{"id":103,"date":"2010-11-10T06:54:29","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T06:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lettinggo\/2010\/11\/the-secret-for-effortless-living.html"},"modified":"2010-11-10T06:54:29","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T06:54:29","slug":"the-secret-for-effortless-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2010\/11\/the-secret-for-effortless-living.html","title":{"rendered":"The Secret for Effortless Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone wonders whether or not there is one Great Secret for truly successful living. There is. And it is not a secret. It has been quietly, steadily telling itself right in front of us all along. We just couldn&#8217;t hear it over the clatter and chatter of our own secret demands. Listen quietly for a moment. Everything can change right now. Learning to hear this Supreme Secret is no more difficult than choosing whether to swim against a current or to let it carry you safely to the shore. Let it speak its wisdom to that secret part of you that cannot only hear what it is saying but that is, in reality, its very voice. Listen to it now. It is saying, &#8220;<i>Want What Life Wants<\/i>.&#8221; Think about it. Locked within these four simple words is the secret of an uncompromising power for effortless living; a new kind of power that never fails to place you on the winning side of any situation. Why? &nbsp;Because when you want what <i>Life <\/i>wants, your wish is for <i>Life<\/i> itself. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>Here&#8217;s a simple guideline to follow when it comes to distinguishing between what Life wants and what you want: If any want is the source of anxiety or sorrow, that want is <i>yours<\/i> and not <i>Life&#8217;s<\/i>. If the want has pain, it is in vain. To let Real Life flood in, pull yourself out of the flood of self-wants that promise a future pleasure but only deliver a <i>present<\/i> pain. See that you are being washed away by them and you will grow tired of being bounced along.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here is a key. Never accept the presence of any mental or emotional suffering as necessary no matter how much importance these impostors lend to a particularly pressing want. By refusing their dark presence, you make space for the real Present. This is where the Life you want and that wants you is waiting.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Let Life bring you itself. Welcome it. At each instant, it is new, full &#8212; untouched and undiminished by any moment before it. To enter into this full relationship with Life is to give yourself to your Self. Fulfilling the true purpose of Life is fulfilling yourself. They are one and the same. <i>Want What Life Wants<\/i>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone wonders whether or not there is one Great Secret for truly successful living. There is. And it is not a secret. It has been quietly, steadily telling itself right in front of us all along. We just couldn&#8217;t hear it over the clatter and chatter of our own secret demands. 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