Applying the universal Law of Least Effort

Applying the [universal] Law of Least Effort

I will put the Law of Least Effort into effect by making a commitment to take the following
steps:

(1) I will practice Acceptance. Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and
events as they occur. I will know that this moment is as it should be, because the whole
universe is as it should be. I will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling
against this moment. My acceptance is total and complete. I accept things as they are
this moment, not as I wish they were.

(2) Having accepted things as they are, I will take Responsibility for my situation and for
all those events I see as problems. I know that taking responsibility means not blaming
anyone or anything for my situation (and this includes myself). I also know that every
problem is an opportunity in disguise, and this alertness to opportunities allows me to
take this moment and transform it into a greater benefit.

(3) Today my awareness will remain established in Defenselessness. I will relinquish the
need to defend my point of view. I will feel no need to convince or persuade others to
accept my point of view. I will remain open to all points of view and not be rigidly
attached to any one of them.

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The universal Law of Least Effort Part 3

The [universal] Law of Least Effort Part 3

The third component of the Law of Least Effort is defencelessness, which means that your
awareness is established in defenselessness, and you have relinquished the need to convince or
persuade others of your point of view. If you observe people around you, you’ll see that they
spend ninety-nine percent of their time defending their points of view. If you just relinquish the
need to defend your point of view, you will in that relinquishment, gain access to enormous
amounts of energy that have been previously wasted.

When you become defensive, blame others, and do not accept and surrender to the moment,
your life meets resistance. Any time you encounter resistance, recognize that if you force
the situation, the resistance will only increase. You don’t want to stand rigid like a tall oak that
cracks and collapses in the storm. Instead, you want to be flexible, like a reed that bends with
the storm and survives.
Completely desist from defending your point of view. When you have no point to defend,
you do not allow the birth of an argument. If you do this consistently — if you stop fighting and
resisting — you will fully experience the present, which is a gift. Someone once told me, “The
past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift.
That is why this moment is called ‘the present’.”

If you embrace the present and become one with it, and merge with it, you will experience
a fire, a glow, a sparkle of ecstasy throbbing in every living sentient being.
As you begin to experience this exultation of spirit in everything that is alive,
as you become intimate with it, joy will be born within you,
and you will drop the terrible burdens and encumbrances of defensiveness,
resentment, and hurtfulness.
Only then will you become light-hearted, carefree, joyous, and free.
In this joyful, simple freedom, you will know without any doubt in your heart that what you
want is available to you whenever you want it, because your want will be from
 the level of happiness, not from the level of anxiety or fear. You do not need to justify; simply declare your
intent to yourself, and you will experience fulfillment, delight, joy, freedom, and autonomy in
every moment of your life.
Make a commitment to follow the path of no resistance. This is the path through which
nature’s intelligence unfolds spontaneously, without friction or effort. When you have the exquisite
combination of acceptance, responsibility, and defenselessness, you will experience life
flowing with effortless ease.

When you remain open to all points of view — not rigidly attached to only one — your
dreams and desires will flow with nature’s desires. Then you can release your intentions,
without attachment, and just wait for the appropriate season for your desires
to blossom into reality. You can be sure that when the season is right, your desires will manifest.
This is the Law of Least Effort.

[Applying the universal Law of Least Effort]

[source:7 spiritual Laws of Success]