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LAWS OF SUCCESS
BASED ON THE BOOK BY
DEEPAK CHOPRA
These are practical guidelines for success in all areas of Life
It dreams in plants
It awakens in animals
Awareness becomes
Self-aware in humans”
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE
ALL ALREADY ENLIGHTENED
Space Space
Silence Pure
Potential
Wherever you go, remain a hermit inwardly, then your world can never weaken
you
APPLYING THE LAW
2. Spend time communing with Nature
Get in tune with the rhythms of nature
Align with the abundance, joy and beauty of nature
Practice using all your senses
“ I don’t think there’s such a thing as an intelligent, mega -rich person. For who
with a fine mind can look upon this world and hoard what can nourish a
thousand souls?” - Kabir
Life is the harmonious interaction of all the forces on all levels of
existence
I am Joy
WE MUST LEARN TO GIVE WHATEVER WE
WISH TO RECEIVE
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle and the life of the
candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared
- Lord Buddha
The tree laden with fruit bows low so we can pick it, the tree
without stands tall and proud
What do I want?
APPLYING THE LAW
1. Give a gift to everyone you meet
Be generous with yourself, be easy
Be humble in your giving
Be generous in your thoughts and words
Practice Seva
Think with your heart, love with your mind
A successful man is one who can create a firm foundation from the bricks that others
throw at him
APPLYING THE LAW
1. Be conscious of the choices you make
Being fully conscious in the present allows us to best prepare for the
future
Take a breath
“Our life is shaped by our mind, we become what we think. Suffering follows and evil
thought, joy follows a pure thought” - Buddha
My body is the most sacred place of pilgrimage I will ever come to. It is the dwelling
place of the Divine
APPLYING THE LAW
2. Ask yourself, “What are the consequences of my choices?”
Avert the danger which has not yet come - Yoga Sutras
THE LAW OF LEAST
EFFORT
DO LESS AND ACCOMPLISH MORE. DO NOTHING AND
ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING
Rivers don’t flow uphill Flowers don’t try to smell Grass doesn’t try to grow
“To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under
Heaven” - Ecclesiastes
Any fool can make something easy appear complicated but the wise
make the complicated look easy.
Is there someone in your life you feel you
need to change?
Patience is the key to joy, haste is the key to sorrow - Arabic saying
APPLYING THE LAW
2. I will take responsibility for my life
No blame
Practice humility
“Be like an imbecile twenty fours hours a day. Be spontaneous and buoyant, your mind like
space, year in year out. If anything is not forgotten, you’ve spent your life in vain” - Ch’ing-Tu
Happiness is not having to know what happens next
THE LAW OF INTENTION
AND DESIRE
WHATEVER WE PUT OUR ATTENTION ON GROWS
STRONGER IN OUR LIVES
When we tap into the Unified Field at any point, we instantly know
everything at every other point in the Field
“The whole Universe exists within us, ask all from yourself” - Rumi
We can fulfill our desires, transform them or move beyond them in
some way
“Faith is to believe what you do not see, the reward of faith is to see
what you believe” - Chinmayananda
Do you spend a lot of time thinking about the past or the future?
Are your material desires more important than your spiritual ones?
“If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth
will destroy you. If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring
forth will save you” - Jesus Christ
APPLYING THE LAW
2. I will release my desires to the Universe
The fear of not having, disguises the reality that we have everything
I want to sing like birds, not worrying about who is listening or what they think
- Rumi
The known is our prison, the unknown is freedom
It’s hard to be happy if you refuse to throw away all the things
that make you sad
What is your greatest fear?
“If you let go a little you’ll be a little happy. If you let go a lot, you’ll be
a lot happy. If you let go completely, you’ll be completely happy” Ajahn
Chah
Applying the Law
2. I will embrace the “Wisdom of Uncertainty”
I’ll become comfortable with the unknown
The miracle is not to walk on water, it’s to walk on the green earth in
the present moment - Thich Nhat Hanh
THE LAW OF DHARMA
PURPOSE IN LIFE
WE ALL HAVE UNIQUE TALENTS AND A UNIQUE WAY
TO EXPRESS THEM
“The seeker after Truth should be humbler than dust. The world
crushes the dust under its feet but the seeker after Truth should be so
humble that even the dust crushes him” - Gandhi
When we are in Dharma actions are spontaneously correct
One-pointed focus
“The goal is to let go of being anyone special and meet each moment with a
beginner’s mind” - Suzuki Roshi
Applying the Law
2. I will make lists of my talents and
the things I love to do
Better one’s own Dharma though imperfect, than the Dharma of another well
performed. He who does the duty of his own nature incurs no sin (Karma) - Lord
Krishna
“Everyone has the birthright to enjoy abiding peace and unbounded joy, which
is the essential nature of our Soul. Everybody already possesses the capacity
of enjoying because it’s already there in the recess of everybody’s heart.
Nothing from outside can stop us from enjoying lasting peace and permanent
joy for life, that’s the essential nature of the Soul. The doors of Sat Chit
Ananda, pure, bliss, consciousness, are wide open for one and all.
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
NAMASTE