The law of change states that nothing remains the same forever and everything is in a state of constant flux. It is a fundamental principle of the universe that governs everything in existence. In this post, we’ll explore the law of change in greater depth and how it impacts our lives.
We’ll take a closer look at the different causes of change, including choices we make, chance events, and crises. I’ll also show you how to harness the law of change to adapt and grow in the face of life’s challenges.
Let’s get started.
What is the Law of Change?
The law of change states that everything is in the process of becoming something else. It has a constant and dramatic effect on our lives.
Change happens everywhere and with everyone and happens constantly. In the galaxies of outer space, where our sun will burn out in a few hundred million years, change is happening. In the subatomic world, where particles are colliding with one another and morphing into something else in hundredths of a second, change is happening.
Everything is always changing.
So too in our lives, change is the one constant that we can be absolutely sure of. Life is in constant motion and is forever changing and becoming something new.
- Change in business: No business stays the same year after year. You are either gaining market share or losing market share. You are either innovating new products and gaining on your competition or your competition is innovating new products and gaining on you. You are becoming either more competitive or less competitive. You are either gaining customers or losing customers. You may choose to make no changes to your business. But the marketplace, however, is not static.
- Change in relationships: So too in our relationships with our friends, children, parents, spouses, or co-workers; all are in the process of becoming something else. Through using the dynamics of choice we can choose to deepen and enrich the relationships that are important to us.
- Change in health and spirituality: Our health will not remain the same. Our choices in diet, exercise, thoughts, and lifestyle will all have their effect. So too with our spirituality. Left alone, unattended, it will not stay the same but will wither into something that no longer nourishes us. By choosing to enrich our spirituality through practices, prayer, and study, and making this an active part of our life, we reap the rewards.
Life demands that we be in rhythm with the eternal laws, embrace change when change is called for, and move into something new and different on a regular basis.
Sometimes these changes will be small and almost unnoticeable. Other times they are dramatic and swift and shock us with their arrival but we should always welcome change as it is a necessary and valuable part of life.
So why don’t we live our lives acknowledging this and initiate change on a regular basis, thus putting ourselves in harmony and rhythm with this process? Why is change so hard to embrace?
The law of change is a disconcerting concept for many because humans are hardwired to crave stability. But actually, this law works to our advantage when we understand it and flow with what wants to happen.
The 3 Causes of Change
There are three main factors that are the causes of change in our life: choice, chance, and crisis. All three carry power and have their own particular dynamic. Of the three I prefer choice.
1. Choice
Choice allows us to be proactive in directing and choosing our changes, rather than having them just happen to us.
Since change will happen whether we want it or not, why not cooperate and initiate changes, small and large, in our life?
Let me put it another way: if there was a change meter that sets how much change is supposed to happen to us, and you initiate a lot of those changes yourself, doesn’t that reduce the possibility of them happening to you by chance or crisis?
Think about it. If nothing else, this is a philosophical and mathematical truth and is probably the way it works.
Working with the dynamics of choice means embracing change as a constant reality in our life, being vigilant in looking for changes that would help us, and then being proactive in initiating them.
Relationships change, as do our beliefs, financial status, health, friends, and priorities. We usually don’t make changes when things are going well, but we must pay homage to the Change Gods; they demand change, and if we do not initiate change, life will initiate it for us.
Identify aspects of your life that would respond favorably to change, and then activate that change, putting yourself in harmony with the greater laws of the universe. That is how choice is used to change. You are now participating and becoming the law of change in your own life.
Change your life through choice, and, as Ghandi said, “Be the change you want to see in life.”
2. Chance
Chance is the word we use when we don’t know or understand why something has happened to us.
From a Mind Power perspective, very few things happen by pure chance. 95% of the things that happen to us have their causes in our thoughts (conscious and subconscious) and our actions. There is a cause-and-effect relationship, though we might not always recognize it.
We are on a far better footing, both metaphysically and practically, if we assume responsibility for what is happening in our lives and get on with it, rather than believing that our life’s circumstances have nothing to do with us. Chance is like luck. And yes, both exist, but here’s an excellent quote that sums up my feelings about luck:
“Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.” A.J. Foyt (winner of the Indianapolis 500).
Initiate positive change in your life regularly and chance and luck will favor you.
3. Crisis
Everyone will experience crises at different times in their life. Marriages break up, businesses fail, death happens in the family, we lose our job, we have a major health issue, or we get wiped out financially.
While crises are never enjoyable, they are almost always transformational. Why? Because the crisis forces us to make changes we never would have made prior to the crisis.
Comfort is the enemy of change, and when we are too comfortable in our present situation, we often resist the impulse to make a change. A crisis dramatically forces that change upon us. It’s always painful and never pleasant. But if accepted, it is ultimately healing and almost always beneficial.
You can trust the process of crisis.
Whenever someone tells me they are going through a midlife crisis, I always respond: “How wonderful. I’m so excited and happy for you.” And I mean it. How wonderful that at the midpoint of your life your psyche should shake you up and make you look at your life and the way you are living it. What a gift this is to you. At the midpoint, there is still time to make new choices and have new experiences. Your psyche is gifting you with this crisis.
A crisis is like a forceful, abrupt change tornado that initiates dramatic change whether you like it or not. So whatever crisis you may presently be going through, embrace it as a tremendous opportunity.
In my thirty years of traveling and teaching, countless hundreds of people have shared with me how their deepest crisis was a major positive turning point in their lives:
- A lost job results in a new and more rewarding career
- Failing health results in a new lifestyle
- Financial ruin leads to a deeper spirituality
These are not the exceptions, but rather a glimpse of the human experience enjoyed by those transformed by a personal crisis.
How to Get Started with the Law of Change
Now that you understand that change is inevitable, look at where we might make changes in our life.
Become aware of what is calling to you today for change and be bold and courageous in making these changes so something new can happen. Life will reward you well for the initiative and you will be in harmony with the deeper laws of the universe.
We must learn to be comfortable with change and eventually embrace it.
The Mind Power practitioner works with the law of change, initiating changes through choice, will, and practice. Initiating change while flowing with the changes as they happen is a dance with life that the Mind Power practitioner loves to do.
Comfort is the enemy of change. When we are too comfortable with our present situation, we often don’t initiate change. This is a mistake. We should always strive to make changes in the many different areas of our lives.
Ask yourself: “What small change can I make in my life that will have a noticeable impact for me?” Making small changes is the first step to making larger changes in our life.
