E170: From Control to Freedom—The Spiritual Art of Handling Life
Michael Singer Podcast
Michael Singer
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Human suffering comes from trying to control the outside world so that our inner state feels good, all of which is based on impressions from our past experiences. Spiritual growth begins when we stop clinging to these impressions and instead learn to handle whatever reality presents. By letting experiences pass through without resistance, inner energy rises naturally, eventually dissolving the personal self and leading to liberation.
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| 0:00.0 | Geocritive diamesters. |
| 0:05.0 | There are two very distinct lives that you can live. |
| 0:10.0 | One involves a lot of struggle, a lot of effort, and a lot of suffering, but also can have some joy. |
| 0:21.6 | The other, there's no suffering, there's no struggle, |
| 0:27.6 | there are no issues, and it's always beautiful. |
| 0:33.6 | Which one you want? |
| 0:36.6 | The difference in those two lives is not what is going on outside of you. |
| 0:45.3 | It's what you're doing about what's going on inside of you. |
| 0:49.3 | I've talked to numerous times before, and I like the shocking teachings. |
| 0:56.2 | You don't care about the outside. |
| 0:58.8 | None of you. |
| 1:00.2 | You do not care about the outside. |
| 1:02.2 | Right now, no matter what you think you think, you don't care about the outside. |
| 1:08.1 | You care about the inside. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm not talking spiritually, not talking meditation. |
| 1:13.0 | I'm telling you, if the outside did whatever it does and your inside was happy, |
| 1:20.1 | you'd be happy. It is not about the outside. It's about the effect that the outside has on the inside. And every one of you |
| 1:31.2 | are different. And at different times in your lives, no, a minute ago, that which could happen |
| 1:38.6 | outside can make you feel good inside. That which happened outside can make you feel bad inside. |
| 1:44.5 | Have you noticed that? |
| 1:46.2 | You sit in doing wonderful. |
| 1:47.8 | Somebody walks up to you and tells you something that you never thought about before. |
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