"In Gnosis, we look at ethics, morality, or guidelines for behavior as
having two fundamental aspects, or two divisions you could say, and
these are the First Law and the Second Law. A law of course is a
guideline, a rule - this is the way we usually think of a law,
something that somebody decided and opposes on us, but we are not
talking about that kind of law. When we talk about the First Law and
the Second Law, we are talking about law in the sense of Dharma. Dharma
means "truth, law, a fact," something which IS, so when we discuss the
Law, the Cosmic Law, we are not describing some rule that a bearded man
in heaven decided on and is demanding of those below him; this is not
what we mean by Law. What we mean is, as an example, gravity. In this
third dimensional world, gravity is a law, it is a truth, it is a fact.
So the First Law and the Second Law are exactly like that: they are
truths, facts of reality, facts of existence, but according to certain
levels." - The Freedom of Discipline
