The Law of Opposites

So, for the last few months I think I have been plagued with The Law of Opposites.

From Happier than God:
"The Law of Opposites is based on the fundamental and founding principle of all life: 'In the absense of that which you are not, that which you are is not.'"

I totally get that sentence, but two of my friends and my husband went, "Huh?????"

Yeah, they think I am C-R-A-Z-Y!!! LOL But, apparently many people get that sentence.. mostly people who study Eastern Philosophies and Eastern Religions. So I am not the only "crazy one" on Earth! ;)

Let's say I want to experience Peace.

If all I have is peace, how can I experience it???

You don't know *what* peace IS if it's all you have.

So, this is an example good for me, because I have been actively trying to experience Peace, Love and Joy since the New Year.

Let me tell ya! I GOT THE OPPOSITE BIG TIME!!!!

It wasn't until this weekend when I read Happier than God that I realized it.

Here is the exciting part: Opposites give opportunity!!

Wow!

We actually draw "dark", "negative" experiences into our lives so we can experience the opposite of what we seek. No one in my family will agree with this, this is why I have a blog. *I* totally get that. You get what you get. THIS is what I get! THIS resonates with me. This makes me go... "it all makes sense now."

So the trick is to not resist the opposite that you have created. That which you resist, PERSISTS. (um... yeah!!!!)

Why?

Because when you place negative attention on something, you continue to place it there. You cannot resist something that is NOT THERE. By resisting, you are PLACING IT THERE.

(again... I totally get that!!)

By focusing angry or frustrated energy on something, you actually give it more life.

"Do not OPpose... COMpose."

"Compose your original idea of how you want life to show up. And compose yourself while you are at it. Come from a place of relaxed assurance that life is functioning perfectly. Yet do not confuse relaxation with acceptance.
'Resist not evil' does not mean that you should not try to change what it is that you do not choose. Changing something is not resisting something, it is merely choosing again. Change is not resistence, but alteration. To modify is not to resist, but rather, to continue Personal Creation."

"Modification IS creation."

"Resistence is the END of creation in place."

"At every moment of difficulty and challenge in your life you have a choice: opposition or composition. To repeat: you can either oppose that which you are experiencing, or compose that which you chose."

"COMPOSE WHAT YOU CHOSE."

"Now, thanks fo the Law of Opposites, you have context within which to experience it. And that is the greatest thing the universe could ever give you."

So, I have been on the right path all along. Now I can stop opposing and start composing. ;)