When we expect something positive and have a desire for something good, that very experience of want, or to covet, is in a way, a negative experience for us.

Referred to as the ‘Backwards Law’ by the modern philosopher Alan Watts, pursuing something only reinforces the fact that yo...

• The desire for more positive experience is a negative experience and the acceptance of negative experience is itself a positive experience. 
• The more you pursue feeling better all the time, the less satisfied you become, as pursuing something only reinforces the fact that you lack it...

“Wanting positive experience is a negative experience; accepting negative experience is a positive experience.“ – Mark Manson

It’s the idea that the more you pursue feeling better all the time, the less satisfied you become, as pursuing something only reinforces the fact th...