Self-Transformation for Success

We can begin the process of breaking the bonds of mechanical thinking and transforming our lives into a labor of love. Along with being happier we can be greatly rewarded once we recognize that there are certain universal principles which underwrite even the physical laws of nature. It is only meaningful to us if we can identify and verify these Universal Laws in own life experiences. Only then are we in the position to say, “I’ve been there and done that.” Only then is the experience and the knowledge truly ours. It is important to move past blind faith in someone else’s experience and make it real. Spinoza notes, “There is no need that we should understand the series of individual mutable things, for their essence is only to be found in fixed and ete
al things, and from the laws inscribed in those things as their true codes, according to which all individual things are made and arranged; nay, these individual and mutable things depend so intimately and essentially on these fixed ones that without them they can neither exists nor be conceived.”

Deepak Chopra, in his book Creating Affluence, describes the Universal Laws as a process. He wrote, “Law is the process by which the unmanifest becomes the manifest; it’s the process by which the observer becomes the observed; it's the process by which the seer becomes the scenery; it’s the process through which the dreamer manifests the dream. All of creation, everything that exists in the physical world, is the result of the unmanifest transforming itself into the manifest.”

He goes on to say, “The physical laws of the universe are actually this whole process of divinity in motion, or consciousness in motion.” Is this not what we do when we conceive a business idea? At first it is just an idea. We apply our thinking to this idea and it becomes a concept. We develop the concept, and it becomes a plan of action. We develop a plan of action, and it is manifested in a business.

In order to experience Self-transformation, we must know ourselves. In order to break free of being mechanical; we must be free of the mechanical view. With this process of identifying and verifying the Universal Laws in our lives we can clearly express ourselves which results in the manifestations of our desires.

E.F. Shumaker in his book, A Guide for the Perplexed, suggests that there are four fields of knowledge:

The First Field of Knowledge is knowledge of Self, which is necessary in order to have any hope of understanding Field Two or Three. Field Four we are very familiar with because this is where all of our technical development has been and what we call modern science.

The Second Field of Knowledge is knowledge of others. As long as our knowledge of Self is inadequate or colored by ego, self-interest will disallow anything more than a surface understanding of others.

The Third Field of Knowledge pertains to how others see us. Without knowledge of our Self, our inner being, it will be difficult for us to make progress with understanding of others. Without understanding of others, we can have little understanding of how they see us.

The Fourth Field of Knowledge is the knowledge of the physical world that we perceive with our senses. As long as scientists deny any field of knowledge outside of The Fourth Field of Knowledge, they have no chance of understanding the life force that underlies their field of study. This is precisely why technology has rapidly advanced to the point that any other field of knowledge is largely ignored or considered only superstition.

It is interesting that the first field of knowledge corresponds with the Universal Law of Being, which is the way we can become aware of our innate powers. We develop proper perspective that goes beyond relative thought and brings awareness of our pure potentiality. Only by knowing ourselves can we have any real concept of the whole that some call God and the absolute unity of all. We have only one primary obligation and that is to evolve and unfold as a spiritual being. It will become our objective to expand our innate powers in order to make it possible for us to come into harmony with the Laws of Creation. I refer to as these laws of creation as the Universal Laws and only by identifying and verifying them can we hope to transform our lives and claim our success.