E92: Releasing the Meaningless Moments That Create the Personal Mind

Michael Singer Podcast

Michael Singer

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The central spiritual teaching is that we are not the mind but the awareness behind it. The personal mind, composed of impressions from past experiences, creates a false sense of self (ego) that causes suffering and distraction. Spiritual growth begins by recognizing this addiction to the personal mind and learning to lean away from its pull rather than engaging with or resisting its thoughts. This process allows divine energy (Shakti) to emerge and guide us deeper into the source of consciousness.

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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. Chi-Gi Giroch.
1:00.0	There's so many things you can do with your mind, and some of them pass as spiritual.
1:10.0	The truth is, man minus mind equals God. That's the truth.
1:16.0	So anything you're doing with your mind, you have to be paying attention to your mind.
1:22.1	Otherwise, you wouldn't know you were doing it. And when you're paying attention to your mind,
1:26.7	you're not man minus mind equals God.
1:30.8	Your consciousness focusing on mind equals man. That's what a human is. So that's just the truth.
1:39.5	But it's not easy to just step out. No more than it's easier to stop a drug or any other habit. The consciousness,
1:46.9	the self, is habitually addicted to the mind and the heart. We just talk about the mind right now.
1:55.1	It pays attention to what the mind is saying. You're not going to stop that.
2:04.7	The addiction of the consciousness to the mind is so much stronger than anything you can imagine.
2:09.8	In fact, if you want to think about the addiction,
2:12.3	you'll be thinking about the addiction.
2:14.3	That's how addicted you are to the mind, right?
2:21.1	So what do you do about it? The first step is to realize that you're not it. You are not your mind. Your mind is a thing in the universe,
2:26.5	just like a piano, a glass of water, a Kleenex, a clock. It's a thing in the universe. It exists.
2:33.6	It's called your mind, the mind.
2:36.0	Everyone's got one.
2:38.0	So first you realize you're not it.
2:40.0	It's something you're aware of.
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