The sixth spiritual law in The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra is the "Law of Detachment". The chapter goes over several kinds of detachment. The first is detachment from the result. This doesn't mean giving up intention or desire, but just attachment. This sounds odd at first, but makes sense. One might, through the course of events, find a better or more meaningful result or goal. Desires change. Through detachment, one will more likely have what one really wants.

Another type of attachment, is attachment to symbols. Attachment to symbols leads to fear and insecurity, because symbols can never provide true security. True security comes in accepting the self, and detachment from material symbols. Security is a state of mind.

The third type of attachment Deepak Chopra talks about is attachment to the known. The known is a prison. Through detachment, one accepts that the nature of the Universe is chaotic. One can get from point A to point B, but being attached to a path will only cause difficulty. Through accepting uncertainty one can tap into the freedom and creativity of the Universe.

I have taken the Law of Detachment much further than Deepak Chopra suggests in this book, through a process called deconstruction. Through deconstruction, one lets go of everything one does not know for certain. This means letting go of all beliefs, even the belief that you are breathing right now and reading this post. Through this process one can see the true nature of the Universe, and it is one of interconnected beauty. It is a wonderful experience. A hard place to get to, but when one gets there it is pure bliss. I have gotten there several times, through the use of LSD. Meditation is another path to this place I call "the Center". I want to be able to get there through meditation, and that is one of my goals in taking up the practice.

I started reading The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra today. As per not_you's advise, I'm taking it slow, only reading a little each day so I can fully digest it. I read through the first law today, the "Law of Pure Potentiality" a passage from the introduction has really peeked my interest in the book, as it expresses one of my core beliefs about the nature of the universe.

"The physical universe is nothing other than the Self curving back within Itself to experience Itself as spirit mind and physical matter. In other words, all process of creation are processes through which the Self or divinity expresses Itself. Consciousness in motion expresses itself as the objects of the universe in the eternal dance of life"

The chapter on the first spiritual law stresses the need to become in tune with the universe, the spirit of creation. Finding one's true Self, and learning balance between Self and the Universe (which is actually the same thing) is the key to unleashing pure potentiality and creativity, where anything is possible. I want to try the various methods suggested by this book to achieve balance and pure potentiality: meditation, communication with nature, silence, and non-judgment. In fact, I'm going to start meditating twice a day ("taking time each day to be silent, to just be" as Deepak Chapra puts it), in addition to working out once a day (not suggested in the book). I'm also going to get out to Spy Pond more and start making regular trips to the Great Meadow come Spring. I really have no excuse not to do these things. I have no job, I'm not in school. I could be doing so much with my day to better myself, it's time I started to.

I find that my thunderstorm CD is very good to meditate with, as it drowns out the traffic of Mass Ave. But I'm also considering just being with the sounds of Mass Ave. The comes in gentle waves, it might not be a bad idea. I also want to check out the used CD shops when I get money again for ambient CDs, like brooks, surf, and rain. As odd as it may seem. Silence is ideal to meditate with, but I can only really have that around 3:00am, which I will take advantage of. But as I want to meditate at least twice a day, and cannot always do so in science, I want to pick the least distracting sounds I can for my meditations.

I have a feeling my life is about to take a new, better, calmer direction. I'm looking forward to it. The last few years have been a typhoon that has left me tired and battered. I want to find some peace, and I think I'm finally starting to realize I need to make that journey.