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Have You Been Trying to Change the Mirror?

So imagine this scene:

You’re standing in front of the mirror. You take a look at your reflection, and you really don’t like the expression on your face.

So you stand there, waiting for the reflection to smile. You stand there for a minute, two minutes, five minutes… and that reflection just persistently holds on to that same expression. Though perhaps it’s looking more annoyed at this point…

Now you might think this is silly. You’ll say, “Of course I wouldn’t expect my reflection to change, unless I change myself. If I want it to smile, then I’d have to smile first.”

Yes, that’s indeed quite logical. But, you see, you’re quite likely not applying that same logic to everyday life.

Daily LOA Tip: What Does It Mean to Release?

I was asked yesterday what exactly “releasing” is. I’ve been discussing it more recently, but in case some have missed my blog posts where it is discussed, I thought I’d define it today. Releasing, in short, is the opposite of resisting. It is synonymous with letting go, allowing, accepting, or welcoming. Imagine you pick up […]

Daily LOA Tip: How Long Should You Release Each Day?

People often ask me how long each day they should be releasing. However, the question itself speaks to a basic misunderstanding of how all of this works. There is one vital thing you need to know about this whole process: if you aren’t releasing, you are suppressing. Imagine a river. You have two choices regarding […]

Daily LOA Tip: What If You Don’t Get the Goal?

One thing that I’ve realized is vitally important is to actually face your own fear of not having the goal. There are essentially two ways of dealing with such a fear. The first way is that you construct nice-sounding stories about why you’ll definitely get the goal and don’t need to fear. “The Universe supports […]

Daily LOA Tip: Choose to Be Happy Now

Sometimes we get into this comfortable stalemate with our own resistance. It is at a tolerable level, at least consciously, and so we more or less ignore it. What is actually going on is that it is pretty darn scary to look at. We become frightened of it, and so we do other things to […]

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