Spiritual Laws of Success

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* The Law of Pure Potentiality

* The Law of Giving

* The Law of " Karma " or Cause and Effect

* The Law of Least Effort

* The Law of Intention and Desire

* The Law of Detachment

* The Law of " Dharma " or Purpose in Life

 

 

These laws can be put 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.

 

4. Wherever I go, and whoever 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.

 

5. Today I will gratefully receive all the gifts that life has to offer me. I

will receive the gifts of nature: sunlight and the sounds 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.

 

6. I will 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.

 

7. 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.

 

8. 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? "

 

9. 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.

 

10. 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.

 

11. 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.

 

12. 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.

 

13. 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.

 

14. 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.

 

15. 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.

 

16. 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.

 

17. 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.

 

18. 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.

 

19. 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.

 

20. 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.

 

21. 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.

 

 

(Source: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra)