and

matter, is ultimately of Spirit and Spirit is the ultimate reality. If this sounds circular

that is the point. Ultimately all things are connected and interactive and dynamically

linked, part of a giant circle, a great mandala. As we are connected to Spirit (through

the Self), then we are connected to everything that is (and was) and will be. In this

dynamic link all things are possible and only limited by our own self limiting

processes. We are liberated by our awareness and mental creation of possibility.

This becomes possible when we realize that we are Spirit and therefore only

limited by our humanness and our identification with personal and human

limitation. Of course our identification is our creation and therefore subject to

our personal modification through choice. Our knowledge and understanding

of universal Spirit and our connection to it is the process by which we transcend

our self limiting beliefs. With this energetic link comes fertile, energized possibility.

This is the purpose and function of spiritual practice, i.e. to connect with Spirit and

create possibility. Through our connection to the universe and universal spirit our

life becomes energized. Our goal and intention is to create an energized spiritual

existence and to live a spiritual life. This is the meaning of concepts like

Self-actualization and realization of one's potential. Through our connection with

Spirit all things are possible and life becomes awesome.

 

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