Michael Singer
American spiritual teacher and author who founded the Temple of the Universe in Florida in 1975. His book The Untethered Soul (2007) introduced millions to the practice of stepping back as the witness of the mind's incessant chatter. The Surrender Experiment (2015) recounts his decades of letting life unfold without resistance — a practice he calls "saying yes to the moment."
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Quotes by Michael Singer
107 quotes“Surrender means stopping the fight with reality.”
surrenderThe Surrender Experiment
“You are not your past. You are the awareness of your past.”
identityThe Untethered Soul
“To live without preferences is the highest freedom.”
freedomThe Untethered Soul
“Don't let your mind become a war room.”
mindThe Untethered Soul
“There is no enemy outside. The only enemy is your reaction.”
reactionThe Untethered Soul
“What if you spent every moment relaxing into the gift of being alive?”
presenceThe Untethered Soul
“You are the soul. The body and mind are just instruments.”
identityThe Untethered Soul
“You are not your past. You are not your fears. You are the soul that experiences them.”
identityThe Untethered Soul
“Once you know your soul, you fall in love with it.”
self-loveThe Untethered Soul
“To be conscious is to be aware of what is happening inside you.”
consciousnessThe Untethered Soul
“True meditation is observing your inner experience without judgment.”
meditationThe Untethered Soul
“Notice the part of you that doesn't change.”
essenceThe Untethered Soul
“Surrender to life. Let it flow through you.”
surrenderThe Surrender Experiment
“Pain is the past trying to be released.”
painThe Untethered Soul
“To grow, you must be willing to let go.”
growthThe Untethered Soul
“Whatever you resist becomes part of you.”
resistanceThe Untethered Soul
“The fact that you exist is the deepest miracle.”
wonderLiving Untethered
“Stop and notice that you are here. That alone is grace.”
presenceLiving Untethered
“All inner unrest comes from resistance to what is.”
acceptanceThe Untethered Soul
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