Donald Hoffman

I can understand that.

Absolutely.

And when I'm in emotional pain, it feels like the emotional pain is the reality, the final reality.

And if I feel like I've messed up, failed at something, then I feel like I am a failure.

So I understand completely.

I've been there.

We all go through there.

What I'm saying is you can step back and look at that feeling.

It's just like looking at the kid in the sandbox whose toy has been stolen.

It's that same kind of thing.

Once you realize that, you realize, and this is a principle actually that spiritual traditions talk about.

Jesus said, whatever you ask, whatever you want,

Just recognize that you've already got it and it will be yours.

It's basically saying, if you want abundance, what you have to do is step back and realize who you were all the time.

Don't grasp for stuff that you think you need to become somebody.

Step back and realize that you already are everything.

And then it's not so important.

I mean, then if it comes, great.

Of course, if you're hungry right now, that's a different story.

You need to eat right now.