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Deepak Chopra observes in his book The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, that desperate striving isn’t necessary or even desirable. To the contrary, this law says that in order to acquire anything in the physical universe, you have to relinquish your attachment to it.
This doesn’t mean that you must give up the intention to create your desire.
You give up your attachment to the result.
This is 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 comes from poverty consciousness, because attachment is always to symbols.
From his book, “The 7 Laws of Spiritual Success“ — Chopra lays out another of seven laws of spiritual success — The Law of Detachment — one each day is recommended.
If you’d like, open the series from its beginning point or continue along here, the sixth day in the series. Each skill builds on the previous skill.
Begin here: Spiritual Laws of Success – Introduction
Detachment is synonymous with wealth consciousness, because with detachment there is freedom to create. True wealth consciousness is the ability to have anything you want, anytime you want, and with least effort.
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.
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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 willingness to accept uncertainty, solutions will spontaneously emerge out of the problem, out of the confusion, disorder, and chaos. The more uncertain things seem to be, the more secure I will feel, because uncertainty is my path to freedom. Through the wisdom of uncertainty, I will find my security.
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.
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December is self-improvement month at this blog — let’s all get in touch with our best true selves and make this our month to end the year at our best. I’ll feature lots of content to improve the inner and outer us. Check back frequently.
Eric
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Related articles (hunt4truth.wordpress.com)
- Spiritual Laws of Success – Introduction
- Chapter 1: Spiritual Laws of Success – Pure Potentiality
- Chapter 2: Spiritual Laws of Success – Giving
- Chapter 3: Spiritual Laws of Success – Cause and Effect
- Chapter 4: Spiritual Laws of Success – Least Effort
- Chapter 5: Spiritual Laws of Success – Intention
- Chapter 6: Spiritual Laws of Success – Detachment
- Chapter 7: Spiritual Laws of Success – Purpose
- Review: Chopra: The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success
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the Hunt for Truth 
To summarize, are you saying, “Stay in the here and now, not worrying about what hasn’t happened yet, because there are infinite possibilities, so what you are worrying about might not happen at all?”
Well, similar… actually, worry is a fear and an attachment – fighting against that is also fear-based attachment. So, yes, letting go of worry is the recommendation. Physics supports that any possibility is available. The spiritual gurus and Jesus himself also support that we may ask for what is good. Our culture supports that this is not true. So, its not a matter of logic. Its a matter of sovereignty. God is sovereign. If God decrees that we needn’t fear, then we needn’t fear asking for what is best for us. Its not against anyone else and its exactly as prescribed by Jesus.
http://quotedujour.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/one-pointed-intention/
“One-pointed 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.”
I didn’t write much into these posts that highlight Chopra’s work (I didn’t write either that most of the content of these posts on the laws are copied from Chopra’s book or website). I’ll share why – because the system works as is and because it works for anyone that uses it as its stated — anyone — even if not a believer. That is perhaps why many of my Christian base readers don’t comment or click like on these posts of Chopra’s work and I had a few similar others that are not Christians. I remain devoutly Christ centered however, I am sure.
The idea of meditating doesn’t bother me. I talked to a Buddhist once who told me that when he meditates he is connecting his power with a “higher power”, so I figure he’s talking about God and doesn’t realize it. He told me that he chants to keep his focus. I told him that Christians are doing the same thing when we pray. It seems all people are looking for their origin of existence and many are stubbornly unwilling to recognize that we are a branch of energy created and connected to the God of all creation. So I don’t mind meditating because I see it as another way to connect with God. He says, “Be still and know that I am God.” So I’ll be still and focus on His message trying to figure out what He wants me to do next.
sure; Buddhists tend to say source or sometime the one but if pressed, they may say something like Buddha did not believe in a god is that the belief is not necessary. In the Aganna Sutta, the Buddha describes the universe being destroyed and then re-evolving into its present form. To sum it up, Buddha taught a sort of evolution.
Didn’t even Darwin believe in God at the end?
He never admitted this if so.
Gotcha. It was probably a rumor I never verified.
Darwin
Agnosticism
In 1879 John Fordyce wrote asking if Darwin believed in God, and if theism and evolution were compatible. Darwin replied that a man “can be an ardent Theist and an evolutionist”, citing Charles Kingsley and Asa Gray as examples, and for himself, “In my most extreme fluctuations I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God.— I think that generally (& more and more so as I grow older) but not always, that an agnostic would be the most correct description of my state of mind.”
Apparently, he denied atheism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Charles_Darwin
Cool. Thanks.
welcomed. I’m glad you brought it up – I can’t find a place where ever Darwin declared atheistic views and its seems I had therefore assumed this had occurred. So, Thank You.
Welcomed : )