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Letting Go Of The Need To Know

by Alice Langholt

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Most suffering comes from thinking about the past or the future. We try to figure out what will happen and mentally prepare for different possibilities, but this is a lot of unnecessary mental energy that actually robs us of enjoying the present moment. The fact is, we will all make decisions when they need to be made, and they won't lose anything if we stop trying to predict and make them in advance. This track will offer you an experiment to try which involves releasing the pressing need to know and deciding to make choices when they arise naturally.

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Transcript

An experiment.

Decide it's fine not to know.

That it is totally fine.

That when you need to know what to do it will happen.

You'll actually find that you continue making decisions as they come to you and you will do them well.

Try making yourself the observer of what happens as it happens.

Even the observer of yourself doing things like making decisions and moving through your life.

Just watch yourself doing that and you'll see that you are doing just fine.

But try this for yourself and see what happens.

As an observer you let go of needing to predict outcomes.

You open up to possibilities beyond your imagination.

By embracing I don't know you actually make space for surprise and curiosity and actually enjoying what's happening right now.

When you stop controlling everything you allow life's mystery to naturally unfold.

And that's fun!

Solutions will arise in their own timing.

Focusing too much on figuring everything out can even limit how things manifest.

Your intentions and expectations start influencing the outcome and maybe not in a way that you really really want.

But in the role of the observer you simply remain open.

You respond with presence in each new thing that happens.

And this allows things to just arise and resolve perfectly.

With practice being the observer and letting go of the need to know,

You'll find that peace is always here with you too.

And ease is right here with it.

And when you shift to the role of observer you rediscover ease and flow.

And you get to really fully experience that as a part of your day-to-day life.

I hope you give these things a try and let me know how they work for you.

And I'm so grateful that you're giving me the chance to share this with you.

Thank you.

Meet your Teacher

Alice LangholtDistrict of Columbia, DC, USA

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Recent Reviews

christine

January 5, 2026

OMG! Thank you! So simple and perfectly said so that I can remember. "I don't know." Letting go of control and allowing flow.

Jane

September 24, 2025

Your message was perfect timing. It helped confirm what my intuition is telling me. Thank you so much! ❤️

Maryann

May 21, 2025

This was EXACTLY what I needed to hear. This one is going into my regular rotation. As an IT analyst my role puts me into problem solving, yet I need to learn to wait for the question! Thank you!

Gabylinn

April 21, 2025

Thank you 🙏 I know this will be an emotionally difficult day and I was trying to be prepared... Your advice freed me from that burden.

Kristin

April 17, 2025

Incredibly powerful 3 minutes that I will be forever grateful for. Thank you.

Garry

February 20, 2025

Excellent it’s a reflection a meditation I’ll want to do often.

Sidney

December 24, 2024

I appreciate the content and the way you delivered this message. So simple yet profound in its impact should it be practiced. My first reaction was, yeah but my issue is so big that if I don’t worry about it, I’ll do nothing to solve my future issue, that I am sure is going to take me down. Even as I write this, I tremble a bit. It’s a bit like jumping without a parachute. All this to say, I am going to tell myself today, that it’s ok that I don’t know what is going to happen. And to remind mySelf that I AM the observer. Good job on content and deliverance.

Alexa

November 20, 2024

Really loved this uplifting message and voice. Thank you!

Al

June 7, 2024

Hearing this opened me to the possibility that not knowing can be more fun. Thank you 😊

Becka

December 29, 2023

Interesting— I will give it a try as I navigate the end of a 25 year relationship— I know of I let my brain get going, I get very overwhelmed… so I will observe 🙏🏽

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