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What is Spirituality? Inner Peace Over External Chaos | The Michael Singer Podcast
Key Points
Spirituality is about waking up inside and realizing why you're dependent on external circumstances for internal well-being
True spiritual awakening means you don't care what's happening outside - you focus on what's happening inside
When you're in a high state of merged love with someone, external distractions become irrelevant
In states of deep love or connection, you don't care what others are doing or what happened earlier
Consciousness can focus on a single point, creating a transcendent experience
This transcendent state can be achieved with anything, not just romantic love
Spirituality involves recognizing that you're constantly chasing something
People are either running away from things or pursuing things
The chase doesn't always work out as expected
Sometimes avoidance and pursuit strategies work partially
You can avoid certain unwanted situations to some degree
You can successfully grab or attain certain desired things
Maintaining control requires constant effort and work
The pursuit creates ongoing worry and anxiety
The underlying issue is a fundamental state of not being okay
Spiritual growth involves recognizing these patterns of seeking external validation
True peace comes from internal stability rather than external control
The realization that you're "not okay" is actually the beginning of spiritual awakening
Full Transcript
Language: en Spirituality is where you wake up inside and you realize why am I picking what has to happen outside for me to be okay inside. You don't care what's going on outside. You care what's going on inside. If you're standing with somebody you love so much, you're in that high state of merged love. You don't care what anybody else is doing, do you? You don't care what happened today. It's gone on one point of consciousness on you. All right? That's what this is about. Okay? Well, that could be on anything. Spirituality is when you wake up enough to realize I'm always chasing something. Either running away from or chasing something. And somehow it doesn't always work out. It can work out a little bit. I can avoid certain things. I can try to grab certain things. I have to keep working on it. I have to worry about it. In other words, I'm not okay.
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