Michael Singer Podcast

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E107: Becoming Okay Inside
The fundamental spiritual question is not How do I be okay? It is Why am I not okay? Our inner discomfort is not caused solely by external events but by what we have stored inside: past disturbanc
E106: From False Identification to Liberation: Returning to the Seat of Self
The essence of yogic teachings is that the universe is a single field of consciousness vibrating at different rates, manifesting as everything from physical matter to thoughts and emotions. At the hum
E105: The Meaning of Life Is Life Itself
Lifes deepest purpose is not to get what you want or avoid what you dont want, but to use every moment between birth and death to evolve spiritually. By being open to lifes challenges, instead of r
E104: Gratitude for the Miracle of Life
Gratitude is not about getting what you want but about appreciating the profound gifts of existence that are freely given to you. These include the flow of your breath, the beat of your heart, the abi
E103: From Preference to Presence: The Journey Beyond the Mind
We create tremendous suffering by shrinking our world to the narrow confines of our personal preferences. They have the effect of locking us in a house of our own building wherein we dont realize the
E102: Reality Is Bigger Than You Think
We dont realize how tightly confined we are to our personal mindits thoughts, beliefs, preferences, past experiences, and suppressed emotions. This represents such a tiny subset of reality compared
E101: Transform Daily Life into Your Deepest Spiritual Practice
Meditation alone cannot bring lasting peace into this world. This is because we return from meditation to the same deeply seated, unresolved disturbances weve been storing in the mind. True liberatio
E100: You Are Not What Happened: You Are Who Experienced It
We misperceive life and spirituality by fixating on tiny fleeting experiences and projecting personal meaning onto them. We build our entire self-concept and emotional world out of a narrow slice of r
E99: Why Spiritual Experiences Are Not Enough
Spiritual liberation is not about attaining extraordinary experiences; it is about releasing the internal blockages that keep us from a permanent state of well-being. The cause of suffering is not lif
E98: The Guru Within: Returning to Consciousness
True spiritual masters are not mystical icons, they are beings who have transcended the distractions of mind and emotion to rest in the constant ecstasy of pure consciousness (Sat Chit Ananda). This i