The process of Connecting Within is founded upon the development of peace and harmony in our thought and feeling life. We can achieve this peace and harmony within, and stabilize this achievement, with the conscious and intelligent use of the Laws of Harmony.
Along history, the many presentations of the Wisdom Teachings have used various names for the laws which govern our inner life. The Laws of Harmony is the name used by the contemporary presentation of the Wisdom. This name more accurately describes the objective of these Laws:
The natural Laws of Harmony are designed to bring harmony to the substances of our bodies, as well as between our bodies and the spiritual energies flowing through us.
In the past these Laws were understood by the spiritual seekers as an outside imposition upon our thought and feeling life. It was so because our understanding of the psychology of the human being and of the world of energy was non existent.
Today the situation is different. We are ready to see these Laws governing our inner life as opportunities for us to master the energies flowing through our Being and to wield their power with love and wisdom.
The Laws of Harmony
- The Law of Attraction
- The Law of Rhythm
- The Law of Acceptance
The Law of Attraction:
This natural law says…
This is a very simple, yet tremendously powerful Law of our Being. It deals with the magnetic energy power contained in each of our thoughts and feelings. It deals, therefore, with the essence of our divinity and humanness:
Thus, the first step in the use of this Law, and the first step in achieving inner peace and harmony, is to accept, with courage, the complete responsibility for everything that has ever happened to us and that is now happening to us.
We are never the victims of anyone or anything. Things do not happen to ourselves. Things always happen with our involvement. Again, the fact is that we are creators: the creators of our own being and life events and circumstances.
Once we accept this Law of our Being and understand the power contained in every one of our thoughts and feelings, we can proceed to build our being and life with the harmony and the perfection that was intended for all of us in the beginning of time.
The Law of Rhythm:
This natural law says…
This is also a very powerful Law of our Being. We all know that when we do not have a steady and constant rhythm, directed towards a goal, we have disorder and chaos. Is not a reactive mental and emotional life disorder and chaos in our inner life?
Developing a rhythm of daily living that involves all the facets of our being (physical, feeling, mental and spiritual), a rhythm which is directed towards acquiring an inner peace and harmony, is the goal of mastering this Law.
Rhythmic living is, above all, the key for becoming fully aware of the choices we constantly make with every thought and feeling. It is the key for harmonizing the substances of our Being at the various levels.
Yet rhythmic living has nothing to do with the creation of habits.
a remembering, everyday, that we are thinking, feeling, physical and spiritual beings. And it is to enjoy, everyday, the conscious exercise of these facets of our Being. It is to engage in inner and outer activities in which one feels fulfillment.
When we understand the importance of rhythmic living, we discover that rhythm leads to a momentum (to a gathering of strength, courage and power within us) and that momentum can only lead to achievement (to the goal of Connecting Within).
The Law of Acceptance:
This natural law says…
My Source and Self is the Majestic Source and Self of All the Power and Energy ever to exist.
This is the most powerful of the Laws of Harmony. In older presentations of the Wisdom Teachings this Law was described with a short statement: I am that I AM.
Understanding this Law offers more challenges to us when we have not acquired some degree of practice in the use of the Laws of Attraction and Rhythm in our life. Nonetheless, there is a simple way to approach it.
Therefore, those who feel attracted to developing an inner peace and harmony must, first of all, stop all kinds of criticism, all judgment and all condemnation of others and themselves.
Even having opinions about others, about events and circumstances and about oneself must cease, if we want to achieve the needed inner peace and harmony for Connecting Within.
Here we are not talking about a moral or an ethical issue. It is an energy situation and nothing more. The thunderbolt of judgment (that is, the energy power contained in our thoughts and feelings) first has to pass through our being before it can reach others, leaving in us a path of disorder, chaos and destruction.
Once we grasp that our thoughts and feelings carry a tremendous power, we are ready to start consciously using this power only in the direction of perfection, harmony and peace. In other words, we can start accepting that, regardless of appearances, the Presence of Perfection, Harmony and Peace exists in each and all.
It is in this way that we begin to wield the Law of Acceptance and that we begin to accept that we all are the Children of the Most High.
Harmony and Peace in our thought and feeling life are the foundations for Connecting Within. Without them, there is no support for the stairway that connects us with the Most High.
Once there is some support within us… How is the process to Connect Within?
The steps are described in the essay “The Process of Connecting Within”.