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You're Trying Too Hard

by The Mental Level

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Rediscover your natural gentleness, subtle awareness of small things, and the space around them to reclaim your natural quiet power. By letting go of trying so hard, ease and effortlessness naturally become a factor again.

Transcript

You're trying too hard.

And you have been your whole life.

And intuitively you know that's true.

And I'm going to prove it to you.

Put your fingers together like this.

Really gentle and just rub them like so And imagine like you're playing a tiny violin.

And notice how it's weirdly relaxing,

Is that because you're playing the.

.

.

World's smallest ASMR invisible violin?

No.

Because you're focusing on something that's very small and subtle and so the rest of your consciousness can be what it is which is pure space Your consciousness is literally pure space.

But normally you're focused on all the things that are happening in the space and there's always a lot going on.

And you're trying to bring intensity to meet all the stuff that's going on.

And it's dominating your consciousness,

And so you can never relax and be the space that you are.

But when you focus on something subtle,

Like for example,

Pick one sound in the room right now,

Just one sound.

Focus on it.

Again,

It allows the rest of your consciousness to be pure space.

And again,

Your nervous system can start to relax.

Because you're not trying to hold everything at once,

And you're being gentle.

There is power.

And being gentle.

There is power in doing less.

Stop trying so hard.

Be intentionally gentle.

Intentionally focus on small things as you go about your day.

And your awareness will be pure space,

Will be relaxation,

Will ease deeper into that baseline.

It's easy to be intense from a gentle place.

It's harder.

To be gentle from an intense place.

Drop all the way down like a feather.

Into that gentle place.

Don't buy into the brainwashing that tells you you have to be.

Hmm.

Like the Kool-Aid man breaking through the wall every five seconds.

Give yourself a chance to feel your power.

Your gentle power.

The power that doesn't seem to count for anything on the surface in this society,

But.

.

.

You'll fuel it.

Just like you can feel it now as you tune in to the little things that are happening.

That potency That gentleness.

Be intentionally gentle.

And watch the magic start to happen today.

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Recent Reviews

V.

June 1, 2026

Wow. Profound and so basic. Greatly appreciate your kind and pragmatic approach. This practice is what I have been searching g for. Thank you.

Margaret

May 27, 2026

I am full of gratitude for your work-it was perfectly timed and I feel my blood pressure is so calm and quiet-thank you-thank you-thank you Margaret

Jen

May 12, 2026

Wonderful reminder and offering! Thank you.

Simon

May 12, 2026

Eye opening

Anne

May 12, 2026

Intentionally gentle is great! Thank you 😊

Nicole

May 12, 2026

This talk is so full of gems that I had to pause it a number of times to listen more carefully. Here’s one: It’s harder to be gentle from an intense place. This call to gentleness is so crucial as it can be a pathway to self-compassion, something I, and almost everyone I know, can use more of. I plan to listen to this again as I found it inspirational and practical. Thank you!

Martha

May 12, 2026

Thank you for this simple and yet very huge helpful experience! I am grateful!

Florence

May 12, 2026

Perfectly timed for end of school year with a HS Senior chaos. Thank you. This left me with both peace and a smile- the kool-aid man- I saw it 😝🙏

Cassandra

May 12, 2026

Love this! It really resonated with me. Thank you.

Carlie

May 12, 2026

Needed to hear this…we all do. Thank you for your succinct clarity about all we need to be and do. Such simplicity! We are taught to yearn, strive, work, try harder…why are we not taught peace, calm, letting go… Thank you

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