The Seven Spirtual Laws Of Success

Review:

Deepak Chopra has a new DVD out, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, featuring Olivia Newton-John and directed by Bill Duke. It’s based on his book of the same name.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that I actually enjoyed watching this film. I have the book on my bookshelf and I've read it several times, appreciating each read, so it wasn't the suspected content that had me hesitant. I've been a fan of metaphysics and "new age thought" for almost thirty years and I’ve read hundreds of books that I’ve found informative, insightful and pleasurable to read. But nearly every one the new-age, spiritual movies I've watched, quite frankly are awful. I really wanted to support Spiritual Cinema as they seem to be a group of lovely folks and I appreciate their vision, but rather than being inspired by their offerings, I couldn't bare to watch another of their poorly acted, incredibly boring films.

The one film with a “new thought” message that I did enjoy was The Peaceful Warrior with Nick Nolte, which actually played locally at a UA theatre. It was well written, interesting and well acted. Besides that, I love Nick Nolte and it's hard to go wrong with him.

The Seven spiritual Laws Of Success, was done in a sort of documentary/film style with Deepak Chopra and Olivia Newton-John conversing, along with actors portraying some of the stories the featured personalities share about their life-journeys and spiritual awakenings. The cinematography was nice and the Olivia Newton-John’s all-new original music was pleasant.

Deepak Chopra narrates, taking us on a magical journey through the Seven Spiritual Laws, explaining how the creative mind of the universe functions through these laws to manifest in the physical plane. Success is defined as the expansion of happiness, forward progression in your life to the unfolding of your own vision.

Here are the basic tenets of the seven laws:

First Law: The Law of Pure Potentiality.

This is the source of all creation, where the dreamer manifests the dream.

We must be grounded in the wisdom of uncertainty. Uncertainty means that we are willing to step into the unknown in every moment. The unknown opens us to a whole range of possibilities.

We must begin at the source, the point of silent unmoving awareness from which anything is possible.

Second Law: The Law of Giving and Receiving.

We have to keep money and the free flow of ideas circulating in the world.

Live your life in the giving mode. What you give, you get back.

Hospitality is connected to the law of giving and receiving.

Gratitude allows us to participate in this law. What comes to us isn’t something we’ve earned, it’s a gift from the universe.

Third Law: The Law of Karma.

Action. What we sow is what we reap. The outcome of our actions is determined one move at a time (think of playing a game of chess).

The choices we make have consequences that are either evolutionary or destructive.

Everything that is currently happening is due to choices we have made in the past.

We have many different options to how we react to the consequences of our actions. We can choice to consciously repay a karmic debt. We can understand that what is most negative at this time, can be the best thing down the road.

Step back and witness the choices you are making. You make not think they are choices, but are they?

How do you know what the right choice is? Ask, what is the consequence of my choice? At the moment you make a choice, pay attention to how you feel. If you feel uncomfortable it is probably not karmically appropriate.

Forth Law: The Law of Least Effort.

Nature takes the course of least action and no resistance.

Learn to satisfy life’s demands with less stress and strain. Don’t assume that chaos is natural. Even if you fulfill your intention in this condition, it won’t bring happiness.

There is an art of accepting things as they are, not how you wish they were.

Let go and surrender to the moment. Don’t struggle against the moment as you will be struggling against the entire universe.

Accept people and events as they occur.

Every tormentor becomes our teacher. Let go, disengage the ego

Fifth Law: The Law of Intention and Desire

Intention is the fertile ground of pure potentially. Inherent in every desire is the way to its fulfillment.

We don’t know where our desires and intention come from. They come from a deeper domain. This is why we must be unattached.

Meditation helps us to be more conscious, to surrender.

Follow the quiet voice inside.

When you have an intention from the level of your soul/spirit, it has all the power of the universe behind it.

The Sixth Law: The Law of Detachment.

The universes responds best when we detach from our desires, when we are not desperate and obsessed.

Attention is on the moment; intention is for the future.

Individual attention expands its field to take in the cosmic attention. See through the eyes of the soul.

If you really want something, let go of it.

Swim in uncertainty.

Allow yourself to be embraced in the moment and an insight will come.

The Seventh Law: The Law of Dharma.

This is our purpose in life. The root of the word dharma means to uphold. The universe will uphold us.

This is the law that brings the preceding laws into fruition.

Have a life that is about connecting with people.

Release attachment to outcome.

Self-exploration: We are a never-ending project of the universe.

Be a channel, a vessel for manifestation to occur.

Creativity is part of who we are.

God is frequently called “The Creator”. When we create, we are co-creating with God who is calling out from the depths of our own awareness.

Open your eyes and see through illusion and past conditioning.

I loved the cinematography when Olivia Newton-John’s garden labyrinth (an ancient symbol of wholeness, a purposeful path to a hidden goal) rises from the ground to create a huge earthen labyrinth that leads to an inner sacred chamber.

This film is well worth the watch.

“I am an impulse of the universe at this moment in time, part of a collective wave of consciousness. After I am gone I’ll have done what I came here to do. And that’s enough."