The Untethered Soul

Author:: Michael Singer Tags:#media/book meditation self-awareness

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• Summary::
  • inner roommate
    • voice in your head that is always talking, have to notice that it’s there
  • who are you
  • lucid self
  • infinite energy: we have inner, spiritual energy that can be boundless and infinite. We are the ones fully in charge of whether we let that always flow or close it off

    • The only reason you don’t feel this energy all the time is because you block it. You block it by closing your heart, by closing your mind, and by pulling yourself into a restrictive space inside. This closes you off from all the energy. When you close your heart or close your mind, you hide in the darkness within you. There is no light. There is no energy. There is nothing flowing. The energy is still there but it can’t get in.

    • qi = energy. be open to your body to keep the energy
    • mindset shift to let yourself be uninhibited from conversation with nagle ^g1jxBTtZN
      • Only thing that separates you from profoundness is your inhibition

    • All you have to do is decide whether you are willing to stay open, or whether you think it’s worth closing.

      • you can train yourself to forget how to close
      • Notice when you try to close up (like when someone walks towards you). Train yourself to be open every time you see them
    • We are very fickle on how open we are depending on our environment because we have forgotten how to control this

      • You can practice opening by not closing. Any time you start to close, ask yourself whether you really want to cut off the energy flow.

      • gamble on never closing, on always staying open. goals gamble ^pujZ9rvbQ
        • relax, sit with and release urge to protect yourself

        • just say “No, I’m not going to close. I’m going to relax. I’m going to let this situation take place and be there with it.” ^b6YMmGFna

      • trust and safety is optimal for this sort of environment but you can train yourself not to require that ^-Jx7j9m0Y
        • the end goal is people like nagle and visakanv and ava and AOC openness ^z-tOm319W
        • psychological safety psychological oxygen
        • defaults are important though and this is the core reason i care about waypoints origin
    • What is more, the energy affects other people. People can pick up on your energy, and you’re feeding them with this flow. If you are willing to open even more, it never stops. You become a source of light for all those around you.
      • goals be energy for those around me
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