E19: Learning to Serve the Present Moment

Michael Singer Podcast

Michael Singer

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

True spiritual growth comes from ceasing to constantly focus on yourself—I, me, and mine. Instead of getting caught up in personal likes and dislikes, you can learn to serve the moment in front of you with your full heart and soul, without expecting anything in return. To do this, you must gradually become comfortable with both positive and negative experiences by letting go of inner resistance. Understand that spiritual practice is not about seeking rewards, but about deep surrender to the present moment and serving that moment as your gift to God.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Michael Singer podcast presented by Sounds True in partnership with Shanti Publications.
0:22.5	For more information about Michael Singer's work, access to all prior episodes, and information
0:28.7	about upcoming releases, we invite you to join us at Michael Singer Podcast.com. Gygdhagrative.
1:00.0	Jai masters.
1:03.0	People often ask a very, very reasonable question when they get on the path,
1:10.0	even if they're pretty far on the path.
1:13.6	What can I be doing to grow more, to go deeper, to become enlightened, to become more spiritual,
1:24.6	and so on? And if you go out there on the web, you get neurotic.
1:31.3	No, seriously, it's just like a diet, just like relationships, like anything else.
1:35.3	There's just a potpourri of advice, of things, and they're all good.
1:40.3	It's all reasonable and all helpful depending on you
1:46.1	and what fits for you and so on.
1:49.2	What they generally leave out, you will find
1:53.7	when you get very mature on the path,
1:56.1	and you're done with I want to be high,
1:58.2	and I want people to respect me,
1:59.6	and I want to seem spiritual, and I want to go to God, and I want to make sure I go to be high and want people to respect me and I want to seem spiritual and I want to go to
2:01.9	God and I want to make sure I go to heaven when I die, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
2:06.8	And you're done with all that because you will be done with it at some point and you realize
2:10.7	you're still here watching all that. It's called spiritual ego. It just goes from the ego that
2:17.1	wants things, money, fame, relationships,
2:21.1	all sorts of stuff, respect. And then it goes to an ego that says, I want people to think highly
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