The author of this book is Michael A. Singer. The title of the book ‘The untethered Soul’ itself defines the book about freeing the soul. There are 19 chapters in total. The writer has given an introduction that the chapters of this book are mirrors to see “self” from different angles.
The true growth is realizing that we are not the voice of our mind – we are the one who hears it. The ones we discuss in our mind are the ones that matters to us. If we can’t get the world we like it, we complain about it then decide what to do about it. Actually we re-create the outside world inside ourselves and then we live in our mind.
The problems will come one after another. We tend to get disturbed by them but instead of asking “what should I do about it” ask “what part of me is being disturbed by this”. We can attain true inner freedom by being able to watch our problems instead of being lost in them. The first problem we have to deal with our creation. When we get clear enough we will realize the real problem is inside of us and that can have problem with almost everything.
Our thoughts can stop but they can also get extremely noisy.
Remember our self-concept is just a collection of thoughts about ourselves.
The energy is an essence to happen anything in the physical world, likewise there requires an expenditure of energy to happen anything inside of us.
Energy helps to heal so that the love. To explore our inner energy, we must accept things keeping our centers open that can be done through meditation, through awareness and willful thoughts.
The heart is an energy center, a chakra. When we have no personal issues with peoples, impressions processes freely. When we are unable to allow life’s event to pass through us, they stay inside and become a problem.
“Allow yourself to experience every note the heart can play”
Our major struggles end up being with our own inner fears, insecurities and destructive behavior patterns and not with the outside forces and if we protect ourselves perfectly, we will never grow and life becomes static. The reward for not protecting our soul is liberation.
We should walk free through this world without a problem on our mind. We are just having fun experiencing whatever happens next. Play with letting go and falling behind the tense of being bothered. No matter what events take place in life, it’s always better to let go rather than to close. If we break the ultimate habit: the constant draw of the lower-self. Then we will be free to explore the nature and source of our true being.
If we have a lot of fear, we won’t like change. As we grow spiritually, we will realize that our attempts to protect ourselves from our problems actually create more problems. So don’t fall, let go. No matter what it is, let go.
In order to grow, we must give up the struggle to remain the same and learn to embrace change at all times. To solve our personal problems is the most important area that requires change. “Do not doubt your ability to remove the root cause of the disturbance inside of you.”
Be an explore witness it and then it will go. When we experience the mechanism behind inner flow, we can walk in this world and the world will never touch us. Thus how we become a force being.
To decide that we do not want to suffer anymore is the requirement of true freedom. Ending suffering means realizing that our soul (psyche) is not okay. The act of constantly worrying about ourselves is a form of suffering. Our mind’s thoughts are disturbed by its fears.
There are billions of peoples in this planet and one of them did not say hello to you, are you saying that you cannot handle that? Is that reasonable? You actually have the ability to steal freedom for your soul.
Becoming familiar with the pain is part of your growth. If core pain was not the motivation behind proving yourself each day, what people would not affect you. To live in the level of freedom we must learn not to be afraid of inner pain and disturbance. If we want to be free, we should view inner pain as a temporary shift in our energy flow. In other word, when we are comfortable with the pain passing through us, we will be free and if we are no longer afraid of ourselves, we are free.
There are two ways we can live. We devote our life to staying in our comfort zone or we can work on our freedom. The boundaries of the cage are what make our world appear finite and temporal. Cage is our self-esteem.
Although we can change there is an aspect of our being that is always there and never change.
“You will see that you live your entire life based on the model you built around yourself.”
We are just on a planet spinning around the middle of absolutely nowhere. We came here to visit for a handful of years and we are going to leave so we should not stress over everything. The world will be here long after we will go.
The way we should live life is where there are no ifs and no buts about it. If we decide that we are going to be happy from now on for the rest of our life, we will not only be happy but we will become enlightened.
“You were not put on this earth to suffer.”
If we learn to stay open all the time great things will happen to us. The greater gift one can give to god is to be pleased with his creation. If we remain spontaneously happy and centered, no matter what happens we will find god.
Stress only happens when we resist life’s events. Events are not problems; they are just events. Fear and desire make everything seem so complicated. Stop and think about what we’re capable of achieving, if we live like this we could do anything. Once the personal energies pass through us, the world becomes a different place. Our whole view of life will change.
There is no difference between the rich and the poor, death instantly makes us all the same. Think honestly about what we would do with our last week on earth. We don’t have to change our life; we just change how we live our life. So start using every day to let go of that scared part of you that won’t let you live life fully. Death makes life precious. The reason why the wise being is always ready to die is they experience life fully so they already fulfilled.
“Life belongs to death.”
When we move in Tao (the way), we are always present. Effortless action is what happens when you come into the Tao.
The forces take care of themselves as you sit in the center. This is the Tao. It’s the most beautiful place in all of life.
Nature just gives and gives to whoever will receive. If you choose not to receive it does not punish you. You punish yourself because you choose not to receive.