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The Untethered Soul
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Overview
Michael A. Singer’s The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself, originally published in 2007, is a spiritual self-help book about living life from the point of view of centered consciousness. Identifying with the nonstop chaos of thinking, emotion, and stimulus in our minds causes most of our problems, and Singer offers insight about how to identify as pure awareness and simply notice our experiences pass by without identifying with them. He discusses how our levels of happiness and energy are directly related to staying centered and keeping our hearts open all the time. The publication of The Untethered Soul marked Singer as an important figure in spiritual self-help literature; it became a New York Times bestseller after he gave an interview to Oprah Winfrey about the book. Singer’s other works include The Search for Truth (1974), The Surrender Experiment (2015), and Living Untethered (2022). This guide refers to the original 2007 edition of the book published by New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
Summary
Singer opens Part 1 with a reflection about the endless and confusing chatter inside our heads. By default, we filter raw experience through a haze of thinking so we can feel in control and comfortable with reality, but we should try not to identify ourselves with this inner Unlock all 40 pages of this Study Guide Plus, gain access to 8,900+ more expert-written Study Guides. Including features:
