Seven Spiritual Laws of Success for Happiness

I used to be a very confused individual because I wanted nothing more than to be happy, but I wasn't sure exactly what happiness was. I always smiled and laughed a lot so people always thought I was a very happy person, "You're So Bubbly!" they used to say. Inside though, something was missing and I couldn't figure out what that was. I used to wake up some mornings with a terrible nervous feeling in my stomach and there seemed to be an empty void that was just eating away at me. Fearing I may be suffering from depression, I went to see a psychiartist and he put me on an anti-depressant but I didn't feel any better.

My co-workers at a chiropractic place suggested a book called the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra.I started to read the book and couldn't put it down. It basically talked about how negative thinking can and WILL prevent you from being happy. It taught how to be aware of your thoughts and how we have several negative thoughts a day that we aren't even aware of. It was the most enlightening thing I had ever read in my life, and it totally changed the way I think and my outlook on life changed.

All that happened was a tiny shift in perception and I was more content with my life than I had been in years. I was very aware of my thoughts and was careful not to allow negative thoughts to entertain me, if I had one at all, I simply acknowledged it, and then gently guided it out.

It also taught me how to not have any thoughts at all. Which is VERY hard to do, I mean... how do you NOT think? it wasn't easy to empty my head of all thoughts, but if one can learn to do this, it can be a very enlightening experience. The whole idea behind this is, that there are small gaps of time in between thoughts, which last about one second, if that. That little gap is a quick moment where there is no thinking, and no thought is occupying that short amount of time... your mind is blank. If there were not this little gap in between thoughts, all of our thoughts would run together and there would be no differentiating between them. This gap between thoughts is a split second, but if you can quiet your mind, and allow yourself to just be, and not think anything, this gap will last longer, and the amount of time in between thoughts becomes longer as you learn to do it, and soon your thoughts could be 1 minute apart as apposed to 1 second apart. Imagine how peaceful that would be!

I was never able to keep thoughts from entering my mind for longer than 1 minute because I didn't embrace the amount of patience it took to achieve this, but what I did accomplish by doing this was very beneficial to my mental health and I was able to not think so much, and most importantly, control what I was thinking. I would go days without a negative thought, but the moment one would creep in, I wouldn't deny it occupancy in my mind, I would simply acknowledge it briefly and then guide it out. It was amazing how in control I was over what I thought.

This book became like a bible to me, I carried it with me wherever I went, and have loaned it out several times to those I felt would benefit from it's knowledge. After reading it, I became inspired to read all of Deepak Chopra's books, and he is now my favorite author. This man has truely changed my life by changing the way I think. This information to me was priceless compared to the $90 an hour sessions I had with my psychiatrist, not to mention the cost of the medication he prescribed, which turned out to not be effective for me.

All that time, all I needed to do to be happy was have a tiny shift in perception.

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