E134: Why You Feel Open or Closed—The Real Meaning of Spiritual Growth
Michael Singer Podcast
Michael Singer
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
When we’re open, we feel joy, love, and inspiration; when closed, we feel heavy, sad, and lifeless. Most people try to fix these varying states by outwardly seeking what makes them feel good and avoiding what makes them feel bad. But spirituality asks, why we are not always okay inside?
The reason is that consciousness, the true self, becomes distracted by the objects of its awareness—thoughts, emotions, and external events—and identifies with them. This false identification forms the sense of “I” with all its likes and dislikes, causing the outer world to determine the state of the inner one. As we relax and release these stored preferences, our inner energy flows freely, restoring our natural state of joy, love, and union with the divine.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Michael Singer podcast presented by Sounds True in partnership with Shanti Publications. |
| 0:22.5 | For more information about Michael Singer's work, access to all prior episodes, and information |
| 0:28.7 | about upcoming releases, we invite you to join us at Michael Singer Podcast.com. Jai Giroir-Gi masters. |
| 1:00.0 | The terms that we use called, I feel open, I feel closed. I'm open, I'm closed. |
| 1:11.6 | When you say that, you know what you mean. |
| 1:14.6 | You mean I'm feeling up, I'm feeling high, I'm feeling joy, I'm feeling love, |
| 1:20.6 | I'm enjoying the experience of life. |
| 1:24.6 | When you're closed, it's the opposite. |
| 1:28.3 | I feel down. |
| 1:29.5 | I feel low on energy. |
| 1:30.3 | I feel depressed. |
| 1:32.3 | Nothing's exciting. |
| 1:33.6 | Nothing inspires me. |
| 1:34.8 | I'm just closed. |
| 1:37.0 | Let's talk about what those things really mean. |
| 1:41.5 | And every one of you experience it, why does it happen? |
| 1:43.9 | We don't think about why does it happen. What do I do about it? |
| 1:46.0 | When you're open, how can I stay here? |
| 1:49.0 | What do I need? Who caused it? |
| 1:51.0 | When you're closed, it's what I do about this. |
| 1:53.0 | I don't feel well. What do I do? |
| 1:55.0 | What I go? What I buy? What I travel? |
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