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The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment QUOTES

1 " Uncertainty is fearful to the ego, which always wants to control reality, but from the viewpoint of detachment, a constantly shifting and changing universe must remain uncertain. If things were certain, there could be no creativity. Therefore spirit works through surprises and unexpected outcomes.

We achieve peace of mind only when we accept the wisdom of uncertainty. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

2 " A child raised with spiritual skills will be able to answer the most basic questions about how the universe works; she will understand the source of creativity both within and outside herself; she will be able to practice nonjudgment, acceptance, and truth, which are the most valuable skills anyone can possess for dealing with other people; and she will be free from the crippling fear and anxiety about the meaning of life that is the secret dry rot inside the hearts of most adults, whether they can admit it or not. The deepest nurturing you can give your child is spiritual nurturing. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

3 " The Law of Least Effort

Put every effort into organizing your life, but remember that the ultimate organizer is Nature.

Don't try to steer the river.

When Nature is most productive and creative, it does not work... it plays.

The best work flows from us effortlessly.

Putting up resistance to life ultimately never succeeds.

Allow the gifts of spirit to come to you. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

4 " A child who was taught from the age of three or four "You are here for a reason" would face a very different future. Such a child would see the search for meaning in life as a natural thing, the spiritual equivalent of learning your ABCs. There would be no years of postponement, followed by desperate inner turmoil. "Why am I here?" doesn't have to be a fearsome existential question. It is the most joyful exploration a person can undertake, and we do our children an immense favor by presenting it as such. A child who paid attention to just this one principle would have a far richer life - a more successful life - than countless adults for whom "spirit" and "God" remain forever locked in a world of abstraction. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

5 " Spirit cannot fulfill any desire until you release it. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

6 " A wise man is detached from the drama of the material world because he focuses instead on the source from which all dualities of light and darkness, good and evil, pleasure and pain actually originate. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

7 " Ego contraction, however, prevents precisely the free expansion that enables us to find our connection to spirit. This is often described as the difference between the self and the Self. The self is the isolated ego clinging to its small reality; the Self is the unbounded spirit that can afford not to cling at all. Detachment means that you live from the Self instead of the self. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

8 " Success comes from any and all directions. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

9 " Success achieved on the basis of struggle may bring good things to us, but the inner fulfillment we seek from these things will be lacking. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

10 " Only in a state of disconnection do we suffer and struggle. The divine intention is for every human being to enjoy unlimited success. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

11 " Spirit must be cultivated; it must be nourished and encouraged. If it is, then a child's innocent spirit grows up to be strong enough to withstand the harsh realities of an often unspiritual world.

Losing touch with spirit does nothing to the infinite field of creativity, which is beyond harm, but it can do much to damage a person's chances in life. With spirit we are all children of the cosmos; without it we are orphaned and set adrift. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

12 " If a child connects being hurt with being bad, weak, unable to cope, or constantly surrounded by threat, there is no room left for inner spiritual growth. For without a sense of safety, spirit remains out of reach; one is forever trying simply to feel secure in this world, yet that security cannot be achieved without overcoming the imprints of early childhood. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

13 " Within everyone is the seed of creativity that can grow in any direction. Nothing limits us except ourselves, for the truest aspect of each person is unbounded potential. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

14 " Children need to learn that silence is the home of spirit. All other voices speak out loud, but spirit communicates without making a sound. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

15 " Every time we receive, we are given a glimpse of divine love, whoever that love happens to be acting through at that moment. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

16 " No debt goes unpaid in the universe. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

17 " Spirit doesn't blame for work not done. Life doesn't depend on whether something gets done or not.
Work isn't the source of happiness. Your attitude toward your work, not the task itself, comes first. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

18 " Making a child feel unique means making him or her feel uniquely wanted. Having a talent is one thing; feeling that the universe welcomes it is another. Uniqueness without love is barren and very little different from loneliness. Today you can sit down and list each child's talents, having your children participate, in order to reinforce the notion that talents are given to us by spirit for our happiness and fulfillment. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

19 " At any moment of the day, some desire is in the process of coming true. Old seeds we planted (and perhaps forgot about) are bringing results, mixed in with the beginnings of larger results to come. The point is to make your children aware that the universe (or spirit or God) is always listening; none of us is alone. We are constantly being heeded. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment

20 " Now more than ever, in this age of violence and confusion, there is an urgent need for parents to take on the role of spiritual teachers to their children. "

― Deepak Chopra , The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment