8 Painfully Honest Lessons That Bring You On a Journey Beyond Yourself
“You are not the voice of the mind — you are the one who hears it.”― Michael A. Singer
#1 Not okay
“True personal growth is about transcending the part of you that is not okay and needs protection.” ― Michael A. Singer
This lesson is about letting go of your need to be perfect. You are not being judged by God. Instead, God is only love. This will help you to find peace and happiness.
#2 Inner voice
“How would you feel if someone outside really started talking to you the way your inner voice does? How would you relate to a person who opened their mouth to say everything your mental voice says? After a very short period of time, you would tell them to leave and never come back. But when your inner friend continuously speaks up, you don’t ever tell it to leave. No matter how much trouble it causes, you listen.” ― Michael A. Singer
This lesson is about learning to listen to your inner voice. This voice is always there to guide you, but you have to be willing to listen. This will help you to find peace and happiness.
#3 Perspective
“To get some distance from this, you first need to get some perspective. Walk outside on a clear night and just look up into the sky. You are sitting on a planet spinning around in the middle of absolutely nowhere. Though you can only see a few thousand stars, there are hundreds of billions of stars in our Milky Way Galaxy alone. In fact, it is estimated that there are over a trillion stars in the Spiral Galaxy. And that galaxy would look like one star to us, if we could even see it. You’re just standing on one little ball of dirt and spinning around one of the stars. From that perspective, do you really care what people think about your clothes or your car? Do you really need to feel embarrassed if you forget someone’s name? How can you let these meaningless things cause pain? If you want out, if you want a decent life, you had better not devote your life to avoiding psychological pain. You had better not spend your life worrying about whether people like you or whether your car impresses people. What kind of life is that? It is a life of pain. You may not think that you feel pain that often, but you really do. To spend your life avoiding pain means it’s always right behind you.” ― Michael A. Singer
This lesson is about perspective. When you take the time to step back and see the big picture, you’ll realize that the things that you worry about are really quite small. This will help you to find peace and happiness.
#4 Stop thinking
“Your inner growth is completely dependent upon the realization that the only way to find peace and contentment is to stop thinking about yourself.” ― Michael A. Singer
This lesson is about inner growth. If you want to find peace and happiness, you need to stop thinking about yourself all the time. This will help you to focus on what’s really important in life.
#5 Experience
“If experience is the best teacher, there’s nothing that comes close to the experience of life.” ― Michael A. Singer
This lesson is about learning from experience. Life is the best teacher, so don’t be afraid to make mistakes. This will help you to find peace and happiness.
#6 The part of you
“The only permanent solution to your problems is to go inside and let go of the part of you that seems to have so many problems with reality. Once you do that, you’ll be clear enough to deal with what’s left.” ― Michael A. Singer
This lesson is about letting go. If you want to find peace and happiness, you need to let go of the part of you that is always worrying and stressed. This will help you to focus on what’s really important in life.
#7 Ego
“There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind — you are the one who hears it” ― Michael A. Singer
This lesson is about the ego. You need to realize that you are not your thoughts. This will help you to find peace and happiness.
#8 Happening
“Billions of things are going on in this world. You can think about it all you want, but life is still going to keep on happening.”― Michael A. Singer
This lesson is about acceptance. You need to accept that life is always going to keep on happening, even if you don’t want it to. This will help you to find peace and happiness.
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