Your inner energy is real, and the more you can let it flow through you, the better.There are two separate versions of you, and your personal self is just one of them.

His book of the same name is about reaching a state of well-being and acceptance by letting life flow through you without ever blocking its stream of energy. Singer in 2012, you can bet that she put a lot of thought into why he was a good person to talk to: he explains spirituality in plain terms, he’s not a guru and makes what he describes as The Untethered Soul easy to understand and attain for everyone. Vice versa, you can be sure that the book Oprah picked is a good one and that it’s made a big impact on her. The easy exercises that figure in each chapter help readers experience the ideas that Singer presents.Listen to the audio of this summary with a free reading.fm account*:īooks and Oprah Winfrey have a two-way, positively reinforcing relationship: If Oprah picks a book to show to her audience, those book’s sales are sure to go through the roof. And finally, in part five, Singer returns to daily life and the pursuit of 'unconditional happiness.' Throughout, the book maintains a light and engaging tone, free from heavy dogma and prescriptive religious references. Enlightenment and the embrace of universal consciousness are the subject of part four. Ways to overcome tendencies to close down to the rest of the world are the subject of part three. Part two examines the experience of energy as it flows through us and works to show readers how to open their hearts to the energy of experience that permeates their lives. In part one, he examines the notion of self and the inner dialogue that all of us live with. By tapping into traditions of meditation and mindfulness, Singer shows how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and let go of painful thoughts and memories that keep us from achieving happiness and self-realization.ĭivided into five parts, the book offers a frank and friendly discussion of consciousness and how we can develop it. In this book, spiritual teacher Michael Singer explores the question of who we are and arrives at the conclusion that our identity is to be found in our consciousness, the fact of our ability to observe ourselves and the world around us. Are you a physical body? A collection of experiences and memories? A partner to relationships? Each time you consider aspects of yourself, you realize that there is much more to you than any of these can define. Who are you? When you start to explore this question, you find out how elusive it really is.

The untethered