A radical question

“If you really want to see why you do things, then don’t do them and see what happens.” – Michael A. Singer

Here’s a radical question to kick off your week:

What if you already have everything you want?

Blasphemy, you say?

I don’t see any millions in my bank account or Adria Arjonas in my bed.

Taylor must be on one again.

Fair enough, and perhaps I am.

(I’ve been on one so long I often forget I’m not off)

But before we kick this question out the door, let’s think a little deeper about it.

What if you (key word: you) already have everything you want?

Well, “you” could mean a few different things.

Are we talking about you yesterday, who felt like eggs and pancakes, or you today, who felt like french toast?

Are we talking about the you who wants to lift after work, or the you who’d rather rot on the couch?

Are we talking about the you who is determined to burn the ships and launch your business, risks be damned, or the you searching for a stable job because you don’t think you can do it?

Point is:

“You” isn’t what you think it is.

“You” is what you think, what you feel, what you desire, what you resist, what you aspire to, what scares you:

Consciously and unconsciously.

If it’s true that we only have access to ~10% of our brain (a belief worth revisiting later)…

…Then “you” doesn’t just include the 10% you have access to:

Your conscious desires; money, success, the perfect hamburger, whatever.

It includes all of you:

The entire entangled web of thoughts and feelings hiding in the dark, forgotten corners of your mind, pulling the strings that animate your life.

Said another way:

What we think we want is rarely what we really want.

Our conscious mind thinks we want six pack abs, but our unconscious mind wants the burger more.

Our conscious mind wants to be a millionaire, but our unconscious mind would rather sleep in and cut work early for happy hour.

Our conscious mind thinks we want Adria Arjona, but our unconscious mind is scared sh*tless she’d tear us to pieces.

(our unconscious mind sounds wise…)

So:

What if you already have everything you want?

What if your life is exactly as you — all of you, from your conscious mind to your karma — want it to be?

I offer no answer to that question.

I only suggest you think about it, and think about it deeply.

Your answer holds the key to changing what you really want, which is the first step to actually getting it.

T

P.S. This just dropped…

“The difference between good and exceptional isn’t hours worked – it’s the depth of thought applied to the right problems.” – Shane Parrish