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The Six Laws of the Universe

Law No 4: The Law of Abundance

Which words do we use to describe abundance? Plenty of, sufficient, overflowing, lots of …… what is lack of abundabce? ……. Insufficiency, need, etc.

We all want abundance in our lives, but can everybody have abundance? The answer is yes, we can. God is all abundant, and since we were created from God, we have a part of him /her in us and should therefore also be all abundant. We should not lack for anything. How do we go about getting this abundance? Once again, the Universe with its Law of abundance comes to our rescue. Here is how it works.

The universe does not discriminate between a negative thought and a positive one. IT IS PROGRAMMED TO PROVIDE US WITH WHATEVER WE THINK ABOUT. The more we think about something, the more energy we put into the thought and that something. The energy we put into the thought will make it grow and grow ….. until one fine day, it will have so much energy that it can no longer remain a thought, it has to manifest into our reality.

So here is the catch: If you want more money in your life, DO NOT FOCUS ON WANTING MORE MONEY. If you do this, the Universe reads it that you wish to have the experience of wanting more money. It will oblige by sending you experiences in which you will continue to want more money. This will happen again and again as long as you focus on wanting more money. To change the situation, you have to change your focus.

How do you do that? Just keep visualizing and feeling what you would like to have as if you already have it. The message the Universe will get is that you wish to experience what you are feeling and thinking of, and it will most certainly comply by creating your thought into reality, and you will get more money in your life.

This represents the cut and dried formula for the Law of Abundance in action. It works for all forms of abundance …. money, friends, property, …..

But use this law with care. Be careful what you ask for. According to your Karma, do you deserve the abundance you crave? Will you be going against your destiny if you get this abundance and have to pay dearly for it?

One way of making your abundance ‘clean’ is by sharing it with others, especially with the poorer members of society, the needy, the less fortunate. The more you share, the more you will get.

There is a simple theory of Abundance which says that if you want more in your life, you must make room for that more to come. And one way of doing this is by sharing what you already have. Do this and watch how the Universe works by giving you more and more.

So along with focusing on the right thought, focus on sharing as well. This is a win-win situation from which only magnified abundance can result.

Next: The Law of Gratitude

The Six Laws of the Universe

Law No 5: The Law of Gratitude

This law is a sort of an extension of the Law of Abundance. Abundance need not mean only money. It can stand for good health, happiness, friends, love, etc. as said before, to have more of these in your life keep focusing on these qualities as if they are already present in your life. Now this step may be very hard to follow especially if you don’t enjoy much good health, have very little to be happy about, have very few friends or love in your life right now.

Even in this seemingly desperate situation, the Universe can help us if we apply the Law of Gratitude. This Law tells us to focus on what we already have however meager it is and BE GRATEFUL FOR IT.

Gratitude carries with it the high vibration of LOVE and when it is sent out to the Universe, the Universe has no choice but to reciprocate by giving you more of similar situations to be grateful for! So you will get more and more (of what you are already grateful) to be grateful for!!

So, in brief, focus on what you already have, however little it is, be grateful for it. When more comes in your life, be grateful for that too. By being continuously grateful for the abundance we do have in our lives we are completing the energy circuit of: asking, receiving and being grateful. When we do this, a wonderful thing happens. The abundance gets multiplied manifold!

Even in the case of abundance meaning wealth, we will do well to remember to be grateful. Do not wait for all the abundance that you asked for to come before you give your thanks to the Universe / God. Do it when you glimpse even a tiny amount of it coming your way. In short, be continuously grateful.

Now take this one step further. Be grateful not only for what you have, but also for what you know.  You know so much! You can read this column. There are so many people in the world that are not literate and cannot gain knowledge from the written word! Be grateful, and more knowledge will come your way. Be grateful for being alive, and you will enjoy every day of your life.  Be grateful for the successes you have enjoyed, and for sure as night follows day, you will get more success in your life. Be grateful for everything in your life: children, parents, relatives, your neighbours. If any of these people do not give you reason to be happy most of the time, focus, focus on past situations with them that gave you happiness and give your thanks for them, and you will enjoy better relations with them! Be grateful for having a home and you will never be homeless. Be grateful for your next meal, for all your meals, and you will never go hungry. Be grateful for your car, your job, and you will always have a car and a job.

That, simply put, is The Law of Gratitude.

Next: The Law of Harmony and Rhythm

The Six Laws of the Universe

Law No 6: The Law of Harmony and Rhythm

The universe is not a static creation. It is an ongoing dynamic manifestation of our collective thoughts.

This huge creation functions in perfect harmony and rhythm. The Earth spins on its axis, the planets stay in their orbits, spinning without collision, …. The whole universe is going about its business in perfect harmony. No discord, no out of tune. There is rhythm in every aspect of creation. Nothing is out of place, nothing is excessive. If any part does become excessive, nature sets about reducing it so that once again balance and order is restored.

Since we are part of the Universe, we too are created in harmony with the Universe. All Life exists as a one song rhythm, like a perfect musical vibration of a symphony orchestra.

The same note, beat, vibration that runs through the sky, the earth, the trees, the waters, the mountains, etc. runs through us and all living things. We are meant to be at one with the universe. We are an integral part of LIFE! When we forget this fact, the Harmony and Rhythm of the Universe is upset and the Universe has a way of reminding us that we are out of tune!

At present, where are we in this Harmony and Rhythm scenario? Do we fit in? Not quite. What part have we played in causing disharmony? We have created excessive pollution, cut down trees indiscriminately, killed animals and humans, disregarded all the laws of the Universe. We have interfered with nature like never before, and so nature has given us back with equal measure by increasing the incidences of manmade and natural disasters, diseases, etc. One only has to read the newspaper or watch the news to realize what a mess we have created in the world by our collective greed and desire to control.

To come back into Harmony and Rhythm of the universe, we have to have a shift in our Mind and Consciousness. We do this by remembering that our actions and behaviours affect not only the ones close to us, but also all life all over the world. Indiscriminate polluting in one part of the world pollutes the whole world. Cutting down trees in one forest in one part of the world ultimately affects the climate all over the world. WHAT THE PART DOES, AFFECTS THE WHOLE.

The Part and Whole are related thus:

WHAT BENEFITS THE WHOLE WILL ALWAYS BENEFIT THE PART.

WHAT BENEFITS THE PART MAY NOT ALWAYS BENEFIT THE WHOLE.

LOOK AFTER THE WHOLE AND YOU WILL BE LOOKING AFTER THE PART AS WELL.

We have to think Globally! We have to change our focus from what is good for us to what is good for our family, our country, our world. Since we are part of our family, our country, our world, what is good for them will automatically be good for us.  Only then will we be in tune with the Harmony and Rhythm of the world and enjoy it in our lives as well.

Next: Conclusion

The Six Laws of the Universe

Conclusion

All of creation has come from one Source, so all of us have Consciousness. This Consciousness is the same in all things, although it may ‘look different’ due to the difference in the appearance of the created things. Thus even though humans, animals, plants, and minerals look different from each other, the Consciousness in them is the same.

But out of these four groups of creation, only Humans have the Free Will to Choose. This boon carries with it a great responsibility, for what man chooses affects all of creation. This is because the Universe is programmed to give to us what we choose to send to it.

Thus, our thoughts become things. Negative thoughts become things of negativity and positive thoughts become things of positivity. So if we want to be surrounded by positivity, CHOOSE to think positive thoughts all the time.

The Universe picks up our feelings and sends them back to us to to become our experiences. Negative feelings result in negative experiences, positive feelings in positive ones. Once again, we can choose how we feel. If we want to experience Joy, happiness, CHOOSE NOW, to focus on joy and happiness, even if we have to dig it out from past situations.

Our thoughts, feelings, words and actions to others come right back at us, whether in this life or in future lives. So, we are responsible for what has happened to us in the past and for what is happening to us now. While we may not be able to change our thoughts, words and deeds of the past, we still have a Choice about what we think, say and do Now. Let us Choose wisely now, to do unto others as we would have others do unto us.

Wanting more in our lives is a common human trait. To achieve abundance, do not focus on wanting it i.e. the lack of it in your life. Focus instead on how it would feel if you already had it in your life. For the Universe knows how to respect your feelings. It will send you the situations (in this case of more abundance) in your life so you may experience the feeling of true abundance!

Also, let us not forget to be grateful for all that we have and all that we know, however little it may be. For only in becoming grateful do we open the door to receiving more. Gratitude carries with it the High Frequency of Love which the Universe responds to by sending us more to be grateful for!

Lastly, let us remember as humans, we are only a part of the Universe, not the only part of it. We share this home with the other groups …… animals, plants, minerals. They too have equal right to exist…. and all four groups are inter dependant which gives us balance and harmony. As a free thinking species, we  humans have a great responsibility in ensuring this Balance and Harmony is maintained. Only then will Peace reign in our common home, The Earth.

 

 

The Six Laws of the Universe

Introduction …

What is the difference between you, animals, plants and minerals? A nine year old will tell you that minerals (stones and soil) are non living as they cannot move, while plants, animals, and humans are living things because they move, grow and die. This explanation remains pretty much the same through our adult life. But a little mature inspection reveals that there is more to it than meets the eye.

For example, plants, animals and human beings have feelings while minerals do not. Animals and humans have feelings, agreed, but plants? Yes they do. Any gardener or plant lover will tell you that a plant will grow well and flourish only in a particular spot in the garden that it prefers. And have you tried talking to your plants? If you haven’t, then do so, and watch how they respond to your love and attention by growing strong and healthy and flowering profusely!

Now to animals and humans. Are both the same? Although we do have a commonality in that we are born, grow old and die, a human being is quite different from an animal. An animal is programmed for most of its existence —- what to eat, when to sleep, when to procreate …. It does not have to think much about choosing. Choice is already programmed in the animal.

Not so the humans. We have a Free Will with which we can decide what we want / don’t want every moment of our life. A new born baby lives a lot by instinct, feeding when hungry, sleeping when sleepy, etc. But in a few short months it starts to assert itself. It becomes very demonstrative about its likes and dislikes. As it grows older it very clearly expresses what, when and how it wants to do things or not do them at all! It expresses its Free Will to choose.

The adult human then, is quite different from animals, plants and minerals. Even so, there is one common factor in all, a common ‘thread’ that runs through all of creation. It is called Consciousness. Since everything was created by God, everything that we can see, hear, taste, smell and feel has come from God, and therefore has God consciousness in it.

This God part in us is easy to understand, but in animals, plants and minerals? I will take the analogy of electricity to make it clearer. The electricity in the light bulb, the radio, the heater is the same. But because the instruments through which it passes are different, it manifests differently. In the light bulb it produces light, in the radio sound, and in the heater heat. In the same way, the Consciousness in minerals, plants, animals and humans is the same, it just expresses itself differently due to the difference in the material which it inhabits.

This common connection in all expressions of the Universe is the basis of interdependency between its various forms. This inter relationship is governed by certain laws, which we call the 6 Laws of the Universe.

The Six Laws of the Universe

Law No 1: The Law of Thought

Everything that we see in the Universe was at the beginning, a thought. A simple example will illustrate this. When a potter wants to make a pot, first he has the thought of creating the pot in his mind. Next he visualizes what the pot should look like ….. its size, shape, colour. Up until then, it is all in his head. Next he gets the material (the soil) and creates the pot with his hands, i.e. he manifests it into an object which can be touched, felt, seen and appreciated.

This example can be extended to any artist’s creation. First he thinks and visualizes what he wants to create, gets the materials to create it, uses the materials to paint, and voila, you have a beautiful painting which everybody can see, touch and appreciate.

In the Universe too, ALL OUR THOUGHTS BECOME OUR REALITY! This may be instantaneous, or it may take years, but whatever the time involved, ALL OUR THOUGHTS EVENTUALLY MANIFEST. THEY BECOME REAL!!

Let us take an example. Suppose you think that you want a special car. You visualize its colour, make, size, etc. If you think and visualize this often enough, then sooner or later you will get the car! How does that work? You did steps 1 and 2 (thinking and visualizing), the Universe did 3 and 4 (materializing the car for you)!!

This is the function of the Universe. It will give you what you desire! Isn’t this wonderful? It means we can have what we want!

Now go one step further. Instead of settling for material things like cars, houses etc, how about creating at the mental and emotional levels? Will it work? Yes it will. Simply think of Love, Happiness, Joy, Sharing, Friendship, etc. and the Universe will comply by giving you Love, Joy, Sharing, Friendship, etc. in your life. Too simple to be true? Maybe. But most effective things in life are a result of very simple steps.

Going back to the example of the Potter:

(1)  Potter thinks and visualizes (seed) à (2) Potter works (energy) à (3) Result Pot, Matter (Creation)

In the case of our Love world, we are helped by the Universe in Step 2 and 3.

(1)  You think Love thoughts (seed)  à (2) Universe works (energy) à (3) Universe creates Result: LOVE in your life (Creation)

And if everybody thinks these same thoughts of LOVE all the time, there will be nothing but Love everywhere, all the time!

Unfortunately the following is also true:

(1)  You think Hate thoughts (seed) à (2) Universe works (energy) à (3) Universe creates Result: Hate in your life (Creation)

And if enough people think Hate, that is exactly what we will have in the world: HATE!

So the first Law of the Universe says: YOU CAN CREATE YOUR REALITY WITH YOUR THOUGHTS!

THINK POSITIVE THOUGHTS EVERY TIME, ALL THE TIME.

BY CHANGING OUR THINKING, WE CAN CREATE DIFFERENTLY!

 Next: Choice and Accountability

The Six Laws of the Universe

Law No 2: The Law of Choice and Accountability

Last week we saw how our thoughts create our world. The same holds true for our feelings. Feelings are thoughts laden with emotions.

Whenever we have an experience and we feel, that feeling is also sent out to the Universe. This happens naturally, without wishing or even becoming aware it.

And what is the result? The Universe sends us similar experiences again and so we can feel the same feeling again and again. This is the job of the Universe. It is programmed to give back our thought as manifested reality and our feelings as experiences.

SO CHOOSE HOW YOU WANT TO FEEL. IF YOU WANT THE UNIVERSE TO GIVE YOU SITUATIONS THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY, CHOOSE HAPINESS NOW.

If you choose to be sad now, your sad feelings will fly out into the universe compelling it to give you back more situations to make you sad again.

People tell me that sometimes it is impossible not to feel sad in certain situations. But I say we always have a choice of how we want to feel. Yes, we might feel a negative emotion like sadness, depression at some point in our life. When this happens, we must consciously reverse these feelings and focus, focus, focus on what is positive in our lives. SIMPLY REFUSE TO FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE, SHIFT YOUR FOCUS TO WHAT IS POSITIVE. If the situation at hand has nothing positive about it, mentally leave the situation and think of a happier situation which may or may not be related to the present negative situation. As your thoughts change, so will your feelings.

The second Law of the universe tells us that WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW WE FEEL. HOW WE FEEL IS NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF OTHERS, IT IS IN OUR POWER.

If you don’t like what is coming / happening to you, choose again, and again, and again, until you experience what you wish to experience. Eg. It starts to rain, you become wet, uncomfortable, etc. You don’t want to get wet? Protect yourself ….. build a roof over your head. This is a simple law. You don’t like what is happening to you (getting wet), you choose …. Do you want to get wet, or do you not want to get wet?

The second Law of the universe governs this same principle. YOU CHOOSE. Do you want to be Happy? Do you want to be Sad? The universe has the responsibility to honour our intentions, thoughts and feelings.

In summary, let us stop blaming God, the universe etc. for what is happening in our lives. We are the ones who have set the events in motion that are creating all that is happening in our lives right now. We have attracted these consequences. We are now bound to them. We have to go through them.

Remember, the Universe has no choice but to give you back what you feel. But YOU, YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF HOW YOU WANT TO FEEL. FOR AS YOU FEEL, SO IT WILL BECOME!

Next: The Law of Cause and Effect

The Six Laws of the Universe

Law No 3: The Law of Cause and Effect.

This Law is well known. As you sow, so will you reap.

Everything that is happening to us and around us is the result of a cause. There are examples of this everywhere in our lives. The tree is there (result) because a seed was planted. It is day (result) when the sun rises (cause), and it is night (result) when the sun sets (cause).

It is a simple law which is well understood most of the time. If we plant an apple tree seed, we expect the result to be an apple tree. If we plant an orange seed, we expect the result to be an orange tree. Simple? Yes. The problem comes when we plant an apple seed and expect the tree to give us oranges! This might sound absurd, but you will be surprised how often our expectations of the results are warped, metaphorically speaking.

For eg. We often ask ‘why am I suffering (Result) now? I haven’t hurt a single fly in my entire life’. Well this may not make sense concerning your present life. How about your previous lifetimes? Youre suffering now (result) can have its cause in a previous life. Which seed(s) you planted in previous lifetime(s), you do not now remember. No use then, of getting angry or blaming God, the Universe for what is happening in your life now.

The Law of Cause and Effect, like all the other Laws of the Universe is an IMMUTABLE Law i.e. it CANNOT BE CHANGED. IT IS CALLED THE LAW OF KARMA. IT IS AN EXACT LAW, APPLICABLE IN LIFE AFTER LIFE AFTER LIFE. THE RESULT IS ALWAYS THE EXACT CONSEQUENCE OF THE CAUSE.

In our existence, what constitutes the seed or cause? It is OUR THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, WORDS AND ACTIONS. Our thoughts and feelings about others, what we say to them, how we behave towards them, and what we do to them all count as causes and they will have their consequences in exact proportion, no more no less.

Thoughts, feelings, words, and deeds of compassion and love towards others, will result in exactly similar consequences. You will be rewarded with compassion and love from others, maybe in this life, maybe in future lives.

Thoughts and feelings of hurtful intent, words of hurtful intent, actions of hurtful intent, will come back to us in equal measure as hurt in this lifetime or in future lifetimes.

So how should we conduct ourselves? Think with care, feel with care, speak with care, and above all, act with care. Understand that whatever you are experiencing in this life is a result of your past thoughts words and deeds and no one is to blame for it but yourself. No need to hold a grudge over others. Just let it go, and think, feel love, speak with love and kindness and act from a place of love and compassion.

As your actions, so your results. The Law of cause and effect is aptly described by the Hindi saying: Jaise Karni Waise Bharni.

Next: The Law of Abundance