E169: The Spiritual Practice of Doing Your Best
Michael Singer Podcast
Michael Singer
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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The essence of a spiritual life is to do the absolute best you can in each moment and renounce attachment to the results. This is the core teaching of the Bhagavad Gita. When actions are motivated by the desire to gain something or avoid loss, the ego creates anxiety, disappointment, and endless striving. True fulfillment comes from giving your whole being to the moment as an act of service to the Universe, allowing growth, freedom, and inner expansion to arise naturally.
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| 0:00.0 | Chi Giroch, Chi masters. |
| 0:04.0 | It's a very holy phrase. |
| 0:08.0 | Doesn't matter what language you speak it in. |
| 0:12.0 | Doesn't matter when you say it. |
| 0:14.0 | There's a thing called the best that you can. |
| 0:18.0 | There is nothing holier in this world than doing the best that you can. There is nothing holier in this world than doing the best that you can. |
| 0:24.9 | Doesn't matter what you're doing, doesn't know how long it takes, and most importantly, |
| 0:31.1 | it has nothing to do with what comes back. If you're really doing the best that you can, that is by definition the best that you can. |
| 0:41.3 | That's all. |
| 0:42.8 | Here's a weight to lift. |
| 0:45.4 | The best that you can lift is 97 pounds. |
| 0:48.3 | How do you know? |
| 0:49.5 | Because I keep trying to do the best that I can. |
| 0:53.0 | And 97 pounds is what gets lifted up but if it stays at |
| 0:57.5 | 97 pounds doesn't matter why because it's the best that I can as a very holy |
| 1:04.2 | phrase the best that I can but what if everybody else can do 105, and I wouldn't do 97, and so I give up? |
| 1:13.6 | You're not doing the best as you can, then are you? |
| 1:16.6 | If you don't do the best as you can, you're not living the best life, and you're living in the |
| 1:20.6 | holy's life, you can't even live in the most spiritual life. |
| 1:25.6 | So beautiful, the Bhagavha Gita is all about doing the best that you can, |
| 1:31.5 | without caring about the fruits of your action. |
| 1:36.7 | You're not doing it to get something. |
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