Since the moment you were born, you have been conditioned to believe particular falsehoods about yourself and this world. The societal conditioning passed down through the ages was intentionally designed to keep you feeling separate and small by keeping you in your head and thus unaware. It has taught you to seek outside yourself for your answers; to do what you are told and to follow the rules; to act appropriately and to believe what others say is right and wrong, good and bad.
Societal influence has intentionally enticed you with things in an attempt to keep you busy focusing all your attention outward on things that don't matter because as long as you continue to believe that your happiness is dependent on something out there, you will live life backwards and never uncover this truth: you are powerful beyond measure and all the answers reside within you.