The Law Of Giving And receiving - The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success by Deepak Chopra [Part 3/8]

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“In an orderly Universe, there is simply no way you can get something for nothing.” This quote is by Eric Butterworth, from his book titled “Spiritual economics” and is a perfect introduction to today’s episode. We continue on our journey through the Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success by Deepak Chopra, and today, we dig into the law of giving and receiving. Let’s start by reading a passage from Deepak Chopra’s book “The Seven Laws Of Spiritual Success”. “Practicing the Law of Giving is actually very simple; if you want joy, give joy to others; if you want love, learn to give love; if you want attention and appreciation, learn to give attention and appreciation; if you want material affluence, help others to become materially affluent. In fact, the easiest way to get what you want is to help others get what they want." If you want to receive, you must first give. If you want love, you first have to love. It is a very simple concept, and yet so important. And if you want more of something? You have to give more of that something. So what do you want more of? Love? Affluence? Appreciation? Give more of those, and you’ll get more of those back. Deepak says the best way to jump-start this energy in your life is to give something to every person with whom you come into contact. It doesn’t have to be something material—it could be a compliment or a prayer or a flower. Let’s take another look at what Eric Butterworth has to say on this subject, from his brilliant book titled “spiritual economics”: “The takers are the people who believe that their lives will always be the total of what they can get from the world. They are always thinking get, get, get. They plan and scheme ways to get what they want in money, in love, in happiness, and in all kinds of good. No matter that they may be applying metaphysical techniques, they still may very well be takers. But whatever may be their spiritual ideals or lack of any, no matter what they take, they can never know peace or security or fulfillment… The givers, on the other hand, are convinced life is a giving process. Thus their subtle motivation in all their ways is to give themselves away, in love, in service, and in all the many helpful ways they can invest themselves. They are always secure, for they intuitively know that their good flows from within.” It got me thinking of how entitled we have become. Maybe it is because of the internet, where we are so used to having a gigantic pool of free resources, that we forget the work people have to put in to provide all these free resources. So just to add on the law of giving and receiving, I think we should also practice the law of giving gratitude in places where we forget we should. You use google every day? How about a thought for those engineers that work 80 hours a week so that it is fast and efficient, and provides the best experience ever. And I don't want to hear: well yes but they are paid a lot of money. Thank you the people working at the water company to make sure I have water at home. Seams basic, but someone has to be behind it. Thank you the garbage collectors. It’s not a glamorous job maybe, but without them, we would have rats everywhere, and disease. Let’s take a moment to thank the people that work, maybe very indirectly, for our comforts and well-being.

Journaling exercise:

Write down what you are taking for granted on a daily basis, and write down your appreciation for these things or services. Send your gratitude to the people behind it. The people behind the screen you are watching now, or the people that built that chair you are sitting on. It seems basic, and a bit weird, but when you think about it, it’s pretty deep.

Now let’s move on to part 2:

Write down what you can give more of, starting today. Can you give more love to your friends? Significant other? Can you contribute more to your community? Either with donations of money or of time? Again, giving doesn’t have to be material. It can be appreciation, love, a nice note or message, even a thought can often do.

 

EMPOWERING AFFIRMATIONS OF THE DAY:

* I give first, and then receive

* I give love and receive love

* I give help, and then receive help

* I am grateful to the world for bringing me so many tools of comfort

* I get and give back

 

 

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