Texas Law of Allowance

After being falsely accused of intolerance, I began to read as much as I could find about the law of allowance. (And intolerance is the subtle implication when people tell you that you need to practice the law of allowance.)

But there isn't much to read. Every article so far has talked about the law of attraction instead, which essentially says that what you focus on is what you get. If you are in resistance, you will get more of what you don’t want, because that is where your attention is going. And if you are in acceptance, you will a lot get more of what you do want, because that is what you are focused on… unless someone is standing on your toe, of course.

And how do you get your mind off that without making them move their foot?

The brevity of most articles about the law of allowance that discuss the law of attraction instead tells me there is very little in the way of a deep understanding with regard to the law of allowance. Therefore I am taking it upon myself to expound on the topic by sharing what I know.

There are two laws of allowance at work in the world. One is the universal law of allowance, and the other is the Texas law of allowance. The universal law of allowance has to do with resistance and permission. If someone is doing something that annoys you, but they enjoy doing it, you cannot expect them to stop simply because you ask them to. Because it isn’t going to happen unless you are in a position to deal out consequences that will diminish their pleasure so much it isn’t worth it for them to continue. If you choose that course of action, he/she will either recruit a gang of allies to fight back, or simply quit and hate you for doing doing something that annoys them even more. Ultimately, you win, but you lose.

The universal law of allowance is about saying yes to whatever anyone does, regardless of how obnoxious and offensive, because you do not wish to make that person hate you any more than you already hate him/her. It is much easier to practice the universal law of allowance if you are completely identified with the divine source of all existence, and you can always remember that everything is just an illusion anyway.

If you are not that highly evolved yet, the universal law of allowance dictates that you slap a great big smile on your face and pretend you are quite happy just the way things are, despite any miserable conditions that are making you wish you were dead. So for those who have not yet achieved a state of emptiness and become bestowed with perpetual bliss from on high, the best thing they can do is to get as far away from the situation as quickly as possible and pretend it never happened, and/or take prescription drugs to deaden the pain.

The universal law of allowance forbids anyone from trying to change anything anyone else is doing. Period. Resistance is the opposite of allowing. It is focusing on what you don’t want, and you will either get more of it, or a power struggle with ensue. Should you decide to take the drugs, grin, and bear it, the people who are making you miserable will inevitably greatly appreciate your kindness and generosity. You can always count on people to call you a friend and telling others what a great person you are, as long as you behave yourself and allow them to do whatever they want regardless of how negatively it may be affecting you.

If being highly regarded and counted as a friend by rude insensitive people is important to you, you can usually count on them to hang around and impose other similar kinds of misery that is just as offensive. And their friends might even call you up to see if you will kindly allow them to be rude and offensive without objection too. Doormats are very valuable resources to those who prefer remaining oblivious of the effects their actions. It is even possible to gain a reputation for being very “godlike” if you can develop a high enough tolerance for abuse, and survive it.

Nothing troubles an enlightened being. Troublemakers love that. And they will use it to shame you into submission, unless you get away from them and associate with people who believe it is not possible to get your own needs met at the expense of another. If you are a person who believes that all people's needs are equally important, then I recommend seeking new associates who feel the same way, and care about the wellbeing of others. The law of allowance is easier to practice with them because they will at least listen to your needs and give them some consideration. But people like that can be very hard to find. So it is also extremely helpful to develop a fondness for solitude.

The Texas law of allowance is based on a tried and true principle that if you give people enough rope, they will hang themselves. This approach involves the age old wisdom that those who have gotten over once, will always come back to score again. And as long as people believe they can get away with it, they will be happy to keep adding insult after insult to injury. If you will just keep letting them get away with it for long enough, eventually the weight of their own audacity will become so enormous, the stench of their spoiling minds will begin to suffocate everyone who is involved with them, and the public will cry out for them to be hanged and buried next to a septic tank.

All you have to do is provide a rope and the community will do the hanging for you.

The universal law of allowance can be a very valuable tool for those who fantasize about becoming more submissive, as it provides the opportunity to practice being emotionally dominated if you are not interested in developing a fondness for solitude and becoming a hermit. The Texas law of allowance is the preferred method of dealing with accusations of intolerance by Jeff Foxworthy fans, who agree that some people need killing. Tweet