Do You Lead an Unpredictable Life?

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http://www.care2.com/greenliving/do-you-lead-an-unpredicatable-life.htmlposted by Deepak Chopra Oct 8, 2010 5:01 amModern life is so full of pressures pushing this way and that that most of us react by trying to impose order upon it. Our society of chaotic forces is thus a society of endless laws and regulations. This isn’t surprising, because humans thrive on order and are frightened by disorder. Disorder is unpredictable and out of our control, therefore it makes us feel stressed out.Almost always these events work themselves out; there is no real harm done to your existence,

just minor inconvenience. Yet your nervous system probably reacted very strongly, expressing fear and discomfort when your plans went awry. The problem is that all this struggle, worry, planning, and controlling runs against the grain of life. Life compresses chaos and orderliness together. You cannot have one without the other.If you want to be in the flow of life, you can’t struggle against it at the same time. Therefore the quester after perfection accepts that he is always going to be uncertain, that she is always going to feel off-balance. The role of the disciple is always to stumble but never to fall.Despite the

fact that your ego hates unpredictability, the truth is that you have benefited from it again and again. Your life is already organized within itself. Life flows from life, the bud unfolds into the flower, the child ripens into the adult. Trust in each stage, celebrate it, and allow the next one to come to you effortlessly.Adapted from The Way of the Wizard: Twenty Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Life You Want, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 1995).More on Deepak Chopra's Tips (686 articles available)More from Deepak Chopra (693 articles available)