From SGIUSA, I'm Cassidy Bradford, and this is bootability.

The weekly series where I talk with Buddhists from all walks of life about the power we each have to change our lives and the world around us.

This week, we asked you to share an impossible dream you have for 2024.

This has been, I think, by far the most responded to question.

It was really exciting to see how many of you have huge dreams in every area of your life. Many of you want to find partners,

break through financial struggles, improve your physical and mental health, make big changes

in your careers, repair strained family ties, and find a dream home. One person responded

that they wanted to become secure in their romantic relationships,

leave behind fear, and become eternally optimistic. Another person responded, to believe in my own

potential and cast off all the doubt that brings me down. Although we hit February, let's not let

the fresh excitement of a new year disappear.

The real test starts now.

So many goals and dreams feel impossible until we make them happen.

In Buddhism, you might think that we're just supposed to focus on becoming enlightened.

But actually, we chant for any and all things that we want to see happen in our lives.

As we chant about our goals,

we also manifest the enlightenment that already exists inside our lives. Each goal serves as a way

for us to bring out our best qualities and help us make any impossible dreams possible.

You might be thinking, yeah, I guess I can see how I might feel more relaxed or calm, but how does chanting change

any material things or help me reach my goals?

Namya-ho-ringa-ki-o is the law of the universe, and by chanting it, you reveal it in your

own life, putting yourself in rhythm with the universe. The word law is used like the law

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