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Week 2-24 – Law of Least Effort

The Law of Least Effort. Acceptance. Responsibility. Defenselessness.

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

I’ve thought I’m pretty good at this. Every once in a while something will trip me up in the acceptance realm, but, generally speaking, I practice acceptance pretty well.

Responsibility. Having accepted things as they are, I take responsibility of army situation and for all those events I see as problems. I know 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.

No, I don’t have to take responsibility for everything, but if I’m going to see something as a problem, I don’t blame someone for it, I take responsibility and take the opportunity to solve the problem. This also means if I’m not willing to take responsibility to rectify a problem, I have no business complaining about it or blaming someone else for it. This is liberating and humbling. I catch myself violating responsibility far too often. I complain about things, but if someone says something to me, my thought is, “I don’t want to pursue this.” That’s a clue that I’m not willing to accept responsibility for something, and I need to shut up about it and focus on things I AM willing to accept responsibility for.

Defenselessness. Today my awareness remains established in Defenselessness. I relinquish the need to defend my point of view. I feel no need to convince or persuade others to accept my point of view and am not rigidly attached to any one of them.

If I ever find myself getting upset about something, when I examine the situation, I realize I’ve forgotten to practice defenselessness.

Applying the Law of Least Effort means living each day with Acceptance, Responsibility, and Defenselessness.

When I do this, I’m in the flow. Things are effortless. I’m not fighting and feeling much more positive. I’m working on things I can affect. I’m not frustrated by things I have no control over. This is an important piece of the MKE.

Week 35: Pondering Law of Least Effort

The Law of Least Effort keeps tripping me up. Not only that, I have some concerns I haven’t been able to resolve in my mind yet. The Law of Least Effort has three parts — Acceptance, Responsibility, and Defenselessness. My troubles seem to lie in Defenselessness, but I think that’s merely a symptom of challenges I face in the other two areas.

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

I’ve long believed things happen for a reason, and this supports that. The challenge is accepting things that happen that don’t fit with the way I wanted it to happen. If I understand what we’ve been learning correctly, the universe is what we have collectively manifested from our thoughts, and if we don’t like it, we need to collectively realign our thoughts. Unfortunately, this is largely an individual endeavor, and most do not understand their own power, and thus, fail to harness it. But, for those of us who do understand we can make a difference, we have a charter to make a continuous effort to improve.

Responsibility. Having accepted things are they are, I 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.

I find liberation in this one. The phrase “for all those events I see as problems” is liberating. If I don’t want to be responsible? I refuse to see something as a problem. I’m reminded of this on a very low local level at a restaurant we eat breakfast at on weekends. They allow people to put fliers in the windows for all kinds of events, but they purge the outdated fliers infrequently. I catch myself thinking, “They should have someone responsible for periodically purging their windows.” Then I remember, I’m not responsible for this, nor do I want to be, so I remind myself it’s not my problem. Besides. I have many more areas which ARE my problem that need to be taken care of before I worry about someone else’s area of responsibility.

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

Defenselessness has been a problem for me, and last night, I think it was again. I sometimes respond to my husband in a way where he says, “I wasn’t attacking you.” Might that mean I was not effectively practicing defenselessness? I’m troubled by these situations, and, perhaps, my approach contributes more to his frustration than I am willing to admit.

The concern I haven’t been able to resolve yet are what if someone is in an abusive relationship? Certainly we wouldn’t expect them to just accept their fate and continue to be abused, would we? Because of that, I believe I’m not interpreting this law effectively. There’s an opportunity with my problems in this area. I’m not clearly identifying the problem or seeing the solution yet.

We have a mastermind for a reason. In this case, my mastermind partner shared thoughts on this subject when we discussed it, and her thoughts, as usual, were right on. She said, “Abuse itself is a situation that has to be dealt with…authorities, walk away, whatever. The person being abused should accept that the abuser is not meant to be part of their life and move forward as a whole, strong, perfect, loving, and harmonious human being. That’s the acceptance part of the situation. They do not need to defend their choice to move on.” That made it so clear to me.

Back my challenges, er, opportunities.

Week 26: Law Review

Week 26 is, in most ways, proceeding well. Continuation prescribed re-reading the masker keys, which I had planned to do but not this soon. I adjusted. In my personal life, I’m finding a Law Review has been dictated.

I’m glad we ended the course with the Law of Least Effort. That means it has been fresh in my mind. I have needed it. I needed it the final week of the course, and I implemented it with less expertise than would have been optimal (I’m being kind here). I needed it again this week, and I’ve been better. Still sub-optimal, but a significant improvement over two weeks ago.

Indulge me while I keep the law review foremost in my mind:

Law of Least Effort: Acceptance

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

 

Law of Least Effort: Responsibility

2. Having accepted things as they are, I 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.

Law of Least Effort: Defenselessness

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

Applying the Law of Least Effort means living each day with:

  1. Acceptance
  2. Responsibility
  3. Defenselessness

 

There’s a lot in there, isn’t there? I’ve had to repeat Acceptance, Responsibility, and Defenselessness over and over and over again over these past few weeks. And that isn’t the only law I’ve needed.

I’ve restarted the Mental Diet so many times, I’ve lost count. The negativity has attacked with a vengeance, and I don’t always laugh at the world as well as I would like to. Even though “this too shall pass” definitely applies, I’ve found myself wishing to apply the Law of Relaxation — having my calm, relaxed state of mind help me access infinite intelligence, because I’ve certainly needed it, coming up short time and again. The Law of Practice is getting a work out. Everywhere I turn, I find an opportunity to practice — these laws, and I perform amazingly because of practice. Well, I need more practice, because amazing, well, I’m getting a lot of practice, and I will perform amazingly because of practice.

I know what I’m going through now in my life isn’t even the dress rehearsal for the real thing yet, so practice I will, because I need to get this right. I’m struggling to apply the Laws of Dual Thought and Substitution — attaching any feeling I desire to any thought (my choice) and instantly replacing a negative thought with a positive one. I’m getting better and better at the Law of Growth — what I think about grows and what I forget atrophies. Without exception.

I’m still not thinking the thoughts I want manifested, and that requires more practice, because the Law of Subconscious is at work, and it’s manifesting (just not exactly what I have planned for it to manifest). Plenty of Sit fodder, that’s for sure. I think I’ve been pretty good with the Law of Forgiveness. How’s your Law Review going?