E88: The Power of Nonresistance

Michael Singer Podcast

Michael Singer

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Resistance is the inner act of opposing what is, and it is the root cause of all suffering. Whether you are resisting emotions, thoughts, or life events, it is this opposition—not the events themselves—that causes disturbance. Spiritual freedom comes through a deep state of nonresistance: allowing reality to pass through you without blocking it. Once you reach this state, you are truly ready to interact with life instead of reacting to it.

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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, Giamastus.
1:02.2	Let's talk about one of the most important words on your entire spiritual path from beginning to end. That is the word
1:16.0	resistance. Let's talk about resistance. It's so deep. Just take a breath. When I move my hand
1:24.2	through the air, there's no resistance, nothing that we notice.
1:31.1	Therefore, there's no repercussions.
1:33.0	There's a momentary movement of the air, but I don't care.
1:36.2	This doesn't make any difference.
1:38.8	When I squeeze my arm, or if you squeeze my arm, there's pain.
1:47.4	Depending on how hard you squeeze it. That's because there's resistance. Your nerves pick up my squeeze because there is resistance,
1:55.1	and the resistance pushes down on the nerves, which causes them to stimulate. If there was not resistance, if I had light and just passed right through the hand,
2:07.6	x-rays do it, but how can it make it through the bones?
2:09.6	Because there's no resistance.
2:11.6	Light can pass through things without creating resistance.
2:14.6	That's resistance on the physical plane.
2:16.6	All pain, all physiological pain is due to resistance. That's resistance on the physical plane. All pain, all physiological pain is due to
2:20.7	resistance. Now, when we anesthetize the nerves, there's still resistance, but you stop them from
2:27.1	sending the signal. Just imagine, if there was no resistance, there's no pain. Okay? In order for those
2:32.8	nerves to get stimulated, there has to be resistance to the pressure.
2:37.3	And then that causes stimulation.
2:39.3	So all physical pain is due to resistance.
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