E174: Reality Is Not a Problem—Your Preferences Are
4/20/202656 min
The world around us unfolds in accordance with the vast universal forces of cause and effect, which have been going on throughout time. In contrast, our inner world is created by the tiny sum of our individual experiences. Human beings create suffering by filling the space between themselves and reality with their likes and dislikes. By practicing acceptance, surrender, and non-resistance, one can live freely, engage fully with life, and act from a place of openness rather than personal preference. True peace arises when one stops resisting reality and instead honors and participates in it fully.
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First 90 secondsMichael Singer· Host0:00
Mm. So I heard of Chi Masters. There are many different levels of waking up. One very, very major level of waking up is you realize that the outside world and your inside world are completely separate. They're tied together because you tie them together. They're not tied together. The outside world has been going on for 4.5 billion years on this planet. They say something like, you know, 13.8 billion everywheres at least since the Big Bang. Let's just stay with the planet. That's close enough. 4.5 billion years. How long you been here? How long are you gonna be here? Seventy, eighty, ninety. 4.5 billion. Seventy, eighty, ninety. It has nothing to do with you. You drop down onto a place that was created by itself 4.5 billion years ago. It's evolved through everything, you know, the whole evolution story, and then you're here. Not e- it's not even a blink of an eye, is it? And not only is that true, but it's going on everywheres.