The Art of Happiness

with: for instance, it does not accept the idea ofimprints being carried over from a past life. Andat the same time there is an assumption thateverything must be accounted for within thislifetime. So, when you can’t explain what iscausing certain behaviors or problems, thetendency is to always attribute it to theunconscious. It’s a bit like you’ve lost somethingand you decide that the object is in this room.And once you have decided this, then you’vealready fixed your parameters; you’ve precludedthe possibility of its being outside the room or inanother room. So you keep on searching andsearching, but you are not finding it, yet youcontinue to assume that it is still hiddensomewhere in the room!”