Pleasing the Universe (to get what you want).

There’s no You and the Universe.

You don’t have to behave.

You don’t have to listen to the Universe.

Or tell it what to do.

You don’t have to find its magic formula and work it endlessly, in order to open the secret doors to happiness and success.

The Universe is not watching you, trying to see if you’re doing the right thing, keeping the score, or punishing you for a lack of ambition.

It’s not nudging you, and not even guiding you.

Sorry.

It’s so simple.

A Universe that is looking at you?

For that to be possible, you’d have to be OUTSIDE of the Universe, right?

How would that even work?

The Universe would have to be an entity that is monitoring you (another entity) from a distance, constantly keeping track, judging you, helping you out, leaving hints and tracks, and seeing if you get what it’s trying to tell you.

Where would that leave you?

In a sub-Universe, an in-between Universe, maybe some sort of vacuum?

Uh.

Nope.