The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer Book Summary & Analysis

The Journey Beyond Yourself.

PART II

INFINITE ENERGY

“Consciousness is one of the great mysteries in life. Inner energy is another.”—Michael A. Singer

“The truth is,” says Singer, “is that every movement of your body, every emotion you have, and every thought that passes through your mind is an expenditure of energy.” For instance: Holding onto thoughts, recalling thoughts, creating ideas, generating emotions, controlling emotions,—require tremendous energy expenditure. 

This flow of energy been called many names. In ancient Chinese medicine, it is called Chi.

In yoga, it is called Shakti.

In the West, it is called Spirit.

Regardless, it is the same energy, under different names. And if you don’t always feel this energy, says Singer, then you have blocked it

How? you asked.

Well Singer believes, we often blocked it by closing our hearts and minds. Which then closes us from all the energy. 

 “Life is no fun if we’re always tired and never enthused.” —Michael A. Singer 

“If however,” explains Singer, “we’re always inspired and filled with energy, every minute of every day is an exciting experience.”

THE SECRETS OF THE SPIRITUAL HEART

Singer noticed that “When we take in the world through our senses, we then invite that energy into our being. In other words, everything is energy.

Everything we do, watch, or focus on, have the capacity to nourish or deplete our energies. As the saying goes, whatever we focus on grows or expand.

When the energy can’t get through the mind because of conflicts with other thoughts, Singer believes it’d then tries to release through the heart.

And so, If you allow your heart center to close, then what you’ll find is that the heart closes because it becomes blocked by stored, unfinished energy patterns from the past. According to Singer, In the yogic tradition, this unfinished energy pattern is called, Samskara. A Sanskrit word that means, blockage. or an impression from the past. Meaning, it is an unfinished energy pattern that ends up governing your life.

Everything is energy, and energy will expand outward if it is not contained. —Michael A. Singer 

All the Samskaras you have collected over your life are stored in your energetic heart center. If you allow these “unfinished energy pattern” to build up consistently, you’ll find yourself in a state of depression.

But, again, it’s because very little energy is coming into your heart or mind. The alternative is to enjoy life instead of clinging to it or pushing it away.

If you’re willing to experience the gift of life instead of fighting with it, you will be moved to the depth of your being.

REMOVING YOUR INNER THORN

The spiritual journey is one of constant transformation.

To grow, you must give up the struggle to remain the same and learn to embrace change at all times. As Singer points out, “Real transformation begins when you embrace your problems as agents for growth.“

Do not doubt your ability to remove the root cause of the disturbance inside you.

It really can go away.

You can look deep within yourself, to the core of your being, and decide that you don’t want the weakest part of you running your life.

You want to be free of this.

Singer reminds us that, you want to talk to people because you find them interesting, not because you’re lonely. Also, you want to love because you genuinely love, not because you need to avoid your inner problems.

To be free from these energies, Singer suggests allowing these energies to pass through you, instead of hiding them inside. Then, when you are no longer absorbed in your melodrama, writes Singer, you’ll start to feel this energy flow coming up from deep within. You will experience the strength of your inner being even when your heart feels weak. In short, there’s no reason to spend your life protecting the thorn from getting touched when you can remove it.

Conclusion

If anything can cause disturbance inside of you, it means it hits your model. It means it hits the false part of you, the one that you built to control your definition of reality. The solution, as Singer suggests, is to learn to be comfortable with psychological disturbances. Because the only way to inner freedom is through the one who watches: the self. And once you’ve committed to freeing yourself of that scared person inside, you will notice that there is a clear decision point at which your growth takes place.

Thank you.

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