E142: The Illusion of Problems and the Return to the Garden

Michael Singer Podcast

Michael Singer

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Problems occur when consciousness becomes identified with external objects and forgets its own nature as pure, eternal witnessing presence. Ego emerges when we build a self-concept based on our past experiences, which leads to suffering whenever reality doesn’t align with internal expectations. The path to liberation begins by accepting what is and allowing our past stored blockages to be transmuted through spiritual practice and clarity. The true self is the unchanging observer, resting in pure consciousness beyond the personal mind, where the divine experiences creation.

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0:00.0	Jaguarive trimesters.
0:05.0	So let's talk about your favorite topic, problems.
0:12.0	Well, we might as well.
0:15.0	Let's analyze problems.
0:18.0	I don't want to get down to specifics.
0:20.0	I want to tell you this, what you call a problem, she doesn't.
0:26.6	What he calls a problem yesterday, he doesn't call it today.
0:31.6	That's it, go home.
0:34.6	That tells you something about problems.
0:39.3	They're yours.
0:41.4	Everybody has different problems.
0:44.2	Everybody has different problems at different times.
0:47.0	How did you decide what your problem is?
0:50.3	And I'll tell you a secret.
0:51.6	You decided.
0:54.4	Laugh all you want.
0:56.1	You decided this is a problem.
0:59.2	Nobody else has a problem with it.
1:01.5	Something happens.
1:02.3	You've done a problem with it tomorrow.
1:04.4	A problem is something you have inside.
1:08.7	A problem is not outside.
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