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It’s a strange thing. You walk around all day, every day, with an internal dialogue running in your head – a more or less uninterrupted conversation with yourself about what you want – yet as soon as someone – maybe an angel, maybe a barefoot doctor – asks you what you want, you go, ‘hmmm…’ and get all confused as a thousand images whirl kaleidoscopically around your forebrain. So, to make it simple, allow me to humbly present the basic common denominators at the root of all human desire, not necessarily, but probably, in order of importance:

clean air

pure water

uncontaminated food

shelter

clothing (including for the sake of convenience, shoes, accessories and all hair, skin and bath products, perfumes, tweezers, nail clippers, razors and all the gubbins you need to make you feel presentable)

physical warmth

physical comfort

strength

stamina

energy

health

longevity

physical beauty

confidence

freedom of movement (including viable transportation methods)

sex

empathetic company (human warmth)

freedom of ideas

freedom of choice

freedom of expression

love

respect

gainful, fulfilling employment

social status

a good reputation

popularity (maybe involving fame)

safety

entertainment

a feeling of belonging (wherever you are)

peace of mind (including being at peace with the idea of dying one day as well as having a workable, reliable philosophy or existential model that may or may not have spiritual underpinnings)

purity of heart (hence authenticity and intensity of experience)

lots and lots of fun, laughter and smiles

and, of course, loads and loads of money

And all of these go along with the underlying drive to continually improve the quality of each one once you have it, and usually to increase the quantity as well – more, more, more, in other words.

What do you reckon, have I left anything off the list? You’ll probably shout, ‘happiness!’, but that’s a stupid thing to try and manifest as happiness comes and goes of its own accord and trying to become attached to it when it comes only leads to disappointment when it goes. Hence why peace of mind is on the list instead, because that you can rely on, whether happy or not, which tends to make you generally rather happy anyway.act">Throw it around any way you like, I think that pretty much covers it, though, one way or another. So shall we take that as the template for our manifesto of manifestation? The rest is all down to you embellishing it, colouring it and tailoring it to your own specifications. So what prevents you having everything you want in sufficient abundance and profusion to cause you to want to be reading this book (still)?

Absolutely nothing. However …

happiness is a stupid thing to try and manifest as it comes and goes of its own accord, and trying to become attached to it when it comes only leads to disappointment when it goes.