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When you stop trying to get it, you got it.

It may sound counterintuitive given the popularity of law of attraction.

But doesn't the affirming and manifesting work also reinforce the sense of lack in the first place?

Studies show that we are not accurate at predicting what would make us happy... because it is never really the thing but the feeling that we seek.

Therefore, the pursuit of happiness can make it hard to positively appreciate the present moment.

Consider health, career, love or revolution and how urgency or desperation tempts us to resort to interventions that push it away or us out of harmony with the original vision.

Most importantly, this law of reverse effort applies to spirituality and inner peace, as there is no process to still the mind.

There is only a process to disturb it.

(intro music “New Apartment” by Coldbrew, with “Twilight Reflections” by Ethereal Ephemera, episode artwork on website by Emily Dawn Duforest and podcast logo design by Jon Marro)