Why Gratitude Can't Coexist With "I Want" | Path to Paradise Thanksgiving Special
What if the constant cycle of wanting—more success, more recognition, more happiness—is the very thing preventing you from experiencing true gratitude? In this Thanksgiving special episode, Dr. Alex Loyd reveals why even the most successful people wake up thinking "I want" instead of feeling grateful, and how this affects everything from your immune system to your relationships.
What You'll Discover: ✓ Why "I shall not want" from Psalm 23 is the key to genuine thanksgiving ✓ The neuroscience behind why your prefrontal cortex lies to you about happiness ✓ How Jesus demonstrated the ultimate surrender in the Garden of Gethsemane ✓ Why unforgiveness is really just an "I want" that didn't work out ✓ The shocking hospital story: Cancer patients who forgave everyone lived ✓ Why Dr. Loyd addresses forgiveness before any other healing work ✓ How "I want" shuts down your immune system and creates the failure response
Key Topics Covered:
The relationship between gratitude and surrender—why they can't be separated
Michael Jordan syndrome: Why achievement doesn't equal fulfillment
Your experience simulator: How the prefrontal cortex deceives you 50% of the time
The Garden of Gethsemane: Jesus sweating drops of blood and choosing "not my will, but yours"
Multitasking myth: Why your brain can't hold gratitude and wanting simultaneously
Love-based vs. selfishness-based living: The ultimate health determinant
The temptation trap: When imagining details + feeling emotions = being hooked
Jesus's instruction: Stop worshiping and make things right first
Mike Broadwell's story: Hospital worker tells cancer patients to forgive their entire contact list
Powerful Quotes from This Episode:
"Thankfulness and gratitude is really the opposite of I want. You really can't be thankful and grateful if at the same time you're thinking, 'I want, I want, I want.'" — Dr. Alex Loyd
"If you're not in a life-threatening situation, being focused on 'I want' is selfishness-based, not love-based. And if what you're doing is selfishness-based, you are hurting yourself and everyone else that you know because that's working against love." — Dr. Alex Loyd
"Unforgiveness comes from having an 'I want' that didn't work out the way you wanted it to. Either you didn't get it or you did get it but it didn't do it for you." — Dr. Alex Loyd
"I believe if you do those very few simple things, I promise you it will dramatically change your life in a way that the codes don't do, that trilogy doesn't, that pills don't do, exercise doesn't do." — Dr. Alex Loyd
"She will tell them you need to get your Rolodex out, call every single person on it and forgive them. Only like two people have ever done that. And those two actually lived and survived the cancer." — Mike Broadwell
Core Message: The practice of laying down "I want" and embracing gratitude for what you already have is the most powerful healing action you can take—more powerful than any supplement, exercise routine, or healing modality. Unforgiveness, which stems from unfulfilled wants, may be the single biggest obstacle to your health and happiness. This Thanksgiving, the challenge is simple: get out your contact list (including blocked contacts) and forgive everyone, ask for forgiveness where needed, and shift from "I want" to "not my will, but yours be done."
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10 Advanced Teachings (immediate access)
The Tree of Life Intervention (never released before)
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