#the untethered soul

[gqandw]

Life is not something you get; it’s something you experience. Life exists with or without you. It has been going on for billions of years. You simply get the honor of seeing a tiny slice of it. If you’re busy trying to get something, you will miss the slice you’re actually experiencing. Every one of life’s experiences is different, and every experience is worth having. Life is not something to waste. It’s truly precious. That’s why death is such a great teacher. It is death that makes life precious.

– Micheal A. Singer

[shaythelittlefay]

[wehavewords]

“Walk outside on a clear night and just lookup into the sky. You are sitting on a planet spinning around in the middle of absolutely nowhere.”

Micheal A. Singer, The Untethered Soul

[mscudilove]

So Fine at 39

Today is my last day at 39 and I'm feeling fine. I have to say thank you to all my loved ones for making my 30's the best times of growth in life. Honestly the life I dreamed of and imagined, is the life I have lived. It's such a blessing and I'm truly excited for my 40's. Yes not everything has been perfect but it's been perfection of my self growth. I never imagined living this decade without my big sister. I still some days believe she is here in spirit.

Also the separation that happened with my partner was also giving, it challenged me to imagine life on my own. These days online many women and men are starting to decide not to engage in marriage or long term relationships. I am happy with my choice to raise our daughter together and if that ever changes I know I will be fine alone.

Our family vacation was so beautiful and super relaxing. It is our home away from home and so healing. Now that we are home, we realize how life will always test us and we have to stay dedicated to our goals. Olivia is thriving at school and I have started considering going back to higher education. Losing our Abuelita this year was also very spiritual and reminds us of the importance of legacy.

So tomorrow I begin the next chapter of life in my 40's. I am super excited and open to the abundance that will come my way. Love and life will always bring me what is needed to continue growing and glowing. Sister I miss you, I know you are with me in spirit because I feel so brave. Both Olivia and I remember how much you gave us while you stayed at our house the last days of your life. We are honored to continue your legacy and remember you with the greatest love of all. Until we meet again one day!

[petitjeanofficial]

I understand why people do drugs. I also understand that they will never ever take you, where truth will take you.

Michael A. Singer (Living from a Place of Surrender: The Untethered Soul in Action)

[novadreii]

of the 50,000+ thoughts we have in a day, how many are you immediately identifying with and automatically responding to? pretty much all of them, right? notice how you can think yourself in and out of bad moods by the minute; the mind is always looking for a place to "rest", to hitch onto so it can stop endlessly debating itself. how often do your thoughts drift away from the present moment, rehashing past problems or creating future ones that haven't come to pass? how many actual, real, pressing problems do you have in this moment that need to be solved this instant?

do you realize you are not your thoughts? even if you were to think "i am not my thoughts." in your head right now, that's not you. so what are you? you are the one hearing the thoughts. you are pure awareness having a human experience, nothing more or less. the thoughts and their resultant moods are happening to you.

for those of you who struggle with rumination/dissociation, i encourage you to simply start becoming aware of your thoughts. whenever you are drifting away on a stream of thinking, try to catch yourself and repeat an "awareness" catchphrase to let yourself know you're focusing your awareness in that moment.

"yaddayaddawhatshouldicookfordinnertonighticantbelievehesaidthattomeearlierwhatadick---hello, i am currently aware of my thoughts" that's it, that's all you have to do. let the stream of thoughts come on again if they do, don't resist them, but just become aware of it and use your awareness catchphrase again. the goal is not to stop having thoughts, just to be aware of them whenever you can.

try to do this as often as you can, and notice the effect is has on your ability to remain present and by extension, your mood.

[aetee]

just finished The Untethered Soul (in full, finally) and now reading The Power Of Now… when I tell you I’m changed 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 all I can do is laugh, things are do different. Look at me being the awareness and not my body, wow.

[fortheloveofmik]

“One of these great saints, Ramana Maharshi, used to ask, “Who am I?” We see now that this is a very deep question. Ask it ceaselessly, constantly. Ask it and you will notice that you are the answer. There is no intellectual answer — you are the answer. Be the answer, and everything will change.”

from the untethered soul: the journey beyond yourself // michael a singer

[tenderprofundness]

16 the spiritual path of non resistance

In other words, the experience of an event does not stop with our sensory observation of it.

It’s about not resisting energies as they pass through you. If you have difficulty doing this, don’t get down on yourself. Just keep working with it. It’s the work of a lifetime to become that open, that complete, and that whole.

[folkdevilism]

[classynightcandy]

MUSIC OF MY DREAMS...

It’s a pattern of soulA movement of drumsTranscending through feetNurtured with hipsAnd glorified by the sway of my hands It’s a whisper of warStomping through beats, heart beatsTraversing spaceGathering limbsAnd tormenting waists It’s a tinkling of melodiesHumbling heartsBreaking cursesBreeding peaceAnd birthing tales, tales of surrender It’s a whining of thoughtsTrembling with doubtUnhinged…

[obliviongate]

sex is like dark souls. difficult to master. easy to kill yourself on accident. patches is there

[shaythelittlefay]

[dawnryz]

Never Be Upset about the Opportunity to Take a Walk   

I pulled up to my building and groaned. Our gravel parking lot has one space for each of the four apartments. Three cars were parked there with the middle car straddling two spaces, so there was no spot for my small SUV. Trying to park here was increasingly frustrating; some of the new neighbors kept putting their two big trucks in our lot. I had met them a few days before, and they’d stopped using our spaces after I’d explained they were assigned to specific tenants. Today I didn’t recognize the vehicles that were parked in my way. I opened the car door, fully intending to go knock on doors, find the owners, and ask them to move. 

With one foot hovering outside my vehicle, though, I noticed the irony. I had stayed late at work, tidying up my classroom with as many steps back and forth as possible, because I wanted to reach my step goal for the day before going home to relax. Now I was here, with the April evening sunlight streaming through the trees, ready to yell at my neighbors because I had to park a little farther away than usual. I chuckled to myself at how ridiculous it was. Then I closed the door, checked my mirrors, and reversed down the narrow road, toward the larger parking lot and the other buildings. Once there, I took a few deep breaths. In my thoughts, I had decided to chill about the parking problem and enjoy the walk up to my building on this beautiful day…but my body had not yet caught up with my thoughts. I felt jangled, stressed by the inconsistency of my “assigned” parking space, and already mentally composing an email to report this injustice to Property Management. I breathed, and let it all go. 

I enjoyed every step of that walk up the hazardously uneven steps built of railroad ties and gravel, between the laundry building and units B1-B4. I noticed that all the snow was finally gone from the big yard that faced our bedroom windows. I felt the breeze, smelled dry grass warmed by the sun, smiled at the vibrant sky and the way the lowering light made the tops of the trees glow. I felt deep peace and joy as I entered our building and climbed the stairs to C1. Letting myself in, I said hi to Faye, and she asked, “Why are you so happy?” 

HDP 4/13/2023

[mscudilove]

Ultimately, the word "beyond" captures the true meaning of spirituality. In its most basic sense, going beyond means going past where you are. It means not staying in your current state. When you constantly go beyond yourself, there are no more limitations. There are no more boundaries. Limitations and boundaries only exist at the places where you stop going beyond. If you never stop, then you go beyond boundaries, beyond limitations, beyond the sense of a restricted self.

Beyond is infinite in all directions...It would only cease to be infinite if you created an artificial boundary...Boundaries create the appearance of finiteness in infinite space. Things seem finite because your perception hits mental boundaries. In truth everything is infinite...There are no limits. There is just the infinite universe.

[bowietea]

When she Dark all over my Souls