Vishen LakhianiFounder of Mindvalley | NYT Bestselling Author | Transforming Lives Globally

Why 300 million people are stuck in depression

24 Apr 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief YouTube dialogue, Speaker A highlights the staggering figure of over 300 million people worldwide suffering from depression and asks whether this reflects a misaligned soul and if manifestation can create a life free of pain. Speaker B responds by describing manifestation as a conscious claim of one’s true desires, granting permission to ask for them, and then working beneath the surface to remove internal blocks and limitations. This process, according to Speaker B, gradually restores joy, love, bliss, peace, and abundance. While acknowledging that transformation is a journey rather than an instant fix, Speaker B emphasizes that the pathway is possible, offering hope to listeners. The exchange ends with Speaker A affirming the hopeful message.

There's over 300 million people in the world that are suffering from depression. Do you feel that it's because their soul is out of alignment? And can you use manifestation and create a new life, one that is not of pain and sadness?
So when you are manifesting, when you are claiming what it is that you really desire in your life, and you're giving yourself permission to ask for that, and then going underneath the surface and removing these blocks and these limitations, you naturally come back to joy and love and bliss and peace and abundance. And it might be a journey and a pathway to get there. No one is going to tell you that maybe it's going to happen just overnight or by watching this video, right? It's a pathway, but it's absolutely possible.
Yeah, I love that. It gives a lot of people hope.