E75: Returning to the Seat of Consciousness

Michael Singer Podcast

Michael Singer

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Spiritual liberation comes not from striving to attain joy or love, but from letting go of the inner anchor—your preferences, stored traumas, and self-concepts. The “fall from the garden” refers to the moment consciousness focused more on what it was conscious of than on consciousness itself. The path to awakening is learning to stop being distracted by thoughts and emotions, relax into the present moment, and experience life as it unfolds—allowing you to be fully present and free.

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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. Jaguardive, Jamestius.
1:00.0	You would like to think of spirituality as joy, love, God, light, all this stuff.
1:10.0	Until you work through what's blocked God, light, all this stuff.
1:17.6	Until you work through what's blocking you, that's artificial.
1:20.3	It's like trying to sail while the anchors down.
1:23.5	It's a very silly thing to do.
1:24.6	Everybody does it.
1:25.2	Why?
1:32.3	Because they're not okay and they want to be okay. that looks like okay, so I want to be okay. The trouble is there's an anchor down there.
1:35.3	Truth in the matter is you are okay.
1:37.3	You're beyond okay.
1:38.3	It's incomprehensible how beautiful you are, how much love you're filled with, how much inspiration
1:42.3	you have all the time, passion
1:44.3	for every single second, every single one of you is the highest thing ever walked to face
1:49.3	of the earth. Every single second right now, period. Well, I don't feel it. Well, if you're the fastest boat,
1:58.4	finest sailing boat that ever was, and it's capable of doing everything, but it's anchored, you can't experience it.
2:05.9	Spirituality is why getting rid of that anchor.
2:08.4	It is not about reaching up.
2:10.7	If you have a hot air balloon and it's tethered to the ground with ropes,
2:15.8	you put all the hot air you want in it.
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