Understanding Happiness With Robert Mack

And I discovered a lazier but smarter and much more transformative approach , which is kind of getting out of the way and just leaving room for sort of grace to enter the scene and for something unpredictable and unexpected to happen . So I find that , you know , keeping my mind quiet and just being perfectly present does most of the work for me . In fact , all of the work .

Understanding Happiness With Robert Mack

You don't need to think anything at all . You know , truly , at the end of the day is less even about thinking than it is letting go of thinking and just experiencing that peaceful aliveness . You already are .

Understanding Happiness With Robert Mack

The more you can sort of get clear about that and be intentional about that , you can actually turn on and turn off certain genetic codes and you can also rewire your brain and this is the entire sort of body of research around neuroplasticity . You could rewire your brain for a happier , more peaceful , more loving and even more successful experience of life . Your life doesn't have to be so painful .

Understanding Happiness With Robert Mack

Um Absolutely . But it does require , I think for me , I don't know about you but quiet my mind . That's always been the challenge because the ego wants to get in there , the mind wants to get in there and dictate , you know , the direction and how fast and the way it should look and feel that can be a little bit of a challenge .

Understanding Happiness With Robert Mack

Definitely . And you know , hence why we come back to meditation and mindfulness . And , you know , and I think our minds and our desire to um shape our reality serve us in many ways .