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A Continuing Series on Natural Laws
Part Two: The Laws of Alignment, Change, Entropy, and Opportunity

by Jackie Kosednar

It is the fear of change that creates our desire to control the world.
If you are a controlling person, you probably fear change.

Last issue, while discussing the way life works, we explored two laws: the Law of Unity and Exchange and the Law of Balance. (If you missed this article you can find it at www.alaskawellness.com.) If you have struggles and conflicts which cause you to feel powerless, see if working with the following laws—instead of against them—makes your life easier.

The Law of Alignment

Every physical body is energetically propelled through life along natural courses. Think of the magnetic pull of gravity that keeps us stuck to the earth like a magnet to the refrigerator. Or, the force that keeps the earth rotating around the sun.

In religious philosophy this is translated into “Every soul has a path to walk”. Indeed, “letting go and letting God” allows us to surrender to a sense of natural direction instead of going against it. Everyone is guided in the direction that is natural for their design, health and wellness—whether they are religious or not.

Alignment creates bonds that hold bodies together. When two people bond, their life paths are pulled into a parallel position. The two are held together by magnetic attraction and may flow as one. Bodies in a synergistic relationship are a beautiful thing.

The sum is always greater than its parts. When we align with something, more is created. The two that align are greater in unity than two that are not. When we are aligned with our own life path, we prosper. We end up in the right place at the right time, meeting the right people and the right opportunities. I like to imagine that we all have a divine light beam that pulls us through life. When we agree to the magnetic pull, everything is easier. When we go against it, life can get very challenging and uncomfortable; we may even make ourselves sick. When we are off course, life doesn’t work well for us.

The Law of Change

Energy is always in motion and changing form. This means, of course, that everything in life is always changing—including you. If you try to resist change, you suffer. In the larger picture, you can’t really resist change. Universal forces are so much bigger than you are that it is totally futile to try and keep things the same. It is the same when you try to force or cause change to happen, for you meet tremendous resistance. It is the fear of change that creates our desire to control the world. If you are a controlling person, you probably fear change. Letting go of fear allows you to give up control.

The Law of Entropy

Everything in the physical universe is born, grows to maturity and then breaks down. Things start, then change, then stop or move into disorder. This means everything is temporary. Now, this can be a very scary realization: nothing is permanent or lasting.

Let us look at this from a different perspective, however. In a mystical sense you could say that God (Intelligent Energy) creates a form out of itself. When the form is complete, God then deserts the form in order to create something new. Energy never dies—it only transforms. It stops being one thing to become something else!

Likewise, an artist creates a statue from a piece of rock. In the process of creating the statue, many rock chips fall to the floor as waste. A couple hundred years later the artist is long gone and the whole statue is crumbling. The blueprint of the rock and the statue both fall into entropy. Thus, order always moves to chaos and disorder.

The Law of Choice and Opportunity

Free will really is a fallacy when you consider that we are governed by so many natural forces. We do not have free will; rather, what we have is choice in the moment. Where each of us is going is predetermined. It must be to keep the balance of a world in which 600 billion people live, all of us interdependent for food and life’s necessities. Every day, hundreds of thousands of people are born or die. We come and we go.

Choices and opportunities present themselves moment-by-moment. Some choices hover around whether we choose or not; then they move on. You can’t get through life without picking and choosing. Choice is always present. When choices are made from an inner authority, they will be the best ones to further our self-expression and success in life at fulfilling our purpose. Such choices put us into a state of well-being, balance and general happiness.

Choices are like switches that change our direction in space. Not every opportunity is correct; some choices can really take us off course and into a swamp we then have to fight our way out of, to get back on course. The reward of struggle is strength. When you make your choices from your inner authority, you will make the best choice. When you make your choices from an outer authority, there is a big margin for error.

Even so, choice is a wondrous mechanism. Everyone has an ‘inner authority’ within the body that is linked to a kind of directional device. Call it intuition, instinct or divine guidance. Its presence is like the reviving of your engine or a viewpoint over time, for it will take you closer to health and fulfillment. With some of us, our first choice is the best choice. Others need to “sleep on” choice because they only get clarity over time. Often we have to wait for our inner authority in order to move. In this fast world we want fast results and condition people to be decisive—Make your decision now! If your inner authority is fast and based in the now, that quick decision may work for you. For those whose inner authority is slower, however, waiting is more appropriate. Either way, once you begin to look within for the answers, the choices you make will be the best.

Outer authority can never know what is best for you. So stop believing that others know the answer. Outer authority is not living your life. It doesn’t know your destiny. Only you know you! And you know from an inner place—from your own authority—what is best for you. So, trust yourself and own your authority.