The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

by Michael A. Singer

There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind—you are the one who hears it.

The truth is that most of life will unfold in accordance with forces far outside your control, regardless of what your mind says about it.

In the name of attempting to hold the world together, you’re really just trying to hold yourself together.

Once you clearly see the disturbed part, then ask, “Who is it that sees this? Who notices this inner disturbance?”

You have to break the habit of thinking that the solution to your problems is to rearrange things outside.

This is what you begin to experience if you hang out with the Self instead of hanging out with inner disturbances.

What you’ll see is that your mind is always telling you that you have to change something outside in order to solve your inner problems.

Your mind has very little control over this world.

If you let go of your façade, and don’t try to trade it in for a new one, your thoughts and emotions will become unanchored and begin passing through you.

When your mind is disturbed, don’t ask, “What do I do about this?” Instead ask, “Who am I that notices this?”

The question is simply “Do you want to be happy?” If the answer is really yes, then say it without qualifying it.

If you assert your will against the energy of an event that has already happened, it is like trying to stop the ripples caused by a leaf dropped into a still lake. Anything you do causes more disturbance, not less.

It is not life’s events that are causing problems or stress. It is your resistance to life’s events that is causing this experience. Since