E172: Stop Chasing Happiness—Remove What Blocks It

Michael Singer Podcast

Michael Singer

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

People rely on external goals for their inspiration and happiness. But the sense of happiness is actually experienced inside and, with right understanding, can be an unconditional state of being. Conditions for our happiness exist because we have stored past disturbances that must be avoided if we want to feel okay inside. True liberation comes from letting go of these inner blockages, staying open to life, and choosing happiness regardless of what happens.

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0:00.0	Geo-Gi-Mastres.
0:06.3	People get so lost in these things called goals.
0:12.7	And then they ask questions, is it okay if I have this goal?
0:17.1	Is it wrong to this goal?
0:19.3	How can I live life without a goal? And that's what I mean.
0:22.6	They get lost in these things called goals.
0:24.6	You're born and you die.
0:27.6	You don't need a goal for that.
0:30.6	It kind of happens totally naturally.
0:33.6	When you're born, know your business.
0:36.6	It just happens. When you die, believe it or not, know your business. It just happens.
0:38.3	When you die, believe it or not,
0:40.3	know your business, it just happens.
0:43.3	You may know a little more about it, plan this,
0:46.3	have a life-threatening disease, all kinds of things.
0:49.3	But when you die, that's when you die.
0:51.3	How do you know when you die?
0:53.3	I guess that's when you die. In between you know when you die? I guess that's when you die.
1:00.1	In between, the more I grow, it is such a short period of time.
1:03.2	What, 80, 90, 100 even.
1:05.4	Sometimes it's less.
1:08.9	That's a very few number of years, guys.
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