think and grow rich made me think and grow poor in 2018 i was listening to a podcast by michael pilarczyk he talked about think and grow rich thoughts are things you can choose your thoughts you become what you think add burning desire and emotion and you bend reality my mind went wild this felt revolutionary finally a framework to control life fast forward a few years i was fully committed goals morning rituals affirmations visualization discipline feeding my mind the right information and yes in many ways my life improved better health more money more focus more spirituality but not less suffering actually the opposite my mind was constantly ahead of life thinking about what was next what was missing what needed fixing it was never enough and i was never enough that is when i understood something uncomfortable the buddha was right the mind and desire are powerful sources of suffering thinking pulls you out of life into the past or the future never into now life only happens now you cannot think your way into the present moment that is why buddhists speak about no mind not because the mind is bad but because it is the wrong tool for peace what changed everything for me was not thinking better it was feeling feeling the breath now feeling the belly now feeling my feet on the ground now attention can only be in one place when it is with sensation it cannot be lost in thought you will get distracted and you return that return is the real practice a bicep curl for awareness feeling made me truly grow rich it helped me feel ok without fixing notice what is here and make cleaner decisions from the body the mind lies the body does not this is next level truth feel and grow rich have you been feeling more in the classroom of this community lately? how has that been for you?