The ultimate law of life- “Law of Requirement”

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“My son, listen up, Time can be same and different at the same time….. in the same time zone, people around the world might be experiencing varied emotions as an effect of their varied circumstances….for some the present minute can be a botched up Jenga game, for handful of others it might be a half solved jigsaw puzzle and for few more it might be a just then solved Rubik’s cube……”; “Hmm! but Appa, why can’t the entire human race be in any of the above states together, in the same time zone???”………..

Arrrrrrrrrrggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah I second all your opinions, the mention of so many puzzles instantly boggled my mind too.  However, hearing the above conversation that was going on between my father, who was in his own league of discussing life’s philosophy and brother who has taken life as a serious project and is writing a thesis on the same, stirred up a sense of perplexity in me, which meant, it was time for a sea depth thinking, the only skill I’ve mastered till date.

After spending almost 3 decades on earth, in the human form, my findings consisted of most of my plans being in a failed or under-worked state. In a raw state of mind, I assumed to have displayed an extremely poor performance in the game of life, and since the above conversation was about the single most game-changer, and the linchpin of the creation i.e. “TIME”, it intrigued me to reason it out with the hope of finding a new ray of hope to play it better.

Finally, after having penanced on one leg, like a Himalayan sage for almost a month, I came to a conclusion, that all the events that occur in our lives, is based on, one titanic law i.e “THE LAW OF REQUIREMENT”.

What is it firstly?

Let’s get into the details of it by answering certain basic questions.

• When do we normally eat? When our stomach growls and asks for food i.e. when we are hungry we eat food. 
• When do we drink water? Our body asks for hydration, that’s when we feel thirsty. So we drink water to quench the thirst.
• When do we use the washroom? We use it only when the nature calls for it, isn’t it?
• When do we usually sleep? When our mind & body ceases to stay active, it calls for rest and that’s when we fall asleep inevitably.

Eating while hungry, drinking while thirsty, attending to the nature’s call at its ringing and sleeping when sleepy contributes to a balanced mind and body.

Now imagine, forcing food into your tummy endlessly, drinking water carelessly, unnecessarily forcing the nature’s call or sleeping relentlessly for hours  together even though its unrequired, do any good to your mental & physical upkeep?

The “Law of Requirement” works on this simple logic. Entire life revolves around four categories of events which includes, “Expected desirable events”, “Expected undesirable events”, “Unexpected desirable events” and lastly “unexpected undesirable events”. The occurrence of these events doesn’t follow any sort of chronology or a set pattern, it’s different for any 2 earth mates. This law monitors the occurrence of the above events and it’s timing in each of our lives by estimating the gravity of its “necessity” in one’s life.  To simplify, the “Law of Requirement” decides the timing of the “origination of requirement” for a particular event to occur. So we human beings get to experience a certain event in life when the law feels its necessity.

To comprehend better, we know that every event in life happens for a reason, and the reason cannot be anything else but sheer “Requirement”. “Requirement” can never be forcibly created in one’s life. It is a natural course and anything that occurs naturally is simply at the mercy of the nature. This law makes an unbiased, flawless estimation of the “magnitude & timing of the essentiality for any of the above 4 events to transpire” which is reckoned based on various enigmatic facts depending on each one of our lives.

Now you might ask me to stop elaborating what the law is and start explaining how it ameliorates our life. Hang in, we’re almost there.

How does knowing this law help us play the game better?

Realising the existence of this law persuades us to be more calm, responsive and proactive individuals than being reactive and insensitive. The law enlightens all the earthlings to refrain from pandering to their temporary impulses as they now know, the law is the sole instigator & influencer of our intentions & choice behind our actions in any given situation. Therefore, in life, whenever you feel things are taking time to materialize, stop for a second and assimilate the fact that requirement is yet to arise and till then keep acting in the current phase as it is also an effect of some requirement.

Being aware of the law enables each one of us to withdraw paying attention towards others life events and cajoles us to avoid comparing our lives with fellow earth mates’ as it enables us to be conscious of the fact that, no two persons possess same requirement in a single time zone ever. Just like how different vegetation demands different requirements for its balanced growth at different time frames, every human on earth too demands different requirement for his/her overall growth at distinctive timing that is constantly & impartially regulated by this law.

Hence connecting our “3 member committee” i.e. the mind, body & soul with this law enables us to fulfill the purpose of life without self-doubt and unnecessary stress. And the only way through which we can align them with the law is through practicing “Conscious living”.

Filtered thoughts + Filtered actions = conscious living

Lastly, since you are well aware of the law now, you need not accord with it blindly. Take sufficient time and make an unprejudiced analysis of the cause and effect of all the events that has happened so far in your own life and also in the life of your loved ones, be it parents, grandparents, close friends, relatives etc. and see for yourself, what answer it brings to you.

With the practice of conscious living, I’ve got to know that none of my plans was a failure, it was simply abiding to the “Law of Requirement” and now I am thrilled and looking forward to fresh time zones of my life involving the emergence of fresh requirements and fresh events as its consequence.

Simple thoughts to live well

Respond to every moment with utmost sincerity. Sometimes life turns out to be a “chaotic mystery” and sometimes a “Magical poetry”. Hence it becomes vital to exhibit equal passion & zeal while living both the situations as they are the effect of unique requirements of your unique life.