Nature’s intelligence functions with effortless ease and abandoned
carefree-ness. This is the principle of least action, of no resistance. This
is, therefore, the principle of harmony and love. When we learn this lesson
from nature, we easily fulfill our desires.
If you observe nature at work, you will see that least effort is expended.
Grass does not try to grow, it just grows. Fish don’t try to swim, they just
swim. Flowers don’t try to bloom, they bloom. Birds don’t try to fly, they fly.
This is their intrinsic nature. The earth doesn’t try to spin on its own axis;
it is the nature of the earth to spin with dizzying speed and to hurtle through
space. It is the nature of babies to be in bliss. It is the nature of the sun
to shine. It is the nature of the stars to glitter and sparkle. And it is human
nature to make our dreams manifest into physical form, easily and effortlessly.
In Vedic Science, the age-old philosophy of India, this principle is
known as the principle of ‘economy of effort, or do less and accomplish more.’ Ultimately
you come to the state where you do noting and accomplish everything. This means
that there is just a faint idea and then the manifestation of the idea comes
about effortlessly.
Nature’s intelligence functions effortlessly, frictionlessly,
spontaneously. It is non-linear; it is intuitive, holistic, and nourishing. And
when you are in harmony with nature, when you are established in the knowledge
of your true self, you can make use of the Law of Least Effort.
Least Effort is expended when your actions are motivated by love,
because nature is held together by the energy of love. When you seek power and
control over other people, you waste energy. When you seek money or power for
the sake of the ego, you spend energy chasing the illusion of happiness instead
of enjoying happiness in the moment. When you seek money for personal gain
only, you cut off the flow of energy to yourself, and interfere with the
expression of nature’s intelligence. But when your actions are motivated by
love, there is no waste of energy. When your actions are motivated by love,
your energy multiplies and accumulates – and the surplus energy you gather and
enjoy can be channeled to create anything you want, including unlimited wealth.
You can think of your physical body as a device for controlling energy: if you
know how to generate, store and expend energy in an efficient way, then you can
create any amount of wealth. Attention to the ego consumes the greatest amount
of energy. When your internal reference point is ego, when you seek power and
control over others or seek approval from others, you spend energy in a
wasteful way. When that energy is freed, it can be re-channeled and used to
create anything you want. When your internal reference point is your spirit,
you can harness the power of love, and use energy creatively for the experience
of evolution.
There are three components to the Law of Least Effort – three things
you can do to put this principle of ‘do less and accomplish more’ to action. This
first component is acceptance. Acceptance simply means that you make a
commitment: This moment – the one you are experiencing now – is the culmination
of all the moments you have experienced in the past. This moment is as it is
because the entire universe is as it is. When you struggle against the moment,
you’re actually struggling against the entire universe. You can wish for things
in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept them as
they are.
This leads us to the second component of the Law of Least Effort:
responsibility. Responsibility means not blaming anyone or anything for your
situation, including yourself. Having accepted the circumstance, this event,
this problem, responsibility then means the ability to have a creative response
to the situation as it is now. All problems contain the seeds of opportunity
and this awareness allows you to take the moment and transform it to a better
situation or thing.
The third component of the Law of Least Effort is defenselessness,
which means that your awareness is established in defenselessness, you have
given up the need to convince or persuade others of your point of view. If you
observe people around you, you will see that they spend ninety-nine percent of
their time defending their points of view. If you just give up the need to
defend your point of view, you will in that giving-up process, gain access to
the enormous amounts of energy that has been wasted.
When you remain open to all points of views, your dreams and desires
will flow with nature’s desires, then you can release your intentions without
attachment, and just wait for the appropriate season for your desires to
blossom into reality. You can be sure that when the season is right, your
desires will manifest. This is the Law of Least Effort. J
