THE LAW OF LEAST EFFORT

REALLY? 3 POINTS TO A GREATER LIFE?

I do not think so...but who I am to say...I have not practiced it yet.

So according to this law, if you observe nature at work, you will see that least effort is expended. Grass doesn’t try to grow, it just grows. Fish don’t try to swim, they just swim. Flowers don’t try to bloom, they bloom. Birds don’t try to fly, they fly. This is their intrinsic nature. And it is human nature to make our dreams manifest into physical form, easily and effortlessly.

Least effort is expended when your actions are motivated by love, because nature is held together by the energy of love. When you seek power and control over other people, you waste energy. When you seek money or power for the sake of the ego, you spend energy chasing the illusion of happiness instead of enjoying happiness in the moment. When you seek money for personal gain only, you cut off the flow of energy to yourself, and interfere with the expression of nature’s intelligence. But when your actions are motivated by love, there is no waste of energy.

So back to the case in point.

There are three components to the Law of Least Effort — three things you can do to put this principle of “do less and accomplish more” into action. The first component is acceptance. Acceptance simply means that you make a commitment: “Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and events as they occur.” This means I will know that this moment is as it should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. This moment is as it is because the entire universe is as it is.

When you struggle against this moment, you’re actually struggling against the entire universe. Instead, you can make the decision that today you will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. This means that your acceptance of this moment is total and complete.When you feel frustrated or upset by a person or a situation, remember that you are not reacting to the person or the situation, but to your feelings about the person or the situation. These are your feelings, and your feelings are not someone else’s fault. When you recognize and understand this completely, you are ready to take responsibility for how you feel and to change it. And if you can accept things as they are, you are ready to take responsibility for your situation and for all the events you see as problems.

Responsibility

This leads us to the second component of the Law of Least Effort: responsibility.

Responsibility means not blaming anyone or anything for your situation, including yourself. Having accepted this circumstance, this event, this problem, responsibility then means the ability to have a creative response to the situation as it is now. “This moment is as it should be.” Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.

Defenselessness

The third component of the Law of Least Effort is defenselessness, 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.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.

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 lighthearted, carefree, joyous, and free.

This is all according to Deepak Chopra.I have never had any interest in anything close to religion or philosophy. So when I came across this article while researching Noetic sciences, I was a bit intrigued. I am not saying that I will start practicing the law. I am too grounded in daily chaos to think and analyze everything I am doing, but I have to admit, its an interesting theory and for those who go into the trouble of practicing it...Kudos.

Definitely not for someone like me.I am happy,I think, with my ego, my arguments and my life. In general. I hate accepting my faults, being defenseless and apologizing for anything, even if its my fault.

I am everything that this article tells us not to be. AND I love me. AND I guess according to Deepak,I will never be lighthearted, carefree and free.

Bah.

good music for the soul - Veitnam?? NAH !!!!!!

Is it too much to ask? everywhere in the world, there should be a TC.

For those who do not know what I mean - TC aka Turquoise cottage is a very well known rock bar in New Delhi, India. That was where my life began and ended...That was where I met all my friends...Hell, that was where I met my husband...

Here in Hanoi, which is like a village compared to Delhi, its obviously too much to ask for. People go out here, sit by the lakes, eat bun Cha and pho and if they really want to party, go to karaoke. Or to the countless clubs here which continuously dish out vapid soulless music.

The only half decent bar is the Irish wolfhound( lets face it - The Irish rarely disappoint) but even that is not a full out rock pub.

AND - let me admit it now, once and for all - I HATE KARAOKE.

EVEN if its rock, Even if its by my good friends.

I hate any kind of live music in bars.

Let me clarify - I love live music per se...I would love to go to concerts...Going to a Linkin park concert is my dream. But I cannot stand even the rock bands that come and perform in bars. They may be good but nothing beats the real thing.

I want a place, a real place, not youtube, where I can listen to great music. Do not get me wrong, I have nothing against other genres - I like hip hop, trance, sometimes even Damien Rice. But I cannot stand this utter disregard for music in bars and pubs. I am not built that way. For me to enjoy myself and get high and have a great time, I need a pub atmosphere, cool people who understand music, not wannabes, good beer and some Linkin park. Not too much to ask for...right?

Wrong.

its next to impossible here in Hanoi.

If there is anything I miss about Delhi - its not my family, not the food, friends. I miss my watering hole, my music haven, the most.

The thought is pretty disturbing.

But thats what it is.