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The Law of Least Effort
Posted by Marie-Élise Simon on July 25, 2007 - 7:09pm.
Adapted from The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, by Deepak Chopra (Amber-Allen Publishing, abridged edition, 2007). The path to fulfillment doesn’t need to be so difficult! Try these three liberating steps to a happier and more abundant life by taking the path of least effort: SIMPLE SOLUTION:
1. Accept people, circumstances, and events as they are in this moment. When confronted with any challenge, remind yourself, "This moment is as it should be," because the entire universe is as it should be.
2. Take responsibility for your situation without blaming anything or anyone, including yourself. Every problem is an opportunity to take this moment and transform it into greater benefit.
3. Be un-defended. Relinquish the need to defend your point of view. In defenselessness, you remain open to all points of view, not rigidly attached to one of them.
HELPFUL HINTS: This is a wonderful handbook; the editors recommend it hightly. You can buy your copy on Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
Regarding point #3---- I think the biggest problem in miscommunication is we are too busy trying to formulate our opinion and how we will phrase it in our mind before the other person has finished stating what they think or feel. We feel/act like if we don't have something to say immediately when the other person stops talking, our opinions/feelings won't count...........not true. I try to remember to breathe..........not always an easy thing to do if I'm steamed.
I know that I have a problem with number three also; I tend to defend myself and my point of view. I think that my ideas and “views” are the right way, a future possibility, and are 100% backed up. But when it is stupid stuff that happens through the day, you know, just random arguments, I brush it off. I really don’t like confrontation if it is not needed, I am a LOVER not a FIGHTER!