The Law Of "Least Effort"
Or "Least Action"
The Forth Spiritual Law Of Success |
The below are the personal notes of Dr. Medsker
from the program that Deepak Chopra presented on "The
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This chapter deals only with "The Law Of Least
Effort", the forth of the seven spiritual laws
of success.
The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success are:
1. The Law Of Pure Potentiality
2. The Law Of Giving
3. The Law Of Karma (Cause & Effect)
4. The Law Of Least Effort
5. The Law of Intention & Desire
6. The Law Of Detachment
7. The Law Of Dharma (Your Purpose In Life)
But before we start the discussion on the Law Of Least Effort
let’s first discuss what success is.
What Is Success?
Before we discuss the seven spiritual laws of success let’s
first discuss what success is. Success in life could be defined
as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive
realization of worthy goals. Success is the ability to fulfill
your desires with effortless ease. And yet success, including
the creating of wealth, has always been considered to be a process
that requires hard work. And it is often considered to be at
the expense of others. If this is the case then you need a more
spiritual approach to success and to affluence. Affluence is
the abundant flow of all good things to you. There are many
parts to success. Material wealth is only one component.
"Success is a journey, not a destination."
Material abundance, in all of its expression, happens to be
one of those things that makes the journey more enjoyable. But
success includes
1. Good health
2. Energy & enthusiasm for life
3. Fulfilling relationships
4. Creative freedom
5. Emotional & psychological stability
6. A sense of well-being
7. And a peace of mind.
But even with the experience of all of these things we still
will remain unfulfilled unless we nurture the seeds of divinity
inside of us. In reality we are divinity in disguise. And the
Gods and Goddesses and embryos that are contained within us
seek to be fully materialized. Truth itself is therefore to
the experience miraculous. It is the unfolding of the divinity
within us. And when we begin to "Experience our life as
a miracle", not occasionally, but all the time we will
then know the true meaning of success.
Before we define the seven laws we have to understand the concept
of what law is. Law is the process by which the unmanifested
becomes the manifested. It is the process by which the observer
becomes the observed. It is the process by which the seer becomes
the scenery. It is the process to which the dreamer manifest
the dream. All of creation, everything that exist in the physical
world is the result of unmanifested transforming itself into
the manifest. Everything that we behold comes from the unknown.
Our physical body, the physical universe, anything and everything
that we can perceive through our senses is the expression of
the unmanifested becoming manifested. The physical universe
is nothing other than the self curving back within its self
to experience the self as spirit, mind, and physical matter.
In other words, all processes of creation are processes to which
the self or divinity expresses itself. Consciousness in motion
expresses its self as the object of the universe in the eternal
balance of life. The source of all creation is divinity of the
spirit. The process of creation is divinity in motion of the
mind. And the objective of creation is the physical universe,
which includes the physical body.
And these three components of reality; spirit, mind, and body
or observer (the process of observing and the observed) are
essentially the same thing. They all come from the same place.
They come from the field of pure potentiality, which is the
energy that brings into manifestation in its initial state before
something is manifested. It is the pure energy that the spirit
uses to manifest its desires.
The physical laws of the universe are accentually the whole
process of divinity in motion or consciousness in motion. When
we understand these laws and apply them in our life anything
we want can be created. Because the same laws that natures uses
to create a forest or a galaxy or a human body can also bring
about the fulfillment of all of our other desires.
Now, let’s go over the forth of the seven spiritual laws
of success and see how we can apply it into your life.
Law Of Least Effort
The forth 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 abandon carefreeness, harmony, and
love. This is the principle of least action, of no resistance.
This is therefore the principle of harmony and love. And when
we harness the forces of harmony, joy, and love, we create success
and good fortune with effortless ease. And we can learn this
lesson from nature and easily fulfill our desires.
If you observe nature at work we see that least effort is expended.
Grass doesn’t try to grow, it just grows. Fish do not
try to swim, they just swim. Flowers do not try to bloom, they
bloom. Birds do not try to fly, they fly. This is their intrinsic
nature. The Earth does not try to spin on its own axis, it is
the nature of the Earth to huddle through space. It is the nature
of babies to be in bliss, to bubble with 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 to manifest
into physical form easily and effortlessly.
In Vedic science, the age-old philosophy of India, this principle
is known as the economy of effort. Of - do less and accomplish
more. Ultimately you come to the state where you do nothing
and accomplish everything. Which means that there is just a
faint idea and then the manifestation of the idea comes about
effortlessly. What is commonly a miracle is an expression of
the Law of Least Effort. Nature’s intelligence functions
effortlessly, frictionlessly, spontaneously. It is non-linearly.
It is intuitively, Wholistic, 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 this 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 can you cut off the flow of energy to you and interfere
with the expression of nature’s intelligence. But when
your actions are motivated by love there is no wasting 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 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 end up spending energy
in a very 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 immuned
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", Carlos
Castaneda tells us that, "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
illusionary idea of our grandeur. And two, we would provide
ourselves with enough energy to catch a glimpse of the actual
grandeur of the universe."
Three Components Of the Law Of Least Effort
1. Acceptance
2. Responsibility
3. Defenselessness
Acceptance
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 are 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.
Responsibility
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.
So, "Responsibility" is the second
component of the Law Of Least Effort. Remember you can wish
for things in the future to be different, but in this moment
you have to accept things as they are.
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.
Defenselessness
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. Anytime
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.
The Law Of Least Effort
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 the spirit alive in everything, 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. These are the principles
that define 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.
Summary & Conclusion
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. DNA 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 fulúfill 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.
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 a11 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.
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