Michael Singer Podcast S1 E1: Ceasing to Be Caught in the Waters of Mind
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Jun 30, 2021 Discover the incredible analogy of a bird balancing on turbulent waters as a metaphor for achieving mental serenity. Michael Singer explores how our attempts to control experiences often mirror the futile struggles of that bird. He emphasizes the importance of spiritual surrender and the path to relaxing into life's challenges. Learn how awareness can rest above the mind's chaos and uncover the freedom that comes from letting go rather than clinging to control. Journey toward a calm, quiet state of mind that transcends external validation.
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You Are Not Your Mind
- Your awareness is like a bird floating on the mind's water and is distinct from the mind itself.
- You experience life based on the mind's ripples, not because the mind is your true self.
The Wet Bird That Forgot To Fly
- Singer uses a wet bird that forgot how to fly to illustrate humans resting on the mind.
- The bird frantically tries behaviors to keep the water calm and becomes neurotic when waves return.
Mind's Natural Stillness
- The mind's natural state is calm and empty, like still water, when no forces disturb it.
- Thoughts are wavelets (vrittis) that arise, peak, and finish against the mind's baseline stillness.