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

1.    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.
In the beginning There was neither existence nor non-existence, All this
world was unmanifest energy . . .
The One breathed, without breath, by Its own power Nothing else was there
. . . -- Hymn of Creation, The Rig Veda
The first spiritual law of success is 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. This is our
essential nature.  Our essential nature is one of pure potentiality.
When you discover your essential nature and know who you really are, in
that knowing itself is the ability to fulfill any dream you have, because
you are the eternal possibility, the immeasurable potential of all that
was, is, and will be. The Law of Pure Potentiality could also be called
the Law of Unity, because underlying the infinite diversity of life is the
unity of one all-pervasive spirit. There is no separation
between you and this field of energy. The field of pure potentiality is
your own Self. And the more you experience your true nature, the closer
you are to the field of pure potentiality.
The experience of the Self, or "self-referral," means that our internal
reference point is our own spirit, and not the objects of our experience.
The opposite of self-referral is object-referral. In object-referral we
are always influenced by objects outside the Self, which include
situations, circumstances, people, and things. In object-referral we are
constantly seeking the approval of others. Our thinking and our behavior
are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.
In object-referral we also feel an intense need to control things. We feel
an intense need for external power. The need for approval, the need to
control things, and the need for external power are needs that are based
on fear. This kind of power is not the power of pure potentiality, or the
power of the Self, or real power. When we experience the power of the
Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control,
and no struggle for approval or external power.
In object-referral, your internal reference point is your ego. The ego,
however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your
social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on
approval. It wants to control, and it is sustained by power, because it
lives in fear.
Your true Self, which is your spirit, your soul, is completely free of
those things. It is immune to criticism, it is unfearful of any
challenge, and it feels beneath no one. And yet, it is also humble and
feels superior to no one, because it recognizes that everyone else is
the same Self, the same spirit in different disguises .
That's the essential difference between object-referral and
self-referral. In self-referral, you experience your true being, which
is unfearful of any challenge, has respect for all people, and feels
beneath no one. Self-power is therefore true power.
Power based on object-referral, however, is false power. Being ego-based
power, it lasts only as long as the object of reference is there. If you
have a certain title -- if you're the president of the country or the
chairman of a corporation -- or if you have a lot of money, the power you
enjoy goes with the title, with the job, with the money. Ego-based power
will only last as long as those things last. As soon as the title, the
job, the money go away so does the power. Self-power, on the other hand,
is permanent, because it is based on the knowledge of the Self. And there
are certain characteristics of self-power.
It draws people to you, and it also draws things that you want to you. It
magnetizes people, situations, and circumstances to support your desires.
This is also called support from the laws of nature. It is the support of
divinity; it is the support that comes from being in the state of grace.
Your power is such that you enjoy a bond with people, and people enjoy a
bond with you. Your power is that of bonding -- a bonding that comes from
true love.
How can we apply the law of Pure Potentiality, the field of all
possibilities, to our lives! If you want to enjoy the benefits of the
field of pure potentiality, if you want to make full use of the creativity
which is inherent in pure consciousness, then you have to have access to
it. One way to access the field is through the daily practice of silence,
meditation, and non-judgment. Spending time in nature will also give you
access to the qualities inherent in the field: infinite creativity,
freedom, and bliss.
Practicing silence means making a commitment to take a certain amount of
time to simply Be. Experiencing silence means periodically withdrawing
from the activity of speech. It also means periodically withdrawing from
such activities as watching television, listening to the radio, or reading
a book. If you never give yourself the opportunity to experience
silence, this creates turbulence in your internal dialogue.
Set aside a little time every once in a while to experience silence. Or
simply make a commitment to maintain silence for a certain period each
day. You could do it for two hours, or if that seems a lot, do it for a
one-hour period. And every once in a while experience silence for an
extended period of time, such as a full day, or two days, or even a whole
week.
What happens when you go into this experience of silence! Initially your
internal dialogue becomes even more turbulent. You feel an intense need to
say things. I've known people who go absolutely crazy the first day or two
when they commit themselves to an extended period of silence. A sense of
with the experience, their internal dialogue begins to quieten. And soon
the silence becomes profound. This is because after a while the mind gives
up; it realizes there is no point in going around and around if you --
the Self, the spirit, the choice-maker -- are not going to speak, period.
Then, as the internal dialogue quietens, you begin to experience the
stillness of the field of pure potentiality.
Practicing silence periodically as it is convenient to you is one way to
experience the law of Pure Potentiality. Spending time each day in
meditation is another. Ideally, you should meditate at least thirty
minutes in the morning, and thirty minutes in the evening. Through
meditation you will learn to experience the field of pure silence and
pure awareness. In that field of pure silence is the field of infinite
correlation, the field of infinite organizing power, the ultimate ground
of creation where everything is inseparably connected with everything else.
In the fifth spiritual law, the law of Intention and Desire, you will see
how you can introduce a faint impulse of intention in this field, and the
creation of your desires will come about spontaneously.  But first, you
have to experience stillness.  Stillness is the first requirement for
manifesting your desires, because in stillness lies your connection to the
field of pure potentiality that can orchestrate an infinity of details for
you.
Imagine throwing a little stone into a still pond and watching it ripple.
Then, after a while, when the ripples settle down, perhaps you throw
another little stone. That's exactly what you do when you go into the
field of pure silence and introduce your intention. In this silence,
even the faintest intention will ripple across the underlying ground of
universal consciousness, which connects everything with everything
else. But, if you do not experience stillness in consciousness, if
your mind is like a turbulent ocean, you could throw the Empire State
Building into it, and you wouldn't notice a thing. In the Bible is the
expression, "Be still, and know that I am God." This can only be
accomplished through meditation.
Another way to access the field of pure potentiality is through the
practice of nonjudgment. Judgment is the constant evaluation of things
as right or wrong, good or bad. When you are constantly evaluating,
classifying, labeling, analyzing, you create a lot of turbulence in your
internal dialogue. This turbulence constricts the flow of energy between
you and the field of pure potentiality. You literally squeeze the "gap"
between thoughts.
The gap is your connection to the field of pure potentiality. It is that
state of pure awareness, that silent space between thoughts, that inner
stillness that connects you to true power. And when you squeeze the gap,
you squeeze your connection to the field of pure potentiality and infinite
creativity.
There is a prayer in A Course in Miracles that states, "Today I shall
judge nothing that occurs." Non-judgment creates silence in your mind. It
is a good idea, therefore, to begin your day with that statement. And
throughout the day, remind yourself of that statement each time you catch
yourself judging. If practicing this procedure for the whole day seems
too difficult, then you may simply say to yourself, "For the next two
hours, I won't judge anything," or "For the next hour, I will experience
nonjudgment." Then you can extend it gradually.
Through silence, through meditation, and through nonjudgment, you will
access the first law, the law of Pure Potentiality. Once you start doing
that, you can add a fourth component to this practice, and that is
regularly spending time in direct communion with nature. Spending time in
nature enables you to sense the harmonious interaction of all the elements
and forces of life, and gives you a sense of unity with all of life.
Whether it be a stream, a forest, a mountain, a lake, or the seashore,
that connection with nature's intelligence will also help you access the
field of pure potentiality.
You must learn to get in touch with the innermost essence of your being.
This true essence is beyond the ego. It is fearless; it is free; it is
immune to criticism; it does not fear any challenge. It is beneath no
one, superior to no one, and full of magic, mystery, and enchantment.
Access to your true essence will also give you insight into the mirror of
relationship, because all relationship is a reflection of your
relationship with yourself. For example, if you have guilt, fear, and
insecurity over money, or success, or anything else, then these are
reflections of guilt, fear, and insecurity as basic aspects of your
personality. No amount of money or success will solve these basic problems
of existence; only intimacy with the Self will bring about true healing.
And when you are grounded in the knowledge of your true Self -- when you
really understand your true nature -- you will never feel guilty, fearful,
or insecure about money, or affluence, or fulfilling your desires, because
you will realize that the essence of all material wealth is life energy,
it is pure potentiality. And pure potentiality is your intrinsic nature.
As you gain more and more access to your true nature, you will also
spontaneously receive creative thoughts, because the field of pure
potentiality is also the field of infinite creativity and pure knowledge.
Franz Kafka, the Austrian philosopher and poet, once said, "You need not
leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. You need not
even Listen, simply wait. You need not even wait, just learn to become
quiet, and still, and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you
to be unmasked. It has no choice; it will roll in ecstasy at your feet."
The affluence of the universe -- the lavish display and abundance of the
universe -- is an expression of the creative mind of nature. The more tuned
in you are to the mind of nature, the more you have access to its
infinite, unbounded creativity. But first, YOU have to go beyond the
turbulence of your internal dialogue to connect with that abundant,
affluent, infinite, creative mind. And then you create the possibility of
dynamic activity while at the same time carrying the stillness of the
eternal, unbounded, creative mind. This exquisite combination of silent,
unbounded, infinite mind along with dynamic, bounded, individual mind is
the perfect balance of stillness and movement simultaneously that can
create whatever you want. This coexistence of opposites -- stillness
and dynamism at the same time -- makes you independent of situations,
circumstances, people, and things.
When you quietly acknowledge this exquisite coexistence of opposites, you
align yourself with the world of energy -- the quantum soup, the
non-material non-stuff that is the source of the material world. This world
of energy is fluid, dynamic, resilient, changing, forever in motion. And
yet it is also non-changing, still, quiet, eternal, and silent.
Stillness alone is the potentiality for creativity; movement alone is
creativity restricted to a certain aspect of its expression. But the
combination of movement and stillness enables you to unleash your
creativity in all directions -- wherever the power of your attention takes
you.
Wherever you go in the midst of movement and activity, carry your
stillness within you. Then the chaotic movement around you will never
overshadow your access to the reservoir of creativity, the field of pure
potentiality.
APPLYING 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-judgment. 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.
 

2. 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.
This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with
fresh life. This little flute a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales,
and hast breathed through it melodies new.... Thy infinite gifts come to me
only those very small hands of mine. Ages pass, still thou pourest, and
still there is room to -- Rabindranath Tagore
The second spiritual law of success is 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.
The flow of life is nothing other than the harmonious interaction of all the
elements and forces that structure the field of existence. This harmonious
interaction of elements and forces in your life operates as the Law
of giving. Because your body and your mind and the universe are in constant
and dynamic exchange, stopping the circulation of energy is like
stopping the flow of blood. Whenever blood stops flowing, it begins to
clot, to coagulate, to stagnate. That is why you must give and receive in
order to keep wealth and affluence -- or anything you want in life --
circulating in your life.
The word affluence comes from the root L(afflueTe,) which means "to flow
to." The word affluence means "to flow in abundance." Money is really a
symbol of the life energy we exchange and the life energy we use as a result
of the service we provide to the universe. Another word for money is
"currency, which also reflects the flowing nature of energy. The word
currency comes from the Latin word "currere" which means "to run" or to flow.
Therefore, if we stop the circulation of money if our only intention is to
hold on to our money and hoard it -- since it is life energy, we will stop
it's circulation back into our lives as well. In order to keep that energy
coming to us, we have to keep the energy circulating. Like a river, money
must keep flowing, otherwise it begins to stagnate, to clog, to suffocate
and strangle its very own life force. Circulation keeps it alive and vital.
Every relationship is one of give and take. Giving engenders receiving, and
receiving engenders giving. What goes up must come down; what goes out must
come back. In reality, receiving is the same thing as giving, because giving
and receiving are different aspects of the flow of energy in the universe.
And if you stop the flow of either, you interfere with nature's intelligence.
In every seed is the promise of thousands forests. But the seed must not be
hoarded; it must give its intelligence to the fertile ground. Through its
giving, its unseen energy flows into material manifestation.
The more you give, the more you will because you will keep the abundance of
the universe is life energy, we will stop it's structure circulating in your
life. In fact, anything that is  of value in life only multiplies when it is
given. That which doesn't multiply through giving is neither worth giving
nor worth receiving. If, through the act of giving, you feel you have lost
something, then the gift is not truly given and will not cause increase. If
you give grudgingly, there is no energy behind that giving.
It is the intention behind your giving and receiving that is the most
important thing. The intention should always be to create happiness for the
giver and receiver, because happiness is life-supporting and life-sustaining
and therefore generates increase. The return is directly proportional to the
giving when it is unconditional and from the heart. That is why the act of
giving has to be joyful -- the frame of mind has to be one in which you feel
joy in the very act of giving. Then the energy behind the giving increases
many times over.
Practicing the law of Giving is actually very simple: if you want joy, give
joy to others; if you want love, learn to give love; if you want attention
and appreciation, learn to give attention and appreciation; if you want
material affluence, help others to become materially affluent. In fact, the
easiest way to get what you want is to help others get what they want. This
principle works equally well for individuals, corporations, societies, and
nations. If you want to be blessed with all the good things in life, learn
to silently bless everyone with all the good things in life.
Even the thought of giving, or a simple prayer has the power to affect
others. This is because our body, reduced to its essential state, is a
localized bundle of energy and information in a universe of energy and
information. We are localized bundles of consciousness in a conscious
universe. The word "consciousness" implies more than just energy and
information -- it implies energy and information which is alive as thought.
Therefore we are bundles of thought in a thinking universe. And thought has
the power to transform.
Life is the eternal dance of consciousness expresses itself as the dynamic
exchange of impulses of intelligence between microcosm and macrocosm,
between the human body and the universal body, between the human mind and
the cosmic mind.
When you learn to give that which you seek, activate and choreograph the
dance with an exquisite, energetic, and vital movement that constitutes the
eternal throb of life.
The best way to put the Law of Giving into action -- to start the whole
process of circulation -- is to make a decision that any time you come into
contact with anyone, you will give them something. It doesn't have to be in
the form of material things; it could be a flower, a compliment, or a
prayer. In fact, the most powerful forms of giving are nonmaterial. The
gifts of caring, attention, affection, appreciation, and love are some of
the most precious gifts you can give, and they don't cost you anything.
When you meet someone, you can silently send them a blessing, wishing them
happiness, joy, and laughter. This kind of silent giving is very powerful.
One of the things I was taught as a child, which I taught my children also,
is never to go to anyone's house without bringing something -- never visit
anyone without bringing them a gift. You may say, "How can I give to others
when at the moment I don't have enough myself!" You can bring a flower. One
flower. You can bring a note or a card which says something about your
feelings for the person you're visiting. You can bring a compliment. You can
bring a prayer.
Make a decision to give wherever you go, whomever you see. As long as you're
giving, you will be receiving. The more you give, the more confidence you
will gain in the miraculous effects of this law. And as you receive more,
your ability to give more will also increase. Our true nature is one of
affluence and dance; we are naturally affluent because nature increases many
times over. Practicing the law of Giving supports every need and desire. We
lack nothing, because our essential nature is one of pure potentiality and
infinite possibilities. Therefore, you must know that you are already
inherently affluent, no matter how much or how little money you have,
because the source of all wealth is the field of pure potentiality -- it is
the consciousness that knows how to fulfill every need, including joy, love,
laughter, peace, harmony, and knowledge. If you seek these things first --
not only for yourself, but for others -- all else will come to you
spontaneously.
 

3.  THE LAW OF "KARMA" OR CAUSE AND EFFECT
Every action generates a force of that returns to us in like kind . . what
we sow is what eve And when we choose actions that happiness and success to
the fruit of our karma is happiness and success.
Karma is the eternal assertion of humandom.... Our thoughts, our words, and
are the threads of the net which we throw ourselves -- Swami Vivekananda
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. 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 In every moment of our existence, we
are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity
of choices. Some of these choices are made consciously, while others are
made unconsciously. But the best way to understand and maximize the use of
karmic law is to become consciously aware of the choices we make in every
moment.
Whether you like it or not, everything that happening at this moment is a
result of the choices you've made in the past. Unfortunately, a lot of us
make choices unconsciously, and therefore we don't think they are choices
-- and yet, they are.
If I were to insult you, you would most likely make the choice of being
offended. If I were to pay you a compliment, you would most likely make the
choice of being pleased or flattered. But think about it: it's still a
choice.
I could offend you and I could insult you, and could make the choice of not
being offended. I could pay you a compliment and you could make the choice
of not letting that flatter you either.
In other words, most of us -- even though we are infinite choice-makers --
have become bundles of conditioned reflexes that are constantly being
triggered by people and circumstances into predictable outcomes of
behavior. These conditioned reflexes are like Pavlovian conditioning. Pavlov
is famous for demonstrating that if you give a dog something to eat every
time you ring a bell, soon the dog starts to salivate when you just ring the
bell, because it has associated one stimulus with the other.
Most of us, as a result of conditioning, have tedious and predictable
responses to the stimuli in our environment. Our reactions seem to be
automatically triggered by people and circumstances, and we forget that
these are still choices that we are making in every moment of our existence.
We are simply making these choices unconsciously.
If you step back for a moment and witness choices you are making as you
make those choices, then in just this act of witnessing, you take the
whole process from the unconscious realm into the conscious realm. This
procedure of conscious choice making and witnessing is very empowering.
When you make any choice -- any choice at all -- you can ask yourself two
things: First of all, "What are the consequences of this choice that I'm
making!" In your heart you will immediately know what these are. Secondly,
"Will this choice that I'm making now bring happiness to me and to
those around me!" If the answer is yes, then go ahead with that choice. If
the answer is no, if that choice brings distress either to you or to
those around you, then don't make that choice. It's as simple as that.
There is only one choice, out of the infinity choices available in every
second, that will create happiness for you as well as those around you. And
when you make that one choice, it will result in a form of behavior that is
called spontaneous right action. Spontaneous right action is the right
action at the right moment. it's the right response to every situation as it
happens. It's the action that nourishes you and everyone else who is
influenced by that action.
There is a very interesting mechanism that the universe has to help you make
spontaneously correct choices. The mechanism has to do with sensations in
your body. Your body experiences two kinds of sensations: one is a sensation
of comfort, the other is a sensation of discomfort. At the moment you
consciously make a choice, pay attention to your body and ask your body, "If
I make this choice, what happens!" If your body sends a message of comfort,
that's the right choice. If your body sends a message of discomfort, then
it's not the appropriate choice.
For some people the message is comfort and comfort is in the area of the
solar plexus, but for most people it's in the area of the heart. Consciously
put your attention in the heart and ask your heart what to do. Then wait for
the response -- a physical response in the form of a sensation. It may be
the faintest level of feeling -- but it's there, in your body. Only the
heart knows the correct answer. Most people think the heart is mushy and
sentimental. But it's not. The heart is intuitive; it's holistic, it's
contextual, it's relational. It doesn't have a win-lose orientation. It taps
into the cosmic computer -- the field of pure potentiality, pure knowledge,
and infinite organizing power -- and takes everything into account. At times
it may not even seem rational, but the heart has a computing ability that is
far more accurate and far more precise than anything within the limits of
rational thought.
You can use the law of Karma to create affluence, and the flow of all good
things to you, any time you want. But first, you must become consciously
aware that your future is generated by the choices you are making in every
moment of your life. If you do this on a regular basis, then you are making
full use of the law of Karma. The more you bring your choices into the level
of your conscious awareness, the more you will make those choices which
are spontaneously correct -- both for you and those around you.
What about past karma and how it is to you now! There are three things you
can do about past karma. One is to pay your karmic debts. Most people choose
to do that -- unconsciously, of course. This may be a choice you make, also.
Sometimes there's a lot of suffering involved in the payment of those debts,
but the law of Karma says no debt in the universe ever goes unpaid. There is
a perfect accounting system in this universe, and everything is a constant
"to and fro" exchange of energy.
The second thing you can do is to transmute or transform your karma to a
more desirable experience. This is a very interesting process in which you
ask yourself, as you're paying your karmic debt, "What can I learn from this
experience! Why is this happening and what is the message that the universe
is giving to me! How can I make this experience useful to my fellow human
beings!"
By doing this, you look for the seed of opportunity and then tie that seed
of opportunity with your dharma, with your purpose in life, which we'll talk
about in the Seventh Spiritual Law of Success. This allows you to transmute
the karma to a new expression.
For example, if you break your leg while playing sports, you might ask,
"What can I learn from this experience! What is the message that the
universe is giving me!" Perhaps the message is that you need to slow down
and be more careful or attentive to your body the next time. And if your
dharma is to teach others what you know, then by asking, "How can I make
this experience useful to my fellow human beings!" you may decide to share
what you learned by writing a book about playing sports safely. Or you may
design a special shoe or leg support that prevents the kind of injury you
experienced.
This way, while paying your karmic debt, you will have also converted the
adversity into a benefit that may bring you wealth and fulfillment. This is
the transmutation of your karma into a positive experience. You haven't
really gotten rid of your karma, but you are able to take a karmic episode
and create a new and positive karma out of it.
The third way to deal with karma is to transcend it. To transcend karma is
to become independent of it. The way to transcend karma is to keep
experiencing the gap, the Self, the Spirit. It's like washing a dirty
piece of cloth in a stream of water. Every time you wash it, you take away a
few stains. You keep washing it again and again, and each time it gets a
little cleaner. You wash or transcend the seeds of your karma by going into
the gap and coming out again. This, of course, is done through the practice
of meditation.
All actions are karmic episodes. Drinking a cup of coffee is a karmic
episode. That action generates memory, and memory has the ability or the
potentiality to generate desire. And desire generates action again. The
operational software of your soul is karma, memory, and desire. Your soul is
a bundle of consciousness that has the seeds of karma, memory, and desire.
By becoming conscious of these seeds of manifestation, you become a
conscious generator of reality. By becoming a conscious choice-maker, you
begin to generate actions that are evolutionary for you and for those that
are around you. And that's all you need to do.
As long as karma is evolutionary -- for both Self and everyone affected by
the Self -- then the fruit of karma will be happiness and success.
APPLYING THE LAW OF KARMA OR CAUSE AND EFFECT
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 in each moment. And in the mere
witnessing of choices, I will bring them to my awareness. I will know that
the best way to pare for any moment in the future is to be conscious in the
2) Whenever I make a choice, I will ask myself two questions: "What are the
consequences of choice that I'm making!" and "Will this bring fulfillment
and happiness to me and also those who are affected by this
 

4.     THE LAW OF LEAST EFFORT
Nature's intelligence functions with effortless ease . . . with
carefreeness, harmony. and love. And when we harness the forces of harmony
joy, and love, we create success and good fortune with effortless ease.
An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and
accomplishes without doing. -- Lao Tsu
The fourth spiritual law of success is the law of Least Effort.   This law
is based on the fact that nature's intelligence functions with effortless
ease and abandoned carefreeness. 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.
If you observe nature at work, you will see that least effort is expended.
Grass doesn't try to grow, it just grows. Fish don't try to swim, they just
swim. Flowers don't try to bloom, they bloom. Birds don't try to fly, they
fly. This is their intrinsic nature. The earth doesn't try to spin on its
own axis; it is the nature of the earth to spin with dizzying speed and to
hurtle through space. It is the nature of babies to be in bliss. It is the
nature of the sun to shine. It is the nature of the stars to glitter and
sparkle. And it is human nature to make our dreams manifest into physical
form, easily and effortlessly.
In Vedic Science, the age-old philosophy of India, this principle is known
as the principle of economy of effort, or "do less and accomplish more,"
Ultimately you come to the state where you do nothing and accomplish
everything. This means that there is just a faint idea, and then the
manifestation of the idea comes about effortlessly. What is commonly
called a "miracle" is actually an expression of the Law of Least Effort.
Nature's intelligence functions effortlessly, frictionlessly, spontaneously.
It is non-linear; it is intuitive, holistic, and nourishing. And when you
are in harmony with nature, when you are established in the knowledge of
your true Self, you can make use of the Law of Least Effort.
Least effort is expended when your actions are motivated by love, because
nature is held together by the energy of love. When you seek power and
control over other people, you waste energy. When you seek money or power
for the sake of the ego, you spend energy chasing the illusion of happiness
instead of enjoying happiness in the moment. When you seek money for
personal gain only, you cut off the flow of energy to yourself, and
interfere with the expression of nature's intelligence. But when your
actions are motivated by love, there is no waste of energy. When your
actions are motivated by love, your energy multiplies and accumulates -- and
the surplus energy you gather and enjoy can be channeled to create anything
that you want, including unlimited wealth.
You can think of your physical body as a device for controlling energy: it
can generate, store, and expend energy. If you know how to generate,
store, and expend energy in an efficient way, then you can create any amount
of wealth. Attention to the ego consumes the greatest amount of energy. When
your internal reference point is the ego, when you seek power and control
over other people or seek approval from others, you spend energy in a
wasteful way.
When that energy is freed up, it can be rechanneled and used to create
anything that you want. When your internal reference point is your spirit,
when you are immune to criticism and unfearful of any challenge, you can
harness the power of love, and use energy creatively for the experience of
affluence and evolution.
In The Art of Dreaming, Don luan tells Carlos Castaneda, ". . . most of our
energy goes into upholding our importance.... If we were capable of losing
some of that importance, two extraordinary things would happen to us. One,
we would free our energy from trying to maintain the illusory idea of our
grandeur; and two, we would provide ourselves with enough energy to ...
catch a glimpse of the actual grandeur of the universe."
There are three components to the law of Least Effort -- three things you
can do to put this principle of "do less and accomplish more" into action.
The first component is acceptance. Acceptance simply means that you make a
commitment: "Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and
events as they occur." This means I will know that this moment is as it
should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. This moment -- the
one you're experiencing right now -- is the culmination of all the moments
you have experienced in the past. This moment is as it is because the entire
universe is as it is.
When you struggle against this moment, you're actually struggling against
the entire universe. Instead, you can make the decision that today you will
not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment.
This means that your acceptance of this moment is total and complete. You
accept things as they are, not as you wish they were in this moment. This is
important to understand. You can wish for things in the future to be
different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are.
When you feel frustrated or upset by a person or a situation, remember that
you are not reacting to the person or the situation, but to your feelings
about the person or the situation. These are your feelings, and your
feelings are not someone else's fault. When you recognize and understand
this completely, you are ready to take responsibility for how you feel and
to change it. And if you can accept things as they are, you are ready to
take responsibility for your situation and for all the events you see as
problems.
This leads us to the second component of the law of Least Effort:
responsibility. What does responsibility mean! Responsibility means not
blaming anyone or anything for your situation, including yourself. Having
accepted this circumstance, this event, this problem, responsibility then
means the ability to have a creative response to the situation as it is
now. All problems contain the seeds of opportunity, and this awareness
allows you to take the moment and transform it to a better situation or
thing.
Once you do this, every so-called upsetting situation will become an
opportunity for the creation of something new and beautiful, and every
so-called tormentor or tyrant will become your teacher. Reality is an
interpretation. And if you choose to interpret reality in this way, you will
have many teachers around you, and many opportunities to evolve.
Whenever confronted by a tyrant, tormentor, teacher, friend, or foe (they
all mean the same thing) remind yourself, "This moment is as it should be."
Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment are
precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden
meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own
evolution.
The third component of the law of Least Effort is defenselessness, which
means that your awareness is established in defenselessness, and you have
relinquished the need to convince or persuade others of your point of view.
If you observe people around you, you'll see that they spend ninety-nine
percent of their time defending their points of view. If you just relinquish
the need to defend your point of view, you will in that relinquishment, gain
access to enormous amounts of energy that have been previously wasted.
When you become defensive, blame others, and do not accept and surrender to
the moment, your life meets resistance. Any time you encounter resistance,
recognize that if you force the situation, the resistance will only
increase. You don't want to stand rigid like a tall oak that cracks and
collapses in the storm. Instead, you want to be flexible, like a reed that
bends with the storm and survives.
Completely desist from defending your point of view. When you have no point
to defend, you do not allow the birth of an argument. If you do this
consistently -- if you stop fighting and resisting -- you will fully
experience the present, which is a gift. Someone once told me, "The past is
history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift. That is why
this moment is called 'the present'."
If you embrace the present and become one with it, and merge with it, you
will experience a fire, a glow, a sparkle of ecstasy throbbing in every
living sentient being. As you begin to experience this exultation of spirit
in everything that is alive, as you become intimate with it, joy will be
born within you, and you will drop the terrible burdens and encumbrances of
defensiveness, resentment, and hurtfulness. Only then will you become
lighthearted, carefree, joyous, and free.
In this joyful, simple freedom, you will know without any doubt in your
heart that what you want is available to you whenever you want it, because
your want will be from the level of happiness, not from the level of anxiety
or fear. You do not need to justify; simply declare your intent to yourself,
and you will experience fulfillment, delight, joy, freedom, and autonomy in
every moment of your life.
Make a commitment to follow the path of no resistance. This is the path
through which nature's intelligence unfolds spontaneously, without friction
or effort. When you have the exquisite combination of acceptance,
responsibility, and defenselessness, you will experience life flowing with
effortless ease.
When you remain open to all points of view -- not rigidly attached to only
one -- your dreams and desires will flow with nature's desires. Then you can
release your intentions, without attachment, and just wait for the
appropriate season for your desires to blossom into reality, You can be sure
that when the season is right, your desires will manifest. This is the law
of Least Effort.
APPLYING 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 be rigidly attached to any one of them.
 

5.  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 you introduce an intention in the fertile ground
of pure potentiality, we put this infinite organizing power to work for us.
In the beginning there was desire, which was the First seed of mind; sages,
having meditated in their hearts, have discovered by their wisdom the
connection of the existent with the non-existent. -- The Hymn of Creation,
The Rig Veda

The fifth spiritual law of success is 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. And this quantum field is
influenced by intention and desire. Let's examine this process in detail.
A flower, a rainbow, a tree, a blade of grass, a human body, when broken
down to their essential components, are energy and information. The whole
universe, in its essential nature, is the movement of energy and
information. The only difference between you and a tree is the
informational and energy content of your respective bodies.
On the material level, both you and the tree are made up of the same
recycled elements: mostly carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and other
elements in minute amounts. You could buy these elements in a hardware store
for a couple of dollars. The difference, therefore, between you and the tree
is not the carbon, or the hydrogen, or the oxygen. In fact, you and the tree
are constantly exchanging your carbon and oxygen with each other. The real
difference between the two of you is in the energy and in the information.
In the scheme of nature, you and I are a privileged species. We have a
nervous system that is capable of becoming aware of the energy and
informational content of that localized field that gives rise to our
physical body. We experience this field subjectively as our own thoughts,
feelings, emotions, desires, memories, instincts, drives, and beliefs. This
same field is experienced objectively as the physical body -- and through
the physical body, we experience this field as the world. But it's all the
same stuff. That is why the ancient seers exclaimed, "I am that, you are
that, all this is that, and that's all there is."
Your body is not separate from the body of the universe, because at quantum
mechanical levels there are no well-defined edges. You are like a wiggle, a
wave, a fluctuation, a convolution, a whirlpool, a localized disturbance
in the larger quantum field. The larger quantum field -- the universe -- is
Your extended body.
Not only is the human nervous system capable of becoming aware of the
information and energy of its own quantum field, but because human
consciousness is infinitely flexible through this wonderful nervous
system, you are able to consciously change the informational content that
gives rise to your physical body. You can consciously change the energy and
informational content of your own quantum mechanical body, and therefore
influence the energy and informational content of your extended body -- your
environment, your world -- and cause things to manifest in it.
This conscious change is brought about by the two qualities inherent in
consciousness: attention and intention. Attention energizes, and intention
transforms. Whatever you put your attention on will grow stronger in your
life. Whatever you take your attention away from will wither, disintegrate,
and disappear. Intention, on the other hand, triggers transformation of
energy and information. Intention organizes its own fulfillment.
The quality of intention on the object of attention will orchestrate an
infinity of space-time events to bring about the outcome intended, provided
one follows the other spiritual laws of success. This is because intention
in the fertile ground of attention has infinite organizing power. Infinite
organizing power means the power to organize an infinity of space-time
events, all at the same time. We see the expression of this infinite
organizing power in every blade of grass, in every apple blossom, in every
cell of our body. We see it in everything that is alive.
In the scheme of nature, everything correlates and connects with everything
else. The groundhog comes out of the earth and you know it is going to be
spring. Birds begin to migrate in a certain direction at a certain time of
the year. Nature is a symphony. And that symphony is being silently
orchestrated at the ultimate ground of creation.
The human body is another good example of this symphony. A single cell in
the human body is doing about six trillion things per second, and it has to
know what every other cell is doing at the same time. The human body can
play music, kill germs, make a baby, recite poetry, and monitor the movement
of stars all at the same time, because the field of infinite correlation is
part of its information field.
What is remarkable about the nervous system of the human species is that it
can command this infinite organizing power through conscious intent. Intent
in the human species is not fixed or locked into a rigid network of energy
and information, It has infinite flexibility. In other words, as long as you
do not violate the other laws of nature, through your intent you can
literally command the laws of nature to fulfill your dreams and desires.
You can put the cosmic computer with its infinite organizing power to work
for you. You can go to that ultimate ground of creation and introduce an
intention, and just by introducing the intention, you activate the field of
infinite correlation.
Intention lays the groundwork for the effortless, spontaneous, frictionless
flow of pure potentiality seeking expression from the unmanifest to the
manifest. The only caution is that you use your intent for the benefit of
mankind. This happens spontaneously when you are in alignment with The Seven
Spiritual Laws of Success.
Intention is the real power behind desire. Intent alone is very powerful,
because intent is desire without attachment to the outcome. Desire alone is
weak, because desire in most people is attention with attachment. Intent is
desire with strict adherence to all the other laws, but particularly the law
of Detachment, which is the Sixth Spiritual Law of Success.
Intention combined with detachment leads to life-centered, present-moment
awareness. And when action is performed in present-moment awareness, it is
most effective. Your intent is for the future, but Your attention is in the
present. As long as your attention is in the present, then your intent for
the future will manifest, because the future is created in the present. You
must accept the present as is. Accept the present and intend the future. The
future is something you can always create through detached intention, but
you should never struggle against the present.
The past, present, and future are all properties of consciousness. The past
is recollection, memory; the future is anticipation; the present is
awareness. Therefore time is the movement of thought. Both past and future
are born in the imagination; only the present, which is awareness, is real
and eternal.  It is the potentiality for space-time, matter, and energy. It
is an eternal field of possibilities experiencing itself' as abstract
forces, whether they be light, heat, electricity, magnetism, or gravity.
These forces are neither in the past nor in the future. They just are.
Our interpretation of these abstract forces gives us the experience of
concrete phenomena and form. Remembered interpretations of abstract forces
create the experience of the past, anticipatory interpretations of the same
abstract forces create the future. They are the qualities of attention in
consciousness. When these qualities are freed from the burden of the past,
then action in the present becomes the fertile ground for the creation of
the future.
Intention, grounded in this detached freedom of the present, serves as the
catalyst for the right mix of matter, energy, and space-time events to
create whatever it is that you desire.
If you have life-centered, present-moment awareness, then the imaginary
obstacles -- which are more than ninety percent of perceived obstacles --
disintegrate and disappear. The remaining five to ten percent of perceived
obstacles can be transmuted into opportunities through one-pointed intention.
One-pointed intention is that quality of attention that is unbending in its
fixity of purpose. Onepointed intention means holding your attention to the
intended outcome with such unbending purpose that you absolutely refuse to
allow obstacles to consume and dissipate the focused quality of your
attention. There is a total and complete exclusion of all obstacles from
your consciousness. You are able to maintain an unshakable serenity while
being committed to your goal with intense passion. This is the power of
detached awareness and one-pointed, focused intention simultaneously.
Learn to harness the power of intention, and you can create anything you
desire. You can still get results through effort and through trying, but at
a cost. The cost is stress, heart attacks, and the compromised function of
your immune system. It is much better to execute the following five steps in
the Law of Intention and Desire. When you follow these five steps for
fulfilling your desires, intention generates its own power:
(1) Slip into the gap. This means to center yourself
   in that silent space between thoughts, to go
   into the silence -- that level of Being which is
   your essential state.
(2) Established in that state of Being, release your
    intentions and desires. When you are actually in the
    gap, there's no thought, there's no intention, but as
    you come out of the gap -- at that junction between
    the gap and a thought -- you introduce the intention.
    If you have a series of goals, you can write them
    down, and have your intention focused on them before
    you go into the gap. If you want a successful career,
    for example, you go into the gap with that intention,
    and the intention will already be there as a faint
    flicker in your awareness. Releasing your intentions
    and desires in the gap means planting them in the
    fertile ground of pure potentiality, and expecting
    them to bloom when the season is right. You do not
    want to dig up the seeds of your desires to see if
    they are growing, or get rigidly attached to the way
    in which they will unfold. You simply want to release
    them.
(3) Remain in the state of self-referral. This means
    remain established in the awareness of your true
    Self -- your spirit, your connection to the field
    of pure potentiality. It also means not to look at
    Yourself through the eyes of the world, or allow
    yourself to be influenced by the opinions and
    criticisms of others. A helpful way to maintain
    that state of self-referral is to keep your desires
    to yourself; do not share them with anyone else
    unless they share the exact same desires that
    you have and are closely bonded with you.
(4) Relinquish your attachment to the outcome.
    This means giving up your rigid attachment to
    a specific result and living in the wisdom of
    uncertainty. It means enjoying every moment
    in the journey of your life, even if you don't
    know the outcome,
(5) Let the universe handle the details. Your
    intentions and desires, when released in the gap, have
    infinite organizing power. Trust that infinite
    organizing power of intention to orchestrate all the
    details for you.
Remember that your true nature is one of pure spirit. Carry the
consciousness of your spirit wherever you go, gently release your desires,
and the universe will handle the details for you.
APPLYING 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 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.
 
 

6.  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.
   Like two golden birds perched on the selfsame
   tree, intimate friends, the ego and the Self dwell
   in the same body. The former eats the sweet and
   sour fruits of the tree of life, while the latter looks
   on in detachment.
               -- The Mundaka Upanishad

The sixth spiritual law of success is 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.
This a very powerful thing to do. The moment you relinquish your
attachment to the result, combining one-pointed intention with detachment
at the same time, you will have that which you desire. Anything you want
can be acquired through detachment, because detachment is based on the
unquestioning belief in the power of your true Self.
Attachment, on the other hand, is based on fear and insecurity -- and the
need for security is based on not knowing the true Self. The source of
wealth, of abundance, or of anything in the physical world is the Self; it
is the consciousness that knows how to fulfill every need. Everything else
is a symbol: cars, houses, bank notes, clothes, airplanes. Symbols are
transitory; they come and go. Chasing symbols is like settling for the map
instead of the territory. It creates anxiety; it ends up making you feel
hollow and empty inside, because you exchange your Self for the symbols of
your Self.
Attachment comes from poverty consciousness, because attachment is always
to symbols. Detachment is synonymous with wealth consciousness, because
with detachment there is freedom to create. Only from detached involvement
can one have joy and laughter. Then the symbols of wealth are created
spontaneously and effortlessly. Without detachment we are prisoners of
helplessness, hopelessness, mundane needs, trivial concerns, quiet
desperation, and seriousness -- the distinctive features of everyday
mediocre existence and poverty consciousness.
True wealth consciousness is the ability to have anything you want,
anytime you want, and with least effort. To be grounded in this experience
you have to be grounded in the wisdom of uncertainty. In this uncertainty
you will find the freedom to create anything you want.
People are constantly seeking security, and you will find that seeking
security is actually a very ephemeral thing. Even attachment to money is a
sign of insecurity. You might say, "When I have X million dollars, then
I'll be secure. Then I'll be financially independent and I will retire.
Then I will do all the things I really want to do." But it never happens
-- never happens.
Those who seek security chase it for a lifetime without ever finding it.
It remains elusive and ephemeral, because security can never come from
money alone. Attachment to money will always create insecurity no matter
how much money you have in the bank. In fact, some of the people who have
the most money are the most insecure.
The search for security is an illusion. In ancient wisdom traditions, the
solution to this whole dilemma lies in the wisdom of insecurity, or the
wisdom of uncertainty.  This means that the search for security and
certainty is actually an attachment to the known. And what's the known!
The known is our past. The known is nothing other than the prison of past
conditioning. There's no evolution in that -- absolutely none at all. And
when there is no evolution, there is stagnation, entropy, disorder, and
decay
Uncertainty, on the other hand, is the fertile ground of pure creativity
and freedom. Uncertainty means stepping into the unknown in every moment
of our existence. The unknown is the field of all possibilities, ever
fresh, ever new, always open to the creation of new manifestations.
Without uncertainty and the unknown, life is just the stale repetition of
outworn memories. You become the victim of the past, and your tormentor
today is your self left over from yesterday.
Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you
will step into the field of all possibilities. In your willingness to step
into the unknown, you will have the wisdom of uncertainty factored in.
This means that in every moment of your life, you will have excitement,
adventure, mystery. You will experience the fun of life -- the magic, the
celebration, the exhilaration, and the exultation of your own spirit.
Every day you can look for the excitement of what may occur in the field
of all possibilities. When you experience uncertainty, you are on the
right path -- so don't give it up. You don't need to have a complete and
rigid idea of what you'll be doing next week or next year, because if you
have a very clear idea of what's going to happen and you get rigidly
attached to it, then you shut out a whole range of possibilities .
One characteristic of the field of all possibilities is infinite
correlation. The field can orchestrate an infinity of space-time events to
bring about the outcome that is intended. But when you are attached, your
intention gets locked into a rigid mindset and you lose the fluidity, the
creativity, and the spontaneity inherent in the field. When you get
attached, you freeze your desire from that infinite fluidity and
flexibility into a rigid framework which interferes with the whole process
of creation.
The law of Detachment does not interfere with the law of Intention and
Desire -- with goal-setting. You still have the intention of going in a
certain direction, you still have a goal. However, between point A and
point B there are infinite possibilities. With uncertainty factored in,
you might change direction in any moment if you find a higher ideal, or if
you find something more exciting. You are also less likely to force
solutions on problems, which enables you to stay alert to opportunities.
The Law of Detachment accelerates the whole process of evolution. When you
understand this law, you don't feel compelled to force solutions. When YOU
force solutions on problems, you only create new problems. But when you
put your attention on the uncertainty, and you witness the uncertainty
while you expectantly wait for the solution to emerge out of the chaos and
the confusion, then what emerges is something very fabulous and exciting.
This state of alertness -- your preparedness in the present, in the field
of uncertainty -- meets with your goal and your intention and allows you
to seize the opportunity. What's the opportunity! It's contained within
every problem that you have in your life. Every single problem that you
have in your life is the seed of an opportunity for some greater benefit.
Once you have that perception, you open up to a whole range of
possibilities -- and this keeps the mystery, the wonder, the excitement,
the adventure alive.
You can look at every problem you have in your life as an opportunity for
some greater benefit. You can stay alert to opportunities by being
grounded in the wisdom of uncertainty. When your preparedness meets
opportunity, the solution will spontaneously appear.
What comes out of that is often called "good luck." Good luck is nothing
but preparedness and opportunity coming together. When the two are mixed
together with an alert witnessing of the chaos, a solution emerges that
will be of evolutionary benefit to you and to all those that you come into
contact with. This is the perfect recipe for success, and it is based on
the Law of Detachment.
APPLYING 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 unwillingness 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.
 
 

7.  THE LAW OF "DHARMA"  OR PURPOSE, IN LIFE
Everyone has a purpose in life . . . a unique
   gift or special talent to give to 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.
When you work you are a flute through whose
  heart the whispering of the hours turns to music.
  ... And what is it to work with love! It is to
  weave the cloth with threads drawn from your
  heart, even as if your beloved were to wear that
  cloth. . . .
             -- Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
The seventh spiritual law of success is the Law of Dharma. 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 -- and for every unique talent and unique expression of
that talent, there are also unique needs. When these needs are matched
with the creative expression of your talent, that is the spark that
creates affluence. Expressing your talents to fulfill needs creates
unlimited wealth and abundance.
If you could start children right from the beginning with this thought,
you'd see the effect it has on their lives. In fact, I did this with my
own children. Again and again, I told them there was a reason why they
were here, and they had to find out what that reason was for themselves.
From the age of four years, they heard this. I also taught them to
meditate when they were about the same age, and I told them, "I never,
ever want you to worry about making a living. If you're unable to make a
living when you grow up, I'll provide for you, so don't worry about that.
I don't want you to focus on doing well in school. I don't want you to
focus on getting the best grades or going to the best colleges. What I
really want you to focus on is asking yourself how you can serve humanity,
and asking yourself what your unique talents are. Because you have a
unique talent that no one else has, and you have a special way of
expressing that talent, and no one else has it." They ended up going to
the best schools, getting the best grades, and even in college, they are
unique in that they are financially self-sufficient, because they are
focused on what they are here to give. This then, is the Law of Dharma.
There are three components to the Law of Dharma. The first component says
that each of us is here to discover our true Self, to find out on our own
that our true Self is spiritual, that essentially we are spiritual beings
that have taken manifestation in physical form. We're not human beings
that have occasional spiritual experiences -- it's the other way around:
we're spiritual beings that have occasional human experiences.
Each of us is here to discover our higher self or our spiritual self.
That's the first fulfillment of the Law of Dharma. We must find out for
ourselves that inside us is a god or goddess in embryo that wants to be born
so that we can express our divinity.
The second component of the Law of Dharma is to express our unique
talents. The Law of Dharma says that every human being has a unique
talent. You have a talent that is unique in its expression, so unique
that there's no one else alive on this planet that has that talent, or
that expression of that talent. This means that there's one thing you can
do, and one way of doing it, that is better than anyone else on this
entire planet. When you're doing that one thing, you lose track of time.
When you're expressing that one unique talent that you possess -- or more
than one unique talent in many cases -- the expression of that talent
takes you into timeless awareness.
The third component of the Law of Dharma is service to humanity -- to
serve your fellow human beings and to ask yourself the questions, "How can
I help!  How can I help all those that I come into contact with!" When you
combine the ability to express your unique talent with service to
humanity, then you make full use of the law of Dharma. And coupled with
the experience of your own spirituality, the field of pure potentiality,
there is no way you will not have access to unlimited abundance, because
that is the real way abundance is achieved.
This is not a temporary abundance; it's permanent, because of your unique
talent, your way of expressing it, and your service and dedication to your
fellow human beings, which you discover through asking the question, "How
can I help!" instead of "What's in it for me!"
The question, "What's in it for me!" is the internal dialogue of the ego.
Asking "How can I help!" is the internal dialogue of the spirit. The
spirit is that domain of your awareness where you experience your
universality. In just shifting your internal dialogue from "What's in it
for me!" to "How can I help!" you automatically go beyond the ego into
the domain of your spirit. While meditation is the most useful way of
entering the domain of spirit, simply shifting your internal dialogue
to "How can I help!" will also access the spirit, that domain of your
awareness where you experience your universality.
If you want to make maximum use of the Law
of Dharma, then you have to make several commitments.
The first commitment is: I am going to seek my higher self, which is
beyond my ego, through spiritual practice.
The second commitment is: I am going to discover my unique talents, and
finding my unique talents, I am going to enjoy myself, because the process
of enjoyment occurs when I go into timeless awareness. That's when I am in
a state of bliss.
The third commitment is: I am going to ask myself how I am best suited to
serve humanity. I am going to answer that question and then put it into
practice. I am going to use my unique talents to serve the needs of my
fellow human beings -- I will match those needs to my desire to help and
serve others.
Sit down and make a list of the answers to these two questions: Ask
yourself, if money was no concern and you had all the time and money in
the world, what would you do! If you would still do what you currently do,
then you are in dharma, because you have passion for what you do -- you
are expressing your unique talents. Then ask yourself: How am I best
suited to serve humanity! Answer that question, and put it into practice.
Discover your divinity, find your unique talent, serve humanity with it,
and you can generate all the wealth that you want. When your creative
expressions match the needs of your fellow humans, then wealth will
spontaneously flow from the unmanifest into the manifest, from the realm
of the spirit to the world of form. You will begin to experience your life
as a miraculous expression of divinity -- not just occasionally, but all
the time. And you will know true joy and the true meaning of success --
the ecstasy and exultation of your own spirit.
APPLYING THE LAW OF "DHARMA" OR 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 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.

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

I want to know God's thoughts ... the rest are details.
                      -- Albert Einstein
The universal mind choreographs everything
that is happening in billions of galaxies with
elegant precision and unfaltering intelligence. Its
intelligence is ultimate and supreme, and it permeates
every fiber of existence: from the smallest to the
largest, from the atom to the cosmos. Everything
that is alive is an expression of this intelligence.
And this intelligence operates through The Seven
Spiritual Laws.
If you look at any cell in the human body, you
will see through its functioning the expression of
   these laws. Every cell, whether it's a stomach cell,
   or a heart cell, or a brain cell, has its birth in the law
   of Pure Potentiality. I)NA is a perfect example of pure
   potentiality; in fact, it is the material expression of
   pure potentiality. The same DNA existing in every
   Cell expresses itself in different ways in order to fulfill
 the unique requirements of that particular cell.
Each cell also operates through the Law of Giving.
   A cell is alive and healthy when it is in a state of
   balance and equilibrium. This state of equilibrium is
   one of fulfillment and harmony, but it is maintained
   by a constant give and take. Each cell gives to and
   supports every other cell, and in turn is nourished
   by every other cell. The cell is always in a state of
   dynamic flow and the flow is never interrupted. In
   fact, the flow is the very essence of the life of the
   cell. And only by maintaining this flow of giving is
   the cell able to receive and thus continue its vibrant
   existence.
The Law of Karma is exquisitely executed by every cell, because built into
its intelligence is the most appropriate and precisely correct response to
every situation as it occurs.
The Law of Least Effort is also exquisitely executed by every cell in the
body: it does its job with quiet efficiency in the state of restful
alertness.
Through the Law of Intention and Desire, every intention of every cell
harnesses the infinite organizing power of nature's intelligence. Even a
simple intention such as metabolizing a molecule of sugar immediately sets
off a symphony of events in the body where precise amounts of hormones
have to be secreted at precise moments to convert this molecule of sugar
into pure creative energy.
Of course, every cell expresses the Law of Detachment. It is detached from
the outcome of its intentions. It doesn't stumble or falter because its
behavior is a function of life-centered, present-moment awareness.
Each cell also expresses the Law of Dharma. Each cell must discover its
own source, the higher self; it must serve its fellow beings, and express
its unique talents. Heart cells, stomach cells, and immune cells all have
their source in the higher self, the field of pure potentiality. And
because they are directly linked to this cosmic computer, they can express
their unique talents with effortless ease and timeless awareness. Only by
expressing their unique talents can they maintain both their own integrity
and the integrity of the whole body. The internal dialogue of every cell
in the human body is, "How can I help!" The heart cells want to help the
immune cells, the immune cells want to help the stomach and lung cells,
and the brain cells are listening to and helping every other cell. Every
cell in the human body has only one function: to help every other cell.
By looking at the behavior of the cells of our own body, we can observe
the most extraordinary and efficient expression of The Seven Spiritual
Laws. This is the genius of nature's intelligence. These are the thoughts
of God -- the rest are details.

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success are powerful principles that will
enable you to attain self-mastery. If you put your attention on these laws
and practice the steps outlined in this book, you will see that you can
manifest anything you want -- all the affluence, money, and success that
you desire. You will also see that your life becomes more joyful and
abundant in every way, for these laws are also the spiritual laws of life
that make living worthwhile.
There is a natural sequence for the application of these laws in your
daily life that may help you to remember them. The Law of Pure
Potentiality is experienced through silence, through meditation, through
non-judgment, through communion with nature, but it is activated by the
Law of Giving. The principle here is to learn to give that which you seek.
That's how you activate the Law of Pure Potentiality. If you seek
affluence, give affluence; if you seek money, give money; if you seek
love, appreciation, and affection, then learn to give love, appreciation,
and affection.
Through your actions in the Law of Giving you activate the Law of Karma.
You create good karma, and good karma makes everything in life easy. You
notice that you don't have to expend a lot of effort to fulfill your
desires, which automatically leads to an understanding of the Law of Least
Effort. When everything is easy and effortless, and your desires keep
getting fulfilled, you spontaneously begin to understand the Law of
Intention and Desire. Fulfilling your desires with effortless ease makes
it easy for you to practice the Law of Detachment.
Finally, as you begin to understand all the above laws, you begin to focus
on your true purpose in life, which leads to the Law of Dharma. Through
the use of this law, by expressing your unique talents and fulfilling the
needs of your fellow humans, you begin to create whatever you want,
whenever you want it. You become carefree and joyful, and your life
becomes an expression of unbounded love.
We are travelers on a cosmic journey -- stardust, swirling and dancing in
the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. But the
expressions of life are ephemeral, momentary, transient. Gautama Buddha,
the founder of Buddhism, once said,
This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds.
To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of
a dance.
A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky, Rushing by like a
torrent down a steep, mountain.
We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to
share. This is a precious moment, but it is transient. It is a little
parenthesis in eternity. If we share with caring, lightheartedness, and
love, we will create abundance and joy for each other. And then this
moment will have been worthwhile.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Deepak Chopra is a world-renowned leader in the field of mind-body
medicine and human potential. He is the best-selling author of numerous
books, including Ageless Body, Timeless Mind; Quantum Healing; and
Creating Affluence, as well as numerous audio and video programs that
promote health and well-being. His books have been translated into more
than twenty-five languages and he lectures widely throughout North
America, South America, India, Europe, Japan, and Australia. Currently he
is the Executive Director for the Institute of MindBody Medicine and Human
Potential at Sharp HealthCare in San Diego, California.

ALSO FROM DEEPAK CHOPRA
                BOOKS:
Creating Affluence (Amber-Alien I New World Library)
The Return of Merlin (Crown I Harmony)
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind (Crown / Harmony)
journey Into Healing (Crown / Harmony)
Restful Sleep (Crown I Harmony)
Perfect Weight (Crown I Harmony)
Perfect Health (Crown / Harmony)
Unconditional Life (Bantam)
quantum Healing (Bantam)
Creating Health (Houghton Mifflin)
Return of the Rishi (Houghton Mifflin)
            AUDIO CASSETTES:
The following audio cassettes are published by
Amber-Alien Publishing and New World Library:
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Creating Affluence
Escaping the Prison of the Intellect
Sacred Verses, Healing Sounds, Volume I  The Bhagauad Gita
Sacred Verses, Healing Sounds, Volume II  Hymns of the Rig Veda
Living Beyond Miracles (with Dr. Wayne Dyer)
Living Without Limits (with Dr. Wayne Dyer)
The Crescent Moon: Prose Poems by Rabindranath Tagore
Return of the Rishi
        OTHER AUDIO PROGRAMS:
Magical Mind , Magical Body (Nightingale-Conant)
The Higher Self (Nightingale-Conant)
Unconditional Life (Bantam Audio Publishing)
Weight Loss: The Complete Mind-Body Solution
 (Quantum Publications, Inc.)
Insomnia: The Complete Mind-Body Solution
 (Quantum Publications, Inc.)
Chronic Fatigue: The Complete Mind-Body Solution
 (Quantum Publications, Inc.)
Gitanjali: Offerings from the Heart (Sound Horizons)
Growing Younger (Audio-Video Program) (Time-Life)
           VIDEO CASSETTES:
The Healing Mind - Ancient Wisdom , Modern Insights
 (Quantum Publications, Inc.)
Waking UP the Power Within - The Freedom to Heal
 (Quantum Publications, Inc.)
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (Mystic Fire Video)
 If you would like information on workshops, lectures,
 or other programs by Deepak Chopra, or to order any
 of the books and tapes listed above, please contact:
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 GLOBAL NETWORK FOR SPIRITUAL SUCCESS
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       DEL MAR, CALIFORNIA 92014

 Dear Friend:
In The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, I describe the virtues and
associated principles that have helped me and countless others to achieve
spiritual satisfaction and material success. I am writing to invite you to
join me, and potentially millions of others worldwide, in the Global Network
for Spiritual Success, which will be based on the daily practice of these
powerful guiding principles. Participation in the Network is open to anyone
who chooses to practice The Seven Spiritual Laws.
I have found it particularly fulfilling to concentrate on one law each day
of the week, beginning on Sunday with the Law of Pure Potentiality and
concluding on Saturday with the Law of Dharma. Having your attention on a
spiritual law will completely transform your life, as it has mine, and if we
collectively put "Our" attention on the same law each day, we could soon
reach a critical mass of successful people that could transform life on
planet earth.
Groups of friends across the world have already begun to focus on one law
each day. As I have done with my staff and friends, I suggest starting a
study group of family, friends, or co-workers where members meet once a week
to discuss their experiences with the spiritual laws. If the experiences are
dramatic, which at times they will be, I invite you to write them down and
mail them to me.
To join the Global Network for Spiritual Success, all you need to do is send
a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the post office box above. We will
send you a wallet-size card with the seven laws, a membership form, and keep
you informed as the Network develops.
The establishment of the Network represents the fulfillment of one of my
most cherished dreams. By joining the Global Network and practicing The
Seven Spiritual Laws, I know that you will achieve spiritual success and the
fulfillment of your desires. I can wish you no greater blessing.
             With love and best wishes,
 

             Deepak Chopra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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