The Tools

bypasses your opinion about what should be and gives you an active way to accept what is. T

general, human beings want to succeed in the outer world—build a successful business, say, or find a life partner. In contrast, the universe doesn’t care about our external success; its goal is to develop our inner strength. We care about what we achieve on the outside; the universe is interested in who we are on the inside.

. A true adult accepts that there’s a fundamental difference between the goals we have for ourselves and the goals the universe has for us

moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too … raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.”

each time you catch yourself thinking about the dreaded task, stop thinking and use the tool.

. Let’s say you have to call someone who intimidates you, or you really need to get down to work, but you feel restless and distracted. At these moments, focus on the exact pain you’d feel if you began the action. Use the tool on that pain (multiple times if necessary) until you can feel the energy of the final step carrying you forward. Don’t stop to think—let it lead you right into taking the action you were avoiding.

ize a cue.

For the Reversal of Desire, the first cue is obvious—right before you’re about to do something you want to avoid.

you move toward it, pain shrinks. When you move away from it, pain grows.

He replied that he’d discovered a tool that trained you to desire pain.

You do that by taking on the same form the force takes—making yourself into a miniversion of it.