Ceasing to Let Your Mind Limit Your Happiness | The Michael Singer Podcast

“In a split second,” teaches Michael Singer, “your mind can make you miserable or ecstatic. All it takes is a thought.”

Our hopes, dreams, opinions, and preferences—all of these are constructs that we’ve made up. And they pit us against reality, limiting our contentment and joy. So what can we do about it?

In this episode, Michael answers that question.

About Michael A. Singer:

Michael A. Singer is the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Untethered Soul and New York Times bestsellers The Surrender Experiment and Living Untethered, all of which are published worldwide. He had a deep inner awakening in 1971 while working on his doctorate in economics and went into seclusion to focus on yoga and meditation. In 1975, he founded Temple of the Universe, a now long-established yoga and meditation center where people of any religion or set of beliefs can come together to experience inner peace. He is also the creator of a leading-edge software package that transformed the medical practice management industry, and founding CEO of a billion dollar public company whose achievements are archived in the Smithsonian Institution. Along with his more than four decades of spiritual teaching, Michael has made major contributions in the areas of business, education, healthcare, and environmental protection.

In 1971, Michael experienced a deep inner awakening and went into seclusion to focus on yoga and meditation. In 1975, he founded Temple of the Universe, a yoga and meditation center for people of all beliefs to come together to experience inner peace.

About Sounds True:

Sounds True was founded in 1985 by Tami Simon with a clear mission: to disseminate spiritual wisdom. Since starting out as a project with one woman and her tape recorder, we have grown into a multimedia publishing company with more than 80 employees, a library of more than 1500 titles featuring some of the leading teachers and visionaries of our time, and an ever-expanding family of customers from across the world. In more than three decades of growth, change, and evolution, Sounds True has maintained its focus on its overriding purpose, as summed up in our Mission Statement.

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[D_Isness]

This man and his teachings are literally and figuratively a godsend. TY for making it available to everyone ❤🙏

[iamdanielsimantov]

“You are not your summed experiences, you are the consciousness that is aware that your mind is the sum of your learned experiences” PURR GOLD

[lorrainevincent]

This would be brilliant for everyone to watch on TV. I'm from the UK

[Maelynn]

Thank you for these talks every morning❤

[ajcraft-hello]

Halfway through, stopping to thank you. Love the way he explains how it’s all in our head. Thanks for posting, new sub.

[lorihoffman]

Most people I know have a great life and they are very, very, very happy with it. They have everything they want and need on the most part and enjoy all the great things in life.
Of course they have things happen that aren’t optimal but mostly they have beautiful families lots of love lots of money and they just seem happy all the time !! or at least the time.

[Serenity-ivqh]

I used to think that these pleasant or unpleasant experiences were there for a reason. And when they surface back, it was a reminder of what made me happy or unhappy. New way to look at things... Thanks for sharing.

[lorihoffman]

Well, I have to say that I’ve been listening to for a little while and I love what you’re saying, and I understand it, but I still feel that sadness of not having children or family and being alone all the time. When I’m with kids, I lighten up and I love being around kids and all my clients have a beautiful life with kids and wealth, etc. etc. grandkids, etc. etc. I’ll never have that and I’m constantly, seeing that I missed that. I also used Food emotionally since I was very young and the habit or whatever you wanna call it food disorder. My whole life has been extremely hard to stop eating foods that I’m addicted to. These foods are making me sick and ageand I can’t stop.
When I was young, I was sexually abused for 10 years for my stepfather then he and my mom were murdered. My father died of cancer and I had no family really all these years which to me is just very sad. I’m alone a lot and I’ve learned to be OK with it but sometimes it just gets lonely seeing everybody else enjoy the festivals and family gatherings, etc. etc. .
Even if I love myself, don’t we need to be around people and not be alone all the time?
I’ve had problems even even making friends because I had 45 years of insomnia and migraines where I couldn’t socialize because I was always sick.
So my goal is to get healthy and start doing things that I want to, but it’s been a long road and a long struggle and I’m still in it.

[davidkim]

What does Michael mean when he says jagerdef jimasters or whatever that is he says often 😅

[lorihoffman]

I haven’t heard you ever mention about food, disorders, food, addictions, etc. etc. how do you get out of that? It’s really really tough. Any thoughts or suggestions? Anyone?

[lorihoffman]

If I met my dream guy, he slurped his soup I would be OK with it or I could just mention it to him to eat nicer. No big deal! Let’s make some compromises in relationships. Love is love….

[shipratrika]

I don't get why is he giving these gummy examples.. There are really horrible experiences, and they are stored in your body. How can you just joke about those. Uncle eating certain ice cream and you don't like the person and then not that ice cream is a very laughable example to give. How about your uncle or grand father abusing or hitting kids, that would be a better example.. and then you deciding your likes and dislikes. Why does he has to give funny example and not the atrocities that people have gone through and made up their likes and dislikes?? Yea, when you see someone abusing hurting someone and you decide that person is who you don't like and even if you meet that person after 20 yrs. There is nothing wrong to not like that person who did horrendous things long time ago and prob still the same way??

[psychiccrocodile]

Idk I’m always a little frustrated by some of the examples he gives. The restaurant thing? I mean there’s bad service and there’s excellent service and food. Objectively. How is never wanting to go back to a bad restaurant a problem? The lack of care and respect isn’t something to be appreciated.