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The Great Law

This first law is better known as “The Great Law. “ It is also characterized as the “Law of Cause and Effect. “ It is the embodiment of the principle of Reciprocity, which is what “Karma” is really all about. Our attitudes and actions impact the universe about us. A pebble dropped into a still pond causes ever expanding ripples. In time our actions come back to us! We reap what we sowed. Whatever we put out in the Universe is what comes back to us. If what we want is happiness, peace, friendship, love… Then we should BE happy, peaceful, loving, a friend.

Negative energy sent out to others will come back to you 10 fold. Law Two—- You attract what you are, not what you want. This is also known as the “walmart manages ethics and compliance challenges. “ With whatever you surround yourself; the space you create within which to dwell in this life; declares who you are and one tends to attract to oneself those of like disposition. If your focus in life is on evil, for example, you will most likely attract evil persons as companions and find yourself within evil scenarios more often than not.

One may say they desire to live righteously, but it takes far more than empty words and faint desire to lift oneself out of one’s circumstances. One must actually begin to BE, if one would ultimately BECOME! In other words, we create both our circumstances and our destiny by who we choose to be in our journey through life. Our surroundings are strong clues to our true inner nature. In other words, life doesn’t just HAPPEN, it requires our participation. We are one with the Universe both inside and out. Whatever surrounds us gives us clues to our inner state.

BE and DO yourself what you want to have in your life. Law Three—- What you resist, persists for you. This is the “Law of Humility. “ You can learn a great deal about who someone is inside simply by observing those things and those persons to which or to whom he objects. If one refuses to embrace the poor, for example, this speaks volumes about the condition of his heart, and that heart condition persists as long as he continues to resist acceptance of and association with and assistance to the poor of this world.

The path to enlightenment and liberation, is the path of humility. If everyone who differs with us on some issue is viewed as “the enemy,” then we are in a persistent state of enmity because of those whom we wrongfully resist. This is not the pathway to higher planes of existence. Simply, what you refuse to accept, will continue for you. If what we see is an enemy, or someone with a character trait that we find to be negative, then we ourselves are not focused on a higher level of existence.

Law Four—- Wherever you go, there you are. This is known as the “Law of Growth. “ True change must begin with yourself. Wherever you may flee to in life, in order to escape some situation, is pointless if the problem is you. Wherever you go, YOU will still be there and with all the same dysfunctions. Human nature suggests that we change everything and everyone around us; this law of Karma suggests we change ourselves. This is the source of genuine growth toward enlightenment and fulfillment.

It is easy to change one’s outward circumstances in the hope of finding greater peace and joy, but the reality is that genuine peace and joy come when we ourselves are transformed (from the inside out, which in turn will impact our external circumstances). Wherever you go, there you are. For us to GROW in Spirit it is WE who must change and not the people, places or things around us. The only given we have in our lives is OURSELVES, and that is the only factor we have control over. When we change who and what we are within our heart, our life changes too.

Law Five—- Whenever there is something wrong, there is something wrong in me. This is the “Law of Responsibility;” also known as the “Law of Mirrors. “ Simply stated, we must take full responsibility for our lives (both the good and the bad). It is easy to blame others when things go wrong, or perhaps not quite according to our expectations, but to determine where the real blame lies may require us to look intently into a mirror. There stands the one responsible. Are we part of the problem, or part of the solution?

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Harper Maria .