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limit our ability to enjoy life. We can begin learning how to release these impressions by letting go of the little things that irritate us for no reason—like the weather or some- one’s attitude. We have a tendency to resist uncomfortable feelings, so we try to fi x and control our environment. A commit- ment to yoga demands that we let go of our personal reactions and use each experience in life to go beyond our comfort zone. T e science of yoga is centered on
Yoga Meets Life’s Essential Questions
Tapping into Our True Nature by Michael A. Singer
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n 1972, I experienced a profound spiritual awakening and went into seclusion to focus on my inner growth.
T is awakening helped me see that I’m not my mind—I am the observer of my mind. I watched this chattering mind creating an obstacle to self-realization and true hap- piness. I also came to realize another clear truth: T e outside world isn’t personal. It’s unfolding according to all the forces that have taken place from the beginning
of creation. Call it science or the will of God—it doesn’t matter. What matters is we didn’t do it, and it isn’t supposed to match what we want. When we see this, we can transcend the limited mind and embrace the true nature of our being. We’ve each developed personal likes
and dislikes resulting from life experi- ences that have leſt good or unfavorable impressions within us. T ese impressions determine how we view the world, and they
realizing the essential self—the one within who is simply aware. It comes from thou- sands of years of enlightened beings devot- ing their lives to the questions: “Who am I? Why do my thoughts and emotions change so much?” T is inquiry helps us fi nd the true self inside, the self beyond personality and the mind’s fears and opinions. Progress happens through cultivating
awareness. T e simplest approach is to ask: “Who is in here looking through these eyes and experiencing this world?” Don’t try to answer. Just relax back into the essence of your being—the one who sees—and expe- rience life from this place of awareness. When we’re clear and comfortable
with who we are inside, life becomes beau- tiful—regardless of what is going on around us. We can then help raise the world for the better. T ere is freedom and peace in that.
Michael A. Singer, author of T e Unteth- ered Soul, is founder of the Temple of the Universe yoga and meditation center, in Alachua, Florida. See
UntetheredSoul.com.
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