seven spiritual laws of yoga

Every month I do a home work paper and a hand out, which is something I run across that I think will help my students in their yoga. In February I decided to expound on the seven laws of by breaking them down and talking about one law each month. We already talk about this all the time but we had never labeled it. Deepak Chopra has written a great book on the laws of yoga.
    The first law of yoga is the law of pure potentiality. This is not your social mask, the roles you are playing (parent, child, teacher, student, friend). Your social mask thrives on approval, strives to control. Your ego lives in fear of losing approval, control, and power. Your true Self, your soul, is completely free of these things. It is immune to criticism, fears no challenge, and feels neither beneath nor above anyone. Your soul recognizes at its deepest level that everyone else is the same Self in different disguises.
   The second  law of yoga is the law of giving and receiving. Your body, your mind, and the universe are in constant and dynamic exchange, stopping the circulation of energy is like stopping the flow of blood. When a river stops flowing, it begins to stagnate. You must be open to giving and receiving in order to keep the life force circulating within you. The intention should always be to create happiness for the giver and the receiver, because happiness is life-supporting and life-sustaining. The act of giving has to be joyful—the frame of mind has to be one in which you feel joy in the very act of giving. Then the energy behind the giving increases many times over. have the intention to give something to everyone you come into contact with. It might be a kind word, a compliment, a smile, a prayer, or a small gift.
   The third law of yoga is the law of karma. Every action we take generates a force of energy that returns to us in kind—as we sow, so we reap. When we consciously choose actions that bring happiness and success to others, the fruit of our karma is happiness and success.
   If everyone in the world followed the laws of yoga what a great place to live.
four more laws next week.
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