161 - The Backwards Law

Secular Buddhism

Noah Rasheta

Spirituality, Buddhism, Mindfulness, Society & Culture, Meditation, Secular, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The backwards law proposes that the more we chase after something, the more difficult it becomes to catch it and the more disappointed we feel. In other words, the harder we try, the less likely we are to succeed.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of the Secular Buddhism Podcast.
0:05.0	This is episode number 161.
0:08.4	I am your host, Noah Rochetta, and today I'm going to talk about the backwards law.
0:15.4	As always, keep in mind you don't need to use what you learned from Buddhism to be a Buddhist.
0:20.0	You can use what you learned to simply be a better whatever you already are.
0:24.5	If you are interested in learning more about Buddhism, you can check out my book, No Nonsense
0:28.8	Buddhism for Beginners, Available on Amazon, or listen to the first five episodes of the
0:34.3	podcast.
0:35.3	You can find those five episodes easily by visiting SecularBudism.com and clicking on
0:41.4	the Start Here link.
0:44.5	If you're looking for a community to practice with and to interact with, consider becoming
0:49.6	a patron and supporting the podcast by visiting SecularBudism.com and clicking the link
0:55.6	to join our community.
1:00.6	So for today's podcast episode, I want to start out doing a little thought experiment.
1:06.7	I would like for you to try really hard right now to avoid picturing a pink elephant
1:12.7	in your mind.
1:14.6	So if you're ready, please do not under any circumstances visualize or think of a pink
1:20.8	elephant in your mind.
1:23.5	Are you able to succeed?
1:26.4	Odds are the moment I said to not think of it.
1:30.4	You did think of it because you had to think of it to not think of it, right?
1:34.5	And this is what is sometimes referred to as the pink elephant similarly.
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