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Publié par	New Harbinger Publications
Date de parution	01 janvier 0001
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9781608820498
Langue	English
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In Praise of The Untethered Soul

“In the book The Untethered Soul , Michael Singer takes you step-by-step through the process of Gyana, the yoga of the Intellect, to the Source. More over, he does it with elegant simplicity. Read this book carefully, and you will get more than a glimpse of eternity.”
—Deepak Chopra, author of Life After Death: The Burden of Proof
“In lucid, unadorned prose, Michael Singer delivers the essence of the great spiritual teachings of the Ages. Each chapter of The Untethered Soul is an in structive meditation on the binds of the human condition and how each and every knot can be gracefully untied so that our souls may fly. The accuracy and simplicity of this work is a measure of its pure mastery.”
—James O’Dea, president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS)
“ The Untethered Soul is indeed one of the finest treatments of the nature and practice of the conscious use of consciousness that I have ever read… It is the clearest statement I know, of who we are and what we face in our emerg ing humanity.”
—Jean Houston , philosopher, psychologist, and author of A Mythic Life and Passion for the Possible
“Michael Singer has opened my mind to an entirely new dimension of thought. Through The Untethered Soul, I have been challenged both psycho logically and intellectually in a new and exciting way. It may take more than one reading and many hours of introspection, but The Untethered Soul is a must-read for anyone in search of greater understanding of themselves and of the truth.”
—Louis Chiavacci, senior vice-president of Merrill Lynch, ranked in Barron’s top fifteen US Investment Advisors
Deep spirituality is within your reach in this book. In it you will find the mirror to see your unconditional, holy Self. If you look for practical spiritual ity not encumbered by credo and ritual, read this book.”
—Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, coauthor of Jewish with Feeling and From Age-ing To Sage-ing
“Psalm 42:8 says, ‘Deep calls unto deep.’ Within each human soul there is a longing for more, and the thirst can be quenched only by God. In The Untethered Soul , Michael Singer helps the modern person who is seeking this experience to come to a better understanding of the action in their soul. I highly recommend this reflection of one soul to another on the journey.”
—Fr. Paul Wierichs, CP, director of the Passionist Monastery and Spiritual Center of Our Lady of Florida
“ The Untethered Soul is a brilliant treatment of the path of spiritual conscious ness. It is clearly and powerfully written. Michael Singer provides a firm step for those on a spiritual journey.”
—Abdul Aziz Said, professor of Peace Studies and chair of Islamic Peace at American University
“This publication has released boundless joy for the hungry souls of the world.”
—Ma Yoga Shakti Saraswati, founder of Yogashakti International Mission and recipi ent of Hinduism Today’s “Hindu of the Year 2000” award
“East is East and West is West, but Michael Singer bridges these two great traditions in a radiant treatise on how to succeed in life from our spiritual quest to our everyday tribulations. Freud said that life was composed of love and work. With great eloquence, wit, and compelling logic, Singer’s brilliant book completes this thought by showing them to be two poles of the same selfless devotion.”
—Ray Kurzweil, inventor, National Medal of Technology recipient, and author of The Age of Spiritual Machines, The Singularity is Near , and other books
“This is a seminal book that quite frankly is in a class by itself. In a simple, yet paradoxically profound way, Michael Singer takes the reader on a journey that begins with consciousness tethered to the ego and ends having taken us beyond our myopic, contained self-image to a state of inner freedom and liberation. Michael Singer’s book is a priceless gift to all who have futilely searched and yearned for a richer, more meaningful, creative life.”
—Yogi Amrit Desai, internationally recognized pioneer of modern yoga
Publisher’s Note
This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering psychological, financial, legal, or other professional services. If expert assistance or counseling is needed, the services of a competent professional should be sought.
A copublication of New Harbinger Publications and Noetic Books.
The Untethered Soul is a registered trademark of Shanti Publications, Inc.
New Harbinger Publications is an employee-owned company
NEW HARBINGER PUBLICATIONS is a registered trademark of New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
Distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books
Copyright © 2007 by Michael A. Singer New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 5674 Shattuck Avenue Oakland, CA 94609 www.newharbinger.com
Acquired by Catharine Sutker
All Rights Reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Singer, Michael A.
The untethered soul : the journey beyond yourself / Michael A. Singer.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-1-57224-537-2
ISBN-10: 1-57224-537-9
1. Consciousness. 2. Self. I. Title.
BF311.S5683 2007
153--dc22
2007028150
To the Masters

Contents
Contents
acknowledgments
introduction
Part I: awakening consciousness
Chapter 1: the voice inside your head
Chapter 2: your inner roommate
Chapter 3: who are you?
Chapter 4: the lucid self
Part II: experiencing energy
Chapter 5: infinite energy
Chapter 6: the secrets of the spiritual heart
Chapter 7: transcending the tendency to close
Part III: freeing yourself
Chapter 8: let go now or fall
Chapter 9: removing your inner thorn
Chapter 10: stealing freedom for your soul
Chapter 11: pain, the price of freedom
part IV: going beyond
Chapter 12: taking down the walls
Chapter 13: far, far beyond
Chapter 14: letting go of false solidity
Part V: living life
Chapter 15: the path of unconditional happiness
Chapter 16: the spiritual path of nonresistance
Chapter 17: contemplating death
Chapter 18: the secret of the middle way
Chapter 19: the loving eyes of god
references
acknowledgments
The seeds for this work were planted many years ago when Linda Bean was transcribing some of my lectures and encouraged me to write a book. She patiently labored through years of archived material until it was time for me to begin writing. Her commitment and dedication to this project are deeply appreciated.
Once I began writing, Karen Entner assisted me by organizing materials, making content suggestions, and maintaining the manuscript. We worked together to edit version after version until the flow of words brought a sense of peace to the heart, mind, and soul. Her dedication and heartfelt work are much appreciated and one of her lifelong dreams comes to fruition with the publication of this book.
introduction
“This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
—William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s age-honored words, spoken by Polonius to his son Laertes in Act I of Hamlet, sound so clear and unambiguous. They tell us that to maintain honest relations with others we must first be true to ourselves. Yet if Laertes were to be totally honest with himself, he would realize that his father may as well have told him to catch the wind. After all, to which “self” are we to be true? Is it the one that shows up when we’re in a bad mood, or the one that is present when we feel humbled by our mistakes? Is it the one who speaks from the dark recesses of the heart when we’re depressed or upset, or the one that appears during those fleeting moments when life seems so fanciful and light?
From these questions we see that the concept of “self” may turn out to be a bit more elusive than initially presumed. Perhaps if Laertes could have turned to traditional psychology, it would have shed some light on the subject. Freud (1927), the father of psychology, divided the psyche into three parts: the id, the ego, and the superego. He saw the id as our primal, animal nature; the superego as the judgment system that society has instilled within us; and the ego as our representative to the outside world that struggles to maintain a balance between the other two powerful forces. But this certainly would not have helped young Laertes. After all, to which of these conflicting forces are we to be true?
Again we see that things are not always as simple as they seem. If we dare to look past the surface of the term “self,” questions arise that many people would rather not ask: “Are the many aspects of my being all equally part of my ‘self,’ or is there only one of me—and if so, which, where, how, and why?”
In the following chapters, we will undertake a journey of exploration of “self.” But we will not do so in a traditional manner. We will neither call upon the experts in psychology, nor upon the great philosophers. We will not argue and choose between time-honored religious views, or resort to statistically supported surveys of people’s opinions. We will, instead, turn to a single source that has phenomenal direct knowledge on the subject. We will turn to one expert who, for every moment of every day of their life, has been collecting the data necessary to finally put this great inquiry to rest. And that expert is you.
But before you get too excited, or decide that you’re not up to the task, first be clear that we’re not after your views or opinions on the subject. Neither are we interested in what books you have read, classes you have taken, nor seminars