The Untethered Soul

The Untethered Soul describes how you can untie your self from your ego, harness your inner energy, expand beyond yourself and float through the river of life instead of blocking or fighting it.

We all have an inner monologue going. 24/7/365, our inner voice is talking, directing how we navigate the world, and it rarely ever shuts off. The first step towards an untethered soul is realizing that this happens, because only then can you stop, pause and take a step back to look at what’s going on.

After all, your thoughts don’t define who you are. For example, if you often feel sad, you might start to think you’re just a sad person in general when in reality, these thoughts are nothing more than objects flowing through you – it just so happens that your inner voice keeps picking them up.

This distinction is important. Singer calls it the difference between your self and your personal self. Your self is the pure stream of consciousness, that just keeps on flowing. Your personal self is the identity you form, based on how your inner voice perceives this stream of consciousness and the thought patterns that emerge from it.

Once you realize there’s a difference, you’ll look at yourself in a whole different light.

If you’ve ever had a surge of energy you couldn’t really explain, or that at least didn’t seem to make sense from a physical standpoint, you’ve witnessed the power of the mind.

For example, yesterday I was supposed to drive two hours to Frankfurt and meet up with a bunch of old and new friends. When I woke up in the morning, I didn’t feel too good and thought about canceling the trip. Once I decided to go and sat in the car with some music though, I suddenly felt like I could take on the world.

Some call it chakra, some call it chi, some call it shakti, but whatever you label it, this inner energy we all have, though intangible, is very much real and you should never underestimate it.

In the same way, it can empower us, it can also drag us down if we block it. For example, ever since I sent an email on Wednesday, I was anxious about the potential reply I’d get – so my mind clung to it, I kept thinking about it and couldn’t let it go. This stressed me, and I could only let it go two days later when I realized nothing bad would happen.

It’s important to learn to let such negative thoughts just pass through, so they won’t block your inner flow of energy.