#mickey singer

You’re bored. You’re anxious. You’re angry or you’re sad.

You think you’ll be happy if…you get that new job, a raise, new clothes, a new car…

But actually, you already have everything you need to be happy.

Any sign of discontent means you need to SUBTRACT something: stress, work load, self-expectations, junk food, social engagements…THOUGHTS. 

Thoughts can be our enemy. Thoughts can drive you…

Yeah, admittedly I never finished The Untethered Soul either. I live in the same area as Mickey so I go out to see one of his talks every few weeks, but they’re very different from his books.

His talks are…well, they’re just fucking genius. I can’t describe them any other way. He starts with stuff that absolutely anyone would understand and agree with about life, then runs through how the ego works in relation to the topic. He starts at the bottom and just…brings you to the top every time. It’s great stuff. He’s very rational, has a great sense of humor, and is extremely clear and concise. Every time I go out there I spend the entire hour and a half grinning like an idiot and I was expecting his books to be similar, but they really weren’t. 

I remember Untethered Soul being pretty bland, really. I don’t read a lot of spiritual stuff because it’s usually tedious as all get out, so I totally feel you. I found this one more entertaining because it’s not his teachings per se, it’s his autobiography, but it reads a little like The Celestine Prophecy in the way that you’re just like, “No fucking way,” every step of the way because it so dynamic and lines up so impossibly. Basically, it held my interest more like fiction books do.

It might be more engaging for me, though, since I have a clear mental picture of everywhere he talks about, as well as a lot of the events and people, since I’ve lived in the same area, gone to the same school, and been loosely involved in the local spiritual community for years.

One could go either way on his new book probably, I’m certainly not trying to sell it. It’s just on my mind because it’s maybe the fourth or fifth technically spiritual book I’ve ever actually finished, haha. o.O;