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Eleven Laws to Set You Free<\/span><\/font>\n<\/div>\n
by Guy Finley\n<\/div>\n

\nIf we want to grow inwardly we must find new ways to learn about
\nourselves. These higher discoveries call for higher learning. Think of
\neach of the following eleven laws as individual magic strands of a
\nflying carpet. Make it your aim to weave them together in your
\nmind.  Then watch how these lessons combine to effortlessly lift
\nyou to a higher and happier life level.<\/p>\n

The First Law:

\nNothing can stop you from starting over.  <\/span>
\nThe greatest power you possess for succeeding in life is your
\nunderstanding that life gives you a fresh start any moment you choose
\nto start fresh. Nothing that stood in your way even a heartbeat before
\nstands there now in the same way. It’s all new, even if you can’t as
\nyet see it that way.  You’ve only to test the truth of this fact
\nabout the newness of life to discover the incredible freedom that waits
\nfor you just behind it.  And then nothing can stop you. You’ll
\nknow the real secret and the perfect power of starting over.<\/p>\n

The Second Law:

\nDon’t be afraid to see when something doesn’t work. <\/span> 
\nLearn to be sensitive and to listen to the inner signals that try and
\ntell you when something isn’t working. You know what they are.
\nFrustration and resentment to name just a few. The presence of these
\nemotional troubles aren’t trying to tell you that you can’t succeed,
\nonly that the road you’ve insisted upon taking so far doesn’t lead
\nwhere you want. Learning to admit when something isn’t working is the
\nsame as teaching yourself what will.<\/p>\n

The Third Law:

\nIf it doesn’t flow, there’s more to know.<\/span>  
\nLearn to recognize all forms of strain — whether at work, in your
\ncreative efforts, or in your relationships — as being unnecessary. The
\nfriction you feel mounting when busy at some labor is never caused by
\nthe task at hand, but by what you don’t yet know about it. This means
\nthe only real reason for your strain is that you’ve got hold of a wrong
\nidea you don’t yet see as wrong. This new insight allows you to release
\nyourself by showing you what you need to know. Flowing follows your new
\nknowing.<\/p>\n

The Fourth Law:

\nDon’t take the easy way.<\/span>
\nThere’s no getting away from what you don’t know, which is why any time
\nyou feel compelled to go around a problem by taking the easy way, that
\nproblem always comes round again. And isn’t that what makes life seem
\nso hard? Learn to see the “easy way” as a lying thought that keeps you
\ntied up and doing hard time. Getting something over is not the same as
\nhaving it completed. And as this insight grows, so will your
\nunderstanding that the whole idea of the “hard way” has always been
\njust a lying thought as well. Now you know: the complete way is the
\neasy way. So volunteer to make the “hard way” your way and learn the
\nreal easy way.<\/p>\n

The Fifth Law

\nOn the other side of the resistance is the flow. <\/span>
\nThere are often times when it feels as though you can’t go any farther
\nin your work or studies. But you can learn to go beyond any
\nblockage.  Make the following clear to yourself. Those moments —
\nwhen it feels as though you’re least able to get beyond yourself — are
\nnot telling you that you’ve gone as far as you can go, but only reveal
\nthat you’ve reached as far as you know — for now. This higher
\nself-knowledge about your true inner position allows you to see the
\nresistance you’re feeling for what it really is: a threshold, and not a
\nclosed door. Walk through it. Nothing can stop you.  On the other
\nside of the resistance is the flow. Learning to go beyond you is the
\nsame as entering into the new.<\/p>\n

The Sixth Law:

\nWatch for the opportunity to learn something new.<\/span>
\nEverything is changing all the time. That means life is an endless
\noccasion for learning something new. But this means more than meets the
\neye. Just as you’re a part of everything, everything is a part of you.
\nThe whole of life is connected. And your ability to learn is part of
\nthe wonder of this complete, but ever-changing whole. Learning serves
\nas a window, not only into the complex world you see around you, but
\nthrough it you may also look into the you that’s busy looking into the
\nworld. And when you’ve learned there’s no end to what you can see about
\nthe amazing worlds spinning both around and within you, you’ll also
\nknow there’s no end to you. So stay awake. Learn something new every
\nday. You’ll love how that makes you feel about yourself.<\/p>\n

The Seventh Law:

\nLearn to see conclusions as limitations.<\/span>
\nIf you approach the possibilities of learning about your life as being
\nlimitless, which they are, then it follows that any conclusion you
\nreach about yourself has to be an unseen limitation. Why? Because
\nthere’s always more to see. For instance, let yourself see that all
\nconclusions are illusions when it comes to the security they promise.
\nThere may be security in a prison, but there are also no choices behind
\nits confining walls. Learn to see all conclusions about yourself as
\ninvisible cells. For that’s what they are. The seeming security these
\nconclusions offer are a poor substitute for the real security of
\nknowing that who you really are is always free to be something higher.<\/p>\n

The Eighth Law:

\nHave no fear about being afraid.<\/span>
\nFear can’t learn, which is why you must learn about fear if you ever
\nwish to be a fearless learner. So, the first thing you must learn is
\nhow to get past your fear of being afraid. Here’s how. The next time a
\nfear of some kind tries to fill one of your moments, try to see the
\ndifference between the fact of your situation and your feelings about
\nit. This it the right use of your mind. For instance, it’s a fact that
\ninterest rates change. It’s not a fact you have to get scared when they
\ndo. That fear is not a fact of life, but only becomes one for you as
\nlong as you insist that life perform according to what you think are
\nyour best interests. As you learn to see that these fearful feelings
\ndon’t belong to you, but only to your wrong thinking, you cease to be
\nafraid, even of your own fears.<\/p>\n

The Ninth Law:

\nNever accept defeat.<\/span>
\nAs long as it’s possible to learn, you need never feel tied down by any
\npast defeat in your life. Here’s the real fact: nothing can prevent the
\ninwardly self-educating man or woman from succeeding in life. And
\nhere’s why: wisdom always triumphs over adversity. But to win real
\nwisdom calls you to join in a special kind of struggle. And if this
\nbattle had a banner under which to rally, here’s what would be written
\nupon that higher call to arms: “But I can find out!” Yes, you can learn
\nthe facts. You may not understand how you could have been blind to that
\nevil person’s real intentions, but you can find out. Take these four
\nwords that are freedom’s battle cry: I can find out! Use them to defeat
\nwhat’s defeating you.<\/p>\n

The Tenth Law:

\nLearn to let go of painful pretense.<\/span>
\nMost people approach their troubles with one of these two
\nnon-solutions: they either pretend their problem isn’t a problem, or
\nthey pretend they’ve solved their troubles with temporary cover-ups.
\nBut their pain remains. It doesn’t have to be this way for you. You can
\nlearn to let go of painful pretense. Here’s how. When facing an old
\nproblem, what you don’t want is another “new way” to deal with it. What
\nyou really want is to learn something new about the true nature of what
\nhas a hold on you. To go far, start near. When faced with any pain, let
\ngo of what you think you know. Act towards your trouble as if you don’t
\nknow anything about it. This new solution is the only true one because
\nthe truth is you don’t know what the real problem is. Otherwise you
\nwouldn’t still have it. Letting go what you think you know puts you in
\nthe right place for learning what you need to know.<\/p>\n

The Eleventh Law:

\nPersistence always prevails.<\/span>
\nIf you’ll persist with your sincere wish for higher learning, you can’t
\nhelp but succeed. Persistence always prevails because part of its power
\nis to hold you in place until either the world lines up with your wish,
\nor you see that your wish is out of line. But, for whichever way it
\nturns in that moment, you’ve won something that only persistence can
\npay. See the following: if you get what you think you have to have to
\nbe happy and you’re still not satisfied, then you’ve learned what you
\ndon’t want. Now you can go on to higher things. And should you learn
\nyou’ve been wearing yourself out with useless wishes, then this
\ndiscovery allows you to turn your energies in a new direction: self
\nliberation.<\/p>\n

This article was excerpted from “Freedom from the Ties that Bind”<\/span> by Guy Finley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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