Evidence Supporting “Lofty” Question with the Assumption of An Outcome
This article is about the method and practice of “Lofty Questions”.
I first learned about this method through Vishen Lakhiani, through an article in which he popularized this method as a way to hack your brain and crush your goals. Yup, none other than Vishen Lakhiani at his best.
There are three main benefits to using this method:
- You are engaging the subconscious with a LOFTY question, to direct all your energy towards the outcome implicated in the question.
- Your brain is using confirmation bias to find information that supports the question, leading you to notice and focus on supporting aspects that already align with the question.
- As a result of the two things above, the brain starts generating creative solutions and acts to align your behavior to the outcome of the question.
I recently started using this method to target a specific outcome I’m focusing on. I created 35 questions simply around the one outcome I’m interested in accomplishing. All the questions are variations of looking at the outcome from a slightly different angle (you can use ChatGPT or Claude to help you, and I’ve jumpstarted the process below at the end of the article, for you), and they all imply the same outcome. I provided a link above to the types of questions you might try using, too.
This method is incredible. I have noticed how just by practicing the method of asking myself these questions every day, three times a day:
- my mind has suddenly opened up to new possibilities,
- I have a more integrated attitude towards my outcome,
- and my perspective on the outcome is more expectant.
Lofty Questions Target Your Subconscious
I have spent a lot of time researching the subconscious, and I very well know by now that it’s the part of who we really are that governs the majority of HOW we are. So we’d better learn to work with our subconscious if we want to achieve direct, effective, and efficient results.
This is one of those mechanisms.
The Law of Assumption
The reason this mechanism is so powerful is that it works directly with the universal Law of Assumption. This is something that Neville Goddard wrote about:
“Assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled and observe the route that your attention follows.” — Neville Goddard in The Power of Awareness
With the Law of Assumption, whatever you assume to be true becomes your reality. Whatever you deem to be “certain”, or true, that is what you bring into your reality, that is what “beliefs” in the brain are – what you consider to be TRUE for YOU.
If you assume your outcome is already fulfilled, completed, true, and you are expecting that reality to be true, then it is so — it’s the Law, it is fulfilled and unfolding, you just have to access it, collect the evidence of it.
Lofty questions work in sync with the Law of Assumption to guide your brain in the expectation of the outcome, and to look for evidence of it.
I almost didn’t believe it at first, until I started trying this out. Although I do have to say that I have a lot of research and background in this knowledge under my belt to know for sure how the quantum holographic reality works, to know that this mechanism definitely will play out… and it has.
So, if at first, you have hesitation, doubt, or maybe don’t quite believe in it 100%, I would recommend just committing to it 100% for 30 days, as if you are assuming it is REAL! And then examine the outcomes in your life.
My motto is always, “Make it a mini-experiment!”
👇 To help you get started, I decided to prompt Claude, to give me a list of Lofty Questions that Vishen Lakhiani can be found online to be stating, whether in articles, videos or interviews.
I asked Claude the following:
HI Claude, I would like your help with a query. Vishen Lakhiani, the founder of Mindvalley, has been known for popularizing a method of using Lofty Questions to train the subconscious to manifest a particular outcome you’re interested in. Can you do a query of his online presence, through articles, videos, interviews, and make a list for me, of ALL the Lofty Questions he’s ever been known to state or describe, or recommend, or speak about from his personal life? I want a comprehensive list of what you can gather on Lofty Questions that Vishen Lakhiani can be found online to speak about.
Here is the return Claude provided me with:
Vishen Lakhiani’s Lofty Questions — Comprehensive Compiled List
Sources: Mindvalley blog articles (including his own 2026 essay), The Buddha and the Badass, The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, the Undress My Soul podcast interview, YouTube talks, and Mindvalley Live events.
🏋️ Health & Body
These are among Vishen’s most documented personal examples — the body question is the one he describes as the seed of his entire 40th-birthday transformation:
- “Why do I have the fit, muscular body of an athlete?” (his origin question, first asked on his 40th birthday — January 14, 2016)
- “Why do I have a fit, muscular body like an athlete?” (variation of the above, cited in Mindvalley Live talks)
- “Why do I have an amazing body?” (spoken live in the Undress My Soul interview)
- “Why do I only eat foods that are best for my body?” (from The Buddha and the Badass)
- “Why do I have such a sexy, toned and curvy body?” (from The Buddha and the Badass)
- “Why am I in a perfect state of health?” (from The Buddha and the Badass)
- “Why is my body healing itself and getting better and better every year?” (from The Buddha and the Badass)
- “What is my body healing/rejuvenating itself as I sleep?” (cited in Mindvalley Live Dubai talk)
- “Why is my body getting younger every year?” (cited in Mindvalley Live Dubai talk)
💛 Love, Relationships & Connection
- “Why am I always surrounded by love?” (stated as one of his personal favorites in the Undress My Soul podcast; he says “the questions don’t have to be big goals — this one is really simple”)
- “Why do I have such an amazing relationship with my partner?” (from The Buddha and the Badass)
- “Why do I have such an amazing relationship with my friends?” (from The Buddha and the Badass)
- “Why do I have such an amazing relationship with my family members?” (from The Buddha and the Badass)
- “Why am I so magnetic to loving, supportive people?” (used in his April 2026 Mindvalley blog article as the direct reframe of “Why can’t I find love?”)
- “Why are so many people attracted to me?” (spoken live, Undress My Soul interview)
🌱 Personal Growth & Learning
- “Why am I always growing and learning?” (stated as one of his personal lofty questions in the Undress My Soul interview)
- “Why am I so clear on my mission?” (spoken live, Undress My Soul interview)
- “Why am I so clear on my goals and visions?” (from The Buddha and the Badass)
- “Why are my days always so filled with inspiration?” (from The Buddha and the Badass)
- “Why do I have such powerful intuition?” (from The Buddha and the Badass; also cited in his EO Malaysia speech as a key personal example)
- “Why is my day-to-day work so inspiring for me?” (from The Buddha and the Badass)
✍️ Work, Writing & Flow
- “Why do I love writing so much?” (spoken live, Undress My Soul interview)
- “Why does my writing flow so effortlessly?” (spoken live, Undress My Soul interview)
- “Why is my work so effortless and easy?” (spoken live, Undress My Soul interview)
- “Why do I have such an amazing time with my teammates?” (spoken live, Undress My Soul interview)
- “Why do I have such an amazing team of people working with me?” (from The Buddha and the Badass)
- “Why is life so easy for me?” (spoken live, Undress My Soul interview)
💰 Abundance & Money
- “Why am I so rich and successful?” (from The Buddha and the Badass)
- “Why do I have an avalanche of abundance flowing down on me for all my goals, visions and inspirations?” (from The Buddha and the Badass; also repeated in the 2026 blog article)
- “Why do I have more money than I need?” (used in his April 2026 Mindvalley blog article as the direct reframe of “Why am I always broke?”)
- “Why does abundance flow to me so naturally?” (cited in Mindvalley TikTok content)
- “Why am I so good at making, keeping, and multiplying money?” (cited in Mindvalley TikTok content)
🔋 Energy & Confidence
- “Why do I have all the energy and focus I need to succeed in all I desire?” (from the official Mindvalley blog article on lofty questions)
- “Why do I radiate confidence in any and all situations, and inspire people through the means of my presence?” (from the official Mindvalley blog article on lofty questions)
📝 A Note on Attribution
A few of the questions above — particularly the full list in The Buddha and the Badass — appear in a section that blends Vishen’s personal practice with Christie Marie Sheldon’s teaching framework (she originated the technique and he learned it from her). Vishen is transparent about this: he credits Sheldon as the source and himself as the student who built it into a wider practice and integrated it into the Six Phase Meditation. The questions he names most explicitly as his own personal lofty questions, from live interviews and his personal writing, are most clearly:
- “Why am I always surrounded by love?”
- “Why am I always growing and learning?”
- “Why do I have the fit, muscular body of an athlete?” (his origin question)
- “Why is my work so effortless and easy?”
- “Why does my writing flow so effortlessly?”
- “Why do I have such powerful intuition?”
- “Why do I have an avalanche of abundance…”
These represent the most well-documented, directly attributed examples across his books, talks, and interviews.
Hope you’ll make use of these Lofty questions in a personalized way for YOU.
— Elena
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