E149: Following the Spiritual Path of Nonresistance

Michael Singer Podcast

Michael Singer

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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True spirituality is not about getting what you want or fixing the outside world, but learning to be okay inside by letting go of preferences, stored pain, and inner resistance. Reality unfolds through universal causes, not personal desires, and suffering comes from pitting yourself against what is. Enlightenment comes from witnessing your inner experiences without suppression, honoring all emotions, and living in harmony with, and selflessly serving, whatever life presents to you.

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0:00.0	Jaguardive, giant masters.
0:03.0	One of the most important things you will ever learn on your path.
0:08.0	Yes, there's meditation, yes, there's mantra, yes, there's devotion, yes, there's all kinds of things.
0:14.0	And they're all wonderful. Listen to me.
0:17.0	Very important.
0:19.0	The most important thing you will ever learn is resistance.
0:23.5	The word resistance.
0:25.9	That is the entire spiritual path.
0:27.9	The reason you have to do all those other things is because of resistance.
0:32.4	If there was no resistance, you would be there right there, everywhere the great masters were, everything.
0:38.3	Resistance is the issue.
0:41.3	What's that mean?
0:43.3	So some people want to come and say,
0:45.3	well, if somebody's mistreating me
0:48.3	or not being nice to me, I'm going to resist.
0:53.3	Okay. What happens if you resist? You own it. If somebody can say
0:59.7	something to you that gets you upset is because you resisted. If you don't resist,
1:07.2	it goes right through. Period. Even physical yoga asanas teach you that. If you're doing an asana
1:16.7	and it hurts, they don't take get up to stop the pain. I'm not talking about something wrong with you,
1:23.1	but generally the stretching. They say what? Relax through it. Yes or no? And you guys yoga teachers?
1:29.7	Who doesn't teach that? Relax into it. Ooh, ooh, not just relax through it. Relax into it.
1:36.7	What does that mean? Don't resist. That's exactly what it means. Don't resist. Why? The reason you feel
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