The Law of Pure Potentiality

The Law of Pure Potentiality

Deepak Chopra

The source of all creation is pure consciousness, pure potentiality seeking expression from the unmanifest to the manifest.

And when we realize that our true Self is one of pure potentiality, we align with the power that manifests everything in the universe.

In the beginning there was neither existence nor non existence. All this world was unmanifest energy. The One breathed, without breath, by Its own power Nothing else was there ~ Hymn of Creation, The Rig Veda

The first spiritual law of success is the Law of Pure Potentiality. This law is based on the fact that we are, in our essential state, pure consciousness. Pure consciousness is pure potentiality, it is the field of all possibilities and infinite creativity. Pure consciousness is our spiritual essence. Being infinite and unbounded, it is also pure joy. Other attributes of consciousness are pure knowledge. Infinite silence, perfect balance, invincibility, simplicity, and bliss. This is our essential nature. Our essential nature is one pure potentiality.

When you discover your essential nature and know who you really are in that knowing itself is the ability to fulfill any dream you have, because you are the eternal possibility, the immesurable potential of all that was is, and will be. The Law of Pure Potentiality could also be called the Law of Unity, because underlying the infinite diversity of life is the unity of one all pervasive spirit. There is no separation between you and this field of energy. The field of pure potentiality is your own Self. And the more you experience your true nature, the closer you are to the fields of pure potentiality.

The experience of the Self, or "self-referral," means that our internal reference point is our own spirit and not the objects of our experience. The opposite of self referral is object- referral. In object referral we are always influenced by objects outside the Self, which include situations, circumstances, people, and things. In object- referral we are constantly seeking the approval of others. Our thinking and our behavior are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.

In object-referral we also feel an intense need to control things, and the need for external power. The need for approval, the need to control things, the need for external power are needs based on fear. This kind of power is not the power of pure potentiality, or the power of the Self, or real power. When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no struggle for approval or external power.

In object referral, your internal reference point is your ego. The ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image, it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear.

Your true Self, which is your spirit, your soul, is completely free of those things. It is immune to criticism, it is unfearful of any challenge, and it feels beneath no one. And yet, it is also humble and feels superior to no one, because it recognizes that everyone else is the same Self, the same spirit in different disguises.

That's the essential difference between object-referral and self-referral. In self referral-, you experience your true being, which is unfearful of any challenge, has respect for all people, and feels beneath no one. Self-power is true power.