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the untethered soul : the journey beyond yourself By Michael A. Singer Having read several of my books, blogs, and articles, by now you are probably aware that like Michael Singer, I believe we are trying to do something that doesn’t work – we are trying to find love, joy, happiness, etc. outside of ourselves.  We are trying to control something that is not within our control: other people and the world around us.  Everything we wish to experience is part of our inner landscape; they are not out there somewhere to be found.  Singer in his book, the untethered soul, helps you explore your inner landscape, an activity that for me has been a life long journey.  He begins by asking you to look at the concept of self and the inner dialogue you engage in with self .  Once you begin to think about and explore the concept of self, you quickly realize “… the concept of ‘self’ may turn out to be a bit more elusive than initially presumed.” As a human y...

"How do I learn to ignore the reality of the world around me?"  This question was posed to me this weekend at a session on Creating Well-BEing by Crowding Out Stress. My answer- First recognize that "reality" is unique to each individual.  You and I can be in the same room listening, to the same message, watching the same show and walk away with two distinctive experiences.   Why?  Because, we each walk into the room with two different personal histories, two different references for what we want at this moment--I maybe wanting time to explore my inner thoughts while you want to share your thinking with another, or perhaps one of us wants to be open minded and the other has come with an opinion to voice, etc.--and we process the message in two different ways.  Even more interesting is the idea that if you or I were listening or watching on a different day, we world hear and see the same message (reality) differently.  Once you recognize that "reality...