Playing the "Game of Life on Planet Earth"

 Notice your surroundings coming into your senses, your thoughts passing through your mind, and any emotions that arise in your heart creating feelings of comfort and discomfort within. These three inner experiences are the arena in which your consciousness plays the game of life on planet Earth. 

Michael Singer, living untethered, page 14. (New Harbinger/Sounds True; 2022)

Before I begin,  I am putting out a wish that I am not infringing on copyright by quoting Singer and the wise words I found in his book,  as often as I do. Of course, I am going to encourage all to buy the book.  It is amazing!.  But as you know, I love to share what I learn and I learn so much from his teachings, from this book, it would seem unjust not to share my interpretation of the message he felt compelled to put out there. So I know there is a 20 % rule when it comes to what amount of  material belonging to others that can be copied for non profit educational purposes, in Canada anyway. I am doing my best to stick to that.  Still, ethically, permission should be obtained from the author or publisher when quoting etc which I do not have. I have a feeling that Michael Singer would not mind but the publishers may. So my wish goes out there.

Anyway...Singer tells us that our experience of Life is internal, not external. There are three things we experience "inside" that determines the quality of  any life experience we have: our sensory perception of the outside world, our thoughts and our feelings.  If we are not "okay inside", we are likely having a problem with acceptance of  one of the above. 

What we have to remember is that we are not the outside world, or the thoughts or the feelings going on inside us.  We are in here simply observing it all. We have a problem with life when we judge and perceive, grasp, cling or push away any of it,  in order to feel good inside.  Some of the  stuff that comes in we view as pleasant and have a tendency to want to grasp and cling to those experiences;  some  is unpleasant and we have a tendency to want to avoid, ignore or push away ( or down) those experiences; and much of it is neutral, doesn't bother us a bit, just passes through. When we can observe it all without reaction, responding naturally to what unfolds around and in us...our insides will be a pleasant place to be.  When we react, however, judging what should come in and what shouldn't...we are not going to be okay inside.  It (outside world, thoughts and feelings) is all going to come in anyway but it won't pass through the way it should.  It will get stuck inside us making a chaotic mess. We will get so lost in the mess, we will forget that we are not the mess...we will forget who we really are...the ones that get to watch it all go down.

...what really matters is not the thoughts, the emotions, nor the outside world. what really matters is You in there, who is experiencing these things. How are you doing? What you will see is that you in there are higher than any experience you ever had. The one who is seeing all this is the most beautiful thing in the whole universe.  page 15

All is well

Michael A. Singer ( 2022) living untethered. New Harbinger/ Sounds True

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