The Laws of Choice
The "Laws" of Choice describe what appear (so far) as "truths" about the nature of choice. There is plenty of room for debate as to the legitimacy of these laws, but generally they stand up when under scrutiny.

Test them for yourself. Mark has—both personally, and in workshop dialogs—so far, so good.

The "Laws" are intended as empowering information for your evaluation and use in a very personal way, and are not meant as some sort of absolute pronouncement of authority or judgment of reality.

You may reproduce the Laws of Choice for non-commercial purposes with proper attribution (Website and author, Mark Petruzz).

You may download PDF files for that purpose by clicking below:

-COMPACT LAWS OF CHOICE

-FULL LENGTH LAWS OF CHOICE




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1st Law

I am always free to choose my thoughts and feelings.


2nd Law

I cannot take the right to choose thoughts and feelings from another; no one can take the right to choose thoughts and feelings away from me.


3rd Law

I am constantly choosing my own thoughts and emotions — whether I am fully aware that I am or not. (Sometimes my thoughts/feelings spring from beliefs that I have chosen.)


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4th Law

I can only choose my own thoughts and emotions; I cannot choose the thoughts and emotions of another.


5th Law

No one else can force me to choose emotional or intellectual choices that I don’t want to; I can never force another to choose thoughts or feelings that that they don't want to.


6th Law

There is always a reason to choose. (Choosing not to choose is a choice with a reason.)

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7th Law

In every chance to chose, there is one choice that feels better than another. (This is our emotional guidance system at work).


8th Law

I always make what I think/feel is the best choice in the moment, from whatever level of awareness I am at, for whatever reason or reasons I use to support that choice.


9th Law

I can never completely duplicate the conditions of any single choice — ever (It is therefore pointless to compare one life to another, and one person’s choice to another person’s choice.)