7 Laws of Abundance From Deepak Chopra

Metaphysics of Money

Deepak Chopra is an Indian-American author and new age spiritual guru who's a prominent figure in the New Age movement. In one of his videos, he mentioned writing a book on secrets of abundance, similar to his highly successful book Seven Spiritual Laws-Success Fulfillment, but never published. However, he said these 7 in many of his interviews on money and abundance.

1. The source of abundance is infinite

When we think about making money, we limit our expectations based on our current job and capabilities. We believe that the source of all this money is limited. Earning more than our paycheck seems like good fortune, which happens once in a blue moon. These limiting beliefs hinder us from trying and striving for more.

There are infinite ways to make money; if you don't like your job, know that you can create abundance in various ways without selling your soul.

Abundance is not a zero-sum game.

Getting comfortable with the idea that the source of abundance is infinite, we open doors of new opportunities that never existed before. It allows us to let go of the feeling of jealousy and envy.

Knowing that the universe is the giver and your job and business are just a medium takes the pressure off our shoulders.

2. Whatever you want to receive, start by giving

Giving is an essential part of the process.

The more you hold onto the money, the more it will slip through your grip. The answer is to give away with pure intention and forget about it. You may not receive the same amount of value, but it will come back in unexpected ways.

I have often experienced serendipities when going out of my way to help my friends and readers. When we give with pure intention and no expectation whatsoever, the universe appreciates us and surprises us in mysterious ways.

“We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.” ―Orison Swett Marden

3. Money is the exchange of values

This is the most common practice used in business and the general world. We get what we give.

Provide value, and people will buy your product and your services.

Provide helpful content, and they'll follow you.

CEOs from tech companies become billionaires because they provide value to billions and millions of people through their products.

The more value you provide to your readers, clients, and customers, the more money will follow you. It's the law of nature.

4. Wealth is a state of consciousness

Being wealthy is a state of being. A person with less money than you could be more wealthy by being conscious about his body and mental wealth.

We all are blessed with spontaneous creativity.

When we become conscious and aware of our unique talent, we can use this energy to create abundance. Being in awe of ourselves and all the possibilities around us can make us more wealthy than someone who has a ton of money and still whines about his misfortune.

In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna makes a wise statement: Gahano karmano gatih — the universe by its very nature works, works, works. The nature of the universe is to work, create, and expand. Life's flow itself is work. Wealth is a natural result of this process (more in point 6)

5. Intention and attention is in the field of infinite possibilities

One of the famous self-help lessons says— we expand the experience of an incident or action by giving it our attention.

If we're only focused on what's available to us right now or only on things we can see, we'd never be able to focus on the bigger picture. The idea is to believe in the infinite possibilities available to us. If one way doesn't work out, know that there are endless different ways to reach your destination.

If our intention and attention focus on our destination, it doesn't matter which route we take to get there. Often we find ourselves in different situations we think we can never get out from, but we get out of it better than we'd imagined.

Connecting the dots when you're in the middle of a chaotic situation will limit your attention to the infinite possibilities available to you, but you've got to trust the universe. I talk about it more in the story mentioned below.

6. Law of detachment

The key to abundance is letting go.

We focus on the process when we let go of the desire aka results. Becoming process-oriented and detaching ourselves from the outcome is the ideal meaning of the law of detachment.

Fully immersing ourselves in the process shifts our focus on what we're doing from what we want.

Every time I think about writing a viral post, I often contemplate about the statistics and feel enormous pressure to write something extraordinary. And to achieve that, I get too stressed even to finish that article.

The law of detachment has also been discussed in The Secret.

“Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go and it will be yours forever.” -Deepak Chopra

7. The purpose of wealth is to create joy

The ultimate goal of wealth should be creating joy and happiness.

If you're feeling dejected and putting too much pressure on yourself, you should know that the ultimate goal of wealth is being able to create joy — for yourself and for the world. And you have the ability to do it this very moment.

The fulfillment curve shows that after a certain point, wealth doesn't make any difference in fulfillment and happiness. But it can create a lot of difference in the lives of others — people who need your support.

When you find yourself in a dilemma of whether you should strive for wealth, remind yourself that the more you have, the more you can offer.

“Wealth is the progressive realization of worthy goals, the ability to love and have compassion, meaningful, and caring relationships.” -Deepak Chopra

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