Second Edition · 2026

Break Free
from the Forces
that Shape You

Newton's law of gravitation maps the hidden forces pulling you away from your true self — and reveals exactly how to resist them.

Neither falling to Earth, nor drifting into the void. Your ideal state is an orbit.

By Shadi Obeidat  ·  Business Psychology Center, Amman

True Self You in orbit GRAVITY ANTIGRAVITY STABLE ORBIT FREE FALL DRIFT
Your Orbit State

Where Are You
Right Now?

Every person exists somewhere on this spectrum at any given moment. The goal is not perfection — it is awareness. You can only move toward orbit once you know where you are.

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Free Fall
Fully absorbed in mechanical, automatic patterns. The environment is running you. Habits are indistinguishable from identity.
0–25
Falling
Gravitational pull is dominant. Some moments of awareness — but they don't yet interrupt the patterns. You're drifting toward Earth.
26–50
Approaching
Awareness is growing. You can observe patterns before or during them. Antigravity practice has taken root. Orbit is within reach.
51–75
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In Orbit
Neither falling nor drifting. Authentic, conscious, balanced. You respond rather than react. This is the stable orbit of your true self.
76–100
The Physics of the Psyche

One Equation.
Two Worlds.

Newton's law of universal gravitation describes the cosmos. But map it inward — and it describes you with the same precision.

F = G × (M₁ × M₂) / d²
F The gravitational force — the pull of unconscious, mechanical behaviour G Universal constant — the quiet law governing all interaction M Mass — your psychological identifications, habits, and attachments d Distance — your proximity to environmental triggers

As psychological mass grows through accumulated habits — and as distance from environmental triggers shrinks — the force pulling you away from your true self intensifies. Antigravity is the equal and opposing force that produces stable orbit.

PhysicsPsychology
Mass (M)Identifications, attachments, habitual beliefs
Distance (d)Proximity to triggers — people, places, screens, substances
Force (F)The pull of unconscious, mechanical behaviour
AntigravityMindfulness, self-observation, conscious action, spiritual practice
Stable OrbitAuthentic selfhood — neither falling nor drifting
In Practice

Gravity vs Antigravity

Antigravity is never the extreme opposite — it is the conscious balance. The orbit between two poles. Here is what that looks like in everyday life.

🌍 Gravity
Over-expressing — talking more than listening, filling all space with your voice
🌙 Antigravity
Active listening — giving full attention, asking before speaking, receiving before reacting
🌍 Gravity
Too result-oriented — focused only on outcome, bypassing quality and process
🌙 Antigravity
Quality and process-oriented — trusting that the right process produces the right result
🌍 Gravity
Reactivity — anger, blaming, impulsive responses that arrive before a decision
🌙 Antigravity
The Pause — stopping before responding; choosing rather than reacting
🌍 Gravity
Over-theoretical — staying in concepts and ideas, avoiding real implementation
🌙 Antigravity
Practical — translating knowledge into concrete action and lived experience
🌍 Gravity
Too future-focused — living in plans and projections, missing the present moment
🌙 Antigravity
Present-anchored — using past reflection to inform now, without drifting forward
🌍 Gravity
Pride and ego protection — blocking feedback, defending identity over truth
🌙 Antigravity
Deliberate humility — receiving feedback as information, not as threat
Practical Antigravity

Three Strategies
for Change

These are not suggestions — they are tested technologies for interrupting the gravitational pull at different points in the habit loop. Each is used in the ORBIT app.

Strategy 01 · Journaling
The Force of
Mindful Reflection
Writing externalises the inner world, creating observational distance. It transforms emotional experience into something you can examine with clarity and act on.
1Choose a specific thought, emotion, or trigger from your day
2Transfer it from mind to paper — write without editing or judging
3Read what you wrote as an observer: What habit does this reveal?
4Identify one antigravity action you could take in response
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Strategy 02 · The Stop Exercise
Conscious
Interruption
A real-time technique used in the ORBIT app's Conscious Pause. The moment between trigger and response is where freedom lives.
SStop — physically pause. Sit still for 2–3 minutes
TObserve — name the trigger. Locate the emotion in the body
OBreathe — three slow breaths. Return to the present
PChoose — respond consciously rather than react mechanically
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Strategy 03 · RAIN Protocol
Mindfulness
of Emotion
A four-step emotion observation protocol drawn from mindfulness research. Separates you from the emotional pattern without suppressing it.
RRecognise — name the emotion as it arises
AAccept — allow it to be present without resistance
IInvestigate — explore its physical sensation and quality
NNon-identification — say "anger is present" not "I am angry"
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Strategy 04 · Ego Opposition
Opposing
Old Habits
Meet each false personality feature with its direct opposite. Not behavioural performance — an act of genuine dis-identification from the patterns that masquerade as you.
1Identify one dominant false personality feature today (pride, impatience, self-pity)
2When you notice it arising, consciously perform its opposite
3Do not suppress the feeling — observe it, then choose the opposing action
4Journal the experience: What did the opposition reveal?
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Interactive Tool

Gravity Journal

Not a diary — a consciousness practice. Each prompt is drawn from the book's framework. 50 honest words a day is enough to begin changing an orbit.

How it works
Journaling engages both analytical and creative hemispheres simultaneously — creating the observational distance you need to see gravitational patterns clearly, then choose otherwise. The ORBIT app tracks streaks and reflection over time.
Full experience in ORBIT
The ORBIT app includes orbit state tracking, past entry history, daily prompts, and a 7-day streak system that strengthens your practice over time.
Open ORBIT App →
Daily Gravity Journal
In this moment, I am:
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0 words Aim for 50+ words
Self-Assessment

Gravity Audit

Rate the gravitational pull in each domain. There are no right or wrong scores — only honest ones. The audit shows you where to focus antigravity practice.

A high score means that domain is pulling you strongly away from conscious, authentic living. The ORBIT app runs a full 8-question audit drawn from a pool of 20, with force analysis and orbit diagnosis.

Full Audit in ORBIT →
How strongly is gravity pulling?
Rate each domain · 1 = barely felt  ·  10 = overwhelming
Body (sleep, movement, posture)5
Emotions (reactivity, triggers)5
Thoughts (rumination, bias)5
Personality (ego patterns)5
Environment (people, screens)5
Your Current Orbit
The ORBIT App Feature

Random Gravity
Checks

The most powerful feature in the ORBIT app. Random alerts appear throughout your day — catching you mid-automatism. You cannot change a habit you cannot see in real time.

Salah — the Islamic five daily prayers — is humanity's oldest and most consistent Random Gravity Check. Five structured interruptions of automatism, every day, for over 1,400 years. The app brings the same principle into daily secular life.

Enable in ORBIT ↗
⚡ Random Gravity Check
Stop. Right now — notice what you were just doing. Was it automatic?
· · 10×   alerts per day
From Book to Practice

The Four-Week
Antigravity Programme

The book closes with a structured self-observation programme — turning reading into a working system for lasting change.

Week 01
Map Physical Gravity
Catalogue bodily habits: posture, sleep, eating, movement, speech. Become an impartial observer of your physical existence — without judgment.
Week 02
Map Mental Gravity
Identify recurring thoughts, daydreams, and cognitive biases. Which thinking patterns have you — rather than you having them?
Week 03
Map Emotional Gravity
Track emotional triggers, patterns, and their bodily expressions. Where does the body speak before the mind knows what is happening?
Week 04
Begin Antigravity Action
Identify false personality features and design your personalised antigravity practice. This is the beginning of orbit.
Ongoing: Dedicate 15 minutes, 3–5 times daily to mindful self-observation and antigravity action. Unconscious action wastes energy; conscious action conserves it — and over time, generates enough force for lasting orbit.
The Spiritual Layer

One Truth,
Six Languages

Every great spiritual tradition has described the antigravity journey — in a different language. Physics, psychology, prayer: they are all pointing at the same reality.

Islam
Surrender & Remembrance
The five daily prayers (Salah) are structured interruptions — five times each day, gravity is paused. Dhikr strengthens the observer. Tawakkul releases psychological mass through surrender.
Antigravity parallel
Salah = daily interruption · Dhikr = observer practice · Islam = releasing mass through surrender
Buddhism
The Middle Way
Non-attachment (upadana) reduces psychological mass. Mindfulness practices — sati and vipassana — train the observer to watch without identification. The Middle Way itself is the stable orbit.
Antigravity parallel
Non-attachment = reducing mass · Mindfulness = observer practice · Middle Way = the orbit
Christianity
Kenosis & Transformation
Kenosis — the emptying of the self — is the deliberate release of ego-driven patterns. Metanoia is a complete reorientation of the orbit. The examination of conscience is a daily gravity audit.
Antigravity parallel
Kenosis = reducing mass · Metanoia = orbit change · Conscience = daily audit
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Stoicism
The Dichotomy of Control
Prosoche — continuous self-attention — is the Stoic observer practice. Marcus Aurelius practised it through daily journaling. The dichotomy of control is distance management in its purest form.
Antigravity parallel
Prosoche = observer practice · Dichotomy = distance from triggers · Journaling = gravity audit
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Hinduism
Samskaras & Liberation
Samskaras — deep impressions of repeated thoughts and actions — are psychological mass precisely described. Moksha is liberation from accumulated habit. Sakshi (witness consciousness) is the true self.
Antigravity parallel
Samskaras = psychological mass · Moksha = liberation from gravity · Sakshi = the true self
Taoism
Wu Wei & Natural Balance
Wu Wei — effortless action in harmony with one's true nature — is the state of stable orbit. Pu (the uncarved block) represents the original self before environmental conditioning added mass.
Antigravity parallel
Wu Wei = stable orbit · Pu = original self before mass · Water = gentle, consistent antigravity

"No matter what language it speaks — physics, psychology, or prayer — the truth is always the same: you are not your habits. You are the one who can observe them."

Shadi Obeidat · Antigravity

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Man was not created to be a slave. He was created to be free. But freedom is not given — it must be earned. Antigravity is that earning.

Shadi Obeidat  ·  Antigravity, Second Edition · 2026

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About the Author

Shadi Obeidat

Founder, Business Psychology Center · Amman, Jordan

Shadi Obeidat is a management consultant, author, and the founder of the Business Psychology Center in Amman — one of the region's leading institutions for applied behavioural science in professional and personal development contexts.

Antigravity emerges from more than two decades working at the intersection of human psychology, organisational behaviour, neuroscience, and spiritual practice. It is both an intellectual synthesis and a working tool — shaped by direct experience with individuals and teams navigating the invisible forces that pull them from their potential.

Obeidat is also the creator of the accredited Antigravity Training Programme and the ORBIT app — bringing the book's framework into daily digital practice.

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