Monday, December 2, 2013

Define Success

Being a success, enjoying success, being successful in life...
We all have heard this, and every time we feel like we've just failed in comparison - but we just failed at defining our true definition of success.

Because let's face it - we are all addicted to success, to read, listen or watch people who are telling how they have succeeded. But here again, to what kind of success? and there's where enter the seven spiritual laws of success :

7 spiritual laws of success


  • The Law of Pure Potentiality

Take time to be silent, to just BE.
Meditate for 30 minutes twice a day.
Silently witness the intelligence within every living thing.
Practice non-judgment.

It starts by listening, being contemplative - entering the stillness.
This has to be the first step - and that's where people are usually losing it by running into business, being fooled by the urge to do anything, just to be busy.
  • The Law of Giving

Today, bring whoever you encounter a gift: a compliment or flower.
Gratefully receive gifts.
Keep wealth circulating by giving and receiving care, affection, appreciation and love

The second step is to enter the flow - which is simply giving and receiving. To participate in any kind of environment is just that - like a breathing exercise, like a conversation ... what do you have to offer, and what do you want, what are your desires?
  • The Law of Karma

Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind.
Choosing actions that bring happiness and success to others ensures the flow of happiness and success to you.

The third step is to filter that flowing energy so it will be kind, gentle and will bring happiness - that's the key of this game, happiness and love because it will nurture the rest.
  • The Law of Least Effort

Accept people, situations, and events as they occur.
Take responsibility for your situation and for all events seen as problems.
Relinquish the need to defend your point of view.

The fourth step is acceptance, and responsibility - there are no problem but challenges, no lock but a puzzle to solve. Using the least effort, is a Taoist way to find solution - look how nature will always find the easiest path, "be like water" - develop the fluidity of the mind.
  • The Law of Intention and Desire

Inherent in every intention and desire is the mechanics for its fulfillment.
Make a list of desires.
Trust that when things don’t seem to go your way, there is a reason.

The fifth step is to name your desires, define what you are calling "success" - this isn't necessarily fame and riches, it might just be acquiring an artistic skill, to have a fulfilling relationship, and be observant as sometime things don't work out - which might be time to look into shadow work, to explore the underlying blockage.
  • The Law of Detachment

Allow yourself and others the freedom to be who they are.
Do not force solutions—allow solutions to spontaneously emerge.
Uncertainty is essential, and your path to freedom.

The sixth step is to accept ourselves as we are - and in order to do that you will need to know yourself - that's where the first step (meditation) will bring its benefits. This step will be drastically different from one person to another.
  • The Law of Dharma

Seek your higher Self.
Discover your unique talents.
Ask yourself how you are best suited to serve humanity.
Using your unique talents and serving others brings unlimited bliss and abundance.


The seventh step is to make this assessment of what makes you "unique" ; what are your strengths, your skills, start a list, and bring it to fruition.  That might be your intuition, your art skills, your psychic skills, your attraction to floral design, your friendliness, your capacity to endure pain, your experience with sports, your organizational skills, your writing ability, your ease with computer, your programming experience, your sense of timing, your talent is for you to find... but it is your path into bliss and abundance.

In conclusion, success is usually not in the goal, but in the path we are all taking in life.
For some like Leonardo da Vinci, it seems that many of his work were unfinished and incomplete, and he would probably feel like he was a failure - but nobody would argue that Leonardo was a successful person.

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